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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I mean, with Trump running the race is still basically a dead heat, so I'm not sure how lucky they really are.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We're not unlucky because trump is running necessarily. We're unlucky because half the fucking country doesn't see what an insane and horrific choice he is.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm really scared for future elections when the GOP has a candidate that is actually charismatic or articulate....

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

They're kinda proving that those are unnecessary, though. They're in uncanny valley and espousing literal Nazi ideology and still getting elected. At that point, why even buy lipstick for the pig in the first place? Their dog whistles have been packed up in boxes in the attic for years. Echo chambers that blame scapegoats, vilify opponents, and deify their candidates are all that is really necessary. They can literally get away with saying "well, Hitler had some good ideas too, though..." and the base will lap it up and show up to cast their ballots.

Charisma and articulation are off-putting to their uncharismatic and inarticulate voters anyway. That might actually do more harm than good. Because "talking good is gay" or something. It's dumb but it's how they feel, and their feelings don't give a fuck about facts.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I think they do see it. They just think that's a good thing.

Enough people think competence is 'controlling' and education is 'pretentious' that they want pathetic, stupid, harmful bullshit.

The purpose of the system is what it does, and the purpose of an ideology that discriminates is the people it chooses to harm, and the ways it finds to harm them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

She's running against arguably the worst candidate in American history and it's still a dead heat, what does that tell you?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

You could have a cockroach running against a smoked cigarette that's been hydrating in a coffee cup for a week and as long as the cockroach was a Democrat and the cigarette were a republican, it would still be a dead heat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

He might be the best candidate for hateful idiots though. The guy’s a chud whisperer. I’m not sure if any smarter more articulate Republican could hold together the same radical coalition.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Harris must be a nasty woman like Hillary Clinton. It can't be because the other side has been propagandized until it went nuts.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Super healthy and helpful mindset /s

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm guessing they were being sarcastic. Unfortunately a lot of people have yet to realize sarcasm is anything but obvious online, at least not in this day and age.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Guessing? That was obviously sarcastic.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think I understood their sarcasm. They think I'm engaging in misogynistic tendencies and do actually think Trump voters are "nuts".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For the record, I don't know if you personally judge Harris as a woman. I have no reason to think that's true, and I don't know if you hate Hillary, let alone your reason if you do.

But I think a lot of the hate for Hillary was misogynist, and many people made the argument that if Trump is awful, Hillary must have been worse to lose.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

I think I understood the first paragraph before your comment but thank you for the clarification. And I do generally agree with your second paragraph as well. I do think it's a bit reductive and is often used to draw attention from the more substantial reasons.

Also deciding people are nuts is a great way to alienate and isolate them which will only entrench those ideas and can further radicalize them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Traitor voters are nuts. Why else would they be voting for America's Hitler?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

The alternative, if the republicans had a candidate that wasn't a weird 80 year old billionaire, the democrats wouldn't have a shot in hell, facilitating a genocide while endorsing 90% of republican policies from 2016 and promising what amounts to fuckall help to most people.