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Liberal YouTubers

some_of_us_are_sane

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15. I too looked for a name to put to this brilliant commentator

Reply to ariadne0614 (Reply #10)

Mon May 5, 2025, 10:33 AM

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sadly, he doesn't disclose one in his YouTube videos. He's verrrrrrry watchable. Your last sentence sums up the 'method' in Maga's madness...

They, on the other hand, must maintain a manic firehose of sound and fury to exhaust the mind, and make it impossible for their stupefied audience to process the garbage.

Perfectly phrased, ariadne0614.

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