• Tja@programming.dev
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    7 hours ago

    I didn’t say it

    And if I did, I didn’t mean it

    And if I didn’t, I was joking

    And if I wasn’t, you are overreacting

    or something like that

  • chuckleslord@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    “I said to take care of him. I did not specify what that meant, you’re just putting words into my mouth” - “plausible” deniability

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    24 hours ago

    Buddy I know a pile of shit when I see it. Call it fudge all you like, but even after you take a bite to reassure me you’re not lying, we both know the truth.

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    This is why you don’t acquiesce to facsist threats…

    If you fold, they win for free, and can claim that it’s a coincidence you do what they wanted.

    This morherfucker was posting memes on social media laughing about how it worked and had been intentionally planned. Now he wants to act like it was just an offhand comment.

    You have to fight every fucking battle, no matter how pedantic, how pointless, or how much plausible deniability they have.

    Don’t give them a fucking inch for free, because if it’s easy they’ll keep doing it. If every inch is a battle, it runs down the clock and makes them want to just fuck off and go golfing instead.

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      I mean, it’s a corpo that acquiesced. They don’t care about rights or vindication or freedom, they just care about line go up. This is good advice for average people, but does not make the line go up.

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        Counterpoint: we’ve got to tell the mega corporations and C-suiters that they will lose money appealing to MAGA. Go fash, lose cash. Give money to the ones that fight back, buy from good local businesses, and be informed about where the megas stand and cut back as much support as you can.

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          Finally, a worthy opponent to “go woke, go broke” — I’ll use “go fash, lose cash” for years to come!

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            23 hours ago

            I cant claim that I created it (dunno where I first saw it either) but absolutely use it! And make sure the 1% knows it true, too

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      24 hours ago

      The fact that nobody ever calls them out for the blatantly obvious lies to their face is the most infuriating thing of all. They think we’re brainless monkeys and they get away with it because nobody pushes back

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        Literally everyone who’s not a republican is constantly jumping at the bit to “call out republicans”, because its the main way they feed their ego. Republicans are bad, ive pointed it out loudly, so now I’m a good person.

        Its cheap and easy, but hardly the truth. Republicans have real problems just like anyone else. Learn how to have a conversation with someone who’s come to a different conclusion than yourself.

      • TeddE@lemmy.world
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        Plenty of people call them out on it - they’ve just spent my lifetime insulating themselves from any impact coming from it.

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          I mean on the TV, during the interviews, directly after they tell the obvious lies.