β² 604 βΌ What's some really unpopular opinion you have? (lemmings.world) submitted 3 years ago by rikudou@lemmings.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 2217 comments fedilink hide all child comments Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it's actually pretty popular. Do you have some that's really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?
[+] demesisx@infosec.pub 59 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [β] lingh0e@lemmy.film 11 points 3 years ago The defeatist in me wants to downvote you. The optimist in me also wants to downvote you. The currently aware bit of me reminds me that this isn't reddit, and downvotes aren't a thing here. The rest of me is upst because there's a non-zero chance you're right, and the entire world would be better off. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Owell1984@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) I find it weird that I support Bernie wholeheartedly, even though I am a Trump supporter (yeah, I can hear them coming) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Sarcastik@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago (3 children) How. The. Fuck. Is. That. Even. Possible. You're the Clayton Bixby of politics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago* Because they're both populist, if you don't care about the policy it's easy to like both trump (pre elected, if you still support him after, you're either willfully ignorant or brainwashed) or Bernie permalink fedilink source parent [β] Owell1984@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) Even though he is a socialist (which I hate) I believe he genuinely cares about the issues he says he cares about, unlike almost everyone in politics right now, Bernie is honest. Donald Trump, well he gets shit done and is politically incorrect, he has the courage to say things that many politicians don't have the courage of addressing (a similarity between both Bernie and Trump). And Bernie has not changed that much on terms of his policies, he supported gay men and women when it was unpopular (I loved this big time!), he says what he thinks about the Saudis and no one,not even trump has the courage to do this, he is a brave man in the truest sense. I love Bernie more than Trump for that reason. But yeah, both are populists, both are unlike anyone who I have ever seen, I really wish Bernie was president for at least one term, Hillary B Clinton and the Dems cheated him out of his rightful ticket. So fuck Hillary and fuck the democratic party establishment, also fuck Joe Biden too while we are at it. For someone who make a big deal out of the Jan 6 disturbance, Dems are perfectly capable of and are willing to steal elections and throw the will of the people into the dustbin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago To not make a big deal about J6 is absolutely delusional and completely a spit in the face of the democracy of the U.S. Nothing you say has an value. permalink fedilink source parent [+] what_is_a_name@lemmy.world -7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Itβs not unusual. The joke is the political spectrum is a circle. You go far enough to the left - you meet the far right. In the end both Bernie and Trump are populists (in both senses: offering solutions that people want and proposing simplified solutions that are unrealistic) During Covid in Germany the anti vaccine protest coalition was made up of fascists and hippies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] demesisx@infosec.pub 13 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [β] bermuda@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago It's because you're a populist. They're both populist politicians. Trump is right-wing, Bernie is left-wing. Though, the question of whether either (especially trump) actually believe in their populist positions is debatable. permalink fedilink source parent [β] ARg94@lemmy.packitsolutions.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is that some election denial I detect? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] demesisx@infosec.pub 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [β] thisisnotgoingwell@programming.dev -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) Bernie sold out and Hillary still lost. I respect his body of work but he wasn't the answer. I think the closest thing we've had to an amazing presidential candidate in the last 12 years was Andrew Yang. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] demesisx@infosec.pub 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [+] gowan@reddthat.com -6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] demesisx@infosec.pub 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] gowan@reddthat.com -8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] demesisx@infosec.pub 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[β] lingh0e@lemmy.film 11 points 3 years ago The defeatist in me wants to downvote you. The optimist in me also wants to downvote you. The currently aware bit of me reminds me that this isn't reddit, and downvotes aren't a thing here. The rest of me is upst because there's a non-zero chance you're right, and the entire world would be better off. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Owell1984@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) I find it weird that I support Bernie wholeheartedly, even though I am a Trump supporter (yeah, I can hear them coming) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Sarcastik@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago (3 children) How. The. Fuck. Is. That. Even. Possible. You're the Clayton Bixby of politics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago* Because they're both populist, if you don't care about the policy it's easy to like both trump (pre elected, if you still support him after, you're either willfully ignorant or brainwashed) or Bernie permalink fedilink source parent [β] Owell1984@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) Even though he is a socialist (which I hate) I believe he genuinely cares about the issues he says he cares about, unlike almost everyone in politics right now, Bernie is honest. Donald Trump, well he gets shit done and is politically incorrect, he has the courage to say things that many politicians don't have the courage of addressing (a similarity between both Bernie and Trump). And Bernie has not changed that much on terms of his policies, he supported gay men and women when it was unpopular (I loved this big time!), he says what he thinks about the Saudis and no one,not even trump has the courage to do this, he is a brave man in the truest sense. I love Bernie more than Trump for that reason. But yeah, both are populists, both are unlike anyone who I have ever seen, I really wish Bernie was president for at least one term, Hillary B Clinton and the Dems cheated him out of his rightful ticket. So fuck Hillary and fuck the democratic party establishment, also fuck Joe Biden too while we are at it. For someone who make a big deal out of the Jan 6 disturbance, Dems are perfectly capable of and are willing to steal elections and throw the will of the people into the dustbin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago To not make a big deal about J6 is absolutely delusional and completely a spit in the face of the democracy of the U.S. Nothing you say has an value. permalink fedilink source parent [+] what_is_a_name@lemmy.world -7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Itβs not unusual. The joke is the political spectrum is a circle. You go far enough to the left - you meet the far right. In the end both Bernie and Trump are populists (in both senses: offering solutions that people want and proposing simplified solutions that are unrealistic) During Covid in Germany the anti vaccine protest coalition was made up of fascists and hippies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] demesisx@infosec.pub 13 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [β] bermuda@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago It's because you're a populist. They're both populist politicians. Trump is right-wing, Bernie is left-wing. Though, the question of whether either (especially trump) actually believe in their populist positions is debatable. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Sarcastik@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago (3 children) How. The. Fuck. Is. That. Even. Possible. You're the Clayton Bixby of politics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago* Because they're both populist, if you don't care about the policy it's easy to like both trump (pre elected, if you still support him after, you're either willfully ignorant or brainwashed) or Bernie permalink fedilink source parent [β] Owell1984@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) Even though he is a socialist (which I hate) I believe he genuinely cares about the issues he says he cares about, unlike almost everyone in politics right now, Bernie is honest. Donald Trump, well he gets shit done and is politically incorrect, he has the courage to say things that many politicians don't have the courage of addressing (a similarity between both Bernie and Trump). And Bernie has not changed that much on terms of his policies, he supported gay men and women when it was unpopular (I loved this big time!), he says what he thinks about the Saudis and no one,not even trump has the courage to do this, he is a brave man in the truest sense. I love Bernie more than Trump for that reason. But yeah, both are populists, both are unlike anyone who I have ever seen, I really wish Bernie was president for at least one term, Hillary B Clinton and the Dems cheated him out of his rightful ticket. So fuck Hillary and fuck the democratic party establishment, also fuck Joe Biden too while we are at it. For someone who make a big deal out of the Jan 6 disturbance, Dems are perfectly capable of and are willing to steal elections and throw the will of the people into the dustbin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago To not make a big deal about J6 is absolutely delusional and completely a spit in the face of the democracy of the U.S. Nothing you say has an value. permalink fedilink source parent [+] what_is_a_name@lemmy.world -7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Itβs not unusual. The joke is the political spectrum is a circle. You go far enough to the left - you meet the far right. In the end both Bernie and Trump are populists (in both senses: offering solutions that people want and proposing simplified solutions that are unrealistic) During Covid in Germany the anti vaccine protest coalition was made up of fascists and hippies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] demesisx@infosec.pub 13 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago* Because they're both populist, if you don't care about the policy it's easy to like both trump (pre elected, if you still support him after, you're either willfully ignorant or brainwashed) or Bernie permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Owell1984@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) Even though he is a socialist (which I hate) I believe he genuinely cares about the issues he says he cares about, unlike almost everyone in politics right now, Bernie is honest. Donald Trump, well he gets shit done and is politically incorrect, he has the courage to say things that many politicians don't have the courage of addressing (a similarity between both Bernie and Trump). And Bernie has not changed that much on terms of his policies, he supported gay men and women when it was unpopular (I loved this big time!), he says what he thinks about the Saudis and no one,not even trump has the courage to do this, he is a brave man in the truest sense. I love Bernie more than Trump for that reason. But yeah, both are populists, both are unlike anyone who I have ever seen, I really wish Bernie was president for at least one term, Hillary B Clinton and the Dems cheated him out of his rightful ticket. So fuck Hillary and fuck the democratic party establishment, also fuck Joe Biden too while we are at it. For someone who make a big deal out of the Jan 6 disturbance, Dems are perfectly capable of and are willing to steal elections and throw the will of the people into the dustbin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago To not make a big deal about J6 is absolutely delusional and completely a spit in the face of the democracy of the U.S. Nothing you say has an value. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago To not make a big deal about J6 is absolutely delusional and completely a spit in the face of the democracy of the U.S. Nothing you say has an value. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] what_is_a_name@lemmy.world -7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Itβs not unusual. The joke is the political spectrum is a circle. You go far enough to the left - you meet the far right. In the end both Bernie and Trump are populists (in both senses: offering solutions that people want and proposing simplified solutions that are unrealistic) During Covid in Germany the anti vaccine protest coalition was made up of fascists and hippies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] demesisx@infosec.pub 13 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
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[β] bermuda@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago It's because you're a populist. They're both populist politicians. Trump is right-wing, Bernie is left-wing. Though, the question of whether either (especially trump) actually believe in their populist positions is debatable. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] ARg94@lemmy.packitsolutions.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is that some election denial I detect? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] demesisx@infosec.pub 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
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[β] thisisnotgoingwell@programming.dev -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) Bernie sold out and Hillary still lost. I respect his body of work but he wasn't the answer. I think the closest thing we've had to an amazing presidential candidate in the last 12 years was Andrew Yang. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] demesisx@infosec.pub 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
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[+] gowan@reddthat.com -6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] demesisx@infosec.pub 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] gowan@reddthat.com -8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] demesisx@infosec.pub 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
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