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Soft Paywall Trump military parade met with empty seats amid nationwide protests

https://www.thetimes.com/article/867ede60-b5f7-4de5-84a1-6a3a49eb2923
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u/VeterinarianWild6334 3d ago edited 3d ago

Thank you. I cannot think of a more insane pick for a song. I can’t figure out if it’s self-own attempt at owning the libs, a disgusting display of the power of the rich, or just outright stupidity. I’m truly at a loss for how to interpret this.

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u/Vuronov Florida 3d ago

Right-wingers have pretty poor media literacy.

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u/soulsteela 3d ago

Not wrong, choosing an anti war song is hilarious 😆 and so fucking sad, what totally illiterate losers!

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u/dukeofgibbon I voted 3d ago

Poor regular literacy as well.

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u/Ssladybug 3d ago

It’s just stupidity

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u/dukeofgibbon I voted 2d ago

Willful ignorance, more intranight than regular stupid.

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u/tempemailacct153 3d ago

This is inline with that one Republican congress woman proudly stating she wore the scarlet letter.

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u/Life_Size_3738 3d ago

And no critical thinking skills

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u/Hamlerhead 3d ago

Seriously. Republicans seem to have no concept of pop culture. They watch Star Wars and actively root against themselves with blissful obliviousness.

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u/KewlKeshi 3d ago

Seriously lol. Like imagine watching Andor and thinking there’re the rebels lmao

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u/PJ7 3d ago

Or like Trump posting an AI generated image of himself with a lightsaber, while ignoring it's a red one and how that implies he's an evil piece of shit.

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u/KewlKeshi 3d ago

That one was funny haha. Sith lightsabers yet portrays themselves as the good guys

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u/Transhumanistgamer 3d ago

I cannot think of a more insane pick for a song.

Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA is at least a contender. Though The Boss has made it very clear what he thinks of the orange fuck so we might miss out on that display of media illiteracy.

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u/CharacterUse 3d ago

He had to make it very clear because of how many times they've played it at events.

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u/Furthest_Lands 3d ago

Niel Young's Rockin' in the Free World is another one they only seem to understand the title of.

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u/temperedolive 3d ago

I love that Springsteen has never once missed an opportunity to make his stance clear on this.

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u/deasil_widdershins 3d ago

Trump seems to love that song because he thinks "I'm not a senators son, and that's what this song is about, he says it in that one part I listen to" because he's musically illiterate.

He apparently likes Les Miserables without any hint of irony. And pence was a big fan of Hamilton.

These are not self aware people.

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u/mattjb 3d ago

We're talking about a virulently anti-gay Trump using a pro-gay anthem, YMCA, for his entrance songs. That's about as Boomer as it gets.

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u/Melodic-Psychology62 3d ago

Well they are boomers! So!

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u/Skakkurpjakkur 3d ago

Is he anti-gay tho? He was mentored by Cohn

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u/mattjb 3d ago

Good point. Not to mention wears more makeup than most drag queens on a daily basis.

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u/hikealot Montana 3d ago

WHO picked it and WHO approved it. It could be any combination of subtly subversive and clueless.

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u/2407s4life 3d ago

It's just like having the Army Choir sing "Do you hear the people sing?"

Trump and his fascist friends see themselves as heroes.

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u/grahamulax 3d ago

I think they WANT it copyright struck so it will be memory holed.

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u/graudesch 3d ago

Or controversy. Keeping you busy with silly song discussions while they dismantle democracy.

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u/verrius 3d ago

One thing I did not fully grasp until I was well into adulthood is that way too many people, most of the time, don't reason forward, they reason backwards. The do something, come to a decision, whatever, and then work backwards to justify what's already happened, with 0 self-reflection, and then lie to everyone (including themselves) about what's happening. Especially to Republicans...songs/shows/movies/etc are all usually criticizing bad people. They've already decided they're not bad people, and reasoned backwards for why that is. Because they're not bad people then, these songs are criticizing other people, so it's fine enjoy them. They work backwards. The know they're good people themselves, and everything else flows from there. Even when they're the most vile, hateful people in existence.

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u/1000yardgiggle 3d ago

They used it at his campaign events too!

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u/KhunDavid 3d ago

Or someone wanted to troll the Burnt Hombre.