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[–] ignirtoq@fedia.io 40 points 2 months ago

By "Americans" Mike Johnson means conservative white people. Anyone else is unAmerican, and thus not an American. And Republicans have "restored" their in-group's freedom of speech: it's never been safer for them to spew racist hate, bigotry, and lies without fear of legal or social consequences. He's absolutely correct under all of the dog-whistle definitions the Republicans use for the important terms in his statements.

[–] PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, he didn't say foreigners can speak their minds as well.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be more fair, though, fuck all of them with a rusty rail spike.

[–] seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 months ago

thats the fairest

[–] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 months ago

It's pretty easy to know what's actually happening by just taking the opposite of what they say

Food prices are down -> Food expenses are increasing

More jobs for americans -> one of the highest rated of unemployment

X city is full of criminals -> everyone just trying to live a normal life

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

God I hate these fucking liars and that they just get to keep lying unchecked. You haven't done shit Mike, you lying piece of shit coward. In fact, you've done less than nothing with all your capitulation, you feckless gooch.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What is the deal with these people and their hair?

[–] Oyml77@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago

Constantly lying is bad for your follicles.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

History is written by the victors.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It used to be, before everyone had a printing press in their pocket.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Very well. History's industrial scale marketing and distribution hubs are operated by the victors.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A statement banned from all serious history communities because it's demonstrably wrong

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't have to be absolutely true to be a truism.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For the kind of mind that operates on a truthiness instead of a factual level maybe

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Only sith deal in absolutes.

[–] Cargon@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

These (R)etards wouldn't know what freedom or liberty is if it jumped up and bit their fucking dicks off