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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

New era? Pretty sure we've been living in this isocracy full force since 2008 when the deplorable morons lost their minds and went full stupid racist with the tea party.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago

Oh we've only been experiencing anti intellectualism beta. They're pushing out full release before it's done testing.

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Brain worms will do that

[–] labbbb2@thelemmy.club 3 points 5 hours ago

It was intentional

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Last I knew he was being questioned and this article is useless. Did he actually make it through???

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Not yet. The GOP is still attempting to show the correct amount of "struggle" before they all vote yes.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 4 points 5 hours ago

Gotta pick the 3 senators who are least politically vulnerable.

[–] PumpkinSkink@lemmy.world 15 points 13 hours ago

Americans stay being aggressively anti-intellectual. It's been that way since waaaay before Trump too. We're gassing up Trump too much with this. Americans have been like this longer than I've been alive.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

New my ass! It started with Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich in the 90s, if not even earlier!

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

Yes, this. It goes back even further. It's now, they are empowered and emboldened through Bullshit Mountain + "social media" platforms.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 8 hours ago

Us latinists prefer the term 'Stultiocracy'.

[–] AshMan85@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago

no, trump signaled that

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 23 points 16 hours ago

In 2016 we managed to elect a guy who was very obviously mentally defective and a career criminal. Fuck outta here with “new”.

[–] dotslashme@infosec.pub 99 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Anti-intellectual might be the kindest and least offensive adjective to describe him.

[–] Skydancer@pawb.social 10 points 17 hours ago

Anti-intellectual in much the same way as anti-matter

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 61 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Every time I look at this dude, he looks like five giant cockroaches scrambling around inside a human suit.

[–] goodthanks@lemmy.world 66 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

So that worm in his brain might just have Cordyceps…cool cool. Stocking up on tape, vitamins, paper, scissors, and alcohol asap.

[–] goodthanks@lemmy.world 15 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] goodthanks@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago

Do do doo do doo doo.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 9 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Sounds like he's on death's door when he speaks too. Or he's already dead and the roaches are good ventriloquists/puppeteers.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 5 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I thought it sounded strange when he spoke as well. Turns out he has some condition which makes it sound like that, so maybe we shouldn't point it out.

Or maybe we should - the right has nothing against playing dirty, maybe it's time to take the gloves off. Who knows.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 5 points 12 hours ago

No sympathy for ghouls.

The moral highground is utterly useless today - something the R's have learned well.

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

It’s my understanding that his voice condition may very well have been caused by his heroin use.

[–] MrFappy@lemmy.world 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I’d assume the latter at this point. Although it’s not cockroaches, it’s fucking worms.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] goodthanks@lemmy.world 25 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

That's hilarious!

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 21 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

new era you say? did that reset after the first time trump was elected, or immediately following the second? new era, for fucks sake

[–] droporain@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 18 hours ago

Counts the number of fast and furious, transformers, and marvel movies. definitely nothing new.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 19 hours ago

I think of it this way : movies were really popular before talkies came in. So, movies didn't die off when they started talking, but it was a new era. Same thing here; it's still anti-intellectual, just better and shinier

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