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demmiblue

(36,833 posts)
Wed May 13, 2020, 09:04 PM May 2020

I've lived in authoritarian countries and this is genuinely like what you'd see on state media.

I’ve lived in authoritarian countries and this is genuinely like what you’d see on state media. No credible media outlet in any other functioning democratic country does this.





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I've lived in authoritarian countries and this is genuinely like what you'd see on state media. (Original Post) demmiblue May 2020 OP
There's no way to vote I_UndergroundPanther May 2020 #1
Good grief! Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #2
They surely don't know what those big words mean. Baked Potato May 2020 #3
That is just asking to be meme'd! Initech May 2020 #4
Oh for fuck's sake... Blue Owl May 2020 #5
Dobbs needs a good dose of CV. roamer65 May 2020 #6
I notice they are still calling it the Chinese virus. Except now its Wuhan Virus tulipsandroses May 2020 #7

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,462 posts)
1. There's no way to vote
Wed May 13, 2020, 09:08 PM
May 2020

He sucks at the virus response more than a thousand black holes
Authoritarianism is sickening. Fuck trump.and all the authoritarian republicans and richies

tulipsandroses

(5,122 posts)
7. I notice they are still calling it the Chinese virus. Except now its Wuhan Virus
Wed May 13, 2020, 09:27 PM
May 2020

This is so pathetic. It would be funny if it was not as dangerous as the poster suggested.

The first thing I thought of was notes kids pass in school saying

Do you like me?
Yes
No
Maybe

But even kids know that there should be a choice for you to say no.

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