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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 26 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

At least it's not the study that proves right-wing nutjobs are way more violent than anyone else. You know that study that's ont he DoJ website?

What? It was removed somehow for some reason?

https://web.archive.org/web/20250731061848/https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/what-nij-research-tells-us-about-domestic-terrorism

Oh!

Dang.

That's a shame.

[–] ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So basically his usual attitude of Not doing anything because someone didn't come beg him and stroke his ego to assure him he's bigly important, but fuck you if you ignore MY wishes

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

hypocrite /hĭp′ə-krĭt″/

noun

  1. A person given to hypocrisy.
  2. One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.
  3. A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The hypocrisy is a power move.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hypocrisy is a demonstration of weakness in accepting fault and/or being able to justify one's position in the face of contradicting evidence.

The only reason it manages to work for him is because his followers are the manifestation of confirmation bias and are willfully ignorant about anything he says or does that they don't agree with.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They use it to demonstrate how the rules do not bind them.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 points 23 hours ago

Some people seem to have misinterpreted your previous comment as expressing approval. But this disregard for the usual rules and standards is certainly part of the fascist playbook. It and the constant lying and goalpost-shifting are how they toy with their opponents and demonstrate that they just don't care. That's why the far right always speaks in bad faith. They enjoy the sport and it buys them time to load their guns.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago

A more ignorant man is the whitehouse there never was

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

May the good lord take this man soon, embrace him in your love and take some MAGA fools with him. I heard the kool-aid is cold is stirred up nice and right.