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“I’m concerned but voting for him anyway, because I’m an absolute fucking tool.”

-MAGgots I guess.

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Undecideds:

On the one hand, I am concerned about his basic fitness for office. But on the other hand, I am also concerned that the competent lady who has been in office for the past four years may not totally agree with me on everything. How can I possibly choose between them?

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Reminds me of this

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Not saying I condone political violence, but the Democratic Party has absolutely not been willing to stop Republicans “by any means necessary, even violence”.

Large parts of “the Left”, maybe; but certainly not the actual party politicians.

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Political violence is an inevitability. It’s up to us to ensure we get the best possible type of violence.

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For a lot of them, I don’t think it goes any farther than: “Yeah he says things I don’t necessarily agree with, but groceries are more expensive than ever and I just want things to be different.”

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I saw something a few weeks ago that went something like “People really about to elect a fascist who wants to terminate the constitution just to shave $0.50 off the price of eggs.”

Really, it should have been “because they think he’ll shave $0.50 off the price of eggs.”, because he doesn’t have a policy plan to tackle inflation. He doesn’t have a plan at all aside from staying out of prison.

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The media isn’t pounding Trump about his age like they did Biden every single day for weeks.

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Billionaire owners want Trump so they have put their weight on the scale months ago.

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I am more concerned about him wanting to be a dictator on day one and him being a Nazi

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Americans are increasingly concerned about Donald Trump’s age and fitness as dictator

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Kinda makes sense? If you’re monarchist, king’s mental state should be your top concern.

If you’re a fascist though you operate on vibes and therefore do not care.

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Kinda, but the lines between monarchy and fascism are far thinner - and blurrier - than you might be willing to see.

There are sacrosanct barriers against what our founding fathers fought for freedom against, even a litany of monographs and treatises, that directly and loudly proclaim that what Trump is doing is in direct opposition to it.

But, sadly, the dumbest and most hateful among us will exercise their voice in unison— but there are more of us than them. The problem is getting everyone to vote. So do what you can to convince people to vote. And make sure that you vote too!

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And how is it that you don’t see that they’re the same thing?

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Little fucking late now isn’t it?

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Just in time, actually

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Actually no. The article is a “water is wet” piece. Nobody has changed their opinion since yesterday.

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Oh, just now? Christ almighty were fucking stupid

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We’re

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