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      Say what you will about medieval monarchies, but at least those had the good sense to permit a court jester to speak foolishly of the head of state.

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        The White House Correspondent’s Dinner used to serve this purpose, with a headline speaker gently roasting the President and staff (or not-so-gently, as was the case when they had Stephen Colbert host for George W. Bush and he spent half an hour viciously mocking Bush directly to his face).

        The Correspondent’s Dinner was neutered when Trump came into office. Not only can Trump not stand being the butt of even the most mild joke, but Seth Meyers’ jokes about Trump at one of Obama’s dinners are the root cause of why he hates him so much, and his go-to response is to destroy anything even vaguely associated with whatever humiliates him.

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        I so very wish there was a recording(s) somewhere of Pedonald queening out to someone he thinks should be “doing something about” the people all making fun of him on television.

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    It is amazing our country is being led by someone that has skin so thin you can see right through.

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      Oh, gawd. That would be so horrible for so many reasons. I avoided that dumb game show the first time around because I thought he was an asshole since the 80s and had to still listen to stupid water cooler talk about the latest show.

      Imagine if they were able to manage that being the only show on television. No streaming, no Youtube, no Plex, etc…just nothing but the shitty game show that made morons think he’s a “businessman”. 🤢 🤮

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    Isn’t it weird how people like Pedonald cannot just, uh, change the channel?

    They don’t want anyone else to have the option of watching the show.

    I remember how much the cons pretended to care about this so-called “cancel culture” they were going on and on about, but never had any actual evidence for?

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      Isn’t it weird how people like Pedonald cannot just, uh, change the channel?

      The remote slipped between the couch cushions and he doesn’t want to reach down there because JD Vance was alone in here this morning.

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      You know why cons hated cancel culture. Because they’re often on the receiving end of the cancel for being honest about their hate of women, minorities, LGBTQ, etc.

      They are perfectly fine dishing out cancels to anyone speaking like an egalitarian.

      Ive noticed lately how Fuentes and the groypers have been more vocal. Why cosplay as Nazis, when you can be actual nazis?

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        Except - none of them were actually canceled for anything, were they? I don’t know of one instance of some con asshole being cancelled.

        From the hysterical way they were going on about it, there was some Democratic arm of the government taking cons off the air, off Facebook, off Twitter, and…this is just not a thing.

        But they DEFINITELY want it to be a thing for anyone that even bothers making fun of their stupid movement and their leader slathered in makeup.

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      No. It is not the least tiniest bit weird. It is completely and, on the whole, expected. And, ultimately, our collective duty!

      How and how effectively we fight back is the matter under most immediate consideration. What is not under consideration is the certainty that it absolutely must be done, and now!

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    Interesting. They didn’t have enough fun making Colbert and Kimmel into martyrs, now they have to go after another member of the Strike Force Five?

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      Donvict has been bitching about all of them for some time. He wanted SNL off the air in this first term, too.

      He’s a gigantic baby.