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Amanda Marcotte
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Senior politics writer at Salon.com. I block for MAGA trolling, violent rhetoric, and humorless sanctimony.

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Hard to believe it, but when Obama was president, it was considered rude and unfair to suggest birthers were just trying to say Black people aren’t legitimate citizens.
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Just stop and remember you're defending a Trump pardon!
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I know that reflexive defensiveness only makes people even more sure that "both sides" are the same.
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Harvard had Larry Summers as a president. So yeah, it means shit.
December 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Operation “Protect Pete” seems like a fitting description of this guy’s entire career of evading accountability.

"Perhaps he should make that his next tattoo, so he can brag about how much the needle hurt while ducking any consequences that might truly sting."

www.salon.com/2025/12/03/p...
Hegseth's "warrior ethos" is cowardice
He calls himself the "Secretary of War" and plays a tough guy on TV, but in real life he's a major weenie
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December 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"Hegseth’s brief tenure at the Pentagon has been dominated by his quivering inability to deal with any kind of challenge or discomfort.

"Even by MAGA standards, Hegseth is the most delicate of snowflakes."

www.salon.com/2025/12/03/p...
Hegseth's "warrior ethos" is cowardice
He calls himself the "Secretary of War" and plays a tough guy on TV, but in real life he's a major weenie
www.salon.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
For sure. Give ‘er a read! I cover that and go deeper. It’s a fun read: not long, lots of tasty insults of this shithead.
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
And yes, just because he’s weak and pathetic doesn’t mean he’s not dangerous. So feel free to read and repost.

This is about the psychology that leads to this sociopathic behavior (and subsequent drowning of insecurities in alcohol).

www.salon.com/2025/12/03/p...
Hegseth's "warrior ethos" is cowardice
He calls himself the "Secretary of War" and plays a tough guy on TV, but in real life he's a major weenie
www.salon.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This is why the rape allegations mattered. Rapists are pathetic men who can only feel strong by picking on people who can’t fight back.

www.salon.com/2025/12/03/p...
December 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Why read past headlines: Fuck this dude. Enjoy my luxurious stint of insulting this tiny little man.

But there’s a larger story here, about how weak men feel strong by punching down. But it only proves their weakness.

www.salon.com/2025/12/03/p...
Hegseth's "warrior ethos" is cowardice
He calls himself the "Secretary of War" and plays a tough guy on TV, but in real life he's a major weenie
www.salon.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The boat bombings also expose the lie that this sociopathic ideal of manhood is somehow more "rational" than empathy. On the contrary, Pete Hegseth is giving strong Colonel Kurtz madman vibes.
December 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
One more thought: I'm not surprised Allie Beth Stuckey is feeling defensive. The idea that empathy is "toxic" or "sinful" does lead straight to taking glee out of shooting helpless civilians out of the water. Seeing anti-empathy in action makes it hard defend.

www.salon.com/2025/12/01/m...
MAGA's war on empathy was started by a woman
Allie Beth Stuckey weaponizes her gender to sell the idea of a cold-hearted Jesus
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December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Oh yeah, the comment section is a real display of how people don't read, don't check sources, just believe whatever ragebait is put in front of them without question.
December 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
No need to apologize! I guess I'm trying to communicate that I don't take this seriously. My feelings aren't hurt, because these people aren't serious enough to take their opinion seriously. This is just grifting nonsense, for sure.
December 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
For real. In her response video, she takes offense at me saying she denies the reality of dinosaurs and then....immediately denies the reality of dinosaurs.
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I didn't say I was surprised! I assume my amusement is well-communicated in my prose stylings. Surely a post is short enough to be read!
December 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It also speaks to how desperate Christian nationalists are for a "Christian persecution" narrative that they're saying that I'm persecuting a Christian for quoting her and describing an ideology she put a lot of work into promoting!
December 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM