Captain Howdy

Fuck!

Idgaf. Why has this story been at the top of my feed for like 4 days now?

Because roughly half the country believes what he says. If it affirms their worldview (usually hatred of some “other”), then they are happy to take it on face value.

Because we have blatantly partisan media companies willing to parrot his lies and unwilling to challenge even the most harmful of them.

Because our two party system makes nearly everything a political issue that is supported by one party or the other, and voters have to choose between the lesser of two evils (whatever that means to that voter) than vote for someone who better represents their actual world view.

Because he is rich. Because he is privileged. Because he has never been made to actually face the consequences of intentionally lying to everyone.

I’d love to see the rest of the list.

Sadly I truly believe this is the case. There’s no reason to support Trump positions unless you’re a billionaire. Any non-billionaire that supports his obvious lies and grifts must be a racist, because he doesn’t have anything else going on.

Just saw this morning that the police are saying the death was not caused by injuries from the fight.

https://nypost.com/2024/02/22/us-news/nonbinary-student-nex-benedicts-death-was-not-caused-by-injuries-from-school-fight-police/amp/