Social media is a magical place, full of whimsy and good times. Except, that is, for the horribly broken people who yearn to be as miserable as possible, many of whom focus almost solely on politics (Note: I’m not saying that all purely political accounts are run by miserable people but I’m not not saying it).
The worst offenders of the Perpetually Miserable Club (I would have called it the “Perpetually Miserable Society” but a member of that club would have called me sexist) are the ones who appear to exist solely to play “Gotcha!” politics on mass communication platforms like X, formerly known as Twitter. Take, for example, the account “PatriotTakes.”
It is named like it should be a MAGA account. After all, who wouldn’t want patriotic takes from the Internet? However, the name is meant to mock conservatives and, in particular, Trump and Trump supporters. The people behind the account do their best to try and paint the right in the worst possible light. Sometimes, they are successful, but their audience is similarly broken social media users who also hate Trump, so they’re not shattering the political landscape by posting out-of-context quotes,…
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