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   Tina :verified: (porpentina2017@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Aug-2023 20:46:48 JST Tina :verified:

   Oklahoma State Senator Nathan Dahm effectively tells Jon Stewart that he doesn’t give a shit that the number one killer of kids is gun violence, but the #DragShows, yeah, those are “dangerous”

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Aug-2023 20:46:47 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     @Porpentina2017

     Some people should not get an audience.

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Aug-2023 22:26:00 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     Thank you for your thoughst, @Porpentina2017 :)

     I don't know the details.
     However, I can tell you, overall, giving the right-wing a platform is what has proven a general success for them.
     So many crazy ideas have become main stream, even prime-time news.
     #TFG has a big part in this, but not exclusively.

     You can see the same thing happening in other countries. Presently. E. g. in Germany. Things that were unspeakable only last year, are now national or regional news.

     It simply doesn't ...

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     Tina :verified: (porpentina2017@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Aug-2023 22:26:01 JST Tina :verified:

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     @HistoPol I think that there is a fine line.. Stewart does a great job showing the idiocy of this Senator’s logic. He is great at that. I’ve seen him “own” several of these #RWNJ in interviews.

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Aug-2023 22:26:14 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     @Porpentina2017

     ...work, alas.

     In theory, I agree.