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A) why did he get dressed up in full camo solider boy uniform to go to a firing range?
B) "Freedom seeds" sounds like something you have to keep to yourself and or a consenting adult partner unless you want to be arrested.
C) I realize these folks are all disgusting nazis, and this picture is definitely disgusting, and it's disgusting the WH official account posted it; but also? This is deeply uncool try hard Walter Sobchak energy. Bush admin, middle of the War level pathetic.
Like, imagine being in the messaging work group when they come up with this idea:
"We're getting killed in the media on this Signalgate thing!"
"We look like incompetent assclowns..."
"The Vice President looks weak; people are saying Stephen Miller is the real power behind the throne."
"I think I can solve all three of these problems in one go gentlemen; get me Vance's day planner...'
And then THIS is what they come up with? JFC.
I mean if you look at the Trump regime propaganda, and how the various members of Trump's fascist cabinet are positioned and marketed, the guys who sort of serve as a stand in for a fascist masculine ideal, in a way that an aging Trump really can't, are Hegseth and Vance. These guys are this pack of nazichucklefucks "ubermensch." And they both got exposed as incompetent toadies; not just b/c of the leak but because of how they behaved in the texts. I think that's why they're panicking like this.
I mean those texts were a clear win for folks who're arguing that Hegseth is basically a sentient movie poster and was only chosen because he's entirely controllable; the guy is Secretary of Defense and he's asking a room full of 18 NatSec officials if the attack is good to go, and fanboying JD Vance's thoughts about Europe.
But Vance doesn't look better because he's asking questions you can tell he's afraid to ask Trump, he's not in charge here and in fact it's Stephen Miller who says "green."
I mean all of this is reactionary dickwaving imperialist bullshit, but the fascist ideal/mythos the regime presents has to remain consistent - everyone is playing a part because the whole thing is a nazi reality TV show dependent on an unstable cult-figure who really doesn't seem to be paying that much attention. Everything about this leak, disagrees with the mythos in a way that I suspect the regime cares more about than anyone actually on the left would.
Like, for example, this entire Trumpenreich machine has responded to questions or criticism about basically all the other awful shit they've done or been caught doing with "fuck you; terrorist."
THIS however? They're still lying about, badly, and trying to control the optics on, what, five fays later?
For some reason, this matters to them.
@AnarchoNinaWrites extreme dukakis in the tank energy
@AnarchoNinaWrites I wonder if the "look at me fondling guns" gimmick is becoming a bit repetitive.
I wonder if right-wing people won't start seeing it as the right wing version of "virtue signaling", since it's entirely performative.
Then again, liberals are still commenting "SO POWERFUL" to the most insipid, empty performances so perhaps I'm being too optimistic.
And yeah, LOL "freedom seeds". Perhaps this will actually convince people to keep those away from children?
@AnarchoNinaWrites "freedom seeds"
@BetaCuck4Lyfe @AnarchoNinaWrites did muskolini write this?
@AnarchoNinaWrites They also still haven't gotten the look of the Übermensch down for dudes. None of these men look like the blond, blue-eyed angel of death that you would instinctively call Lars.
They are better with the women in that regard.
@AnarchoNinaWrites Because *any *moderately competent person looks at the Signal fiasco and sees incompetent people behaving incompetently.
This was Wiley E Coyote having a gun blow up in his face.
@grumble209 @AnarchoNinaWrites
Yup.
Bc ppl are laughing at them, which seems the only insult that cuts them to the core, and they have no defense against it.
@AnarchoNinaWrites Doesn’t get more American than that.
Like cybertruck, JD Vance cosplaying as a soldier spraying "freedom seeds" down the range, is as American as American gets
A phoney posturing as strong
@AnarchoNinaWrites did they pray for a good public image?
@AnarchoNinaWrites 'freedom seeds' is what you find in the cracks of the couch in the Vance household
@AnarchoNinaWrites America is good at breaking things and killing people. We ought to be given how much blood and treasure we spend on these tasks.
But America is utter dog shit at achieving political objectives that are more subtle than mere death. This is recognized around the world, by our friends and by our enemies.
Not one person in Greenland would invite the man into their home. Vance had to have a press conference in front of US troops to pretend that he wasn't bitch-slapped by Denmark.
Vance is all dressed up and playing with toys or violence to distract the folks back home from the fundamental fact of his impotence.
@AnarchoNinaWrites Freedom seeds.
Wow.
These evil broken sad useless ass-clowns think they have won.
Fortunately, politics isn't a game with a clock.
It ain't over until we leave the field. I ain't leavin' the field.
@AnarchoNinaWrites Seriously, tho, "freedom seeds"!?!?
@letsbekind2 @AnarchoNinaWrites
Not only do they not enjoy cute animals, their reaction to cute animals is to try to reframe them as harbingers of despair so *nobody* can ever enjoy those cute animals again.
@AnarchoNinaWrites why don’t they call them bullets? This is stupid as hell.
@AnarchoNinaWrites so when they say they are bringing freedom what they mean is they are bringing death
Nothing says “fascist” harder than the term “freedom seeds” for bullets.
For the rest of us, “freedom seeds” are what the Ukrainian lady offered the Russian soldier back in 2022.