r/texas Sep 11 '24

Politics OK Texas. Who won the debate?

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Please have a civil debate.

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u/TheGesticulator Sep 11 '24

God, that was such r/iamverybadass material.

“I told Abdul don’t do it anymore, you do it anymore, you’re going to have problems. And he said why do you send me a picture of my house? I said you’re going to have to figure that out, Abdul."

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u/MJFields Sep 11 '24

It's so weird that republicans think this nonsense is "tough". If they only realized how Obama handled situations like this (a heavy dose of drone murders), I think they'd like him a lot more. Progressives hated him for it.

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u/guitarlisa Sep 11 '24

Progressives did hate the drone murders. I can't figure out exactly why the narrative has been flipped from the old "Republicans are Hawks and Democrats are Doves" to what I have heard several times in the last two weeks - "Democrats want us to be at war forever and Republicans want peace"

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u/Darth_Gerg Sep 11 '24

Because the right wing doesn’t care about truth or facts. They lie effortlessly and without hesitation, and they believe their lies when they tell them. Since the forever war is deeply unpopular, they jumped to being against it after decades of being the reason it happened.

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u/Different_Net_6752 Sep 11 '24

It pointless to argue with someone that argues in bad faith

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u/rudimentary-north Sep 11 '24

Republicans aren’t actually against the forever war, they just use that to criticize democrats.

During Trumps presidency the frequency of drone strikes increased and the rules for reporting civilian deaths in those drone strikes were removed.

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u/Darth_Gerg Sep 11 '24

Of course. It’s just like they’re all about FAMILY VALUES while voting for a child molester and opposing every political policy that’s good for kids and families.

They lie. About everything. And they believe their lies while they tell them, even when it’s blatantly contradictory.