Cue the Crickets

Cue the Crickets

Say What They Want You to Say... OR ELSE

Watch yourself, buddy

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Jim Treacher
Mar 16, 2022
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When Trump was president, all I heard about was the rise of authoritarianism. Since Biden has been president, all I’ve seen is the rise of authoritarianism. Everywhere I look.

You’d better say what you’re told to say about the things you’re told to talk about, or you’re gonna get it:

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🎾 Daniil Medvedev and other Russian and Belarusian tennis players face being banned from Wimbledon unless they publicly denounce the Ukraine invasion, the Government has confirmed telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2022/03…
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Daniil Medvedev told he will be banned from Wimbledon unless he denounces Vladimir Putin
9:57 PM · Mar 15, 2022

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I have questions:

  1. How will that help?

  2. How will Wimbledon protect the loved ones of those players back in Russia?

  3. When did everybody lose their cotton-pickin’ minds?

Forcing loyalty oaths out of people is the sort of thing Putin does. If I don’t think it’s good when Putin does it, why would I think it’s good when it’s done to oppose him? Why are you people behaving like the guy you want to stop?

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