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jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

Teens Say Trump’s Former Personal Aide and Project 2025 Higher-Up Made Them Uncomfortable in Chats

www.wired.com

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Two women tell WIRED that when they were 18-year-old college freshmen, John McEntee, a former Trump administration official and cofounder of a Peter Thiel–backed dating app, behaved in ways they considered inappropriate in online conversations.
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    Imagine how uncomfortable they would have felt if they’d known about him murdering the dog with the shovel…

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      Same dude?? Yikes

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        Yea, this is that dude, not the other notable Republican dog murderer… the shovel one.

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          I didn’t have “Which Republican dog murderer are we talking about?” on my bingo card.

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            You guys forgot about Romney… That makes 3.

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            Darn - it’s basically a free square.

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          There’s another? Let me guess, whale.decapitation and roadkill bear guy?

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            Nah, Kristi Noem.

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        It’s not the same dude. Dog murderer is Kevin Roberts, this guy is John McEntee

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          Yes, come on! Let’s keep our creeps straight people!

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    I hate the opulence possessed by every one of these motherfuckers. Being a dirty ass shit stain who hates everyone and everything apparently pays the bills quite nicely. How the fuck did all the money get on their side in the first place?

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      Yeah this whole article makes me sick with everyone involved.

      “The more I thought about it, the more it makes me sad that he’s sort of a role model, especially for young conservative men,” the young woman says. “And I feel like this person isn’t a great role model for those young conservative men.”

      Ya think??!

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      Having a spine and a moral compass are expensive luxuries in our society.

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    I’m almost 50 and the thought of talking to 18 year olds in any way other then being “old enough to be their dad” is FUCKING CREEPY

    JFK guys, come on! They are still kids regardless of their age of legality. You wanna flirt, at least look for someone of drinking age…

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      I’m 35 and feel the same way. 25 is the absolute lowest I’ll even consider.

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        I’ve heard people argue for (age)x.5+7=not creepy. Seems moderately reasonable.

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        I mean, age of attraction is different for everyone and tbh I don’t have an “absolute” problem with a 33yo consensually hooking up with a 18yo. To me, it’s simply as weird as hooking up with a senior citizen.

        But as this case once again shows, often times the people who go for much younger ones are ignoring when those feel uncomfortable, are not willing to consent, and keep pushing for something. And that is straight up inacceptable.

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      I would rather you do other things. This is … legal… technically, but I don’t like it.

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    His existence makes me uncomfortable. Fucking nazi.

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    non-paywall link?

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      Install the Bypass Paywalls Clean extension. There seems to be a version for Firefox and also for Chrome. It’s being taken down from gitlab due to DMCA notices, but you can still find it (search for “bypass paywalls clean” and there are instructions, the latest version is v3.8.5.0). I’ve also seen instructions for installing on Android, but haven’t tried that myself.

      This might work for you (it does for me because I have the extension): https://clearthis.page/?u=https://www.wired.com/story/teens-john-mcentee-trump-aide-project-2025-chats/

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    That guy is such a loser. He begged for a job under Trump and they gave him unpaid work. He was such a douche that he had to be escorted out of the White House.

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    I bet.

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