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minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 hours ago Big midterm surprise? This is the depressing thing. Even if they do somehow lose their grip over public opinion, a fake terrorist attack would be all they’d need to restore themselves. Good thing Putin has no experience with faking terrorist attacks …
minus-squaremasterofn001@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 hours agoYeah, this comment has a lot to analyse yet there is little to no commentary on it: The red states are going to do good, and the blue states, I don’t know, maybe they’ll totally disappear off that map. The wording isn’t accidental. And it’s a bit more than terrifying. Disappear. Not change, not swing, not go red. “Disappear off that map.”
This is the depressing thing. Even if they do somehow lose their grip over public opinion, a fake terrorist attack would be all they’d need to restore themselves. Good thing Putin has no experience with faking terrorist attacks …
Yeah, this comment has a lot to analyse yet there is little to no commentary on it:
The wording isn’t accidental. And it’s a bit more than terrifying.
Disappear. Not change, not swing, not go red. “Disappear off that map.”