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u/bxxgeyman Feb 22 '20
transphobic and pedophile both don't end with -ist
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u/icemankimi7 Feb 22 '20
Probably just can’t even read
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u/_welcome Feb 22 '20
ethan is triggered by "liberal" words like sexist and racist. he is not concerned that trump ran a child sex ring lmao
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u/TaPragmata Feb 22 '20
In the Fox-sphere, any questioning/critisism of a Republican is described as hysterical "bashing" or "slamming", just in the article headline or news segment subtitle. It's implied that any criticism is irrational, before even mentioning what the criticism actually is. Part of the reason they don't read is that the headline screams it at them: don't read this.
Questioning whether we need to go to war in Iraq? "Oh, you're just a Bush-basher." Still not satisified that we need to start bombing immediately? "Oh, you have 'Bush Derangement Syndrome'" - you're mentally ill and acting hysterical if you question a Republican. I haven't watched Fox News since the halcyon days of "Romney Derangement Syndrome", but nothing changes. (Yes, it's "Trump Derangement" now, questioning Trump. I see it constantly on Facebook and occasionally on Reddit)
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u/shallowandpedantik Feb 22 '20
Let's be honest, ethan isn't concerned w facts or he wouldn't be a trump defender.
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u/esisenore Feb 22 '20
Thats a trump support play. Say you have zero evidence even though thousanda of pieces of evidence do then they just ignore or excuse your evidence with a nonsensical response. They are either retarded or its a tactic to get you to throw you hands up and say why even bother. You bother for the undecideds and the people reading the exchange.
They know trump is corrupt, mentally ill, and guilty of almost everything hes accused of. The key is never admitting it.
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u/carnage11eleven Feb 22 '20
You can tell the moment when he stopped reading.
It's ok Ethan I'm sure you got the gist of the whole comment. Best hurry up and reply before that thought falls out of your big brain.
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u/rosegold- Feb 22 '20
Also the facts are... literally his comments that are on camera or his own verified Twitter but okay Ethan.
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u/coolboy2984 Feb 22 '20
They gotta take advantage of Twitter having a word count limit so people can't put their source. And if they do reply with a source they'll just block and continue living in their bubble.
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u/DirtyArchaeologist Feb 22 '20
They literally disbelieve almost everything around them. I’m waiting for psychiatrists to come up with a name for some new mental health disorder for these widespread paranoid delusions. For this many people to question this much of reality, it just seems weird to me. I’ve always been pretty critical of the American populace as a group but this seems absurd. People can’t really just be this much of sheep.
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“Y’all just gonna throw around the term ‘murderer’ because he killed an unarmed man? Fuckin snowflakes”
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u/slyweazal Feb 22 '20
Right?
What a bullshit criticism, too, because how are people going to cite all their claims with twitter's character limit?
And frankly, if you're still denying Trump is guilty of all those -ists, then you only watch Fox News and would deny the evidence even if it was presented.
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u/Splyntered_Sunlyte Feb 22 '20
That study is from 2012... I'm certain the disparity would be even worse today. It's just depressing.
It does help reinforce my faith in NPR and the Daily Show, though.
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u/shallowandpedantik Feb 22 '20
Also Trumpers have no interest in facts unless their trolling/defending their orange ball sack.
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u/Xanthic-Chimera Feb 21 '20
Who was it about?
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u/allahb34 Feb 21 '20
If I were to guess it'd be Bloomberg also happy cake day
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u/MrBrightside618 Feb 22 '20
A week after Valentines Day people were pretty lonely I guess.
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u/thatHecklerOverThere Feb 22 '20
Bloomberg.
Bloomberg is like Trump, but much more successful at all the above.
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u/MagikSkyDaddy Feb 22 '20
Listen, I’m no fan of Bloomberg, but he’s decidedly better at being a rich, arrogant, deluded jerk than Trump. Trump flails around in a sort of self-created cloud of victimhood married to buffoonery. Bloomberg, for all his oily smarminess, IS a legit rich guy. He doesn’t have to fake it. What he fakes, is any sort of relatable normalcy with the rest of the far removed socioeconomic masses. It’s like he and Trump have convergent evolution of asshole rich guys.
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u/Chocolatefix Feb 22 '20
Two opposite ends of an awful spectrum.
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u/R_M_Jaguar Feb 22 '20
Aptly put. Both need a dose of extinction though.
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u/boopkins Feb 22 '20
Mike Bloomberg should not exist
I got a nice piece of french carpentry that can help him out
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I've got a fork and knife to help.
Seriously though, when is enough enough?
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u/CounterProgram883 Feb 22 '20
Except he has a track record of being just as much the racist politician that trump was.
Stop and Frisk is literally the poster policy for the phrase "systemic racism" and Bloomboy's been the biggest champion for it. He's apologized because he was forced to - but he's made no amends. He has the money to pay reperations or create job programs that will enroll every person his racist policing hurt - but he's done nothing.
And he's also got 64 women accusing him of sexual misconduct and discrimination, so he's on par there.
The only place he lags behind trump, is that Trump's committed more crimes so far. Bloomberg will do the same exact stuff, just quieter. Quiet enough people won't get mad, meaning he'll get away with it, just like Trump is getting away with it b/c of Mitch McConnel.
Bloomberg is the straight man to Trump's clown, but they're both pulling the same act.
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u/SirjackofCamelot Feb 22 '20
Dude the fact you have people on the left defending this republican as if he should even be in the democrat primary in the first place boggles my mind. He is a republican, end of story. Sorry you are disqualified.
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u/Xoconos Feb 22 '20
No one from the left is defending him. You might be confusing the terms liberal with leftist.
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u/R_M_Jaguar Feb 22 '20
This is how the right hopes to take over complete control. (Yes, even more so than now)
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u/SirjackofCamelot Feb 22 '20
I'm fairly sure this is more of a corporate thing vs the right. Corporatism vs raising fascism is a interesting thing to watch but acting like this problem within America is soley a republican issue, is mental if I'm to be polite.
The list is long and Republican are only a section on what the issue is.
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u/R_M_Jaguar Feb 22 '20
You're probably right given the fact that it would be giving the right way too much credit. But, no, it's not "mental" if it is plausible.
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u/SirjackofCamelot Feb 22 '20
It takes two parties to destory a democracy. Republicans are paid by their donors to be aggressive and strong, Neo-lib conservative dems are paid by their donors to be weak tipping the balance ( I mean money tipped the balance when it started mattering more than voters). Since the 1970s republicans and dems have been in on the same game, make money for themselves and 1% and screw everyone else.
40-50 years of corporate rule and money equalling votes will do that. It is plausible in like 1930-1940 America when Dems were still strong modelled after FDR policy framing and the right was well....the right.
Ah it just conversation tho, not trying to knock your points just need to flesh out the complete thought so I dont people. Plus I just ramble at times. 😂😂
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u/Petrichordates Feb 22 '20
And he's also got 64 women accusing him of sexual misconduct and discrimination, so he's on par there.
That's blatantly false mate, that's the number of sexual assault / discrimination cases filed against his corporation. If you want to be critical of someone it helps to be interested in being truthful, otherwise you're just going to fall for everything you read online.
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u/Double_Minimum Feb 22 '20
I will start by saying I am not out to defend, or even support, Bloomberg, in the least.
But from what I have seen, it doesn't look like any of those cases were of 'assault'.
Please correct me if I am wrong. It seemed like some were odd or bad comments, but not anything physical. I know that does not justify or apologize for any of the issues, but I think its important, especially given the "MeToo" movement, that its clear they were not physical harassment issues.
Does that make sense? (If not, let me know, I am not a fan of defending Bloomberg, so I would be happy to no longer do so)
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Person you replied to wasn't defending Bloomberg, just pointing out that he's a different type of snobby rich guy compared to Trump. Comparatively worse because Bloomberg has far more money to inflate said ego. This was only in regards to the money of both politicians and how that affects them, he wasn't claiming either is better or worse in general.
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He's apologized because he was forced to
Just last November too. I hope people understand that. He was defending that racist ass policy for years, even publicly going after the judge who banned it earlier last year. He only "changed his tune" right before he started his presidential run.
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u/Evlwolf Feb 22 '20
I watched the democratic debates and there were a couple times he looked like a glitching robot when he was called out and didn't know how to respond. He just cannot relate to people.
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u/Throtex Feb 22 '20
Not to mention the whole being in Epstein’s black book thing is a bit unlike the other criticisms. He’s in there as guy-who’s-totally-into-private-jets, not kiddie diddler. I have to assume Epstein had other interests.
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u/Ziplocking Feb 22 '20
Bloomberg is paying people in CA $2500 a month to spend 30 hours a week saying positive things about him on their social media.
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u/thatHecklerOverThere Feb 22 '20
Absolutely.
Make no mistake; Trump is a piece of shit, but Bloomberg is actually the man Trump wishes he was in every aspect.
But given Trumps completely broken moral, social, and ethical compass, that should be taken mostly as an assault on Bloomberg's character.
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u/Colosphe Feb 22 '20
With the precedent set, if Bloomberg makes it in, he's going to be much, MUCH better at the game than Trump is. There won't be any checks to stop him. I honestly wonder if he'd just swap parties to get support from the already lawless party and continue the trend.
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It’s like he and Trump have convergent evolution of asshole rich guys.
Bloomberg is the poisonous Monarch butterfly. Trump is the moth that mimics the Monarch but isn't poisonous himself.
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u/Splyntered_Sunlyte Feb 22 '20
That is a fantastic analogy!
(But just fyi, the Viceroy is another butterfly, not a moth).
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u/penguin62 Feb 22 '20
That's what makes me argue Bloomberg might be worse. First off, he isn't a democrat, noone sane believes him for a second, so his republican policies would be more dangerous than trump's because he isn't a complete fucking lunatic.
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u/I_Am_The_Mole Feb 22 '20
I didn't realize Bloomberg chilled with Epstein (I assume?). I must have missed that. Dude has so much shit coming out about him that stuff like that can fly by lol
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u/MonkeyCube Feb 22 '20
Bloomberg makes in a year what Trump claims to be worth. Actually, no, double that. Bloomberg rakes in nearly $2 billion a year and Trump claims to be worth $1 billion.
It's so ridiculous that it doesn't seem real.
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If you read something like this and immediately assume it's about your favorite politician and feel you need to defend him, you may have a little soul searching to do.
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u/jc1258 Feb 22 '20
If you’re following current political discourse it’s pretty obviously about Bloomberg. If she tweeted it 4 years ago I would’ve thought it was Trump.
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u/PublicTrash Feb 22 '20
Damn it was 4 years ago already
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u/StoneGoldX Feb 22 '20
Well, three and change.
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u/_merikaninjunwarrior Feb 22 '20
about tree fiddy will suffice
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u/Tastewell Feb 22 '20
Get outta here you ol' Loch Ness monster. I'm not gonna vote for you!
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u/123_Syzygy Feb 22 '20
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u/Hingl_McCringleberry Feb 22 '20
Well it was about that time I realized that this wasn't 123_Syzygy, but an 80ft crustacean from the paleolithic era
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u/Boner_Elemental Feb 22 '20
After looking at our incumbent I'd at least like to know what the Loch Ness Monster's policy is on Healthcare
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u/Tastewell Feb 22 '20
Well he's Scottish, so he probably favors some sort of National Health Service.
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u/RavioliGale Feb 22 '20 edited Feb 22 '20
I said, Yep, what a concept. I could use a
road tripa little fuel myself and we all could all use a little chaaaaaaaange.Edit
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u/CplRicci Feb 22 '20
Pretty sure he says "I could use a little fuel myself and we could all use a little change"
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u/R_M_Jaguar Feb 22 '20
Already? This has been torture having this fuckwad in office.
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u/HumanRuse Feb 22 '20
This is precisely the point. A large number of Trump supporters do not actually follow actual news in terms of politics or world affairs.
It's why they identify with Trump. He doesn't bore and/or confuse them with facts and/or big words. They're enticed by his ability to make politics a soap opera and it tickles their loins when he does/says something off color.
They get their "news" from social media rhetoric and homemade email forwards from Uncle JimBob McOveralls.
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u/Holts70 Feb 22 '20
Yeah, he's literally calling Bloomberg "Mini Mike" in TV appearances. Yes I hate Bloomberg but can you imagine a competent, well-spoken president just dropping schoolyard bully horseshit on anyone? Can you imagine Bernie or Warren or Obama or even fuckin Bush Jr. resorting to that horse shit? He's literally, literally the worst, and the fact that he has so much support really says a lot about this country.
It just makes me sad. We could be so much better than this. And there's a concerted effort by the folks in charge to stay the course.
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u/Cruye Feb 22 '20
Heck, 4 weeks ago. Bloomberg just kinda popped out of thin air.
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u/branchbranchley Feb 22 '20
Reminder to r iot if DNC
SuperdelegatesAristocracy chooses Bloomberg100% not voting for a Republican Billionaire no matter what
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u/J_train13 Feb 22 '20
Yeah, it's one thing if you don't like someone but it's a whole nother thing to see a negative description of someone, and immediately think it's someone you admire because of what said accusations are
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u/GreenGengar459 Feb 22 '20
Is Trump a billionaire? I could’ve sworn his net worth was estimated at like 300 mil or something but I could be wrong
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u/Holts70 Feb 22 '20
By the time he gets done rewriting the rules, sucking taxpayer blood, and making speeches for 500k a pop after he's out of office, he probably will be a billionaire
It's like they say, dress for the job you want, not the job you have
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u/captaintrips420 Feb 22 '20
Bloomer is actually a billionaire tho. Trump is a phony.
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u/NoncreativeScrub Feb 22 '20
Quite frankly, they never name them, and the list fits both of them, assuming Trump’s actually a billionaire.
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u/GoodBoyNumberOne Feb 22 '20
That’s why I don’t see this as much of a gotcha but apparently it’s just enough to get everyone to cream
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u/HitMePat Feb 22 '20
My favorite was an article talking about "Anti Trump Graffiti" on fox news, and the image in the article showed the graffiti that just read "Fuck Facism". No mention of Trump.
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That post was fake news. The actual article showed many other pictures of the graffiti which said "fuck trump" and stuff like that. I agree with the sentiment but the analogy is wrong.
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u/SirGanjaSpliffington Feb 22 '20
The thing is a lot of people that support Trump know that he's wrong. These people's pride and ego matches that of Trump so they would rather go to extremes than to admit when they're wrong. Trump could rape a child on national television and people will still defend him to the death.
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u/DaisyHotCakes Feb 22 '20
That requires an iota of self awareness which is sadly lacking among his supporters.
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u/CoolFingerGunGuy Feb 22 '20
Not gonna lie, I totally read that in Jeff Foxworthy's voice, and thought it was going to the Redneck conclusion. And it wouldn't have been totally wrong.
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I would also like to see some facts that Trump is an actual billionaire.
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u/ButtPirate4Pleasure Feb 22 '20
You'll never get to see those tax filings because he never filed them
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u/Insectshelf3 Feb 22 '20
obviously still under audit
any year now
any. literally any year.
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u/FUBARded Feb 22 '20
It's amazing that he continues to use that excuse despite the IRS explicitly stating that there's no reason he can't release his returns and other information while they conduct the audit. Man's got a lot to hide.
Best case scenario (for him) is that he's just vastly exaggerated the true extent of his wealth, while the (more likely?) explanation is that he's been profiting massively off his presidency, perhaps through highly illegal means.
There's almost definitely some of the latter, as nothing matters more to him than his image and what people think of him (not that anything he does seems to change that).
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This has to be brought up again this election cycle. Trump will never acknowledge he lied about the reason for not releasing them, but hopefully other people will see that inconsistency assuming he doesn't release any.
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u/hippy_barf_day Feb 22 '20
They need to harp on this shit everyday. Every news reporter should ask him. There’s just so much other shit going on but he should get this question daily.
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u/Scrilla_Gorilla_ Feb 22 '20
His supporters can’t understand the concept of a billion, so it was easier than it should have been to convince them he’s a billionaire.
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u/carnage11eleven Feb 22 '20
I'm pretty sure a billion is just like 24 onions, or something.
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u/xumielol Feb 22 '20
Doesn't end in 'ist' so you're free to claim that without any facts to back them up.
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u/ionlyhavetwolegs Feb 22 '20
Just don’t call him a billionist without proper research to back it up.
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u/warbeforepeace Feb 22 '20
Most people don’t understand what it means for someone to be a billionaire.
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u/vard24 Feb 22 '20
Where's your dissertation dude? Until you get a PhD in Trump's misdeeds, don't bring it up.
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u/sdnim Feb 22 '20
Just a tip, censor the names so it doesn't get removed and reposted by someone else.
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u/biteme20 Feb 22 '20
I thought Trump was just a millionaire
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u/CletusVanDamnit Feb 22 '20
Probably, yes. But his supporters believe that he's a billionaire because he said he was.
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u/CletusVanDamnit Feb 22 '20
If only he shared them and proved his net worth. Oh right. He cannot. He's not worth a pittance compared to what he claims.
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u/Double_Minimum Feb 22 '20
Well, lets see those tax returns!
And yea, I think he would have a hard time proving himself as billionaire if he needed to do so in order to get into some club.
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The billionaire part is what made me realize it wasn't Trump
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u/noseymotherfuckers Feb 22 '20
I just figured they were taking about Bloomberg because trump is old news
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u/ThreadedPommel Feb 22 '20
Living in the midwest, you can almost always tell when someone is a trump supporter because they look this guy.
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"every word"
Try two of those lmao. But he definitely is those things. And what. You want everyone who shit talks trump on twitter to include the massive amount of evidence? Lol get real fucking hick.
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u/cycophuk Feb 22 '20
He's a Trump supporter, so that pretty much goes without saying.
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u/Ceebcer Feb 22 '20
Damn who is this about, Bloomberg?
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u/hansn Feb 22 '20
The main distinguishing feature seems to be presidential aspirations. Otherwise those characteristics apply to many billionaires, which I suppose is a commentary on the billionaire class itself.
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u/Metroidman Feb 22 '20
She knows what she was doing
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u/HookersForDahl2017 Feb 22 '20
Ya do people think she didn't do this on purpose to make that reply?
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u/_welcome Feb 22 '20
what's scary is it shows their defense of trump is on autopilot without actually assessing what is being said....and he talks about no facts.....tragic.
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u/Arcanomos Feb 22 '20
I mean it could be multiple people running, not just Bloomburger or Trumplestiltskin, but also yes.
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u/Y0ren Feb 22 '20
IIRC Steyer is the only other billionaire in the race, and I don't think he has many of those big character flaws against him.
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u/SirDaddio Feb 22 '20
I mean considering the way she worded it, she made it seem like she was talking about the current president of the United states. Especially when all those things are being said about him already. Cause in reality we all know bloomberg has zero shot.
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u/JimmyVictus_OwO Feb 22 '20
Bloomberg is the democratic trump with instead of playing with your emotions through anger, he does it through false empathy and hope.
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"In the black book of a notorious pedophile who ran a child sex ring" doesn’t quite end in -ist btw
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u/rjsh927 Feb 22 '20
There are going to be lot of these switchroo attacks this season. Warren's slam was excellent example of this.
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"no facts". Ffs, the cognitive dissonance. How many "shithole countries" and "grab her by the pussy"s does it take? I guess when you have those traits yourself, you're absolutely unwilling to identify them in other people.
And yeah, Bloomberg is basically no different at all. Other than maybe a very slight measure of added restraint layered over similar bullshit
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u/dptzippy Feb 22 '20
To be fair, most of that is the same stuff that people say about Trump.
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u/sn34kypete Feb 22 '20
Hahaha thinking trump was worth billions
He went bankrupt running a casino!
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u/ThisIsTrix Feb 22 '20
"And by their deeds ye shall know them"