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[–] [email protected] 17 points 23 hours ago

Just speak out against genocide and AIPAC will do it for her.

Personally, I look forward to having a stupid-as-fuck shithead with a gravely voice that is painful to listen to abolish all good things from our already terrible healthcare system. It'll be fun changing things up. /s

[–] milliams 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Since when is 'primary' a verb?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

Since basically forever in this context. Congrats on collecting a new word.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm legitimately confused. Maybe I'm even stupider than I look, but I really thought that a lot of this was just grifting. It's one thing for Trump to drum up his base by nominating antivax guys, but why are other people so into this? I just don't get the connection and obsession with RFK Jr. It's one thing if bad state actors have blackmail material and are trying to make America responsible for the next pandemic or maybe just kill off Americans in general, but do people with money actually believe this stuff? I swear I really thought they all knew they were lying this whole time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

They're going to solve climate change by killing us all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

When people say what they want and what they're gonna do you gotta believe and threat then them accordingly until they show otherwise. Always.

[–] militaryintelligence 5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

My step-brother literally tried to stick a magnet to the arm I got vaccined, they're just this stupid. Weaponized stupidity.

Having an idiot in a position of power can be pretty convenient. This is all being funded by the oligarchs, obviously

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That's just it though. Like, ok my racist uncle wants RFK, but why do people with the power to make or break politicians care? My racist uncle is dumb and hates vaccines, but what is RFK promising to do for these other people? I just don't believe Elon musk and his ilk are actually antivax, so why are they pushing RFK so hard? I get playing to your base, but if it was just about getting someone who is antivax so Rs feel seen, then why does it seem like it's RFK or bust for these people?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Money, connections, status, publicity, loyalty. Probably a useful idiot like Trump.

[–] MothmanDelorian 5 points 22 hours ago

Is her ex-Sergey Brin also anti-vax?

[–] Sanctus 61 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Someone should take Nicole to Samoa and force her to talk to the families whose children RFK Jr's anti-vaccine campaign got killed.

[–] Skyrmir 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She wouldn't care, they weren't her kids.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The parents might care and have a more physical language.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Care upside her skull...

[–] Skyrmir 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Very rarely. Most of the people like this feel repulsed by the suffering of others, not moved to empathy. That's the broken part of them that makes them right wing in the first place.

[–] Crankenstein 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Which is why the physical language is the best language to speak to these people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

If They have no empathy neither do i.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes please. You need to spend more money on politics. We need to up the election games. A few billion per election? Make that a few trillion.

Who doesnt spend at least 10% of their net worth at elections isnt a proper billionaire anymore.

Best way to spend is to rent a sign in every front yard. Rates should start at 200$ a day.

Lets do it for a few cycles and we have redistributed most of the hoarded wealth.

[–] PunnyName 2 points 1 day ago

You know it'll only go into the pockets of similar fuckheads. Not the people who need it.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer 7 points 1 day ago

"But my constituents... nah, you make a good point."

[–] ceenote 21 points 1 day ago

"Woe is me, who could have thought this would ever happen"

-The senators who will fight tooth and nail to keep money in politics.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] MothmanDelorian 5 points 22 hours ago

Sergey Brin’s ex-wife

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She looks and talks like vaccines were accidentally injected where the botox was supposed to go

[–] MothmanDelorian 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Next time consider criticizing her for her stupidity rather than her looks.

[–] Quadhammer 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MothmanDelorian 1 points 9 hours ago

Because targeting their looks when you dislike their actions is kind of misogynistic.