AnarchoNinaWrites
I...
A) why did he get dressed up in full camo solider boy uniform to go to a firing range?
B) "Freedom seeds" sounds like something you have to keep to yourself and or a consenting adult partner unless you want to be arrested.
C) I realize these folks are all disgusting nazis, and this picture is definitely disgusting, and it's disgusting the WH official account posted it; but also? This is deeply uncool try hard Walter Sobchak energy. Bush admin, middle of the War level pathetic.
AnarchoNinaWrites
I mean if you look at the Trump regime propaganda, and how the various members of Trump's fascist cabinet are positioned and marketed, the guys who sort of serve as a stand in for a fascist masculine ideal, in a way that an aging Trump really can't, are Hegseth and Vance. These guys are this pack of nazichucklefucks "ubermensch." And they both got exposed as incompetent toadies; not just b/c of the leak but because of how they behaved in the texts. I think that's why they're panicking like this.
AnarchoNinaWrites
I mean those texts were a clear win for folks who're arguing that Hegseth is basically a sentient movie poster and was only chosen because he's entirely controllable; the guy is Secretary of Defense and he's asking a room full of 18 NatSec officials if the attack is good to go, and fanboying JD Vance's thoughts about Europe.
But Vance doesn't look better because he's asking questions you can tell he's afraid to ask Trump, he's not in charge here and in fact it's Stephen Miller who says "green."
AnarchoNinaWrites
Like, imagine being in the messaging work group when they come up with this idea:
"We're getting killed in the media on this Signalgate thing!"
"We look like incompetent assclowns..."
"The Vice President looks weak; people are saying Stephen Miller is the real power behind the throne."
"I think I can solve all three of these problems in one go gentlemen; get me Vance's day planner...'
And then THIS is what they come up with? JFC.
AnarchoNinaWrites
I mean all of this is reactionary dickwaving imperialist bullshit, but the fascist ideal/mythos the regime presents has to remain consistent - everyone is playing a part because the whole thing is a nazi reality TV show dependent on an unstable cult-figure who really doesn't seem to be paying that much attention. Everything about this leak, disagrees with the mythos in a way that I suspect the regime cares more about than anyone actually on the left would.
AnarchoNinaWrites
Like, for example, this entire Trumpenreich machine has responded to questions or criticism about basically all the other awful shit they've done or been caught doing with "fuck you; terrorist."
THIS however? They're still lying about, badly, and trying to control the optics on, what, five fays later?
For some reason, this matters to them.
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