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DHS Agents Arrest Man by Pretending to Be Stranded Motorists… A Ploy to Get The “Worst of the Worst” Who are Midwest Nice (fuelarc.com)

submitted 2 days ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Honestly, I would fall into this trap.

The federal agent genuinely sounds like she is a person having car trouble, this trap would work on me because I guess I too am a fundamentally decent person.

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[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

when I just point out this deeply funny statistic

Clinton being unable to gain more than a 1% lead on Obama despite having an entire extra state to count votes from is indeed deeply funny, but not for the reason you think it is.

If you can’t make your point without trotting out a line aggrieved Clinton stans have been carrying around nearly 20 years, maybe you should stop doing that. Especially since it undermines the point you’re trying to make: the DNC choosing anyone other than Obama would have been an actual example of them putting their fingers on the scale.

Or you could just stew about how good you are at communicating and how bad everyone else is at understanding, seems to be working well so far.