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          Why not? If you really hate some one and don’t want to see someone become president to scam the whole country, I would rather vote for the other party. Even if I don’t agree with everything that party stands for. Trump and the Republicans right now stand for fraude, war, racism, violence and hate. It makes your country look fucking stupid. Personally I would do anything to avoid that.

          That’s just something I don’t get about Americans. A lot of you are so fanatical that you would rather die than vote for the other party even if that means ruining your country to the ground.

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    If he was running as a democrat would you have voted for a generic republican instead?

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        Imagine, 20 years for now, fondly remembering Trump compared to some completely psychotic asshole Americans are going to elect at that time.

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          Trump vs. Hannibal lector, you have to pick one, what do you choose? it’s a tough choice

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                Hannibal preferred intimate one-on-one murders. I doubt he would kill more than 100 people while in office.

                More US citizens died to COVID than all wars, and Trump told people not to wear masks or quarantine. That alone got him on the death toll leaderboard.

                My uncle and cousin died after catching COVID at a superspreader event shortly after his speech. I bet Hannibal Lecter would never have even come close to killing my personal relatives.

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            I’ve been reading political novels since about 6th Grade.

            There’s never been a fictional US President as bad as the reality of Trump. And I include Lex Luthor from the Superman comics.

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              Man, I wish we could elect Lex. He was a full-on criminal, but he took care of what was his. I would disagree with his stance on aliens, but I bet he would give us healthcare on a whim.

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              Even Nixon’s head as President of Earth ran a weirdly benign and relatively competent administration as President of Earth. Yes, because Futurama is a comedy, but with all of these fictional Presidents, I think many Americans have (or hopefully had) little concept of just how much of our stability and prosperity actually was due to the government. Fictional accounts of how badly a President can fuck the U.S. just wouldn’t’ve landed as plausible with a general audience.

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              Are Superman comics considered political novels?

              There was that Slim Nietzsche guy though.

              🎵 God is who? God is what? God is… chicka chicka… dead?

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    If he ran as a Democrat, I’d have never voted for the Democrats again, because they would have stood up and said Trump was acceptable.

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      Aw my two favorite things. “bOtH SiDeS”: Congratulations, you found a way to insert that where it absolutely made no sense. Then we have “I kNoW ExAcTlY hOw AlL pOsSiBlE tImElInEs WoUlD hAvE gOnE!!1”

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        How is this “BoTh SiDeS”, I fully recognize the Dems are better than the Republicans, and one of the reasons is the Democrats would never have accepted Trump.

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          Well tbh your comment sounded like you thought Democrats would do the same as Republicans or worse. It’s possible I missed something subtle but I read it again and that’s how it still reads to me.

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        Love seeing people get down voted for being right.

        Y’all forget when she walked into a poor persons house and just… Stared?

        Even orange shitstain looked more at home in a McDonalds drive thru and that’s fuckig sad

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    The claim that people would like him if he was not a republican is one of the stupider pieces of cope they’ve come up with. They also like to use the stupid “TDS“ thing to claim that people just hate Trump arbitrarily, as if we can’t list 50 different horrible things he’s done and things about him that make him completely unfit for the office.

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      It’s not just cope. It’s that these people are so surrealistically stupid and lack all sense of curiosity that many legitimately don’t know a fucking thing about the guy they voted to be the most powerful figure on the planet. So they think we must be acting unreasonable to hate him so much.

      I mean a common phrase among them leading up to 2016 was “he’ll run it like a business” because they were entirely unaware that the dipshit has driven every business venture he’s ever attempted into the ground except for real estate because a monkey could be successful at real estate if it inherits a bunch of its daddy’s money and real estate.

      They don’t even know who he is.

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        I’ve said for a long time that the primary means of American education is advertising. He was advertised as a competent businessman on TV, and so that’s what a lot of Americans believe. The guy’s a walking advertisement. A flim-flam man.

        He wins because he’s the best at lying in a country that prizes lying for money as the best skill set one can possess.

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      If anything, Biden Derangement Syndrome was absolutely a thing. MAGAts were so incredibly panicked about Biden when he was an entirely milquetoast, middle-of-the road Democrat. Do even they argue that Trump is just another Republican? I can’t see how anyone could.

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        They act that way any time a Democrat is president. They’re terrified the Dem will do a good job and leave a good legacy and positive reputation, so they pretty much flip out. They did it over Clinton - spread and amplified all sorts of rumors then investigated him for years until they finally found something to impeach him for. And then, Obama, obviously. Trump himself is still freaking the fuck out about Obama and it’s been a decade since he was in office.

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      The claim that people would like him if he was not a republican is one of the stupider pieces of cope they’ve come up with.

      From their perspective, it makes sense. They hate Democrats because they’re Democrats. And if one of them switches sides to become a Republican, they’ll suddenly find excuses for them, forgive everything they’ve ever done, and support them no matter what.

      They’re so baked in tribalism that they can’t understand disliking a politician for any other reason. So they think of course things would be reversed if he was part of the other tribe. They, of course, would instantly hate him if he became a Democrat.

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    Did you know! Around 80% of the wildlife is endemic to Australia, meaning it can only be found here! According to the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, 87% of mammals, 93% of reptiles, 94% of frogs, and 45% of birds in Australia ONLY exist in Australia.

    From iconic kangaroos and koalas, to elusive echidnas and wombats, you can see some of the world’s most unique wildlife Down Under. Australia is also home to the only mammals that lay eggs: the platypus and the echidna.

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      Copypasted from another comment There is a pile of shit in the picture, so if you were to stretch the meaning of the term “shitpost” perhaps it could count? 🤔

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    Don’t be a partisan hack. Politics isn’t rooting for a sport team, nor a rock concert. Don’t follow a leader because they are charismatic or likeable. Instead, support policies that reflect your values. Do not follow a person. If someone presents a policy that you support, or multiple policies that you support, embrace the policy for being great. Not the person. People are not superheroes.

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      Quick reminder that a significant chunk of the MAGA base that isn’t wildly misinformed love him for exactly the reasons you just mentioned. Republican vitriol loves that he spews hated. They delight in how his policies make the right people hurt.

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    Some MAGoo said he wanted Trump and not miserable Republicans In Name Only.

    Obviously, the MAGoo hadn’t noticed that Trump was a Dem for years, except when he tried to run for President on the Reform Party ticket

  • Naaah I see the dems post wholesome chungus pictures of Obama, Bush and Clinton fishing. Harris was “proud” of Liz Cheney’s endorsement. I’ve heard what they say but more importantly I’ve seen what they do.

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    Does this count as a shitpost? I mean it’s about a piece of shit, but I’m not sure it’s the same thing.

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      There is a pile of shit in the picture, so if you were to stretch the meaning of the term “shitpost” perhaps it could count? 🤔

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    These brainless morons really think this shit is team sports. JFC.

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      The Democratic Party has its Gavin Newsoms and Joe Manchins and Michael Bloombergs and Anthony Weiners aplenty.

      No shortage of Democrats on the Lolita Express. No shortage of liberal billionaires hungry for another war in the Middle East, another trillion dollar data center spend on public land, or another Bay of Pigs on Cuba.

      None of Trump’s politics are unique to Trump. We’ve got shitty little fascists crawling all over the country, from the bluest cities of Washington and Minnesota to the reddest oil fields of Texas and Wyoming. If anything, the latest wave of Silicon Valley “Network State” fucks have been more concentrated in liberal districts. And their money has produced a wave of horrifyingly bad liberal politicians who are as much responsible for the Obama->Trump party slump as any QAnon club.

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      It’s easier on their hamster brains that way. Means they don’t have to worry about doing any homework.

      Ironically, when it comes to actual sports, they’ll get on some Good Willing Hunting shit and go ultra deep into player stats and coaching strategies. Probably the only time I’ve ever heard one not sound like a complete idiot.

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        This is the key point. It’s why “every accusation is a confession” works so often. They are accusing others of the things they themselves are doing, because they assume everyone is doing it.

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        See also them using phrases like “believing in science”. I don’t have to believe in it, it’s repeatable. Stop projecting your dumb worldview.

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          You can not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that God exists.

          Issac Newton saw an apple fall and then dropped other objects to prove the existence of gravity.

          God = belief.

          Science = evidence.

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          Whenever someone brings up “believing in science” remind them that science isn’t a matter of belief, it’s a matter of understanding. The world is the way it is whether you “believe” in it or not. The world is the way it is whether you understand it or not, and life is a lot easier when you understand the world around you.

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          True.

          Because they are willing to dig in their heels and reject evidence that doesn’t fit their worldview, they assume that science-minded people are the same. They don’t understand how “receive new data” and “refine or revise hypothesis” are important parts of the process. If they incorporated those steps, their belief system would implode.