• StereoTrespasser@lemmy.world
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    Wonderful. This is what the American electorate is talking about. Not climate change, healthcare, guns, income inequality, or a billionaire tax.

    No, the biggest drama is whether a candidate is wearing lifts.

    We deserve the politicians we get.

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      It’s not about the lifts.
      It was never about the lifts.
      It’s about masculine insecurity and the deceit that surrounds it.

      One end of the political spectrum doesn’t care to understand climate change, healthcare, guns, income inequality, or a billionaire tax, so if we want to engage on those topics one side is left yelling into the void.

      However, if there is one thing the right does understand, it is masculine insecurity and deceit. So we get to talk about that.

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        Plus Ron discriminates against other people who do things to make them more comfortable with themselves. So DeSantis can can wear heals to make himself the tall man he wants to be, but others can’t make similar changes to live the life they want? It is despicable and he shouldn’t be allowed to get away with it.

        And we can do more than one thing at a time. We also talk about his bigoted policies too.

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          Also I read somewhere he is 5’11 which is like perfectly normal height for anyone. I’m 5’11 and I’ve never in my life felt any insecurities about my height. Though I do always laugh when some guy tells a woman or group that he’s 6ft and he’s obviously shorter than me. I usually let it slide but it’s funny how often that happens.

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          Nah, it’s not about insecurity or making himself feel better. The man’s a robot and he’s acting on data that shows the taller candidate always wins the Presidential race.

          He’s making a calculation, but it’s so ridiculous in this case, LMAO.

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        Absolutely. If they want to play a game where boisterous but fragile narcissists are the only ones they trust to run the country, then we’ll show them very clearly that they’re voting for paper tigers.

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        It’s not about the lifts.
        It was never about the lifts.
        It’s about masculine insecurity and the deceit that surrounds it.

        Do you know what it’s also not about? Any of the issues that should matter.

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      The American electorate can talk about more than one thing a time. If you want discussions about climate change, health care, guns, income inequality, etc then they are all out there, and you can jump in right now.

      If you are only seeing discussions about lifts then it’s because you’ve filtered your sources to show you new topics, and this is new.

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      Dan Quayle misspelled “potato” and it tanked his presidential run. We’ve been like this for longer than you can imagine…