• ZeroCool@piefed.ca
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    23 hours ago

    Perhaps this will finally make them wake up

    Unfortunately it didn’t. Conservatives were immediately telling each other that “it wasn’t that bad and tHe RaDiCaL lEfT were just taking it out of context.” But as is often the case, the context does not make it any better.

    • Jack@lemmy.ca
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      11 hours ago

      “Not even a little bit. The only thing that matters when I’m talking about Iran—they can’t have a nuclear weapon. I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody. I think about one thing—we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That’s all.” - Donald Trump, military.com, USA Today

      He’s a narcissistic psychopath who chose to break the Iran deal, but the context shows that preventing a nuclear-armed Velâyat-e Faqih is more important.

      Also, “It’s what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, […] you’re going to get selfish, ignorant leaders.” – George Carlin, YouTube

    • Willy@sh.itjust.works
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      23 hours ago

      It makes it a little bit better. This was definitely a gotcha sound bite, but it did make me spurt out my drink when he said it that way. Lol.