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   bs2 (bsmall2@mstdn.jp)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 09:16:58 JST bs2

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   > Following Trump’s short and dire speech, Bush departed the scene and never offered public comment on the ceremony.
   > But, according to three people who were present, Bush gave a brief assessment of Trump’s inaugural after leaving the dais: “That was some weird shit.” All three heard him say it.
   https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/03/what-george-w-bush-really-thought-of-trumps-inauguration.html
   #GWBush #WeirdShit

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     bs2 (bsmall2@mstdn.jp)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 09:16:59 JST bs2

     • A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck ?

     > Regular decent people, meanwhile, have noticed that demanding an exclusive license on normalcy is some real weirdo shit to demand, and sneering about the existence of diversity to secure that license and use weirdness as an excuse to punish people is some real weirdo shit to do, which is probably why Walz's framing has taken hold.
     https://www.the-reframe.com/the-normal-ones/
     #WeirdDiscourse
     /HT @JuliusGoat
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     bs2 (bsmall2@mstdn.jp)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 09:16:59 JST bs2

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     > ... a video clip of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (who is among the list of Democrats being vetted as a potential Harris 2024 vice presidential pick) telling MSNBC on Tuesday, “These are weird people on the other side,” and they “want to take books away, they want to be in your exam room, that’s what it comes down to … These are weird ideas.”
     #MinnesotaGov #TimWalz
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