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marmar

(78,002 posts)
Sun Aug 11, 2024, 10:07 AM Aug 11

Republicans don't try to solve problems anymore. All they offer is fake outrage.


Republicans don’t try to solve problems anymore. All they offer is fake outrage.
SUSAN J. DEMAS


Social media comes in many flavors. Facebook is about the life you want, Instagram is about the life you wish you could afford and X is about how much life sucks. ..... But the most bonkers site, hands down, is Nextdoor. It’s supposedly a way to connect with your neighbors, but it’s basically just a stream of nonsensical paranoia from folks you’d never want to wave to from your front porch.

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Because we can’t have nice things, even the most joyful events, like the Summer Olympics in Paris, get bogged down in divisive disinformation efforts. First, conservative influencers and politicians were incensed by the French being, well, French in the opulent, avant-garde opening ceremony they derided for being too LGBTQ+-friendly and mocking Christianity.

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Sometimes GOP officials go apoplectic over real issues while inventing their own reality (like your great-uncle’s Facebook posts). They claim the economy is in shambles (it’s not), crime is soaring (it’s not) or illegal immigrants do nothing but go on bloody crime sprees (they don’t).

It’s little wonder that Republicans rarely bother offering any policy solutions anymore — and when they do, like U.S. Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) did with a border security bill earlier this year, they take on friendly fire for doing their jobs, because that could hurt the GOP’s electoral chances. ...............(more)

https://michiganadvance.com/2024/08/11/republicans-dont-try-to-solve-problems-anymore-all-they-offer-is-fake-outrage/




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Republicans don't try to solve problems anymore. All they offer is fake outrage. (Original Post) marmar Aug 11 OP
They are whining assholes who have nothing to offer dalton99a Aug 11 #1
Sick of the hate, outrage, negativity, lies and division. Enough! appalachiablue Aug 11 #2
That has been pretty evident for a long time now to those GoodRaisin Aug 11 #3

GoodRaisin

(9,568 posts)
3. That has been pretty evident for a long time now to those
Sun Aug 11, 2024, 01:46 PM
Aug 11

with their eyes open. They manufacture problems and openly work for those who cause problems.

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