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ToxMarz

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3. Yes, bothsiderism is probably one of the most sinister and effective

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Mon Nov 24, 2025, 12:22 PM

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political scams they ever devised, and it was an easy sell to MSM and the public because of our reverence for 'common sense wisdom' over intellectual fact based and nuanced information. It is just a sinister deflection to whataboutism.

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The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump [View all] dalton99a Monday OP

Of Course the Primary Media Outlets, Including NYT, WP, and WSJ Are Rife with This Sort of Crap, The Roux Comes First Monday #1

There is an inherent weakness to the form of "journalistic objectivity". maxsolomon Monday #5

Yes, that's bothsiderism Just_Vote_Dem Monday #2

Yes, bothsiderism is probably one of the most sinister and effective ToxMarz Monday #3

K&R. The op-ed at the links is well worth a read. n/t Mister Ed Monday #4

This is in the NY Times? The paper that normalized the freak? NNadir Monday #6

He did a great job dumping on President Biden for Hunter's actions, niyad Monday #7

They didn't want the uppity black woman or the educated white woman JT45242 Monday #8

It's just another version of "both-siderism" and I say that's all crap FakeNoose Monday #9

It's not even that BaronChocula Monday #10

Biden touching someone's arm or back Quanto Magnus Monday #11