honest question: is there a real connection between these things or is this just a persistent meme?

why is it when I click on these guys its always an Atlantic Writer. they all suck but God does the Atlantic select for truly horrific specimens.

I can hear it in his voice

or any other action taken in defense of "American values".

And if someone reading happens to think Trey Parker is critical of power, I urge you to watch Team America: World Police, where Trey Parker discloses his dicks / pussies / assholes theory of power which not only justifies the war on terror, but which can also justify censorship

I know its obvious, but its worth stating: This makes money, the money is being made by an ideological ally of those in power, and its "edginess" gives a veneer of legitimacy / freedom of expression to the otherwise censorious forces in power.

i want to fuck the tranny devil

The oil crisis was just the catalyst...

Its astounding that people who literally lived through Bretton Woods and the Nixon Shock dont know what it is or how it shaped their lives.

so now every criticism or revelation isnt of some distant figure, but of the person you listen to more than most people you know irl.

This kinda stuff used to be relegated to your very unwell extended family member who was convinced they would marry Sandra Bullock, but thanks to FUTURE theres an industry of people creating content that's essentially "im kind of like a friend that shares some specific interest of yours :)"

I think that, at some point in the onlining of celebrity, "dont meet your heroes" went from meaning "sometimes people you like are assholes actually" to "burying your head in the sand is the play here."

Reevaluating formative figures is important for growth, and parasocial bullshit inhibits that.

You are all snuffbait (except Juli) for a culture that sublimates the contradictions and dissonance of patriarchal gender norms into a genderblind ultraliberal supergroup which denies its most vulnerable subgroups are distinctly targeted for elimination, with measurable economic and social outcomes.

He dropped out, but he dropped out too late to get off the ballot. He needed to drop like a week earlier. So he's still fucking over Cuomo even though he's not technically in the race. Its great. A stunning display of competence.