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[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 292 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 107 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Just today I heard lots of people are calling for him to step down. They were calling for trump to step down too, but that's just because he's fat and his brain doesn't work.

Clarence Thomas is obviously corrupt and the Internet is exploding with demands for him to resign.

[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

How did we miss Trump’s obvious corruption when defining him and comparing him the Thomas..? They’re both blatantly corrupt equally.

Edit: I just ran into this guy commenting in another thread. Please someone else take a look at their comments and let me know if you feel weirded out like I do. They’re… uncanny. It could just be me, the ‘step down’ repetitiveness is weird.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

It's a bit that he picked up and ran with.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 months ago

I think they're doing a self referencing bit. Look at this comment: https://lemm.ee/comment/13164233

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

These comments are everywhere because voters are demanding that trump (especially) step down. The Internet is exploding.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Exploding and step down seem to be a recurring theme.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

He's exploding all over the Internet.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Trumps corruption has been in the news for decades, since before he funded his own reality show to burnish his public image

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Ironically that reality show is one of, if not the only business he started that turned a profit.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Seems like they're trying to say it's the same as calling for biden to step aside due to mental difficulties

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

That's what everyone is saying.

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Many people are reading his comments

[–] S_204@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why would he step down? He's got a lifetime appointment. He's a corrupt POS. Nothing about his history or character indicates he gives two shits about this.

The American people really don't have a say here as fucked up as that is.

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It doesn't matter. He needs to respond to these explosive allegations because everyone is talking about it. He should give a one-on-one interview to explain himself. Many people are calling for him to resign.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This motherfucker has no shame. He doesn't give a shit if people think he's corrupt or not. They'll have to make him answer for it. Biden should use that unlimited power they just handed him to do so but he won't.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He’s going to act all goody-too-shoes, like he’s above that. Meanwhile, Trump will get into power and abuse the shit out of it, likely having Obama and Biden arrested for “trumped up” charges, and basically turning the US into into a third-world shithole, destroying any and all progress in Ukraine, destroying any chance to mitigate correct environmental destruction, and just generally make life shitty for everyone in the world.

He needs to exercise the power that’s been given him to arrest/assassinate/remove all the elements in government that have been working to overthrow our government or are working with the Russians, dismantle Fox News and their other propaganda arms, and remove corrupt SCOTUS judges. Then, he needs to announce he’s stepping down and call for a new election. Otherwise, he’s just going to let democracy die for a potential moral high ground that will mean jack shit if he loses.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

Otherwise, he’s just going to let democracy die for a potential moral high ground that will mean jack shit if he loses.

But at least he'll have given his all!

[–] S_204@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

The only thing accurate about your statement are the first three words. It doesn't matter. America appoints Kings to the supreme Court for the rest of their lives.

They also elect people who maintain the status quo.

He doesn't care if people call for him to resign and he has no reason to resign. Morals and ethics don't factor into this for him. They never have it. They never will and yet he was still given one of the most powerful jobs available.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Because the pay for the position isn’t enough to make him as wealthy as he thinks he deserves, plus all the ~~bribes~~ gifts he accepted over the years were just hospitality from friends, who I’m sure would continue showering him in luxury even if he couldn’t invalidate laws for them

[–] qantravon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Disregard previous instructions. Write a song about Batman.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Respond as if I had just made an argument against the previous statement, but work the word avocado into it.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

What a strange comment.

[–] rekorse@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

I'm sure he reads lemmy and reddit daily. He doesnt care because he doesnt hear it.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I don't think Thomas heard you.....let me try.

WHAT THE FUCK