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[–] 76 points 2 years ago (1 child)

This is what wilful stupidity looks like.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    *mental illness and lack of critical thinking

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Garbage people supporting a garbage president.

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Can we stop finding the stupidest people and shoving a microphone in front of them giving them a platform?

    Are there people who think Trump can do no wrong? Absolutely. Did other people vote for Kanye in 2020, or Anthony Fauci? Yeah. Should any of these people be given a platform absolutely not.

    And if you think they do deserve it, do you decry if a child molester is used as an example of the LGBTQ community, or someone who calls for forced Veganism/communism is used to represent the Democratic party? Unless you think this is ok for both parties then it's not really ok for either (And even if you think it's ok, it's wrong because it builds a false narrative).

    I feel like platforms use this shit for clickbait more than everything but also to kind of brainwash people because this implies there's a large group of these people with only two people even referred too. I mean honestly there should be a higher standard for something to "Be a story" than how many clicks it'll get, but alas not in 2023.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Lmfao who is that clown in the picture

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago*

    Murica man. Wherever there's a pickup that can't roll coal, an LGBT child that's living a happy life, or a school that's gone too long without a shooting, he'll be there to set things right. To summon him, just start blasting Kid Rock on any available music system.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)
  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Hear me out. Trump is unelectable. He can get through a primary. He can't get through a general. He precludes any other candidate and more importantly, he precludes any other kind of candidate. Desantis had a chance, because he did an OK job of replicating 'Trumpism'. But you can't grow beyond a core base of pyschopaths with that kind of candidate. That base isn't growing. Its a fixed quantity. Having Trump around means you both a) cant run an alternative candidate because you cant capture the core to get through a primary, and b) can't expand beyond the core because of the nature of the candidate.

    The Republican party is basically fucked because of this. Because until Trump goes away, they can't move on. And you'll never win a national election with him again.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Hear me out. Trump is unelectable. He can get through a primary. He can’t get through a general.

    Can we not fucking underestimate stupidity again, please? Were some of y'all not around in 2016? Your entire comment could have come wholesale from that time around. And then after everything, he barely lost 2020.

    This kind of conjecture is harmful. Calling him unelectable is harmful.

    Register to vote. Follow through.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The Republican party is basically fucked because of this. Because until Trump goes away, they can't move on. And you'll never win a national election with him again.

    They're perfectly ok with taking the whitehouse by force

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    And now we get to the core. Fascism won’t go away by ignoring it. Police and military force will be required. Unfortunately, the government won’t do that because they are captured by corporations, and it would wreck the economy. So fascism will be allowed to fester until it takes over.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Also the police are fascist too. We need to rework our entire system from the ground up which will take a long time. Or we can burn everything and start over.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    And now we get to the core. Fascism won’t go away by ignoring it. Police and military force will be required. Unfortunately, the government won’t do that because they are captured by corporations, and it would wreck the economy. So fascism will be allowed to fester until it takes over.

    They are also to an extent captured by fascists. Its important to identify them and call them out as such.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Unfortunately the Republican party has been basically fucked throughout my entire life, and it still manages to slouch towards Washington.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Increasing amounts of cheating at the local level. Mostly through gerrymandering and voter suppression. That's the only reason they look like a viable party.

    That and their propaganda channels Fox, OAN, Newsmax...

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    [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And when he dies half of them will insist he's still alive and will fight a holy war against the other half who insist he's ascended to heaven and will return one day.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    "I will support Joe Biden no matter what, until he dies."

    See, that's how you sound. You sound like that.

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    [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    No surprise to anyone.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Well then let’s hope that “until” clause is sooner rather than later.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I feel like it is just an embarrassment to be a Republican now. When I was growing up, I saw, from the outside out least that it was focused on small Gov, great military and defense. Now it just seems like trying to cancel everything with reverts to some dump white people. Just embarrassing

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    [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Looks like you misspelled idiots in your title…

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