• FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee
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    8 days ago

    Which is why it’s so interesting Katie Miller joined him to do pr or whatever, while her husband is still on Trump’s coattails

    I mean was it planned for Elon to be the fall guy from the start or is this a continuation of the messy drama from Trump’s first presidency?

    • kescusay@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Neither. The point of this kind of chaos is that it’s exhausting and demoralizing to keep up with for the opponents of a fascist, while the fascist’s supporters are literally too stupid and misinformed to even know it’s happening.

      Trump is an idiot, but this is his one actual skill, and he’s better at it than anyone I’ve ever seen.

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        7 days ago

        The role of a heel is to get ‘heat,’ which means spurring the crowd to obstreperous hatred, and generally involves cheating and any other manner of socially unacceptable behavior.

        Obstreperous ob•strep•er•ous adjective noisy and difficult to control: the boy is cocky and obstreperous.

        TIL a new word, from wrestling of all things!