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[–] return2ozma 75 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Highly doubt there will be a 2nd debate since Harris has already killed him. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He's awfully noisy for a corpse.

...please don't tell me this a new problem we have to worry about.

[–] EmpathicVagrant 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

New pandemic just shipped!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] TheBat 11 points 1 month ago

Actual zombie

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 month ago

Says the man who immediately wanted another debate with Biden after winning the first one

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

There’s no point in debating a pathological liar, especially when a large portion of voters are easily duped and fact checking in real time is sub par and depending on the network, completely nonexistent.

It just acts as a free misinformation/propaganda mass dissemination tool

[–] return2ozma 40 points 1 month ago (2 children)

All day on Twitter the Trumpers have been foaming at the mouth trying to prove "illegals" are eating pets now in the US. Dumbasses.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Either actual room temperature IQ Trumpanzees or Russian bots. 🤖

Twitter (shitter) is a cesspool of misinformation.

[–] CitizenKong 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, it is owned by Trump's wannabe propaganda minister...

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

The thing thats baffling about musk doing propaganda is it almost feels insulting. Like the right went from Goebbels who more or less wrote the book on propaganda, to Musk who just acts like a child on the internet. Like im glad they have degraded this badly since WW2 but still.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's also the part I'm glad about. Not to put the Nazis on a pedestal or anything, but propaganda was something they took serious. Now it seems more like the right accidentally hits the notes their followers want to hear.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I agree. Still feels like I was promised a fight with a grizzly bear and instead got a black bear instead. Still dangerous regardless but well, though social media is a plague apon mankind which means the average person is also more susceptible. So while not a worthy fight per se its still an annoyingly hard one.

[–] RageAgainstTheRich 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Was just about to comment this too. They just believe it without a single bit of doubt. They're a lost cause. There is no way you can deradicalize these fuckers.

[–] Windex007 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] chakan2 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are very efficient ways...they're not moral (debatable)

[–] WoodScientist 1 points 1 month ago

Well, according to Trump, Harris is a Marxist. Are political reeducation camps out of the question? We'll go full Maoist. Anyone caught posting such drivel has to spend a year working on a state-run farm while they receive political reeducation. 🤣

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

There are people who are definitely going to go out and vote for Harris. There are people who are definitely going to go out and vote for Trump.

The debate isn't for these people. It's for the people who are shockingly on the fence about who to vote for, and those who may not vote at all.

The more you get trump on screen being easily manipulated by Harris, the more you make him look weak which will make some of his less ardent supporters less likely to vote, while also convincing others then Harris is the more sane choice.

[–] chakan2 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I want her to do it...the memes from this debate have been spectacular.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 5 points 1 month ago

The ideal situation would be for Harris to offer another debate, then for Trump to decline, then for Harris to spend the rest of the campaign taunting Trump for his cowardice. If Trump decides to actually do the debate instead it'll probably end up being a bit of a waste of time, but that would be an acceptable risk.

[–] baldingpudenda 44 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] fluxion 8 points 1 month ago

Why would he pass up such a golden opportunity to embarrass her again?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is DJT a .ml user?

Same debate tactics and I've never seen them both in the same place at once.. just sayin'

[–] cheese_greater 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Just got banned from .ml 🫠

[–] billiam0202 10 points 1 month ago

Wait... Are the .ml mods the same mods who ran /r/Pyongyang? Anyone seen them in the same place?

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

I ~~crossed~~ burned that bridge ages ago.

[–] ripcord 1 points 1 month ago

He's been banned for 14 days.

[–] Etterra 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I believe it was Colbert last night who said that no, she just ripped out his heart, took a big bite, and now wants seconds.

[–] Klear 2 points 1 month ago

Fake news. He has no heart.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

“This…… former president…”

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

He will only commit a second debate if Kamala commits to losing beforehand

Of course, he declared that she lost The second debate before the first debate even began.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt 2 points 1 month ago

He'll only commit if it's on fox "news" or oann, he gets all his softball questions in advance, and the moderators are his devoted allies who will cut her off at every opportunity

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

While I'd love to see Kamala wipe the floor with him again, I don't think another debate is necessary. At this point Trump's supporters are conditioned to just believe anything he says regardless of accuracy. Not a great idea to give dude more of a platform than he already has.

For me, the number one reason to want another debate is just to give him more chances to out himself as an absolute buffoon.

[–] Snapz 9 points 1 month ago

Broken bitch baby

[–] DarkDecay 6 points 1 month ago

He's so old. He's just confused