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Dear Americans, how do you go back to normal after such an election campaign? (lemmy.world)

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The atmosphere is so heated, and the statements are getting more and more extreme. Let's just assume Harris wins the election. After a campaign like this, how could you ever have a normal relationship with your pro-Trump neighbor/father-in-law/Uncle/Barber or what ever again?

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[-] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

You assume my entire political philosophy and views based on the fact I'm civil with people?

For the record, I'm in the UK and would vote Harris in the States.

[+] JayTreeman@fedia.io -27 points 2 weeks ago

Frankly, I think I nailed it. You're comfortable around fascists because you're supportive of fascists. Harris is a fascist, so is Trump. Without going into your comment history, I'm betting that you support the bombing of gaza. That you might understand that crime is a social construct, but also that criminals should be punished sometimes severely. It's OK that you think it's OK to sit down with a fascist. I'm of the opinion that it's OK to punch them.

[-] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Okay, you're clearly a terminally online person.

[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago

Only one of the two candidates is talking about turning the US into a dictatorship with them at the helm.

[-] JayTreeman@fedia.io 0 points 2 weeks ago

You're right. The supreme court has said that the president can't do anything illegally. What have the democrats done to reverse that? The democrats do the same things as republicans, but they're more palatable. There's a lot of people on the left that think Trump is the harm reduction candidate because people are upset when he does things.

[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago

So what you're saying is that in order to not be fascists, the Dems would have to pull out some actually fascist dictatorial tricks in order to reset things?

I'm sure you can imagine how well that would go.

[-] JayTreeman@fedia.io -1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm saying, they haven't even attempted to change things. They're complicit.

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