@NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org
Hurry I need popcorn.
2026-04-14 16:00 UTC
Replies (12)
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@ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 16:52
> Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we. > George W. Bush Same vibes.
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@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 16:33
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@brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 2026-04-15 08:04
The full quote is even better. > What they have done is engage in this act of economic terrorism against the entire world. They basically threatened any ship that's moving through the Straits of Hormuz. Well, as the President showed, two can play at that game, and if the Iranians are going to engage in economic terrorism, we're gonna ... abide by a simple principle that no Iranian ships are getting out either. That pregnant pause in the "..." Narrator: In this moment, he knew he fucked up.
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@TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 17:23
For what it's worth, ["economic terrorism"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_terrorism) isn't that, and he'd surely know as much. It definitionally means "non-state actors", but that's clearly not what Vance is referring to (state vs. state actors); it's like he's taking "economic warfare" and slapping the word "terrorism" over it – probably to subtly agitate Americans' association between terrorism and the Middle East. So "it's a blockade when we do it; it's terrorism when they do" is the doublethink rationale here.
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@DarkFuture@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 18:24
My dog could be VP and fumble less than this couch rapist.
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@shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-14 17:28
> Nobody knows more about raping people than the president! -JD Vance, probaby
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@agingelderly@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 17:03
I feel terrorized every time I'm reminded he exists
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@ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-14 16:30
Always has been
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@krispyavuz@lemmy.world 2026-04-15 07:49
Well it’s hard for a majority of voters to understand. It requires basic literacy.
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@KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 2026-04-14 19:29
Is this real?
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@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2026-04-15 07:23
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@WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2026-04-15 15:35
Imagine Palantir's AI ordering an automatic drone hit. "No no no no no! STOP! STOP!"