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Baitball Blogger

(48,258 posts)
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 03:34 PM Tuesday

Why is anyone surprised? America's new vibe is dehumanizing and ridiculing people, and it all

started with Trump and the MAGAs.

Maybe we're not showing any sympathy for the death of a CEO who put profits ahead of people, but it's all a part of an implosion that began with a party that disrespects everything and everyone. Case in point, Elon Musk is now calling homeless people violent drug zombies and they all chime in calling undocumented immigrants, criminals.

And the only thing we are certain of is that trying to take the high road only turns you into a target.

Only one way out of this. We have to wait to see them hoist themselves up by their own Petards, and then we might have a chance, but they have to know that it was by their own doing.

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Why is anyone surprised? America's new vibe is dehumanizing and ridiculing people, and it all (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Tuesday OP
It all started when everyone got online en masse in 1994. Basso8vb Tuesday #1
Don't forget the effect of shock radio. Baitball Blogger Tuesday #2
I've often wondered what a 'Petard' is.... Nictuku Tuesday #3

Nictuku

(3,895 posts)
3. I've often wondered what a 'Petard' is....
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 04:36 PM
Tuesday

So I looked it up:

A petard is a small bomb used for blowing up gates and walls when breaching fortifications, originally invented in France in 1579.[1] A typical petard was a conical or rectangular metal device containing 5–6 pounds (2–3 kg) of gunpowder, with a slow match for a fuse.

For a more in-depth of its meaning, and 'hoisted by his own petard', as used by Shakesphere,
click here: https://interestingliterature.com/2020/07/hoist-with-his-own-petard-phrase-origins-meaning/

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