floofloof

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[–] floofloof 10 points 4 hours ago

It’s not because they’re conservatives that they’re a problem. It’s that they are self-serving morons who constantly shift the blame and divert attention and made their entire careers around such actions rather than holding any real beliefs for the future of their provinces or doing any real good.

I've never seen a conservative, in any country, who isn't utterly self-serving, full of diversionary lies, and ready to blame anyone but themselves (often while preaching about personal responsibility). Conservatism is selfishness, whatever else it pretends to be.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/39317435

Rattled by a horde of MAGA trolls, here’s what I learned about today’s social media miasma.

Last Friday I made a post on Bluesky and X, concerning U.S. President Donald Trump’s description of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as “Governor.” It occurred to me that, numb as we are to Trump’s stream of blather, the importance of that remark was being overlooked. It was an overt declaration by the president of the United States that he does not recognize Canadian sovereignty. That’s scary.

So, my post: “For a US president to refer to the Prime Minister of Canada as ‘Governor’ isn’t just rude. It’s a hostile act.”

The post got little attention on Bluesky. On X, for whatever reason, it went berserk. Over the weekend it racked up close to 3,000 reposts, over 29,000 “likes” and more than 5,000 replies. Those replies came almost entirely from Trump-loving trolls, piling scorn and abuse on my concerns. “Yeah but it’s Canada so who gives a fuck?” said one.

Do the responses represent a genuine glimpse of U.S. opinion on Trump’s bully-boy act?

[–] floofloof 11 points 8 hours ago

Not everyone walked away. Some may have suffered life-altering injuries.

Peel Regional Paramedic Services confirmed to CBS News that 15 patients had been transported to the hospital. Out of those injuries, one child and two adults are critically injured. The rest of the injuries are minor to moderate, officials said.

[–] floofloof 57 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

"Free speech absolutist."

[–] floofloof 1 points 11 hours ago

It's a fascist tactic, to sow confusion by "just joking" right up to the day when suddenly they're not just joking but pointing a gun at you.

[–] floofloof 5 points 11 hours ago

Suddenly fascists are Jeff Bezos's best buddies. He's a self-serving coward.

[–] floofloof 5 points 17 hours ago

It will become the Trump Center for Non-Degenerate Art.

[–] floofloof 4 points 20 hours ago

That's never been an issue for the MAGA people. See also: trans people being any kind of problem to anyone.

[–] floofloof 9 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Of course Republican claims that these people are murderers and rapists are bullshit. They have slid from "some of these people have a criminal record," which is designed to get people to associate immigrants with criminality, to "they're the worst of the worst," which pushes it further without making any specific claim. And then you get idiots like Noem claiming they're all hardened criminals when clearly they're just scooping up whoever they can grab. Don't believe a word of it.

[–] floofloof 7 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

They know. Some Republicans have been talking about making Canada a state with no vote and no representation.

[–] floofloof 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I think he imagines that starting needless conflicts makes him look tough, not like the clueless moron he is.

[–] floofloof 5 points 1 day ago

I'm drinking them now. I love the burn.

[–] floofloof 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Trump is replacing the top people with fascist loyalists. It's likely the military would cooperate.

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