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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Quite the opposite, it's much better when Trump does this unapologetically because then people can't do mental gymnastics to pretend that it's something other than what it is. Americans were forced to look in the mirror during the Trump years, and then promptly went back to sleep once he was out of power.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"it’s much better when Trump does this unapologetically because then people can’t do mental gymnastics to pretend that it’s something other than what it is..."

Heh, speaking as an American, are you sure about that?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, Americans actually paying attention to what their government is doing is indeed a good thing.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I agree. I was referring to our endless ability to perform mental gymnastics even when the evidence is directly in front of us.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

oh yeah that's a good point