• TuffNutzes@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    The party of family values protecting us from the real monsters. Thank you MAGA!

    /s in case it wasn’t obvious.

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      4 months ago

      I think we should normalize saying scandalous shit without the /s and letting people hit us with a few “did you justs” before we have to actually specify that we’re kidding

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        4 months ago

        Dropping the /s doesn’t work because conservatives unironically say scandalous shit, and people still vote for them thinking it is a “joke”.

        This is so common that “Some scandalous shit”, conservatives, probably actually is a valid meme format.

        E.g. People joked how conservatives would excuse teenage brides because the Virgin Mary was a teenager. Cue the Alabama state auditor saying “Mary was a teenager” in defense of Roy Moore’s teenage sexual assault allegations.

        “Mary was a teenager,” conservatives, probably, actually

        Roy Moore, Republican US Senate candidate, accused of sexual assault on 14yo girl - ABC News - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-10/roy-moore-republican-senate-candidate-sexual-assault-allegation/9136922