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We already know that the media is not to be trusted when it comes to political coverage, but it should not be reach to consider that they should not be trusted with other things that are "non-political" such as entertainment.

The fact that the media went so hard against Michael Jackson to label him as crazy (though maybe that is true to some extent) while they ignored/covered for so many others makes me think he was innocent of the accusations.

Come to think of it, he was famous as a kid too.

One of the greatest tricks ever played on the public was the idea that child celebrities just "go crazy" for no reason by the time they become an adult.

"The fame and pressure just got to them and it was too much for their young minds!"

Hey, maybe it is all the pedophiles that are in the entertainment industry causing psychological damage to these kids! Or are we to just believe kids "go crazy" for no reason?

If she is removed, it will not be due to the voters in her district. They are either the Somalians she admits to be representing first and foremost or are the most cucked progressive leftists who would vote for her no matter what (just look at how blue her district is, given that it is Comminneapolis).

So I have no idea how it would happen, but considering all things in the balance, it could really go either way.

On one hand, I expect this to just be political grandstanding by Republicans to make it look like they are "doing something" when they expect any expulsion efforts to fail.

On the other hand, Ilhan Omar has been very anti-Israel for a long time, and if we know anything about our politics, being "anti-Semetic" is a sure way to get ousted from power, considering that a certain overrepresented group in the Cathedral has been going hard against anyone who does not support their Zionist agenda.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzcAA2CE0xA

This is a great point to bring up to anyone who claims to be Christian and is a Zionist at the same time. Why should we consider Jews to be "similar" or "the same" as Christian when they reject the most fundamental beliefs and teachings that Christians follow?

Maybe it effects things in the smallest of margins with "swing voters," but who really knows with fake and gay elections. Be it purely theater or only partially theater, it is still a song and dance that we see when it comes to politics and skeletons in the closet coming out.

All I know is when someone expects me to change how I would vote because of some mention of a character fault, I know that any discussion is pointless and fraudulent.

In the end, we still have the values we wish to keep when it comes to political outcomes. While the politicians involved are poor stewards to enact said outcomes, they are really the only players able to do so, and most people choose the option they see as better. Therefore, they will vote for a candidate they know is scum if they think that candidate will enact the policies they want. Which shows that character is not as big of a factor as it is made out to be.

If you dare venture in any shithole such as Reddit, you will see full on shilling to defend any Democrat politician who has any skeletons brought up.

"He admitted to it and apologized for doing it, so it is settled! Isn't he a great example, owing up to his errors?"

"No, I don't think he should step down and stop running. But that Republican that did something just as bad should step down because he is Republican and therefore evil!"

This is not to say that the politicians do not deserve to be held accountable for these things. They are politicians after all, and are going to be the worst kind of people because good people do not go into politics nor last long if they do somehow get far enough into politics.

But the thing is, whenever someone brings up bad actions from someone they support, they find a way to dismiss it. Because character never really mattered in the first place.

With another election year coming up (fake and gay as it all will be), there is inevitably going to be the search for skeletons in the closet. It is going to be largely meaningless once again, because it turns out that anyone who brings up these issues as proof of "bad character" is doing so disingenuously. They care not about the bad character, but they are hoping they will shame anyone who supports a particular politician to no longer support them.

Character attacks are just a weapon.

Or think about most competitions, be it sports, gaming, music, or any other activity you can think of. The competition itself is just minutes of time out of the day (when factoring in only the moments where some activity is happening). Yet people prepare a crazy amount of time just for the few minutes of competition.

Once more, we see significance in the quality, not quantity, in that time spent.

And contrary to the impression many people want to give about sex (namely their own performance and how long they can go at it), sex probably does not last all that long for most people. Even the longest outliers, the act itself does not last that long when you consider the grand total of your life. Yet again, many people make a huge deal out of it.

Often, it is not the quantity of time to consider, but the quality.

Some of the moments we consider highly important really do not last that long when you think about it. When going to the gym, if you are doing 3 sets of 5 for 3 different lifts, each set probably lasts about 1 minute each. That makes 9 minutes of time spent going hard. 9 minutes is not a lot of time, in the grand scheme of the day, but those are 9 very important minutes.

Yes, you need to devote time for rest between sets too, but I hope my point makes sense.

Oh no! Men refusing to work with women, which hurts women's productivity! This is terrible!

Wait, why are these women unable to be as productive unless they are collaborating with men? Can't they just collaborate with each other? After all, we are told how smart and capable women are, so they should be just as productive when collaborating with other women.

Or perhaps this "collaboration" is just like what happens in group projects at school when you get paired up with a moron.

One thing I do remember is there was a Myth Busters episode "proving" there was a moon landing based on some equipment that is supposed to be there. There is just one problem with this whole thing: I am just getting fed information from a TV. I cannot verify anything and I am just seeing what the show wants me to see. To just accept this as fact is to be no better than the boomers thinking that Covid was the worst thing ever just because CNN said so.

When it comes to some theories, I see myself as agnostic in whether or not they are true.

Did we actually land on the moon? I would not be shocked if we didn't, but I am not hard set in whether it happened either way. It does make me scratch my head when we see the current effort to "go back to the moon" facing a series of setbacks.

Are they failing because they are a bunch of DEI hires? Or is it because we are trying to something that is not actually possible?

When I was in grade school, the thought of the idea that the US would ever cease to exist or decline was just something that seem like crazy talk. But now, seeing the state of the world and the waning power of the US, I see the latter happening and the former being a very strong possibility. Wouldn't it be something if the United States of America was something you read about in some book rather than an existing country? In 100 or more years, that does not seem so crazy.