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JD Vance was bored even before Donald Trump launched into his 99-minute speech last night, complaining to House Speaker Mike Johnson on a hot mic. […] “By the way, I think the speech is going to be great. But I don’t know how you do this for 90 minutes,” said Vance, clearly longing for his couch. To which his sharper colleague, who was obviously aware of the hot mic, made a quick and smooth pivot.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      13 hours ago

      They love to gaslight while sitting there with the most smug of expressions.

      If you look at their influencers, a lot of them have some of the most smug of expressions by default. Jessie Watters. Benny Johnson. And of course Mike Johnson is one of the most smug little jerkoffs I’ve ever seen.

        • vxx@lemmy.world
          13·
          12 hours ago

          Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

          ~Jean-Paul Sartre