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[–] MusicOwl@hexbear.net 97 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Orb lady appears to have lost the plot and eaten the fruit of fascism

[–] autismdragon@hexbear.net 50 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Alternatively she was never good and we just memed our way into thinking she was.

[–] SeventyTwoTrillion@hexbear.net 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Wait, were there people who actually thought Marianne was even slightly good? She just seemed to me like a person with bizarre views on energies and shit who almost accidentally found herself in a position one iota to the left of the Democrats and who would instantly concede to the party line without even the slightest hesitation if she somehow managed to achieve power of any kind. AOC but farce. I think the orb jokes are funny but she'd do the exact same shit Biden and other genocidal fascists are doing

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 30 points 1 month ago

There was about a 10-minute period back in 2019-2020 where she Reiki crystal'ed her way into something approaching Labor Theory of Value, followed by a bunch of semi-coherent mouth noises that implied a generally antiwar approach to foreign policy. That was really about it; I think she was already irrelevant before we got to hear any takes on whether or not granola and wheatgrass could cure COVID.

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People are desperate for a lib that isn't just a bloodthirsty trust fund nerd but the majority of them suck so bad that birkenstock wine mom who thinks war crimes really harsh the vibe is like the top 10% of the party morally.

[–] ShariaLawZ@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago

she doesn't think war crimes harsh the vibe, she wants more. She attacked Obama for being too soft on Syria/Assad, stating he needed to invade

[–] MusicOwl@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

Yes I think that is the conclusion most of the leftists in my life and on this site drew from her platform over the years. Definitely also met some new age kind of liberals that thought she was their kind of radical too.

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[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago

(It's this one)

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] AndJusticeForAll@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago

That's what the orb was the entire time.

[–] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago

dril Turning the dial that says “racism” and looking back at the audience

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

She's hoping Trump will notice her and if he wins put her in his cabinet. Secretary of Orbsec - maybe?

[–] MusicOwl@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

“Minister of Liminal Affairs”

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[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 82 points 1 month ago

Why aren't people voting democrat?

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 49 points 1 month ago

crunchy libs, not even once

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 42 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'd rather confirm the stereotype of democrats than the stereotype of black immigrants being fucking heathen magicians

What kind of puritan buckle-hat sentiment is this shit.

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[–] Frank@hexbear.net 39 points 1 month ago

I hate it here.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I always knew she was full of shit. Pleased to see I was right but there's another 2019 flunky turned right wing grifter.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago

She was a grifter from the jump. She's just selling books

[–] WhyEssEff@hexbear.net 35 points 1 month ago
[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 33 points 1 month ago

orb mom about to start a flame war over indoor cats

[–] batsforpeace@hexbear.net 33 points 1 month ago

RFK getting some late competition for takes, qanon had its nu-age crowd back in the day

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 32 points 1 month ago

The Orb of Confusion strikes again

[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This is what happens when you gaze too long into the orb

[–] Gay_Tomato@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The orb in question:

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

[...] the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi in a crisis.

from Who Goes Nazi? by Dorothy Thompson

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the frustrated and humiliated intellectual

Worried about my adjunct professor friends now

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[–] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

they're zombifying the dogs, they're zombifying the cats

[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 month ago

I mean whomst among us hasn't done a little Pet Cemetery because we were sad about the short lifespans of our furry friends.

[–] hypercracker@hexbear.net 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People from some countries probably eat cats, just as some people in China definitely eat dogs, but neither are coming after your pets and there is no real difference between eating cats & dogs and eating pigs/goats/chickens/cows. However if you're already inside the moral event horizon of thinking it's okay to murder some sentient creatures for food and your ill-though-out cultural mores say some of those are off limits (just because okay?) I can see why the only real avenue available to you, if you want to be not racist, is to deny that it happens.

[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

morshupls carnies explaining why mass murdering some sentient creatures is cool and normal but why murdering the ones they keep locked up in their homes is profane and horrifying.

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[–] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 26 points 1 month ago

I guess she is a real democrat. Four years of red team: We love immigrants, ICE is fascist, concentration camps.

Four years of blue team: Actually we want to kill immigrants more, we are the most racist, a vote for blue is a vote for racism.

[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Child abusing christian cults are real and not featuring them heavily in a presidential debate proves no ones listens to me, the voter.

Cows are extremely sweet and affectionate animals, just like cats and dogs, and i will always fail to see the difference.

All this concern over cats coming from the people who own cats are lonely and pathetic tables is doing a number on my noggin.

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[–] axont@hexbear.net 25 points 1 month ago

Immigrants will come and defile our crops using voodoo curses taught by ancient crones

Le Grande Maitre is here and will begin leveling untold psychic damage on our most mystical citizens

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Granola was a mistake and I'm tired of pretending it wasn't

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago

Fuckin dumbass lol

[–] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

What kind of esoteric racism am I missing by not being American that the jump from practicing vodou to eating cats is a logical progression for cracker?

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Voodoo was practiced by many slaves, especially in Jamaica and Haiti. Escaped slaves from the Caribbean would make their way to the American south, bringing their religion with them. White christians saw voodoo as a threat to the white power structure, so they deliberately made stuff up to demonize voodoo practitioners. This allowed them to control the narrative, such as slaves should be kind to their masters.

People who aren't part of the religion often have negative stereotypes about voodoo and its adherents. Even today, it carries a lot of negative connotations. White Christians often consider it a form of witchcraft or devil worship.

[–] Smeagolicious@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

I'd rather hang with a Baron Samdi or Guede Nibo than any american christian or their christ, all I'm saying.

[–] Voidance@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

How long until she’s telling Tucker Carlson about deep state forces using psychic warfare to make the country woke?

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[–] vegeta1@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago

Supporting reparations but also cosigning this racist crap. Pick a lane

[–] Fatdork2@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago

Voodoo? More like doo doo. They're eating the poop!! Who's they? Me.

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago
[–] footfaults@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

Of all the things to pick on Democrats for being out of touch on.

[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

I think Kamala should eat a cat on live TV, it would help

[–] LaBellaLotta@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

Incredible political instincts

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

Gabriel knight was a documentary

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