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Serious answers only. For over a year I was told that trump "doesn't have anything to do with that".

I honestly need to know from an actual Republican who believed trumps words and is now witnessing p2025 almost hit 50% completion with the department of education getting dismantled.

And with that; how do these people feel that public schools, daycare centers and tech schools all going to cost 3-6x as much as it does now for tuition?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Edit: apparently the part in OP starting "From a Republican..." is not meant to imply that OP is a Republican. As it lacked a main verb, I assumed it was ultimately meant as a relative clause and misassigned it to "I". Leaving this comment anyway but it doesn't apply to OP.

I appreciate you taking the time to write this post, and I appreciate you noticing this trend.

But I've got to be honest: the writing was on the wall the whole time. Being in the Republican bubble doesn't really change the fact that you only get here from a lack of critical thinking and a general susceptibility to propaganda. These are things that many people spend time and resources getting educated about. It's hard to have sympathy when the whole country is now suffering because so many were so sure they knew better.

If I sound angry, I am. I do hope you take it constructively, but you also need to understand: most of the damage has already been done. It doesn't really matter how you feel from here on out, because the deed (from voters) is done.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (8 children)

I voted for Harris lol, and that was because I thought she was the lesser of the two evils overall. I wish Michelle Obama ran for office.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I don't know any republicans personally but I would not be surprised if, given a choice between admitting fault and feeling bad, or literally any other option including lying or violence, they won't admit fault. If they weren't emotionally stunted, they wouldn't be conservatives.

[–] TheFeatureCreature 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is why blaming conservatives or getting them to admit fault doesn't work. It only makes them become more defensive and entrenched.

A better approach is to appeal to their victim complex. IE: Instead of "Trump is ruining this country and its your fault for voting for him!" try "Dude, Trump is screwing us! This isn't the great America we were promised!" or some variation of that. Gotta use different tactics.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Yeah, you have to make them see you as a member of a shared in-group. That's the most important thing to them (and many people, honestly. we're all susceptible to tribalism and such)

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago

Republicans lie. As any fascist party, they don't have any consistent ideology beyond hurting people. They'll invent whatever reasoning and justification they need to justify their bullying, and they'll immediately abandon that reason for another convenient excuse when necessary.

Republicans lie. They knew damn well what Project 2025 was, and they were in favor of all of it. When they said Trump had nothing to do with it, they were lying. Republicans ultimately don't care what happens to society, or even themselves personally. They would gladly vote to lower the quality of their own lives, as long as the undesirables were hurt in equal measure.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago

Oh no, the lying liar who is best known for lying about literally everything lied and gullible people believed it (or conveniently ignored it, or didn't care or thought it was just peachy because they thought it wouldn't apply to them and were perfectly fine with it applying to other people)? Who could possibly have predicted that? Oh wait, I think literally every left wing person in the US predicted that.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (9 children)

They don't think Trump and Musk are doing anything wrong. When quizzed they'll ask you to name anything they've done wrong.

Everything Trump and Musk are doing is guised in Libertarian and Conservative values.So nothing wrong has been done on their eyes.

If you go places like r/JordanPeterson (to ask) and r/Conservative to observe the media landscape - you'll see that "The Woke" are wrong and have turned violent against Tesla. You'll see Trump and Musk are thought of as doing great things.

That's how they think. They're not in the same media landscape as everyone else is.

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

That’s how they think. They’re not in the same media landscape as everyone else is.

This is literally the cause of all our issues. Fucking propagandists creating an alternate "reality" for Magoos to exist within where they are the good guys fighting the evil evil communist far left scum.

I can blame a Magoo for being so susceptible to hate filled ppropaganda, but I really REALLY fucking despise the propagandists with every fiber of my being. If there were ever a group of people that deserved a firing squad it would be those like Sean Hannity who know exactly what they're doing...

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Like it's their third rail of blow and their homie just picked up another ounce.

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

According to my neighbors on neighborhood.com, it's fake news. Seriously. They simply don't believe Trump has anything to do with it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Pretty much. Somethings are going to be the same, they're just that obvious, the sky is blue, water is wet, and we should deport illegal immigrants. But a lot of p25 goes well beyond that.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Religious conservatives love project 2025. Most Republicans are Religious, so they love it.

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

Ask the guy who had his wife deported and is still supporting Trump.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I'd prefer to never have to interact with someone that hateful and stupid.

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