• n0m4n@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The contrast of one of the greatest SOTU speeches in history to an utterly creepy call to gather a nut-fringe group to take over the Republican tent is a two piece diorama of what we are today. We are the UNITED States. I hope everyone spends some time thinking of what that means.

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        8 months ago

        One of the greatest, but certainly not the greatest of all time. It seems apt for the moment we’re in as a country.

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          8 months ago

          I would respectfully disagree. The speechwriters crafted a fairly strong piece of rhetoric, but it wasn’t particularly substantial and the delivery was substandard, that’s just the honest truth.

          Also “one of the greatest in history because it happened now” is not a great argument. Nunc pro tunc, as they say.

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            8 months ago

            Yeah, I agree. It was well-written, and I thought it was good, but saying this was the best SOTU of all time seems a bit far-fetched. Biden straight-up isn’t a great orator, and that’s fine by me. I would rather someone who can do the job than make wonderful speeches.

            Now, how Biden dealt with the hecklers was pretty great, I’ll say.

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      8 months ago

      Wow, just watching that now. She needs to go back to her streaming channel and 500 viewers

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      8 months ago

      It should be clear to everyone, now that we are not united and never have been and holding this country together is a bigger challenge than anyone these days realizes.