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Vice signalling, continued

Vice signalling, continued

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Damian Penny
Oct 23, 2021
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Unlike J.D. Vance, whom I believe is doing a “how do you do, fellow Trumpers” act, I’m pretty sure this maniac is completely serious about everything she says:

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What a time to be alive, when comedians want to be politicians and politicians want to be comedians. And when politicians no longer even pretend to show some class and decency when misfortune befalls their political opponents.

Imagine Donald Trump expressing sympathy for one of his critics suffering from cancer, as George W. Bush did for the late film critic Roger Ebert.

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