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The 83-year-old progressive icon took the stage ahead of indie pop artist Clairo’s performance to deliver a fiery speech, where he raged against President Donald Trump, corporate greed and the billionaire class.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency 99 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean… we do deserve politicians that good. And he’s one of a single-digit handful that exist in the US, and that fact is kind of fucking tragic.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Ahh so we deserve even more like this? Yeah, I am starting to feel entitled to being represented by my government and I plan to be a straight-up jerk about it until I get that.

[–] gravitas_deficiency 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have called numerous politicians of our feckless opposition to scream a copious plethora of obscure and innovative profanity at them while expressing how deeply they have in the past, and are now continuing to - in the face of a fucking fascist takeover that they enabled - fuck me and my generation over.

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

Don't forget to breathe. They'd prefer you did.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

There are so many who feel just as optimistically outraged, fellow citizen. I'm talking dozens, here!

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My mission statement is That if you don't feel represented, run for election yourself