• TheMauveAvenger@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I get the sense you don’t like Trump. So then why are you bending over and giving him the glory he craves by slapping his name on something that politicians have been doing for generations?

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Yeah, and Elbridge Gerry is no longer the governor of Massachusetts, but we still slap his name on ‘gerrymandering.’ Sometimes something sticks because the person it sticks to is so sticky.

    • Fal@yiffit.net
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      10 months ago

      All politicians incite riots to prevent losing power, amirite?