I will never get over how insane this was. Like why the fuck did anyone think it was a good idea to kneel for this. Literally taking the position of the person who killed him for the same duration. And who the fuck gave them the kente cloth?! Why?!
This also reminded me of how the dems all sang a song on some terribly inappropriate day (roe V wade? School shooting? I can’t remember), and when asked just went “well it was scheduled in advance”.
You’d think they would understand something about optics considering their entire existence is to be on camera and make people think they can govern, but no, they are just completely useless in every way.
You’d think they would understand something about optics
It seems to work enough that their partisans don’t really question their leadership. Like it looks farcical to us, but idk how libs perceive it.
The goal is not to inspire or even get voots the goal is to induce despair
Honestly easier for my mind to accomodate. I keep a brick on my desk for when I need to remind myself that Libs actually believe the stupid shit the Dem leadership says. A few good smacks re-adjusts my worldview the necessary degree.
This also reminded me of how the dems all sang a song on some terribly inappropriate day (roe V wade? School shooting? I can’t remember), and when asked just went “well it was scheduled in advance”.
I remember Nancy Pelosi introducing a thing for the one year anniversary of the Jan. 6th riots, and saying something to the effect of “Jan. 6th was a horrible day for our democracy where our sacred halls were desecrated. Now, here’s a performance from the cast of Hamilton.”
Don’t know if that’s what you’re thinking of, but it was peak lib.
I vaguely remember them singing something on the day the court killed Roe. : p
There’s so much just bizarre political theater, it’s hard to sort any of it out without taking notes.
That gives me some closure then. I can see the logic even if it was deeply inappropriate for this moment
As both political and moral leaders, they needed to show all the violent rioters the correct way to protest
This also reminded me of how the dems all sang a song on some terribly inappropriate day (roe V wade? School shooting? I can’t remember), and when asked just went “well it was scheduled in advance”.
i think you hit on something here that absolutely confirms the truth of your last sentence. a real political project responsive to its stakeholders and constituency would absolutely pivot at the last second to meet the conditions of the moment. for example, if a “great hero” were to be receiving honors in an event and it came out that the hero was a monster, the event would be cancelled because to do otherwise would be insane and undermine people’s faith in the institution, right? in a real democracy, the lack of faith is fatal to authority.
but what we’re looking at here is the mentality of theater and spectacle, i.e. “the show must go on.” it doesn’t matter if the theater is on fire or the ship is sinking, the music can’t stop, the actor must act & stay in character, to keep the audience’s attention. it’s a smoke and mirrors political system, not a democracy. it is here to ensorcell, anesthetize and distract us from efforts to reform.
Friendly reminder that mango mussolini was secretly backed by Shillary for awhile during the 2016 election.
The worst is when she thanked George Floyd
Yeah. I wonder if they know what happened? Like do they watch the news? Do they just get a one paragraphy briefing in the morning? I’d love to know what their information environment is like, what they have access to, what is kept away from their by their aides.
you know how twitter broke a lot of celebrities brains? like, they just could not cope with knowing there were people out there that didn’t like them? I wonder what the equivalent is for incumbents and the news their staffers choose not to share.
VEEP: The Selina Meyer Nick Names
“Gary, what are my nicknames?”
It must be so awkward trying to manage them. They were already utterly disconnected, alien monsters before they reached old age, so now even if they’ve got most of their faculties they’ve still got the cognitive decline everyone gets, they get tired promptly at 4pm, all their knowledge about how the world works is 40+ years out of date. God it must be miserable.
At least we got a great emoji out of it
