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acosmichippo

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I’m not doubting that he said or believes these things. The point is this one guy does not define the soul of the GOP. by all means, trot him out there to sway independents, but let’s not act like the GOP was some paragon of virtue before trump came along.

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lol gimme a fucking break. he’s doing everything y’all always wanted, just isn’t afraid to say the quiet thing out loud.

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there is precedence for the government ensuring balanced discourse on public airwaves with the fairness doctrine. there is only a finite amount of spectrum to be licensed out so the government needs to be able to ensure the broadcasters who do get licenses are providing more than a single biased point of view.

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he does realize his face is showing right.

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the person above is an asshole but not entirely wrong. there was a good amount of deregulation under clinton, like repealing glass-steagall for example. not as bad a reagan but still not great.

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the quotes don’t really help with any of that though. people can figure it out from context.

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“Get off the goddamn moral high horse with the work-from-home bullshit,” Musk said, “because they’re asking everyone else to not work from home while they do.”

elon musk, the great social equity watchdog. watch, next he’s gonna say “Get off the goddamn moral high horse with the fair wages bullshit, because they’re asking everyone else to work for minimum wage while they don’t.”

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they said ‘a’ gaping asshole, not two gaping assholes.

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