Are we still reporting on Tweets as if they are reflective of real human being opinions and not a psyop?
this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2025
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Conservative commentators criticized the portrayal as outdated and offensive
While looking in a mirror instead of the TV.
Conservative commentators criticized the portrayal as outdated and offensive, calling it an unfair caricature of Trump voters.
Apparently this passes for “melts down”?
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when are they not melting down? thier whole existence is around reactions.
Hilarious that having Doug on that show was literally DEI. And terrible white dudes are mad about it.
If the red hat fits...
Snowflakes.
Oh, did they melt?
At least when Tom Hanks is joking, it doesn't end up violating human rights and constitutional law.
Meanwhile Google removes Black History Month.
This was the best part and only real swing taken in an otherwise really disappointing three hours. Yeah, I hate that I have to say that but it was a nothingburger that had so much potential for comedy and good.
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Conservatives were not impressed, with many commenting online that they were quick to switch the program off.
The reason why they switched it off so quick because it reminded them of themselves and made those snowflakes uncomfortable.
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Yeah truth hurts
The original Doug on Black Jeopardy sketch is my absolute favorite sketch they've ever done.
It's so obvious that poor white people would get along with and want to same things as minorities if they could just get over that racism and stop falling for the manipulation by religious and political leaders
It’s so obvious that poor white people would get along with and want to same things as minorities if they could just get over that racism and stop falling for the manipulation by religious and political leaders
Which is why they killed Martin Luther King, Jr. He was starting to make progress bringing poor people off all backgrounds together and that was a threat to the powers that be.
The FBI killed him, Cash was innocent.
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It doesn't happen in a vacuum. There's generations of racism bred into them, including the politicians and religious leaders.
That kinda hate makes for a very powerful weapon.
bred into them
No. Absolutely not. Not even maybe.
Taught. The racism is taught.
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I dunno, it's hard to tell who is high on their own supply or who is just taking advantage
While its funny to see the right bitching aroun like a kid that didnt get what they wanted, i watched the clip and as a european it was like watching a parallel universe.
Yeah I just didn't think Tom was that funny. Eddie Murphy fucking killed it though. Holy shit!
calling it an unfair caricature of Trump voters.
Maybe they can get some thoughts and prayers from the ... *checks notes * ... immigrants eating people's cats and dogs?
Why can't they just do fair caricatures?!
caricature
and have an surgery wing in schools for transitions.