▲ 917 ▼ The Idol of Half of USA (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 11 months ago by miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/antitrumpalliance@lemmy.world 170 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago (2 children) No, he won with a plurality of voters, not over half of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] krashmo@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (1 child) Every time this topic comes up one of you guys shows up to make minor statistical and grammatical corrections about the voting population like it makes any damned bit of difference to our lived experience. America elected this piece of shit twice and that is the only important part of the discussion. The rest is just you hoping to convince yourself that things aren't as bad as they seem. Well, they are that bad so please focus on something more useful than using statistically precise language to describe how many tens of millions of our neighbors support this child raping charlatan. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago (2 children) They're indeed bad - REALLY bad - but overstating Trump's support isn't helpful. 77 million out of roughly 174 million eligible voters, or about 44%, chose fascism, NOT a majority. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] krashmo@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) That distinction is irrelevant in just about every conceivable way. No one rational should be comforted by the clarification that only 77 million of their neighbors are fascists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) REALLY bad I'm not sure where you got "comforted" from this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] krashmo@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago What then is your intent when insisting on making the distinction between a majority of voters and a plurality of voters? It appears to me to be an attempt at making this seem like less of a problem than it is, especially when the plurality is as close to the same number as a majority is in this case. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child) All the ones not voting chose not to stop fascism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago You're right. But apathy is apathy, not support. permalink fedilink source parent [–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 0 points 11 months ago (1 child) My bad, although ”more than half” is a lot closer to 49.9% than 30%. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago True. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (1 child) Every time this topic comes up one of you guys shows up to make minor statistical and grammatical corrections about the voting population like it makes any damned bit of difference to our lived experience. America elected this piece of shit twice and that is the only important part of the discussion. The rest is just you hoping to convince yourself that things aren't as bad as they seem. Well, they are that bad so please focus on something more useful than using statistically precise language to describe how many tens of millions of our neighbors support this child raping charlatan. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago (2 children) They're indeed bad - REALLY bad - but overstating Trump's support isn't helpful. 77 million out of roughly 174 million eligible voters, or about 44%, chose fascism, NOT a majority. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] krashmo@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) That distinction is irrelevant in just about every conceivable way. No one rational should be comforted by the clarification that only 77 million of their neighbors are fascists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) REALLY bad I'm not sure where you got "comforted" from this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] krashmo@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago What then is your intent when insisting on making the distinction between a majority of voters and a plurality of voters? It appears to me to be an attempt at making this seem like less of a problem than it is, especially when the plurality is as close to the same number as a majority is in this case. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child) All the ones not voting chose not to stop fascism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago You're right. But apathy is apathy, not support. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago (2 children) They're indeed bad - REALLY bad - but overstating Trump's support isn't helpful. 77 million out of roughly 174 million eligible voters, or about 44%, chose fascism, NOT a majority. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] krashmo@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) That distinction is irrelevant in just about every conceivable way. No one rational should be comforted by the clarification that only 77 million of their neighbors are fascists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) REALLY bad I'm not sure where you got "comforted" from this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] krashmo@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago What then is your intent when insisting on making the distinction between a majority of voters and a plurality of voters? It appears to me to be an attempt at making this seem like less of a problem than it is, especially when the plurality is as close to the same number as a majority is in this case. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child) All the ones not voting chose not to stop fascism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago You're right. But apathy is apathy, not support. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) That distinction is irrelevant in just about every conceivable way. No one rational should be comforted by the clarification that only 77 million of their neighbors are fascists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) REALLY bad I'm not sure where you got "comforted" from this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] krashmo@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago What then is your intent when insisting on making the distinction between a majority of voters and a plurality of voters? It appears to me to be an attempt at making this seem like less of a problem than it is, especially when the plurality is as close to the same number as a majority is in this case. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) REALLY bad I'm not sure where you got "comforted" from this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] krashmo@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago What then is your intent when insisting on making the distinction between a majority of voters and a plurality of voters? It appears to me to be an attempt at making this seem like less of a problem than it is, especially when the plurality is as close to the same number as a majority is in this case. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago What then is your intent when insisting on making the distinction between a majority of voters and a plurality of voters? It appears to me to be an attempt at making this seem like less of a problem than it is, especially when the plurality is as close to the same number as a majority is in this case. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child) All the ones not voting chose not to stop fascism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago You're right. But apathy is apathy, not support. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago You're right. But apathy is apathy, not support. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 0 points 11 months ago (1 child) My bad, although ”more than half” is a lot closer to 49.9% than 30%. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago True. permalink fedilink source parent
