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minus-squareSevenSkalls [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·1 month agoHoly shit. What happened to pretending not to be blatantly racist?
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 month agoMy best guess is that it’s like “shock humor” in general. The edginess gets dull so it has to go a little further to maintain the edge. “They’re not sending their best” was exciting before 2016 but now it has to be ratcheted up.
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-21 month agoThey don’t have to anymore since being open about it is the only thing that make their campaign different from dem campaign.
Holy shit. What happened to pretending not to be blatantly racist?
My best guess is that it’s like “shock humor” in general. The edginess gets dull so it has to go a little further to maintain the edge. “They’re not sending their best” was
exciting before 2016 but now it has to be ratcheted up.
They don’t have to anymore since being open about it is the only thing that make their campaign different from dem campaign.