• Wytch@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    His supporters will require Olympic level mental gymnastics to dispel the unease they’re gonna get if they even hear about this. Backing down from a debate looks cowardly no matter what his lame excuse and they’ll feel the truth of that.

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        3 months ago

        Yea the vast majority of his supporters are not the brightest individuals, they don’t need mental gymnastics because they are so stupid

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      3 months ago

      They’re going to do everything they can to paint Kamala as an illegitimate candidate, and spin his refusal to debate her as simply refusing to legitimize her.

      Trump’s base doesn’t know shit about fuck, so if their god emperor says she’s illegitimate they won’t even think about it further.

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        3 months ago

        Well, those people weren’t going to change their mind anyway. The debate wasn’t for them.

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      You would think this. But it hasn’t been true for years. Intellectual dishonesty+laziness is the default now.

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      They’re far past even bothering with mental gymnastics. Their brains have gotten so accustomed to constant cognitive dissonance that they’ve basically turned that feature off.

      Whatever talking point is chosen for them will be the reality. Really takes the pressure off them I guess.

      I can’t even imagine what that must be like… It’s like there’s no concrete, consistent reality to them. Wild.