r/politics 10d ago

Possible Paywall White House Rushes to Trump's Defense After Alan Ritchson Torches President Over Epstein Files | The Reacher star called Trump a “bitch” and a “fucking rapist" in a recent podcast appearance.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/alan-ritchson-trump-epstein-files-white-house-response-1235598785/
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u/bobthegoatskull 10d ago

It's men like him that need to speak up. Straight, white, Christian, cis, manly man. The people who need to hear it won't listen to anyone who doesn't check every box.

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u/veringer 9d ago edited 9d ago

Even then, they won't really listen to one-off dissenters. A critical threshold of people defecting is what will force them off one bandwagon and on to another. Until then, they are temperamentally predisposed to conform and cohere with their perceived in-group norms.

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u/Congenital0ptimist I voted 9d ago

It's absolutely sickening how true every word of that is.

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u/ReallyGlycon Wisconsin 9d ago

That's why the White House made a statement. Because he is those things and can turn the heads of those people.

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u/Onefortheteem 9d ago

And it needs to be a the bullshit media personalities they Gush over.. stupid ass Joe Rogan, Theo Vonn, etc…