This is what makes him so dangerous as President - his profound lack of impulse control.
It’s going to get worse.
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All of this.
Reiner is entitled to his opinion. Ditto anyone.
Even Trump.
And anyone should be subject to the blowback from expressing it.
Even Trump.
Trump’s statement is abjectly poor taste, and something like that should never come from a president.
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Just ignore all the rest.
Shocking.
You’re ascribing words to me that i didn’t post.
Calm down
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Who on this board? I wasn’t active at the time.
Is the bar for POTUS now “only as bad as some rando anonymous wing nut on a political messaging board”
What a complete despicable post by the President.
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Go read the threads. I’m not your research assistant.
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Yet here we are.
Imagine how MAGA would react if people said something similar about Charlie Kirk.
Oh wait…we don’t have to imagine their reaction.
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I don’t feel the need to spend hours researching to find one poster on www.hannity.com that may or may not have anonymously posted something as abjectly tasteless and cruel as what the President posted.
I’ll just take your word for it that there’s a person here who is as tasteless and crass as the current resident of 1600 PA ave.
Of course you know why Trump posted this.
Come on…support the guy if you want…I get that and no one’s telling you not to…but please please stop trying to pretend there’s a line he won’t cross, or that it’s some big mystery as to why he does.
You look silly when you do that, you know.
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All of what?
I already posted my thoughts on it.
Please stop attempting to unload your ■■■■■■■■ on me.
Thanks in advance.
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What we’re discussing.
Duh!!
There is a problem with this analysis, though, and it implicates more than just Trump. His critics are part of the system that makes this behavior rational. The cycle is now automatic: provocation produces outrage, outrage produces coverage, and coverage recenters Trump. He knows this. He relies on it. His behavior is calibrated not just to offend, but to be amplified by those most appalled by it. And yet it cannot be ignored.
A political figure who understands that cruelty and distortion are rewarded — and chooses them as his primary tools — is not misfiring. He is operating efficiently within a broken system.
Good opinion piece, though probably not too exclusive in thought.
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And dishonest on the chicken and egg side of things.
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Yeah, he shouldn’t have done that.
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I am waiting on this to opine.
I would suggest this thread should be merged with the other Reiner tragedy thread.
It is a very sorrowful turn of events.
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Can’t tell you how many times I’ve quoted When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men and The Princess Bride.
I’ll truly miss his contributions to our entertainment culture.
What a funny guy.
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A Few Good Men is a on a very short list of my favorites.
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