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DBoon

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5. The White House represents the woke values of the Enlightenment

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 10:29 AM

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Things like individual liberty, separation of church and state, representative democracy, the dignity and equality of all humans.

By replacing it with a gilded ballroom, Trump is destroying these woke values and replacing it with a 16th century absolute monarchy.

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Any MAGAts out there care to explain how demolishing the White House is "ownin' the libs!"? [View all] Aristus Tuesday OP

Jethro will cypher on that... SheltieLover Tuesday #1

LOL Emile Tuesday #10

it will be demolished as soon as trumps gone samnsara Tuesday #2

The ballroom, or the rest of the White House? Aristus Tuesday #3

I wish I shared your opinion. He has no intention of leaving and this is only the beginning of remodeling Deuxcents Tuesday #7

It pleases Putin C_U_L8R Tuesday #4

The White House represents the woke values of the Enlightenment DBoon Tuesday #5

I dont understand how ANYONE could appreciate what he's doing. Lilithschyld Tuesday #6

There are better ways of saying "cutting off one's nose to spite one's face" MAGA morons might understand: sop Tuesday #8

Seems appropriate Sailingdiver Tuesday #9

MAGAs have already justified it: The White House has undergone LeftinOH Tuesday #11

The optics must be dreadful, as they have forbidden the treasury employees to shoot any pictures of it Walleye Tuesday #12

Too many ignorant foolish people don't care. yardwork Tuesday #13