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Overly Confident Matt Gaetz Claims He Could Expose Himself to a Tween on Fifth Avenue and He Wouldn't Lose Any Followers (thehardtimes.net)

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[–] zaph 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What is fun, uplifting and playful about saying immigrants are eating pets? What is fun, uplifting and playful about accusing trans people of being sexual predators? Did we watch the same gop campaign? They're fueled off hate stop making it seem like anything else.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

For them, hate is fun (or the closest approximation thereof). It all makes sense after that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I feel like a large part of this is that it’s consistent and shared hate. Like going to a shitty movie with friends or being stuck at the DMV/doctors waiting room, or dealing with taxes or whatever… people can complain because they know other people in the group will share their complaints and misery loves company.

It doesn’t matter if what you’re complaining about can be easily fixed, and they don’t want to hear a better way, they just want to bitch and have people reciprocate the same misery.