His second quarter ratings were down more than Colbert or Fallon's were, and he was way behind Colbert in total market share:
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Also he just pissed off the Taliban. Talk about being a total shit disturber. He got them off America’s back in his first term too. I guess he enjoys acquiring targets to his head.
Being angry is a deeply human reaction - especially when it comes to stages of grief. I also believe that expressing that anger - especially in defence of someone’s right to free speech - underlines that very same principle. Anger in itself isn’t dangerous, it’s how people choose to act on that anger. So far, they’re expressing emotion, not acting out violently. There’s a big difference between being angry and being violent.
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When the Right says this stuff, it's just expressing anger.
However, it's not an isolated incidence of anger. Anger has been baked in to our politics and our DNA for decades and exacerbated during the trump era. Right-wing media, trump, and MAGA constantly feed red meat to the base to keep the base angry, hateful, and fearful. Constant anger is dangerous and can result in deadly violence especially in a country that is armed to the teeth like America. Studies has shown that the majority of political violence in the U.S. is by right-wing extremists. And by the way, using Kirk's own words to document who he was and his politics is not hateful, it's being honest.
Didn’t know him either until he got shot and saw the way he approached things.
I don't completely disagree with you, but I'd like to put that in context. Politically the U.S. is deeply and evenly divided so presidential elections decided on the margins. Independent voters in 6 or 7 purple, swing states determine the winner. Unfortunately, many of these swing voters make voting decisions largely based on how things are going for them personally and in the country today. At election time there was high inflation and voters were angry about it. They neglected to consider that 1) whomever was president would be dealing with a stubborn post-COVID inflation, and 2) that no candidate can promise immediate inflation relief as trump did. Border security was also an issue, but swing voters apparently neglected to consider that trump and republicans nixed border security legislation. They didn't want the border fixed, rather they wanted it to be a campaign issue. These swing voters have an affinity for rejecting the incumbent and to elect somebody new. In 4 years they will vote out the candidate or political party they voted for in the previous election. Are they stupid? Maybe some are but mostly they are disgruntled, selfish, and poorly informed. Of course don't get me started when it comes to MAGA voters because most of them are either stupid or have been radicalized.
Thank you Jazzman for your clear exclplanations. I know and understand everything you are saying because here in Quebec we are the mouse next to the sleeping elephant of the USA and we must always monitor what is happening in the south. But there is no valid explanation when a people elects a pathological liar, rapist and thief. It says a lot about the values of a people. I would be so ashamed to live in the USA. Half of the people gave their vote to a human waste that smell of shit. Not just the margins, not just the MAGAS, half the population of the entire country. This man has a lot of blood on his hands because of all the bad decisions he makes. He should go to prison for the rest of his life !!
War is the crime by nature if not by definition. There were no wars even that were right ones by our view where mass murder of scores of civilians was not committed. The standing up example is WWII when millions of Japanese and German civilians were killed in indiscriminate aerial bombardments by our brave pilots. When combatants are deliberately intermixed with the civilian population like in Gaza, the civilian deaths are unavoidable unless Hamas surrenders unconditionally and immediately. This what world should be demanding from the very beginning instead of protesting against Israel. Of course, Jews needs to be held to an impossible high standard as always
Thank you for your thoughts. I understand your concerns and agree with your assessment. To me it was a "no-brainer" just based on his depraved character alone much less the litany of other reasons making him so unfit for office. Last year I was visiting Montreal a few days before the election and Canadian anxiety was high as was mine. Everything I and others have predicted is our new reality. And there's no bottom - it gets worse every day. Since election night to this day I am ashamed to be an American. Unfortunately, this is who we are at this moment. Not all of us. Not the majority of us. But the plurality of us and enough to win the presidency. The United States will never be the same and that's on us. Regrettably the rest of the world will suffer as well.
I met some great people while working in the US in the past and I feel sorry for them right now.
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When you have thousands of libtards inciting actual violence that’s hateful. When you have thousands of people inciting violence that’s hateful. When you have thousand of libtards cheering the death of someone that’s hateful. But god forbid you don’t like that and state that you don’t you’re hateful. Make it make sense hahaha
Do you realize you are describing trump?
