• SabinStargem@lemmy.today
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    12 hours ago

    Ignoring the fakery, I don’t see how the alteration makes her less sympathetic. I would also be distressed if being frog-marched by facists for the crime of being born autistic.

    All this propaganda does, is cement my decision to fight. The Trump Regime and Dogey Americans, are enemies of any decent human being, and must be destroyed.

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      8 hours ago

      It’s not meant for you. They actually don’t care how it makes you feel. It’s for their racist, fascist loving voters. They love this.

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      12 hours ago

      They think they are portraying the subject as ‘weak’. It’s for their racist base to feel like ‘right on, we made a weak black leftist woman cry, like they all deserve’'.

      It was never about making her less sympathetic, but a celebration of hurting the ‘correct’ people to get hurt.

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        12 hours ago

        It’s not JUST for thier base.

        For anyone pondering joining such actions, these would be leaders.

        If you’re thinking of joining, and the leaders look “weak”, it might not inspire much faith. You might decide to hold back.

        The truth is, she looked calm and collected, confident in her decisions and actions. She looks like a leader. She looks like someone worth following. That type of imagery is dangerous if you’re trying to suppress action.

        So, in short, it’s an attempt at active suppression, not just a “treat” for thier own. It’s the modern equivalent of going on about how short Napoleon is. It’s an attempt to diminish those they’re afraid of to try and keep others from following them.

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        9 hours ago

        Now he’s hurting the people he needs to be hurting! I still cannot afford jack squat, and don’t have a job or health care, but at least he’s punching down, thank goodness!