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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

And they can also continue to blame Biden.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, this is all they will do.

Shun them. Trump supporters are evil, try and avoid working for them or with them in any way. Don't talk to them. There is no need to be friendly. These people are actually supporting a Nazi revival.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

That's what I'm saying but my wife says I still gotta go to her dad's house with her.

I really, really, have no interest in talking to that man. She shouldn't either. He was a shit human before Trump was president and he'll be a shit human long after. Half his kids (none of her full siblings, just her half- and step- siblings...her moms side is like some of the best people I've met and my MIL is probably the nicest lady in the world) are equally shitty, as are half his grandkids.

I mean hell, she gave up Target because of DEI, and she visits Target far more often.

Aitah?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 minutes ago

Seriously? Put on your big boy pants and say no.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Are we all just cowering down? Reading these comments makes it sounds like we should just all give up.

[–] Devanismyname 1 points 4 hours ago

That and cons will always find a way to spin something to cause outrage and anger towards anyone but themselves.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

All Trump's gotta do is blame the Dems. Already going that route

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

And his dumb ass parrots will repeat his lies forever no matter what evidence they’re presented with

[–] [email protected] 27 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Doubt, fortunately. The extremists will largely never be turned, but most Trump supporters are moderates who care more about their own well-being than solidarity with the group. Mussolini is a great example of how an idiot dictator can quickly fragment his supporters and end up in the streets

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

"You can't reason out of a position you didn't come to through reason."

They just hate for hate sake. It's time to come to terms that the dumb will not be saved by gentle parenting but need to be dragged into reality.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

Sure, but most of Trump's voters did vote for him for a reason: their lives got noticeably harder under Biden. When their lives get even worse under Trump, they'll vote for another change of party.

The cultists waving Trump flags and buying Trump teddy bears and reading Trump bibles are fueled by identity politics, but the idea that the average Trump voter is one of those cultists is a lie that Trump would very much like you to believe

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

"quickly" only after massive damage is done.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Y’all learned nothing from the election if you’re still trying to turn them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

not trying to turn them

trying to thin them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

If we had taxpayer universal healthcare, that'd be easy. Just give them all semaglutide. Problem solved.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I just encountered this last night with hardcore Trumper family members. They believe his tariffs are because the tariffed countries have their military subsidized by the American government and they need to pay their fair share. They think xwe're going to have to "feel a little pain" for a year or two, then "it" will be better. What is "it"? Who the hell knows. They certainly don't.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

My dad isn’t a Trump supporter but he sure sounds like one. He’s fine with tariffs because “we won’t be paying them”. The underlying belief is that we shouldn’t import electricity or other goods, we should be producing our own, we should be self sustaining. And these tariffs are speeding up factories to open up in the states and produce US goods. The adjustment period (a few years at most) will be hard but worth it in the end - everything will be US made. Wohoo?

Never mind that our current infrastructure is crumbling and nothing is being done about it. And Trump is siphoning off any resources the us has. Never mind that many people today live paycheck to paycheck and as a result of this self imposed trade war will starve or freeze to death in the interim. Never mind that even if the US government decided to invest in this, it would take many many many decades to make US self sustaining, and once achieved prices will be higher than if we were to import the goods.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

That's a great read and makes a ton of sense. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Group think is bad. Larger the group the lower the IQ.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Does that count here and on Reddit? Although I'll say here on Lemmy, folks are much more open to actual dialogue than on Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

So like music, the more popular the simplest chords it has.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

No, they're selfish and borderline removed sheep. When a few removed sheep start making the suffering noise, they'll all join the chorus because they don't have the capacity for independent thought

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 20 hours ago

Reverse the kremlin playbook:

Talk to conservatives and be like: "Both side are the same, I'm voting Libertarian"

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There is no need to swing Trump voters over.

There are more citizens who did not vote at all who can be engaged with and energized - because these policies are going to fuck them too.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

We need to pretend to be conservative and be like: "I VOTED TRUMP AND HE DID NOTHING FOR ME, BOTH SIDE ARE THE SAME, I'M VOTING LIBERTARIAN 😡😡😡"

If half of conservatives voted a third party candidate, it would splinter the republican party.

Aka: the Reverse Kremlin stretegy

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One danger, though: Trump’s campaign managers will try to swing them as well.

I am hopeful! But it will be a fight.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine both parties swinging to third party accidentally 😏 -> 1/4, 2/4, 1/4

Too good to be true, lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

The cons will swing libertarian and the libs will swing socialist, and then we'll get a president that only 1/12th of the country actually voted for

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

They are trash people who are lost causes

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Believe it or not, there are already MAGA people pissed at him in hard red states/districts.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

Yep, and they'll vote every Republican in again next time regardless.

99/100 of em are lost causes.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If only they agreed that Social Security, Universal Healthcare and just being nice to each other is better for everyone.

If we try to increase the quality of life for everyone, we'll have a better world.

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[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 day ago (13 children)

It's very frustrating.

What I've seen when I bring what's happening up to family members step one is denial "oh he's not doing that" step 2 is defend "well it's probably for the best, kids do yern for the mines".

Nothing is convincing.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I remember a moment before the election in 2016. A family member was going off on a Trump worshiping rant. I asked them what they thought of all the awful things that come out of his mouth. They responded with, "Oh, he's just saying that stuff because he likes to get attention."

I quoted a passage from Luke's gospel. "The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil; for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks."

What happened next was amazing. They kind of paused and stared at their shoes with this expression that, if I could put words to it, would have said, "Shit. He's got me there. How do I get around this one?" They then looked up, physically shrugged it off; like water off a ducks back. That stopped the rant but I knew that If they had to choose between Jesus and this particular version of the anti-christ, their choice was already made and it wasn't Jesus.

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