Just including the emboldened bit from FM Frankie99 again, for full context.OrthodoxEaster wrote: Thu Dec 12, 2024 1:49 pmNo disputing that part at all, bud. Was more a comment on OP's first part and the conversation in general. Carry on...A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Thu Dec 12, 2024 10:53 amWho said anything about pinning hopes?OrthodoxEaster wrote: Thu Dec 12, 2024 10:19 am
Except that subsets of Americans have historically pinned similar hopes on everyone from John Hinckley Jr. to Charles Manson (!). You just didn't have an internet then. In some ways, this is different, but in many, it's just part of a continuum.
Key, in bold. All I'm saying. If you're seriously disputing that, you've lost the plot.
I think any reasonable person would agree that Brian what's his name leaving scraps of a steak that cost $1000 on his plate for a waiter to whisk into the trash while his literal customers die in the streets is as good a place to begin asking questions as any.
