MyPillow Guy Unleashes Unhinged Twitter Conspiracy Theories | Talking Points Memo

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You might want to lie down for this one.

MyPillow CEO and Trump loyalist Mike Lindell appeared on Fox News on Tuesday night to spool off a series of unhinged conspiracy theories aimed at Twitter, in the wake of the permanent suspension of his account from the social media platform.

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He’ll be back on the meth/coke/crack any day now. His fantasy world is dissolving like a cheep pillow in the wash.

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The consequences of saying offensive things is offended people. It’s not complicated.

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Nothing about this guy or his product makes we want to listen to him or buy his products.

And therein lies his problem, which will only get worse unless he shuts his mouth.

OT (for now, but maybe soon for the MY pillow Guy)

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“they were running my Twitter like they were me,” he said.

Did he have to pay extra for this service?

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In spite Because of his long history of spewing claims devoid of fact, the pillow executive was warmly welcomed by Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday night.

FIFY!

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Anybody know the over/under on when MyPillow declares bankruptcy?

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So, what’s he complaining about then?

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HoW is AnY of thiS unhingeD? Q coRRoborates aLLof this.

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Lindell is what happens after decades of Meth and Crack addiction.

You escape one addiction only to latch on to another (Fundamentalism) and when that doesn’t assuage your squirming brain, you find a NEW addiction; i.e. Conspiracy Theories.

He sounds EXACTLY like a Meth-Head on the street corner ranting about the alien spiders infesting his brain and controlling his thoughts.

This guy needs an Intervention. Stat. (or at least a mandatory 30-day “evaluation” at one of the many excellent Minnesota mental health facilities) Unfortunately, in American society it won’t happen.

You know what the difference between a Raving Lunatic and someone with “Eccentric Ideas” is?
About $250K/year or more of annual income.
The more money you have, the more insane our society lets you be without intervention or restraint.

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Pretty sure if I wanted to I could find lots of people being “conservative” on Twitter. I just don’t want to.

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MyPillow Guy Unleashes Unhinged Twitter Conspiracy Theories

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First there has to be an orange branding deal to suck what’s left of the juice out of it.

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Anybody know the over/under on when MyPillow declares bankruptcy?

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So, Carlson would be fine with someone with a different opinion, who goes into the Fox broadcast suite and declares that, in their opinion, the building is metaphorically ‘on fire’, during each of his broadcasts?

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Cheap pillow salesman gains national notoriety with stupid statements.
Enough said.

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“I just couldn’t do anything and they were running my Twitter like they were me,” he said.

It’s a hard crash when they take away your dopamine hits.

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This is sheer lunacy from the MyPillow guy. If you of your family members ranted like this you’d be worried about them. pic.twitter.com/ppPzHug0An

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 27, 2021

I have a sister like this. Once I reported her to the Secret Service (yeah, they reached out to her) her Facebook posts took on a decidedly more subdued tone.

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There will always be crazy people. The real degenerates are the media organizations that cynically exploit them.

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As a lifelong Minnesotan, I am ashamed my state has produced someone who makes Michele Bachmann seem sane by comparison.

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