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Republicans wear ear bandages in 'solidarity' with Trump (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

When has solidarity resembled anything like this? Wearing a fake bandage is a strange way to show it, it's hyper focused on the leader as opposed to the movement. It reads more as devotion than solidarity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

This is the kind of thing you do for the kid that's feeling down about their injured appearance. For a supposed leader of the free world who brought the injury on themselves, it's definitely more like kissing the ring

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I think they're trying to milk the sympathy card for all it's worth by wearing these bandages. Since Trump only got a cut on his ear and an innocent spectator was killed, the event isn't playing as well as it did for Reagan back in the day during his reelection campaign. Wearing big, bulky bandages, they're 'peacocking' to keep Trump's extremely mild injury fresh in everyone's mind.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wearing something symbolic is not a strange way to show solidarity at all. It’s one of the most common ways to show solidarity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Solidarity with a movement or organization is different than solidarity with a person.

Like everyone in your office might wear a company logo sometimes to show your affiliation, but if they all put on a bandaid everytime the boss got a paper cut it would seem a bit cultish.