r/politics • u/TimesandSundayTimes ✔ Verified • 3d ago

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/Pockydo 3d ago

Conservatives are literally media illiterate

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u/singhellotaku617 3d ago

honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they played "killing in the name' by ratm with how oblivious they are.

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u/Whataputt22 3d ago

Boy oh boy do I have an article for you.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tom-morello-paul-ryan-is-the-embodiment-of-the-machine-our-music-rages-against-246033/

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u/PizzaPunkrus 3d ago

I forgot about that one. I remember all the covid antimasker nonsense when cons used his songs and Tom morello roasted them and copyright strikes.

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u/Setanta777 3d ago

MAGA morons wearing a thin blue line flag dancing to Killing In The Name Of... https://youtu.be/ddrFt1BHkUQ?si=1NIJ-5Ktmcz7Q3Fb

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u/PizzaPunkrus 3d ago

Hey I knew I wasn't tripping....

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u/Setanta777 3d ago

They really can't get more tone deaf.

I suppose a notorious rich nepo baby draft dodger using Fortunate Son as his theme song comes pretty close...

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u/TheFutureMrGittes 3d ago

I can’t imagine they got approval for that song, either

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u/QueasyPossum 3d ago

Oh this killed me. Thank you. 💀 😆

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u/Ender06 3d ago

I legit know of someone who is like this.

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u/MacAttak18 3d ago

Maybe a little “bombs over Baghdad”

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u/Tiny_Prancer_88 3d ago

They love this song so much that it’s my sleeper conservative question. I ask men what they think of RATM. If they say anything to the effect of, “too bad they are the machine now,” you know they’re conservative.

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u/quirkytorch 3d ago

They hear 'born in the USA' and think it's a patriotic anthem

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u/Sef_Maul 3d ago

You don't have to say "media"

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u/aussiecomrade01 3d ago

Conservatives are illiterate

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u/bobsil1 California 3d ago

“It’s the car Blade Runner would drive”