• Tiral@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    This last election I voted Dem. Not because I thought she was worth a shit, but she was imo the better of the two options. Political party doesn’t mean shit to me.

        • bunnybunny@lemmy.zip
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          15 days ago

          Why not? If you really hate some one and don’t want to see someone become president to scam the whole country, I would rather vote for the other party. Even if I don’t agree with everything that party stands for. Trump and the Republicans right now stand for fraude, war, racism, violence and hate. It makes your country look fucking stupid. Personally I would do anything to avoid that.

          That’s just something I don’t get about Americans. A lot of you are so fanatical that you would rather die than vote for the other party even if that means ruining your country to the ground.

  • QueenHawlSera@piefed.socialEnglish
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    16 days ago

    If he ran as a Democrat, I’d have never voted for the Democrats again, because they would have stood up and said Trump was acceptable.

      • Psychadelligoat@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        16 days ago

        Love seeing people get down voted for being right.

        Y’all forget when she walked into a poor persons house and just… Stared?

        Even orange shitstain looked more at home in a McDonalds drive thru and that’s fuckig sad

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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      16 days ago

      Aw my two favorite things. “bOtH SiDeS”: Congratulations, you found a way to insert that where it absolutely made no sense. Then we have “I kNoW ExAcTlY hOw AlL pOsSiBlE tImElInEs WoUlD hAvE gOnE!!1”

      • QueenHawlSera@piefed.socialEnglish
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        16 days ago

        How is this “BoTh SiDeS”, I fully recognize the Dems are better than the Republicans, and one of the reasons is the Democrats would never have accepted Trump.

        • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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          16 days ago

          Well tbh your comment sounded like you thought Democrats would do the same as Republicans or worse. It’s possible I missed something subtle but I read it again and that’s how it still reads to me.

  • robocall@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    Don’t be a partisan hack. Politics isn’t rooting for a sport team, nor a rock concert. Don’t follow a leader because they are charismatic or likeable. Instead, support policies that reflect your values. Do not follow a person. If someone presents a policy that you support, or multiple policies that you support, embrace the policy for being great. Not the person. People are not superheroes.

    • Dryad@lemmy.world
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      16 days ago

      Quick reminder that a significant chunk of the MAGA base that isn’t wildly misinformed love him for exactly the reasons you just mentioned. Republican vitriol loves that he spews hated. They delight in how his policies make the right people hurt.

  • ikt@aussie.zone
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    16 days ago

    Did you know! Around 80% of the wildlife is endemic to Australia, meaning it can only be found here! According to the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, 87% of mammals, 93% of reptiles, 94% of frogs, and 45% of birds in Australia ONLY exist in Australia.

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  • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    16 days ago

    The claim that people would like him if he was not a republican is one of the stupider pieces of cope they’ve come up with. They also like to use the stupid “TDS“ thing to claim that people just hate Trump arbitrarily, as if we can’t list 50 different horrible things he’s done and things about him that make him completely unfit for the office.

    • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
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      16 days ago

      The claim that people would like him if he was not a republican is one of the stupider pieces of cope they’ve come up with.

      From their perspective, it makes sense. They hate Democrats because they’re Democrats. And if one of them switches sides to become a Republican, they’ll suddenly find excuses for them, forgive everything they’ve ever done, and support them no matter what.

      They’re so baked in tribalism that they can’t understand disliking a politician for any other reason. So they think of course things would be reversed if he was part of the other tribe. They, of course, would instantly hate him if he became a Democrat.

    • stickyprimer@lemmy.world
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      16 days ago

      If anything, Biden Derangement Syndrome was absolutely a thing. MAGAts were so incredibly panicked about Biden when he was an entirely milquetoast, middle-of-the road Democrat. Do even they argue that Trump is just another Republican? I can’t see how anyone could.

      • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        16 days ago

        They act that way any time a Democrat is president. They’re terrified the Dem will do a good job and leave a good legacy and positive reputation, so they pretty much flip out. They did it over Clinton - spread and amplified all sorts of rumors then investigated him for years until they finally found something to impeach him for. And then, Obama, obviously. Trump himself is still freaking the fuck out about Obama and it’s been a decade since he was in office.

    • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      16 days ago

      It’s not just cope. It’s that these people are so surrealistically stupid and lack all sense of curiosity that many legitimately don’t know a fucking thing about the guy they voted to be the most powerful figure on the planet. So they think we must be acting unreasonable to hate him so much.

      I mean a common phrase among them leading up to 2016 was “he’ll run it like a business” because they were entirely unaware that the dipshit has driven every business venture he’s ever attempted into the ground except for real estate because a monkey could be successful at real estate if it inherits a bunch of its daddy’s money and real estate.

      They don’t even know who he is.

      • raspirate@lemmy.world
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        16 days ago

        I’ve said for a long time that the primary means of American education is advertising. He was advertised as a competent businessman on TV, and so that’s what a lot of Americans believe. The guy’s a walking advertisement. A flim-flam man.

        He wins because he’s the best at lying in a country that prizes lying for money as the best skill set one can possess.

    • SourDragon@lemmy.world
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      16 days ago

      Copypasted from another comment There is a pile of shit in the picture, so if you were to stretch the meaning of the term “shitpost” perhaps it could count? 🤔

  • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
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    16 days ago

    Some MAGoo said he wanted Trump and not miserable Republicans In Name Only.

    Obviously, the MAGoo hadn’t noticed that Trump was a Dem for years, except when he tried to run for President on the Reform Party ticket

  • lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    I will never understand why some people will go online with their real name and photo and discuss any highly controversial topics, much less politics.

    • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com
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      16 days ago

      There’s really no guarantee that people are using their real name and photo in most cases. People tying their presence to their work or something is different, but I generally never assume I’m talking to the person being presented to me. Some people also just don’t care, don’t realize there could be consequences, or they signed up when the internet was a different place (thinking twitter would be more like Facebook or MySpace where it might make some sense to use your real name).

    • Demdaru@lemmy.world
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      16 days ago
      1. It puts legitimacy behind their statements. You are no longer discussing with an internet no-name weirdo, the person you are writing with has a name and face.
      2. They weild authority in the field or bear respect assigned to them and are thus using it…or simply used to writing under their name due to that.
      3. They’re one of “I have nothing to hide” folks. And I don’t mean surveilence apologists - I mean folk who have such weirdly strong ego (without being egoists. At least most of the time) that their belief in who they are is unshakeable. They tend to rawdog the world.

      Some combination of the three above is most common in my perspective.

      • tempest@lemmy.ca
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        16 days ago

        You missed the top one

        0 - they are old and or stupid and don’t think of the consequences of their actions

      • lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world
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        16 days ago

        A long time ago, when I was dating a woman who worked at Planned Parenthood, I ran afoul of a Scott Roeder supporter. I’m glad he never knew my name and what I looked like. I think my statements to him were legitimate and authoritative enough with out putting my loved ones in danger.

        • Demdaru@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          16 days ago

          So, I am not an american and had to look the guy up. First of all, wtf. Second of all, wtf (but about your situation).

          But at the end of the day, some people just don’t compute statements without face attached to them. :| Nonetheless, staying safe is a priority. Wtf.