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Fiendish Thingy

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8. I'm not talking about voting

Reply to W_HAMILTON (Reply #7)

Mon May 19, 2025, 09:57 AM

May 19

This OP was directed to anyone who ever said anything negative about Joe Biden.

That is the clearest example of a fascistic purity test that I can think of: no speech criticizing a leader is allowed.

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To all who spoke poorly about Joe Biden over the years. [View all] usonian May 18 OP

Oh...my...gawd! Iggo May 18 #1

Jesus Christ mr715 May 18 #2

Seriously? mountain grammy May 18 #3

Life is black & white for some. Nt Fiendish Thingy May 18 #4

What the fuck? Initech May 18 #5

You talking to me? Fiendish Thingy May 18 #6

Except in this case... W_HAMILTON May 18 #7

I'm not talking about voting Fiendish Thingy May 19 #8

You think those that found every single little thing to criticize Biden about didn't impact voters? W_HAMILTON May 19 #9

Things could have been quite different Fiendish Thingy May 19 #11

Biden could have announced he wasn't going to run and Kamala would still have been our nominee. W_HAMILTON May 19 #13

Not necessarily. ecstatic May 19 #14

A lot of people discussed the negatives of his age and so on, without usonian May 19 #15

yikes! ecstatic May 19 #10

Judging from the responses... W_HAMILTON May 19 #12