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maniacalmanicmania aussie.zone maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone
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thagoat lemmy.dbzer0.com thagoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-03-28
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Love my state

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ChonkyOwlbear lemmy.world ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-24
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The most self awareness I've ever seen in a Trump voter.

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reev sh.itjust.works reev@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-08
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Honestly respectable. No "this isn't what I voted for", no "I disagree with this and that but overall it was the lesser of two evils"... Just plain and simple admission of having been incorrect and owning up to it.

Let's hope they do better in the future.

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itsathursday lemmy.world itsathursday@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-06
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Respect. Ain’t no shame in accepting blame. Learning is failing constructively.

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Greg Clarke lemmy.ca Greg@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2022-11-09
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There's hope!

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higgsboson piefed.social higgsboson@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-27
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Where funny?

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the_riviera_kid lemmy.world the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-10
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On one hand I'm glad she is admitting it, on the other I guarantee people in her life have been telling her for 10+ years now and are already sick of her shit.

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Bad_Engineering fedia.io Bad_Engineering@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-03-17
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Honestly respectable. No "this isn't what I voted for", no "I disagree with this and that but overall it was the lesser of two evils"... Just plain and simple admission of having been incorrect and owning up to it. Let's hope they do better in the future.

I don't get much hope from people like this.

They were ok with the rape, and the illegal deportations, and the pedophilia, and the elimination of public services and healthcare, the removal of any and all environmental regulations, the killing of American citizens in the streets, the genocides abroad, etc..... But "OMG GAS PRICES WENT UP A DOLLAR!?!?!?" is what counts as a step to far for these types of people?????

In my eyes there is no redeeming what they were ok with. To little to late, they can all go get fucked.

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spinnetrouble sh.itjust.works spinne@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-10
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Love my state

Pennsylvania contains a multitude. Every place has its assholes and amateurs, but it's not everywhere that puts them on tv

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reev sh.itjust.works reev@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-08
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I don't get much hope from people like this. They were ok with the rape, and the illegal deportations, and the pedophilia, and the elimination of public services and healthcare, the removal of any and all environmental regulations, the killing of American citizens in the streets, the genocides abroad, etc..... But "OMG GAS PRICES WENT UP A DOLLAR!?!?!?" is what counts as a step to far for these...

I think that's potentially reading a lot from not much context. How do you know this is because of gas prices? Some of the people really are just completely mislead and believe that the "other side" is trying to convince them that these "untrue things" (that are true) are true.

It's like how people say that Hillary Clinton is the devil and eats babies. You don't believe that because to you, it's obviously untrue. But to some of these people, the thought of "their side" being child rapists is probably as unbelievable as the baby eating thing is to you. And the more time goes on, the more irrefutable the pedophilia and human rights abuses are to more and more people.

I'm not saying that's happening here, but I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt without enough context.

But maybe I'm just also not quite as exposed to republicans as others are and I'm talking out of my ass haha

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IWW4 lemmy.zip IWW4@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-12
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I don't get much hope from people like this. They were ok with the rape, and the illegal deportations, and the pedophilia, and the elimination of public services and healthcare, the removal of any and all environmental regulations, the killing of American citizens in the streets, the genocides abroad, etc..... But "OMG GAS PRICES WENT UP A DOLLAR!?!?!?" is what counts as a step to far for these...

I agree completely. I guess everyone missed the three other idiots in the video who were totally cool with all of this….

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curbstickle anarchist.nexus curbstickle@anarchist.nexus
Joined: 2025-08-25
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I don't get much hope from people like this. They were ok with the rape, and the illegal deportations, and the pedophilia, and the elimination of public services and healthcare, the removal of any and all environmental regulations, the killing of American citizens in the streets, the genocides abroad, etc..... But "OMG GAS PRICES WENT UP A DOLLAR!?!?!?" is what counts as a step to far for these...

I don't know, a lot of them seem to think:

  • The rapes were fabrications to discredit Trump
  • The rape of children was a fabrication to discredit Trump
  • Eliminating public services is part of a plan to get better public services
  • Environmental regulations weren't based on anything real and was about kickbacks to regulators

Etc.

I'd like to know what that woman thinks now, if she realizes the lies.

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muffedtrims lemmy.world muffedtrims@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
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Relevant SNL sketch

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snooggums piefed.world snooggums@piefed.world
Joined: 2025-07-08
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The most self awareness I've ever seen in a Trump voter.

Only took a decade to catch on.

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snooggums piefed.world snooggums@piefed.world
Joined: 2025-07-08
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I think that's potentially reading a lot from not much context. How do you know this is because of gas prices? Some of the people really are just completely mislead and believe that the "other side" is trying to convince them that these "untrue things" (that are true) are true. It's like how people say that Hillary Clinton is the devil and eats babies. You don't believe that because to you, it'...

How do you know this is because of gas prices?

I would guess it is because of gas prices and it isn't clear whether this is a single issue thing ahe is really worked up over or an overall realization of his shittiness. While fun to hear, she is most likely just mad about gas prices.

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Test_Tickles lemmy.world Test_Tickles@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-04
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I think that's potentially reading a lot from not much context. How do you know this is because of gas prices? Some of the people really are just completely mislead and believe that the "other side" is trying to convince them that these "untrue things" (that are true) are true. It's like how people say that Hillary Clinton is the devil and eats babies. You don't believe that because to you, it'...

I would totally agree with you if it was 10 years ago. But we have already had a Trump administration that failed miserably, killed millions of people, and had record low approval ratings.
I go out of my way to avoid Fox News and it's ilk, but I still have to deal with it. There's no way for these people to have spent the last 10 years without being exposed to differing opinions and facts that expose at least some of the lies. The people who still "believe" in Trump do it willfully. They don't want to be wrong, so they purposely ignore those things that they don't want to know. They want something that Trump provides so badly that they are lying to themselves. This is also why they are so vocal about their insanity. They have to keep yelling it at the top of their lungs to drown out the little voices in the back of their heads. The problem is Trump only has one thing to offer and that's hate.

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Janx piefed.social Janx@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-12-19
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I'll believe in MAGAs' introspection and growth the instant they start voting against Republicans...

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village604 adultswim.fan village604@adultswim.fan
Joined: 2025-09-27
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I would totally agree with you if it was 10 years ago. But we have already had a Trump administration that failed miserably, killed millions of people, and had record low approval ratings. I go out of my way to avoid Fox News and it's ilk, but I still have to deal with it. There's no way for these people to have spent the last 10 years without being exposed to differing opinions and facts that ...

You forget that the media they consume is hiding all of the bad stuff from them, or spinning it so it sounds positive.

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reev sh.itjust.works reev@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-08
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You forget that the media they consume is hiding all of the bad stuff from them, or spinning it so it sounds positive.

That's sort of what I'm alluding to. It seems to me that these people are in essentially the reality version of a casino with a painted sky. It looks and feels like outside, it's just completely controlled by the people that own the casino and crafted entirely to keep the illusion up. They watch Fox, their friends might read Washington Post, their friend's friends watch whatever else. More and more media is being bought by Billionaires that have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.

It feels like you're getting differing opinions because this guy reads this which is SLIGHTLY more moderate than that but overall it's so far more right from what things were like even 10 years ago that it doesn't really matter.

And people just don't notice.

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village604 adultswim.fan village604@adultswim.fan
Joined: 2025-09-27
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That's sort of what I'm alluding to. It seems to me that these people are in essentially the reality version of a casino with a painted sky. It looks and feels like outside, it's just completely controlled by the people that own the casino and crafted entirely to keep the illusion up. They watch Fox, their friends might read Washington Post, their friend's friends watch whatever else. More and ...

It makes sense when you realize they were raised in a multi-generational cult where critical thinking and questioning authority is actively punished.

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SmoothLiquidation lemmy.world SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-17
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I'll believe in MAGAs' introspection and growth the instant they start voting against Republicans...

Oh, but didn’t you hear? Apparently the Democrats are just as bad.

But seriously, I haven’t been very happy with the Dems recently but most of my complaints are that they are not doing enough to stop the LITERAL FACISM that is the GOP right now.

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someguy3 lemmy.world someguy3@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-04
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Learned nothing from Bush.

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PuddleOfKittens sh.itjust.works PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-10-12
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How do you know this is because of gas prices? I would guess it is because of gas prices and it isn't clear whether this is a single issue thing ahe is really worked up over or an overall realization of his shittiness. While fun to hear, she is most likely just mad about gas prices.

Okay, hot take: people care about gas prices because it's how most people are exposed to politics. No matter how wilfully ignorant you are, you can't not notice gas prices spiking. Most of the rest of politics is opaque unless you're tuned in.

So why does that matter? Because it means everyone (with a car) knows there's another war in the middle east. So anyone who thought Iraq was bullshit and voted for Trump because he promised "no more wars" is painfully aware that he lied now.

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join lemmy.ml join@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-04-16
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Never forgive the democrats for letting Trump be the anti-war candidate.

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TrickDacy lemmy.world TrickDacy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-27
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Never forgive the democrats for letting Trump be the anti-war candidate.

Democrat bad no matter what!!!! #fakeLeftistMaga

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Bad_Engineering fedia.io Bad_Engineering@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-03-17
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I don't know, a lot of them seem to think: The rapes were fabrications to discredit Trump The rape of children was a fabrication to discredit Trump Eliminating public services is part of a plan to get better public services Environmental regulations weren't based on anything real and was about kickbacks to regulators Etc. I'd like to know what that woman thinks now, if she realizes the lies.

I'm not at all a gambler but I would wager a hefty sum that she doesn't.

I was talking to my republican neighbor, whom I've been loosly trying to unindoctrinate, she's still on board with him but isn't a complete maga loon. She's more the " I've just always been a Republican. " type. When questioned about being in the Epstein files a million times, or being found liable for rape, or any of the other million things, she just says, " well I don't know about that, I don't support that stuff. " like support is some sort of buffet where you can pick what you want.

Most of the people that support or have supported him are so shallow you couldn't drown mouse in them. From all of my experience growing up in rural deep red maga country, they're all either complete morons, complete hateful assholes, or a mix both.

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Bad_Engineering fedia.io Bad_Engineering@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-03-17
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You forget that the media they consume is hiding all of the bad stuff from them, or spinning it so it sounds positive.

Like Test_Tickles said, they've had 10 years for outside information to trickle in, and there is no way they haven't been even tangently exposed to outside information. I absolutely do not consume any rightwing or for that matter any 24hr news networks but bits of both sides still filter in.

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Scubus sh.itjust.works Scubus@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-07
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I don't know, a lot of them seem to think: The rapes were fabrications to discredit Trump The rape of children was a fabrication to discredit Trump Eliminating public services is part of a plan to get better public services Environmental regulations weren't based on anything real and was about kickbacks to regulators Etc. I'd like to know what that woman thinks now, if she realizes the lies.

Nah, actually talk to these people and it's pretty clear they don't care. They can't say they don't care, so when you present them evidence they just say "I don't know about any of that" and pretend they didn't see it. You walk them through, logically, without any evidence, and get them to realize on there own that Trump is evil, and it turns into this meme:

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curbstickle anarchist.nexus curbstickle@anarchist.nexus
Joined: 2025-08-25
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Nah, actually talk to these people and it's pretty clear they don't care. They can't say they don't care, so when you present them evidence they just say "I don't know about any of that" and pretend they didn't see it. You walk them through, logically, without any evidence, and get them to realize on there own that Trump is evil, and it turns into this meme:

Thats why I'm curious about one that admitted to being wrong, I want to know what she thinks about those things now that she considers a vote for Trump to be a mistake.

Generic MAGA is exactly as you say, thats why I'm curious about a "no longer MAGA" scenario

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Scubus sh.itjust.works Scubus@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-07
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Thats why I'm curious about one that admitted to being wrong, I want to know what she thinks about those things now that she considers a vote for Trump to be a mistake. Generic MAGA is exactly as you say, thats why I'm curious about a "no longer MAGA" scenario

I'm not even convinced these people are no longer MAGA. At this point MAGA is pretty much a ditch you die in, your family has already cut contact with you, and you've dealt more damage to yourself and your country than either can recover from. Like a ball rolling downhill, all roads lead back to MAGA for those that side with pedophiles.

Basically, she's mad about this but when he comes out and states that we won the war on Iran and have made oil free around the world and have also started world peace, she's going to be in the stands again.

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sudo lemmy.today sudo@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-07-28
#32 · Quote Reply

Respect. Ain’t no shame in accepting blame. Learning is failing constructively.

Nah, fuck this woman and she should be shamed. 'after a decade I realized nazis are actually bad people' (and let's be honest it's not even this deep of a level of introspection) doesn't excuse a decade of supporting nazis.

Is it good she has reached this bare minimum level of comprehension of reality? Yes.

But unless she's actively seeking recompense to destroy the very thing she helped grow, fuck her.
And 'my bad' isn't 'I'm sorry for actively contributing to the destruction of thousands of people's lives'.

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Art3mis lemmy.world ThunderQueen@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-09-15
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Oh, but didn’t you hear? Apparently the Democrats are just as bad. But seriously, I haven’t been very happy with the Dems recently but most of my complaints are that they are not doing enough to stop the LITERAL FACISM that is the GOP right now.
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JimmyMcGill lemmy.world JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world
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#34 · Quote Reply

So what got her over the line? Gas prices going up?

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corsicanguppy lemmy.ca corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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[citation needed]

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curbstickle anarchist.nexus curbstickle@anarchist.nexus
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I'm not even convinced these people are no longer MAGA. At this point MAGA is pretty much a ditch you die in, your family has already cut contact with you, and you've dealt more damage to yourself and your country than either can recover from. Like a ball rolling downhill, all roads lead back to MAGA for those that side with pedophiles. Basically, she's mad about this but when he comes out and ...

Entirely possible! Thats why I'm curious about what she thinks now though, aside from her admission on camera.

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Vegafjord oakframer lemmy.ml libre_warrior@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2021-02-28
#37 · Quote Reply

If she had voted for Biden, the fuel prices would have been normal!

Still an idiot.

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Photonic lemmy.world Photonic@lemmy.world
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#38 · Quote Reply

So what got her over the line? Gas prices going up?

It’s the economy, stupid. So yes, it’s probably gas prices.

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maniacalmanicmania aussie.zone maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-07-01
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Democrat bad no matter what!!!! #fakeLeftistMaga

That's not what join said though. If they've said that before then criticise them where they said it. But all join said was that the Dems had a chance to be the antiwar party and chose to be the pro-war, pro-genocide party.

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TrickDacy lemmy.world TrickDacy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-27
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That's not what join said though. If they've said that before then criticise them where they said it. But all join said was that the Dems had a chance to be the antiwar party and chose to be the pro-war, pro-genocide party.

I will always call out people who blame Republican actions on Democrats in a black and white way. And I should.

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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 pawb.social Kolanaki@pawb.social
Joined: 2024-10-06
#41 · Quote Reply

Relevant SNL sketch

My butt fell off, and I can't find it.

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Test_Tickles lemmy.world Test_Tickles@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-04
#42 · Quote Reply

It makes sense when you realize they were raised in a multi-generational cult where critical thinking and questioning authority is actively punished.

You mean the Rambo/Dirty Harry worshiping generation? The generation of gun welding loaners who could take on the world all by themselves? The ones that pulled themselves up by their boot straps without help from anyone?
Because I have no clue who you are talking about.

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Bakkoda lemmy.world Bakkoda@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-02-28
#43 · Quote Reply

So what got her over the line? Gas prices going up?

I can't tell you how many people thought they were gonna get all their overtime taxes back or like a 20k dollar return from all the overtime.

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BarneyPiccolo lemmy.today BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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#44 · Quote Reply

Some people have a slow learning curve. I have to give her credit for finally getting there.

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BarneyPiccolo lemmy.today BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-30
#45 · (edited) Quote Reply

I'm not at all a gambler but I would wager a hefty sum that she doesn't. I was talking to my republican neighbor, whom I've been loosly trying to unindoctrinate, she's still on board with him but isn't a complete maga loon. She's more the " I've just always been a Republican. " type. When questioned about being in the Epstein files a million times, or being found liable for rape, or any of the ...

"I voted for Mr. Hitler because he'd be good for the economy. I didn't go in for all that Jew killing stuff. You can't blame that on me." - German Citizen, 1946

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BarneyPiccolo lemmy.today BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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#46 · Quote Reply

You forget that the media they consume is hiding all of the bad stuff from them, or spinning it so it sounds positive.

For as virtuosically incompetent as MAGA is, the Conservative Propaganda Machine is an incredibly effective entity, probably because it is operated by successful business people, and not politicians.

It has been growing steadily since it was conceived by Cheney and Ailes in the wake of the Watergate Scandal, and now it has matured into a force so effective, that it has millions of Americans literally living in an alternative reality. They no longer recognize the real world, and the real world has no conception of their perceived reality. We see them living in their bubble, and now they've even stolen the power, and think they can force their false reality onto the rest of us, but it isn't real, so it will NEVER work. Even though they are in power, we can still see that they are outside of reality.

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QueenHawlSera sh.itjust.works QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-05
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I've been hearing about how capitalism is in decline for a while. I heard about how the republican resistance against obama was just the death roes of a dying party.

It seems capitalism much like republicans are here to stay and conquer. I honestly don't see what hope we have

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Tigeroovy lemmy.ca Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-04-16
#48 · (edited) Quote Reply

To be honest this is kind of what I want from these people. Admit that they’re idiots and feel dumb for getting this shit here.

Ideally learning from this experience and being less of an idiot in the future, but my actual hopes are low in that regard.

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qevlarr lemmy.world qevlarr@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
#49 · Quote Reply

I don't get much hope from people like this. They were ok with the rape, and the illegal deportations, and the pedophilia, and the elimination of public services and healthcare, the removal of any and all environmental regulations, the killing of American citizens in the streets, the genocides abroad, etc..... But "OMG GAS PRICES WENT UP A DOLLAR!?!?!?" is what counts as a step to far for these...

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