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minus-squarePriorityMotif@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThey’re obviously being picked for their deviceveness. Not really sure what the endgame is other than to spread fear, anger, and uncertainty. Some strategists is coming up with these picks for some reason.
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21 year agoIt’s a way for him to test people’s loyalty. Anyone who doesn’t vote to confirm his insane picks is going to be ousted by the rest of the party.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago deviceveness Deviousness? It’s what autocorrect suggested the moment I started typing the word.
minus-squareObsidianNebula@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoBased on the context, I think they meant “divisiveness”, but “deviousness” probably also describes the nominations well.
minus-squarePriorityMotif@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI I misspelled it, it should have been divisiveness, “a tendency to provoke dissension or discord” deviousness, “The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.”
They’re obviously being picked for their deviceveness. Not really sure what the endgame is other than to spread fear, anger, and uncertainty. Some strategists is coming up with these picks for some reason.
It’s a way for him to test people’s loyalty. Anyone who doesn’t vote to confirm his insane picks is going to be ousted by the rest of the party.
Deviousness? It’s what autocorrect suggested the moment I started typing the word.
Based on the context, I think they meant “divisiveness”, but “deviousness” probably also describes the nominations well.
I I misspelled it, it should have been divisiveness, “a tendency to provoke dissension or discord”
deviousness, “The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.”