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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 5978487" data-attributes="member: 54375">via The Bulwark:&quot;...there is an important point to discuss concerning Mark Robinson.First: Why were yesterday’s revelations supposed to be so damning? Robinson exists in a context in which every one of his supposed sins has been normalized by the Republican party.He talks about enjoying “tranny” pr0n? That’s just locker-room talk.He says he’s a “black Nazi”? The Republican presidential nominee invited an actual neo-Nazi to dine with him at his residence.He bad mouths Martin Luther King, Jr.? That’s just a joke. Look at how it triggers the libs because they hate free speech, what with their cancel culture snowflake blah-blah-blah.Point is: Why should any of yesterday’s stories about Robinson disqualify him in the minds of Republican voters? There’s nothing new in there. Nothing that they haven’t already excused a dozen times for Donald Trump, or Elon Musk, or Herschel Walker, or Laura Loomer, or any number of others.Those permission structures are almost a decade old and at this point, they’re less like hidden smuggler trails and more like a 12-lane freeway for rationalization&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 5978487, member: 54375"] via The Bulwark: "...there is an important point to discuss concerning Mark Robinson. First: Why were yesterday’s revelations supposed to be so damning? Robinson exists in a context in which every one of his supposed sins has been normalized by the Republican party. He talks about enjoying “tranny” pr0n? That’s just locker-room talk. He says he’s a “black Nazi”? The Republican presidential nominee invited an [I]actual [/I]neo-Nazi to dine with him at his residence. He bad mouths Martin Luther King, Jr.? That’s just a joke. Look at how it triggers the libs because they hate free speech, what with their cancel culture snowflake blah-blah-blah. Point is: Why should any of yesterday’s stories about Robinson disqualify him in the minds of Republican voters? There’s nothing new in there. Nothing that they haven’t already excused a dozen times for Donald Trump, or Elon Musk, or Herschel Walker, or Laura Loomer, or any number of others. Those permission structures are almost a decade old and at this point, they’re less like hidden smuggler trails and more like a 12-lane freeway for rationalization". [/QUOTE]

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