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Re: A whole civilization might die tonight

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This is what happens when there's no effective opposition. Where are the dems? Where's the press?

What's truly shocking is that a large part of what got Trump elected in 2024 (and the world in this mess now) was that the GOP cleverly stoked the fears of transgenderism via local-market ad buys during the election. This very play was the reason for much of Trump's gains with various demo's such as black males and hispanics/latinos. So many of these folks were completely triggered by 'grooming' and the ideas that gi…

A lesson learned for the Democrats, hopefully. Despite being warned by so many inside and outside of their party about this issue, they gave the Republicans ample opportunity to exploit it. Really, it was quite unnecessary.

Re: A whole civilization might die tonight

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If many people 'vouch' for it, it will get unflagged.

If you 'vouch' or 'flag' things the mods don't approve of, it gets disabled on your account. Confirmed in private conversation with dang [1], he restored it after I promised to behave, and now it stopped working again as I didn't properly toe the line. Quite hypocritical to give power to the user with the tacit expectation that you share the same opinions and political bent as the moderation team. --- 1: quote: "I'm…

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