• wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
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    Meanwhile, in other breaking news:

    • Recent archeological studies suggest that Abraham Lincoln is, in fact, dead;
    • Physicists have determined that the sky is sometimes blue;
    • Neuroscientists are making the bold claim that most humans are more intelligent than rats. They have found that the reverse correlation exists for all those who report surprise at reading our top headline on RFK Jr’s testimony!
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      As the other comment said, his dad was also assassinated shortly before he was likely to win the California presidential primary.

      His father would be rolling in his grave… The Kennedys are fucked, but RFK Sr. seemed like he could have been a transformational president.

      There’s a documentary series about him called “RFK For President” that I found super interesting. Bobby seemed like the most thoughtful and empathetic of the Kennedys and it’s a shame we lost him so soon.

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      Not to make excuses for him but his dad and his uncle were both assassinated. If that doesn’t make you mental, I don’t know what does. He clearly has no place in government or any position of authority. He should be committed.

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    The entire world would be a MUCH better place if politicians were actually punished for knowingly lying under oath.

    Especially if they were considered under oath at all times when discussing policy.

    In stead, there’s like a dozen or two politicians in all of Washington that don’t deliberately mislead the public for power and profit on a daily basis.

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      Idk who he has tricked other than Donald because I haven’t seen or heard anyone saying good things about him.

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        I mean, it’s prevalent enough that I’m no longer surprised. Rural America, saw an RFK sign nearby leading up to the election, and neighbor is an anti-vaxxer. I also had a weird comment from a coworker when getting my flu shots at work asking if I was “nervous” about it, and I replied, just confused, “No…”.

        In short, it’s just sort of been a slow realization that the country is full of people you’d never expect whose brains have slowly been warped by social media and conspiracy theory. Losing shared monoculture to keep us calibrated to reality means everyone slowly is developing their own mental disfigurements.

        So yes, there are people out there who think it’s great.

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        Some very stupid libertarian, people I know think he’s great. Plus he tricks people by saying a couple, things that are super obvious, like corn fructose syrup is bad. We have all known this forever.

        It reminds me of the family guy, nine eleven was bad bit.

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        Trump doesn’t care if he’s smart or not. Trump traded dropping out of the race and endorsing himself in exchange for HHS. Purely a political transaction.