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Someone needs to bring these people a holocaust surviver to show them their tattoo and explain why fascism should never rise again
Going to the midwest sounds like going to the zoo.
Live here, it is.
It's fucking insane here. I live in a city where people's opinions seem relatively reality-based, but if you get out into the rural areas, the effects of brain drain and media balkanization are on full display.
I don't suggest actually doing this, but you would be absolutely fucking shocked by the overwhelming ignorance of the general population if you were to, say, stop at a bar in rural Iowa.
Every day you hear someone say the stupidest shit you’ve ever heard in your life. And then the next day someone says something even dumber. It’s absolute hell on earth but the plus side is my mortgage is cheap as dirt I guess.
Next time one your friends insists that Trump voters are regretful, or somebody mentions Trump's poll numbers, show them this.
Lived in Iowa for a few years, nothing but idiots.
I know some very smart people from Iowa. They left.
So many heads up so many asses.
I hope they rip each other apart trying to justify their own ignorance and his madness.
Unfortunately their disproportionately overvalued federal representation and votes due to the electoral college they are dragging the rest of us down with them
Finishing lunch with two friends at a diner in Osage, Dixie Bowman, 88, a retired welder, said she liked what Trump was doing. Her two friends, when asked, said they preferred not to speak of it.
Dixie Bowman: Trump is “a very kind, very generous person”
Everybody on the right "likes what Trump is doing" or "Likes what DOGE is doing", but when you ask them to articulate, specifically, what actions or policies they like, they will generalize to something the administration has claimed without evidence to be true but is difficult to prove or disprove ("He's making the border safer", "He's getting rid of taxpayer waste", etc.) or they will retreat from the question by attacking you personally or just saying that the vibes are generally better ("The tariffs will fix the economy", "America is respected again", etc.).
I've never once had a debate with a Republican who came prepared with sources to back up their claims. That's because as soon as they try to dig and find evidence of the insane stuff Trump and Musk are peddling, the lie unravels itself and it just becomes easier to accept things at face value rather than think critically.
Crazy that would be the case when 75% of the people on this planet already do belief without evidence with religion. Who could've seen this coming.
Editor's note: This sarcasm is intended to be read in the voice of Jon Stewart with a false look of bewilderment.
Here, let me translate for you:
Dixie Bowman, 88, a retired welder, said she liked what Trump was doing.
"I like how he's getting rid of all the brown people."
Dixie Bowman: Trump is “a very kind, very generous person”
"He's doing things I like. That means he's a good person. Good people are kind and generous."
Given her age, I think it's more likely that she's just being fed nothing but pro-Trump propaganda in her Facebook feed. She scrolls through Facebook on her sticky phone covered in food crumbs liking boomer memes and pictures of grandchildren. If anyone knows her, the easy solution to save her from the propaganda is to sign her out of her account since she definitely doesn't remember her password (and probably has like 3 accounts she's made by accident)
It's the same concept as when Nazis do Nazi things and claim they're not Nazis. Nazi = bad, and they're not bad, so they're not Nazis.
Yeah. Ego, in the sense of the story about yourself that you tell yourself, is an extremely potent concept. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people get called out on their extremely shitty and deliberate choices and react with "I won't take this, this isn't fair, I'm a good person." They actually believe that they are a good person, and good people don't do bad things, so they're being misunderstood and unfairly attacked. When the mirror is held up that attacks that narrative about themselves, it's like an actual psychic pain, and people react almost like they've been physically attacked.
They say welding fumes can cause neurological damage...
Eventually one of these rallies will turn into that church scene from Kingsman
I only hope someone is there to play freebird on a boombox
I don't feel bad for anyone that voted for trump. Nothing he is doing is a surprise. So far it has been everything he said he wanted to do. Fucking morons got exactly what they voted for.
I want them to see the error of their ways. No forgiveness without change, but there is no change without the possibility of forgiveness.
The US is overdue for balkanization. I think the USA will split some time before 2060.
Not fully, but in practice to benefit from no trade barriers. And it'll be done by 2040.
I think what we'll get is no more singular head of state because the Unitary Executive model is a flawed premise that highlights the fragility of having only one person as the chief executive. It's a poison pill. Suggesting it is to suggest inevitable death of the Republic.
What we'll end up with our scaled up Switzerland. An Executive Council of 5/7/9 regionally elected members, with a rotation of who is the ceremonial head of state for functions. I like 7, with more of the East Coast and Midwest consolidated.
But whew...the constitution will need a major overhaul for that to work.
Unitary executive model is a bullshit right wing theory that ignores the entire basis of how our system was designed.
The problem is that is much worse than bullshit, it's a death sentence.
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