• Doug Holland@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    It doesn’t matter.

    If someone unearthed video of Trump raping an 11-year-old, Republicans would love him even more, his approval ratings would go up, leaders on the “religious right” would explain that it’s all Biblical, and Trump would successfully sue for the profits from video sales.

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      1 month ago

      I don’t like the presumption of video sales for CSAM.

      Edit: not a dig at you, but of the unpleasant viability of that statement.

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      1 month ago

      If you truly believe this, you need to take a step back from one or more echo chambers, because you’ve lost touch with reality.

      Trump waffling on the topic, without any ‘hard’ evidence, has already caused momentum in the opposite direction.

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        1 month ago

        But it’s just performative resistance. They still vote to give him everything he wants every time without exception.

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          But it’s just performative resistance.

          That’s your assumption, not a fact. If hard evidence of Donald Trump literally raping a child was made public during his last campaign, I’d bet my life savings he wouldn’t be President today.