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[–] annoyed_onion@lemmy.world 94 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Had to do a double take that it was the onion as this sounds kinda standard tbf

[–] Risk@feddit.uk 48 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The year is 2024. The Onion is no longer parody news. It's just news.

[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We crossed that threshold sometime during the trump presidency.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nah, it was during the Tea Party era that made Republicans go crazy. Trump just actually managed to capitalize on something for once.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can just say having a black president.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It was far more than that. The Tea Party signified when psychotic Christians took over the ideology, which regardless of Obama, opened the door for charlatans like Trump.

The racists were already on board with Republicans.

Harmabe's death created an alternate timeline in which reality start to out-Onion the Onion.

[–] annoyed_onion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

You're absolutely right. Good times

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