I voted for Trump in 2016 . . . because I was lied to and I fell for it

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[+] 229 points 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (18 children)
  • [–] 20 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Which isn't even really new information. He's compared himself to Jesus multiple times and blasphemed publicly a few times that I'm aware of.

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  • [+] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Well, something about them does make sense. They are all a bunch of scared babies who want a mean daddy to fix all their problems (which are apparently 100% just brown people).

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    The saddest part to me is that they have been conditioned and misled to this position carefully, methodically, and maliciously over a few decades. If you aren't the type to push back and question what those around you do and say then it becomes your warped reality. It's the same misleading ensnarement used by cult leaders.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    This isn't the first one made of him. So it took a few to push people over.

    A reminder that it isn't Trump, but the ones who support him that are the problem, and there are so many of them. And even they are also just a symptom of a deeper illness. A self-perpetuating one.

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

    There are lots of problems, but some are more dependent on the others, so pick your battles. There are also predicaments. Whether or not the biggest problems are really that is debatable. But have to start somewhere.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    They want something to be nominally angry about because we all made fun of them for only caring about gas prices. This is cover. I won't assume intentionality where irrationality has always reigned, but the holier-than-thou crowd prefers a spiritual boogeyman to admitting they are just selfish little children.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    I think that they were willing to go along with just about anything, so long as it seemed like he was a path to power. But, from their perspective, he’s committed the ultimate faux pa, he made gas prices go up. So his political agenda is dead in the water with no chance of recovery. This stuff is just the excuse to back away without loosing face.

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