• nymnympseudonym@piefed.social
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    23 hours ago

    “sitting US Senators were being surveilled”

    That’s his indignation. That Senators were being investigated! By the formerly independent non-political office tasked with doing exactly that, in the context of an investigation where each request required justification and evidence.

    And if James Comey is allowed to present his case in open court, as he is requesting, we’ll actually see that evidence.

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    The mental gymnastics these fucks do to hold one side accountable for things they wouldn’t on their own side is some Biles level tumbling and flipping.

    I couldn’t imagine being this devoid of values.

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      They’re on a mission from God. It’s faith-based.

      Once it’s no longer evidence-based and all actions are moral because God is on your side… there is no evil you won’t do, while feeling righteous the whole while.

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        I think there’s a good mix of both sides of that coin - plenty that a genuinely crazy and believe as you’ve stated, but another plenty that are just amoral and/or evil who just used the “mission from God” bullshit as a cover.

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          amoral and/or evil

          Yes there exist bona fide diagnosable sociopathies and psychopathologies that can lead to “amorality”. But they’re pretty rare.

          Much much more common is the insular thinking of an in-group in an information bubble. Especially, again, when that group values faith above reason

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            And if we were just talking about the general population at large, I would 100% agree, but I think the “bona fide diagnosable sociopathies and psychopathologies” are significantly overrepresented in people who obtain positions of power - especially the ones that end up in the news for stuff like this.

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    21 hours ago

    So he’s filing impeachment for exact same thing that T* is doing. M’kay. Got it.

    In other news, mirrors are on sale at Target.com and other vendors.

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    23 hours ago

    I thought this was a good thing until i read it and remembered we’re in the dark timeline again.

    Oh, btw, go vote today (and this time next year)

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    15 hours ago

    sure would be nice if dems supported people.

    would also be nice if those gop families got on concentration camp monthly mailing lists