211 points

My god, the man is insane. And people are talking about how unfit Biden is because he mixes up world leaders and dates?

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Interesting to learn so much about how Fascism works, because of Trump. Making crazy statements, as a type of blind loyalty test is instinctual for fascist leaders. Alienates his followers from normal people, forces them to believe in even crazier things.

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85 points

I would prefer to learn this in a theoretical, not practical, way, thank you very much.

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31 points

Yep, it’s like toxicology, learning by doing is not advised.

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7 points

And this time around it’s even easy to isolate yourself in an information bubble that completely reinforces your beliefs. Social media is a godsend for fascists.

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Meanwhile Trump has never even heard of these people or what happened on those dates…

Instead we get classics like this from the certified genius …

“Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV. See how smart I am, not many people can remember 5 things…”

and

“that dementia test was quite challenging but I passed it, not many other people would be smart enough to pass it”

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27 points

Which, tbh, are already confusing for someone who hasn’t been in the game for decades on end.

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23 points

I guess I am unfit for office because I forget everyone’s name about 3 minutes after they tell me. If I haven’t met you several times I am just never remembering your name.

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My wife took me to a going away party for one of her co-workers where I literally only knew her (obviously) and the neurosurgeon she works for. She introduced me to like 30 people over the course of the evening then would ask days/weeks later “do you remember so and so?” I forgot their names they moment we moved on, lol.

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3 points

Literally reason #1 why I haven’t run for (local) political office, despite seriously considering it.

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14 points

If he loses again, what is to stop him trying again in 2028?

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31 points

A heart attack, god willing

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4 points

Inshallah

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6 points

Atherosclerosis?

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I mean, the republican party loves losers, so that would just solidify another run imo. As long as they also take all of their money, and tell them everything is ok.

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13 points

He is very vaguely suggesting the Dems will purge all connections to the past. It’s a calculated talking point. He isn’t insane or stupid; he is evil.

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14 points

It sounds insane and stupid, so I’m not sure that matters.

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5 points

It sounds scary, because it’s ridiculous, and yet people believe it anyway. They will believe anything he tells them, and that is very very scary.

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1 point

You couldn’t be more off base. The worst thing to do is to keep dismissing Trump as “stupid.” What possible reason could you have for underestimating him and the rest of the conservative party, especially in their capacity for evil?

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4 points

dijon mustard anyone?

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They’re both unfit, and it’s a disgrace that you’re basically stuck choosing between these 2. There’s a reasonable chance one of them keels over and dies before the election as well.

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27 points

It’s pretty clear that one is far more unfit though.

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-1 points

Why do you keep justifying the choices we have, do more.

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I mean, sure, but there’s like 300 million other people they could’ve picked instead.

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5 points

one of them keels over and dies before the election as well.

well, that’s what I’m voting for!

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“I promise you this, with me at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, no one will lay a finger on your firearms — just as took place for four years when I was your president,”

Trump banned bump stocks, which laid the basis for the pistol brace ban, both of which conservative 2a meisters absolutely love, right? And this was at a NRA conference? I don’t get how people know he did that and hate him for it, but will immediately forget their hatred in order to defend him on any other ground. MAGA is a cult.

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54 points

He also has said:

Take the guns first, go through due process second

So yeah…

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49 points

He was worse for guns than Biden. How the fuck do these people reconcile this shit with their beliefs?

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22 points

R beside name = good D beside name = bad

I think they write it on the back of their hand just in case too

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Being a member of the pro-gun community already requires living in a fantasy. A few more lies and hollow promises shouldn’t be a problem for them.

Besides, this shit is easy when you’ve got no integrity at all. Just say anything. “Trump banned bump stocks so that it could be struck down by the Supreme Court and then the deep state wouldn’t be able to take our guns but we didn’t vote and pray and donate hard enough so we better go even more cultish and far-right to fix it”

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Turnip: “KJMBNFLDKSJBLAAAARGHHHHH”

News: “60% of Americans now in support of Trumps statement that KJMBNFLDKSJBLAAAARGHHHHH. And this news channel agrees. This is Kent Brockman, Channel 6, signing off, with a KJMBNFLDKSJBLAAAARGHHHHH you, Biden.”

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That example is so perfect I assume some Trump zealot somewhere is using it at this very moment.

Just yesterday in a thread here on Lemmy.world about his NATO remarks, I read a comment: “Trump said he’d pull out of NATO and accused Europe of not paying its bills in order to… strengthen NATO by motivating countries to pay more and it’s Trump’s merit alone that Ukraine can resist Russia’s attack now.

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“HEYY! That’s a blatant foul! Doesn’t the umpire see this? Is he blind?! Wait- what did you say? That’s one of ours? WOOOO GOO TEAM, NO FOUL, USA USA USA!”

The state of politics since ca 300 BCE. Now with nukes!

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29 points

A cult of people with two brain cells fighting for third place.

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That’s John Oliver level funny. You should def pitch that to his team if it’s original.

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4 points

“Hello, Mr. Oliver? A man on Lemmy told me I was born to be a star…”

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12 points

It’s not about the issues. It’s about cheering for your team.

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10 points

“Take the guns first, go through due process second,” Pres Trump, Feb 2018

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83 points

They’re going to change the name to Wokesylvania and you’ll have to be a gay trans to live there. Look it up.

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50 points

Transylvania was right there man

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14 points

Damn it.

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4 points

Pee-pee is removed, it is now Vaggsylvania

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32 points

VOTE FOR ME OR THE LIBERAL MEDIA GIVES YOUR SON A FUCKING STUFFED SHARK AND KNEE HIGH SOCKS

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11 points

Just my son? What about me?

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2 points

You are too old to be corrupted

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I’VE GOT A BOX FULL OF PINK WHITE AND BLUE KNEE HIGHS HERE, AND THIS GROUP OF ELECTORS OF A DUBIOUS ORIGIN. WHAT’S IT GOING TO BE?

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5 points

Whoa whoa whoa, lets all calm down now. No need to do anything rash.

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16 points

Don’t threaten me with a good time!

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I am a straight trans gal, is there space for me?

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21 points

NO!

You MUST be GAY.

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Oh, I’m sure they’d just LOVE YOU.

(jk)

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1 point

The liberal media has already corrupted you and, therefore, we have no interest in further altering you.

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7 points

Awesome!

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4 points

Damn, I was really hoping for Trumpgofuckyourselfania.

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3 points

They’re gonna make us microdose edibles every morning. To make matters worse there’ll be a taco truck on every corner.

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2 points

Checks out. I looked it up.

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I hear it will be turned in to a monarchy and they will crown Taylor Swift Queen for single handedly helping Biden solidify the win in this election.

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MUH FREEDOM

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Oh no, he found out about the Transsylvania plans. But I assume Wokesconsin, Gaybraska and Lesbiana are still a go?

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Transsylvania

That’s actually genius lmao

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There will still be the schism between liberals and conservatives. The western half still get all goth, wear fangs, and have blood ceremonies, as Bram Stoker intended and rural families have practiced through the years. Meanwhile the damned woke eastern half will be all crossdressing, and surgical mutilation on a whim, “girls will be boys and boys will be girls. It’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world …” and engaging in all sorts of unnatural Kinks

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I wonder what Cissylvania looks like

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Anyone who has driven between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia can tell you.

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16 points

Top Dakota and Bottom Dakota

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7 points

I never actually thought about changing the names of any states (why?!) but I kinda like how these sound

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61 points

This guy rambles like an old man who’s read too much Facebook.

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Truth social, Facebook’s meth head relative nobody likes to talk about

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Facebook just recommended some idiot claiming Taylor Swift is a dude. I don’t even want to imagine what’s happening over at truth.

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He’s just telegraphing that she is okay to kill.

They started at pedophiles, because functionally nobody will defend them, even as people openly advocate their murder.

They’d like to be able to use the same rhetoric with the LGBT community, but they’d lose all their plausible deniabilty. So instead, everyone on their list of undesirables is suddenly a pedophile and therefore okay to kill. It’s why suddenly drag queens, teachers, Biden and anyone else they don’t like is somehow a “groomer”, even as their own ranks get arrested for fucking kids.

This is just another step on the same path. Taylor Swift is a threat to Trump so now she is secretly trans and all her young fans have been groomed.

And somewhere out there is a Republican-voting, unmedicated schizophrenic conspiracy theorist with an AR-15 who knows exactly what to do with a groomer.

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Instead he’s the old man rambling and influencing facebook.

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