Here's another.
GOP in 2016 = We need Trump because the rest of the world is laughing at America.
GOP today = Who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
As a non american, the world started laughing the second the orange man baby became your president.
it was sort of a mix of funny and nervous laughter though.
wasnt pleasent
wasnt pleasent
If you think it was bad on your end, you should feel what is like on the inside.
Fascism's major hallmark is fervent hypocrisy. That's how people could live within half a mile of death camps and just casually brush the ash of burnt people from their hair, then smile like they're going on a picnic as they're led into the death camps at the end of their street, then ten minutes later, after seeing actual corpses stacked like cordwood, they're vomiting and swearing they had no idea.
We can't let the uneducated masses lead us into that kind of horror again, We need to educate them of what they're advocating for and why that's so horrifically dangerous. We need to stop hedging and beating round the bush, and lay out in detail what they're actually enabling. People die when this kind of nationalistic ignorance is allowed to proliferate. We need to stop this ignorance before it kills people.
The sad fact of the matter is, we are really leading ourselves into a cycle of repeated history. All that's missing is the declaration of what to do with the minority groups once a certain politcal party gets power. They've already got the dismantling of rights down. We're just waiting for the next announcement to be "THEY'LL BE ALL CARTED OFF INTO THESE ENCAMPMENT SITES! WE'RE GOING TO TURN PRISONS NOW INTO THE NEW GAS CHAMBERS! I DON'T REMEMBER A SINGLE THING OF A HOLOCAUST!"
Because you know we're now dealing with generations that have people who're actively trying to whitewash that entire bit of history away or going to lengths to try and make it not as big of a deal as it really was.
Then: "Facts don't care for feelings."
Now: "Feelings don't care for facts."
Too many of those words are spelled correctly
"MAGA never ever said that."
-- MAGA
It was actually antifa who said that, impersonating MAGA. /s
Woundful word from an old book I read discribes the way these people think well.
double-think
1984?
Big brother is watching you
Thought crime!!!
That's double-plus ungood.
Stealing Thought Property
that implies they think twice? where in reality they don't think about anything
It's like they've unlearned object permanence but only for holding opinions.
Oh, wait, that's just a double standard. My bad.
wonderful word for that, double-think
I like it how the oxygen sucking maggot gets fatter every year
Didn't wear a mask in 2020, either
Does it? Looks just like some artist variations ngl
Except 2016-2017
Ah you clearly know my conservative friend, Brian. His Facebook posts state he still wants to lock her/him up but was rather upset his lord and savior was now a convicted felon. Logic was never his strong suit, but he’s part of the friend group of mostly liberals and knows to keep his mouth mostly shut when it with us.
I run around with a group and when the guilty verdict was rendered, oh my - the amount that started digging in surprised me. It's a group that typically doesn't delve into it and I saw that as a big plus. Now I'm not so sure what to think other than just keep my mouth shut.
3 downvotes on this, but no maga comments. Odd, usually the magas are the loudest assholes in the room. 🤔
They been a little quiet since the 34 felony convictions and his off the rails rant.
Do MAGAs even bother on Lemmy?
I rarely see MAGA comments here. And if I do they are downvoted to hell.
They advocate for 'law and order' until it impacts someone from their own circle.
The core conservative belief is that there are two groups: those the law protects but does not bind, and those the law binds but does not protect. Everything else flows from there.
One of the cornerstones of evil. It's funny how they keep yapping about Animal farm and 1984 when the books keep reflecting their own behavior. 'Newspeak' and ‘Some animals are more equal than others’.
Rules for thee, not for me?
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I’m quite serious in that I think the right to vote should be removed from most of these people.
Unfortunately that's not the correct solution. When we start taking away citizens' rights to participate in their public democratic government, we no longer have a public democratic government. Down the line, you would lose your right to vote as well, for a reason that you think is bullshit. And it would be bullshit, just like it's bullshit to suggest removing voting rights from Trump supporters.
The right thinks anyone democrat shouldn't have the right to vote. The lunatic I worked with thought that, and was going on about you shouldn't be able to vote unless you understand what you're voting for.... How ironic.
The moral isn’t “don’t be a hypocrite”
The moral is: be sexy and good looking
I think the point is that the inner ugliness influences the appearance
Hate and anger will make you ugly on the inside and outside.
Who is sexy and good looking in any of this?
Lemme rephrase: if you have enough charisma you can pull off anything and no one will notice
The essence of politics isn’t to not be a hypocrite but to look good being one.
It turns out true times and times again when after elections the ‘more moral side’ does the same thing as what they said is evil but makes it look like a good thing.
It isn’t unreasonable to assume such skill also comes handy in day to day life. Look good, be sexy, get rewards. Spoils. Loot. Benefits.
To swim in the sea of shit you need to have some buoy.
