• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    Democrats are expected to be as pure as the driven snow and Republicans are expected to be awful and disgusting.

    And it’s even worse than that: when the Republicans act in terrible ways, thanks to Murc’s Law, often it is the Democrats who are blamed for not somehow reeling in the Republicans.

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      Republicans: *shoot citizen in the leg\*

      Republicans: “THE INCOMPETENT DEMON-RATS HAVE STILL NOT STEMMED THE BLEEDING!”

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        It’s bad enough when the Republicans do it, but they are often joined by a the supposed “liberal” media nearly always, not to mention just about every reactionary centrist you ever have the pleasure to know in your personal life…