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[–] 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It doesn't matter.

If someone unearthed video of Trump raping an 11-year-old, Republicans would love him even more, his approval ratings would go up, leaders on the "religious right" would explain that it's all Biblical, and Trump would successfully sue for the profits from video sales.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I’d usually agree with this sentiment, but the MAGAsphere actually seems to be breaking with him on this one. The chuds are upset about this, and it might not go away so easily, especially now that he’s attacking his base over this.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Well one of the things that nobody seems to have considered is that Elon has a bot army, an AI, and Twitter he can turn against Trump.

    In addition, and it may or may not be a coincidence, but he's not as buddy buddy with Putin as he once was.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I absolutely believe Putin is fueling this. President Vance is a collaborative agent for Peter Thiel and the Heritage Foundation. Heritage is a longtime Putin ally. The question is, will MAGA stop questioning their echo chamber after Trump is put out to rot? That is the gamble, and they are going for it.

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  • [+] -18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I absolutely believe Putin is fueling this.

    Yeah, but liberals believe that Putin is behind everything, so that's not surprising

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    ... because he has a ton of global influence??? He's former KGB, one of the greatest misinformation diseminators of history. If you don't believe that, you likely consume some of it.

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  • [+] -11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ok. That doesn't mean he's behind literally everything the way liberals make out. The KGB were second rate information manipulators compared to domestic US operations anyway.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    You are making a strawman argument. I didn't say I am liberal, nor did I say Putin does everything. I said Putin is likely behind this, because Putin definitely has compromat on Trump. I also said he has global influence, which he does. These statements are obvious, supported by overwhelming evidence, and not so broad as your strawman

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  • [+] -11 points 1 year ago* (2 children)
  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Those are not examples of me making fallacies, those are examples of me not writing more content than I did. You made a strawman, actively constructing a lie.

    It is certainly well evidenced, as I said, that Putin is a disinfo maestro. I simply am not doing your research for you.

    I will not be replying to you point by point because your points are hollow and repetitive. Enjoy fighting for a genocidal autocrat online.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Just because we think Putin is behind everything doesn't mean he's not behind this exact thing. The same way just because you're paranoid it doesn't mean you're not being followed

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If you truly believe this, you need to take a step back from one or more echo chambers, because you've lost touch with reality.

    Trump waffling on the topic, without any 'hard' evidence, has already caused momentum in the opposite direction.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    But it’s just performative resistance. They still vote to give him everything he wants every time without exception.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    But it’s just performative resistance.

    That's your assumption, not a fact. If hard evidence of Donald Trump literally raping a child was made public during his last campaign, I'd bet my life savings he wouldn't be President today.

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