To see how this works, look no further than the “Joe Biden is too old” narrative.
This particular mind-virus was concocted by right-wing media — Fox, Breitbart, Newsmax, the usual suspects — who have long been desperate to slime Joe Biden with anything they can make stick.
To them, Biden is infuriatingly bland. Nothing about him offers the slightest whiff of scandal or bad faith. With so little to work with, they make stuff up — Hunter’s laptop, House investigations, immigrant …
invasions, bogus impeachment, government shutdown — but nothing gets much traction. They relentlessly paint Biden as a ghoulish criminal mastermind who feasts on dead babies, which plays well with their zombie base, but poorly with real humans.
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Let’s be clear here: the “age” issue is a dog whistle. After all, he’s barely older than Trump, and in far better shape, both physically and mentally.
No, the point of highlighting his age is remind voters that, if he dies, he’ll be replaced by someone who lacks white skin and a penis.
What is ageism on the surface is misogynoir beneath it.
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@90bf4d25 that sounds like it could be true, but I don’t really buy it. The average voter doesn’t even know there is a vice-president or know what they do, let alone gives a single shit what color or gender they are. At the edges, maybe.
Biden clearly has dementia and I dont watch Fox news to come to that conclusion. He4 is too old. Trump is too old. All these geriatric fucks are too old. They belong in a nursing home, not in seats of power
If we are to have any moral standing at all then we must admit that Trump and Biden belong at a Nuremberg trial AND that no one with a working moral compass or brain should be even considering them for any leadership position. They are responsible for countless SADs
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