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Re:The divide between political parties is smaller than we t... by 6gvONxR4sf7o on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @08:21PM (#26021444)
> On Twitter, this has been exceedingly shorthanded into “tan suit”. One party is so invested in conflict that they invent it by manufacturing a scandal out of a fashion choice.

Things like covfefe and trump's orangeness and tiny hands come to mind. Or Biden's stutter meaning he's senile, or at least it did until Bernie dropped out. After that, it was only something those scandal-seeking republicans did. Both sides' social media pounce on anything and everything (and then traditional media follows).

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Re:The divide between political parties is smaller than we t... by pelliphant on Thursday February 04, 2021 @10:21AM (#26026038)
That is true, social media is full of garbage from every side.

But the statement here is that on one side, it's goes a lot further than social media...

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