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by sublinear 30 days ago
I would think a canary should be more obviously for that purpose. There's no secret committee or group understanding deciding these things.

Trump complaints function much better as a dogwhistle, so that's what they are. Everyone is very tired of them regardless of political stance. At this point, observing a lack of complaints won't mean anything other than someone catching their breath.

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I mean, you can be tired of both the frivolous complaints and also tired of having a moron for a president. I’m tired of people complaining about stuff that is symbolic and unimportant like the ballroom but I’m much more tired of every competent person in government being fired and replaced with alcoholic podcasters.
Getting tired of complaints about trump means what he's doing and who he is is being normalized, bit by bit. Don't get tired, get angrier.
I think people are tired because people were catastrophising things Trump did 10 years ago, and it's like when a microphone clips because the gain is too high. If you were weeping into your Tiktok in 2016 before anything happened, and even while some good things were happening, it's hard to differentiate reality from hysteria.
> tired of every competent person in government being fired and replaced with alcoholic podcasters

Would you prefer the alcoholic media moguls of the democrats? I didn't want to reply, but this was too funny to ignore.

As painful as it's been to watch, above all else I think what Trump has done is open people's eyes to their own biases. Hopefully we can heal and do better.