Raging LibTarg

Political junkie. Hater of injustice. Fighter for democracy. Veteran of the Dark Brandon 3rd Keyboard Regiment.

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  • Republican senators say they are alarmed at how many Republicans, including those with higher levels of education and income, buy the unsubstantiated claims that the last presidential election was stolen.

    A second Republican senator who spoke with The Hill said the growing strength of radical populism “makes it a lot more difficult to govern, it makes it difficult to talk to constituents.”

    “There are people who surprise me — I’m surprised they have those views. It’s amazing to me the number of people, the kind of people who think the election was stolen,” the lawmaker said. “I don’t want to use this word but it’s not just a ‘red-neck’ thing. It’s people in business, the president of a bank, a doctor.”

    How far up your ass does your head have to be to not see that your party is practically driven by conspiracy theories and falsehoods after the last decade??








  • Oppositional Defiance Disorder

    Oooo I love learning a term that perfectly describes something I previously couldn’t!!

    ETA: Oh my.

    Oppositional defiant disorder (Also called: ODD).
    A disorder in a child marked by defiant and disobedient behavior to authority figures.

    Bruh, “in a child”? These are full grown adults!

    Some children with ODD outgrow the condition by age eight or nine. But about half of them continue to experience symptoms of ODD through adulthood. People with ODD report feeling angry all of the time, and about 40 percent of them become progressively worse and develop antisocial personality disorder.

    Wow. WOW. So many things in the world just made so much more sense to me in the last 5 minutes. Holy shit.



  • weaponized disinformation is a legitimate threat that shouldn’t be downplayed

    If anything, I’d like to see this be made one of the more important issues by our politicians. It really bugs me that, after all the attacks on our society by bad actors using actual disnfo campaigns, there really isn’t anyone making it a major campaign issue (correct me if I’m wrong!). These bad actors are using our obsession with free speech as a weapon against us, fighting a war that our government doesn’t appear to give two shits about. I really believe we can figure a way to fight back without stepping on freedom’s toes. I mean, we’re supposed to be fucking America for chrissakes, we can figure this out!