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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 108 points 2 years ago

Yea, Timmy. Wanna fight after school? Wait, you do? Well, I would, but my mommy said I can't.

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[-] CapitalSubstance@sh.itjust.works 80 points 2 years ago

Remember when Musk and Zuckerberg were gonna fight? Feels a lot like that, but older and somehow even less interesting.

[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago

I’m old enough to remember that we had actual debates between opposing candidates, but I’m in my 40s and not interesting

[-] Wrench@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

Yep. I remember the McCain vs Obama debates. I remember thinking their policies were pretty similar, and either would probably govern decently enough. I wasn't a Dem or Rep, though I had voted mostly blue thus far.

But then McCain picked Palin as his running mate, and I saw the VP debates. And holy shit did that make the choice easy, and Red has just been getting more and more extreme ever since.

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[-] hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 70 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 59 points 2 years ago

Anywhere? Okay, how about at the bottom of the Mariana trench?

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[-] ganksy@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago

No debate unless trump agrees to mic cut off after turns

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

Every interruption means he has to hug Eric.

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[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago

by debate he means he will childishly shout over anyone he's on stage with constant bullshit and juvenile rhetoric - no thanks. having seen trump in debates I honestly question anyone silly enough to try, he'll never 'debate', he just gish gallops bullshit until his minders come to change his diapers.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 47 points 2 years ago

So this means he's Definitely refusing to debate him. What a shit. Murica, you vote this guy in and I think I'm all out of sympathy.

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[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago

He's lying. He wouldn't do it if it was moderated by Jon Stewart or Mehdi Hasan.

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago

I would pay money to see Jon Stewart moderate a debate. I mean seriously, like pay per view.

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[-] inlandempire@jlai.lu 40 points 2 years ago

And yet he cowardly backed away from a debate with Sanders

[-] return2ozma@lemmy.world 65 points 2 years ago

Trump didn't want that Bernie heat

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[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago
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[-] GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago

Trump doesn't debate anyone ever. He shows up and steamrolls the other person with his version of reality.

And when he's done, he flips the table, shits on it, and then declares victory...

...and his base fucking eats it up with a -smile.-

It's baffling.

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[-] designatedhacker@lemm.ee 36 points 2 years ago

Anywhere AND anyplace? Stable genius. Given his bouts with slurring and dementia I'd like to see him get shredded by Biden.

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[-] books@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago

Underoath in a court room?

[-] exanime@lemmy.today 29 points 2 years ago

Except you know, in real life

[-] jafo@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

Ok. On the treadmill, at the gym.

[-] n0m4n@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If Biden does debate Trump, he needs to hit Trump with his rape conviction AND the $83 M judgement, tax evasion by fraud that will cost Trump another $450 M, and the multitude of civil suits that are coming. Being president does not affect civil lawsuits. And when Trump loses AGAIN, he is looking at years of prison, at the absolute minimum sentences. Hit Trump again and again for always being a loser. Remember how Obama roasted Trump? Biden can remind Trump how he was owned by Obama. Biden needs to hit Trump with the volcano roast. Trump is an emotional baby. Once Trump gets overwrought, he will be a babbling a word salad of gibberish.

[-] Toastypickle@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

How about a fucking nursing home and they can both stay there when it's over.

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 years ago

"at the end of this kind of long hallway"

[-] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

This is the first time I've truly not cared at all about whether or not there is a presidential debate

[-] protist@mander.xyz 23 points 2 years ago

Any debate with Trump in it is a farce. He just tries to interrupt, talk over, and talk louder than his opponent. It's all part of his faux-macho "establish dominance" strategy, just like when he pulls people toward him when he shakes their hand to knock them off balance. Remember the Gorsuch handshake?

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[-] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 18 points 2 years ago

That would be great if he was actually able to debate. Instead, he'll interrupt and yell, sling insults, and not answer any questions. Biden should 100% not debate him. He should say "I'm not going to debate with a felon, or anyone that is responsible for an insurrection"

[-] derf82@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Oh, Biden should agree to debate. But with rules to cut Trump’s mic when it isn’t his turn to talk.

Trump would never agree to that.

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[-] Coach@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Invite that dumbass to a debate and spring a geography and US history test on him. It'll be hilarious.

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[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 15 points 2 years ago

I really want Biden to start punching. He should make a video of Jill hugging him and look at the camera and say “Donald, that’s what they do when they love you.”

[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

46 should know not to debate 45 because 45 is an idiot.

Never get into arguments with idiots, the will drag you down to their level and beat you with expirence.

Besides, we havent had a real debate since the advent of cable TV... Just dont bother of your not in it for the spectacle.

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[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago

Trump lost every debate he has been in. Biden needs to get Trump to agree to 3 debates right now.

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[-] marx2k@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

... except for the third debate in 2020

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