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[-] jmanes@lemmy.world 138 points 5 months ago

It is sad to think about how many working class people will funnel their earned money into his pockets.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

It's worse than gambling. At least when you gamble you have a (meager) chance to make some money back. Political donations are black holes and DJT's has radioactive, acidic sewage at the bottom.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 78 points 5 months ago
[-] kitnaht@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago

You know they are, but legitimately I'm pretty sure a large percentage of them actually have solvable/manageable mental illnesses. I'm starting to pity them more than anything now.

[-] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 23 points 5 months ago

It can be hard for most to pity the spiteful and hateful.

Get what you give

[-] TipRing@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

I'll reserve my pity for those more deserving.

[-] kitnaht@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

My pity isn't just for them, but for the families destroyed by the rhetoric and the love lost between people.

People are so divided now on everything, everyone's caught up in trying to apply labels to themselves so they can be further divided into categories and discriminated against.

I'm really tired of the labels. Republican, Democrat, Right Wing, Left Wing, Fascist, Socialist, blah blah blah... these labels just help external influencers drive that wedge a little better.

Can't we all just be human and start to talk to one another? I think we'll find we have more in common than not. The only way to bring people over to your side is to befriend them, and slowly work on it. The fighting just causes everyone to dig their heels in so much more.

[-] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 months ago

What nonsense is this?

The labels aren’t just meaningless words, they represent the views of a person.

No one wants to just get along with the *phobe *ist who wants to strip away people’s basic human rights.

[-] kitnaht@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They are meaningless words, because the views of a person are far more nuanced than that. But by labeling yourself as something, people immediately get to start assuming what your views are before getting to hear them from you instead. That's the big problem with society today - everyone wants to be something unique, because we're all so connected now that nobody feels like they stand out. But by adding labels to yourself, you just paint a target on your back for people to aim for, because with that brand new label, people get to make assumptions more easily. You get to be divided off from the "rest" of society, and put in a special bucket and targeted.

[-] underwire212@lemm.ee -1 points 5 months ago

No one single word can represent someone’s entire world view. It’s simply not possible.

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

And yet, one single word can be enough to describe a person who is not worth wasting time on.

If you tell me women shouldn't be allowed to have abortions, I'm going to call you a misogynist and ignore you.

If you tell me that your god demands I act a certain way, I'm going to call you a zealot and ignore you.

If you tell me that eating horse paste is a cure for a fucking virus, I'm going to call you an antivaxxer and ignore you.

If you tell me Ukraine should surrender to Russia, I'm going to call you a Putin apologist and ignore you.

If you tell me trickle-down economics works, I'm going to call you a fool and ignore you.

If you tell me that mankind isn't causing the Earth to warm and that won't be bad for us, I'm going to call you a science denier and ignore you.

Hitler liked dogs, too. That doesn't excuse the rest of the evil shit he did or mean we should have a talk about the merits of Nazism. Likewise, Republicans are a willfully ignorant, evil party. I don't need to know how much of that party one disagrees with; the mere fact that one agrees with any of it means one should be ignored. I don't need to know their entire worldview; the GOP platform is egregious enough that agreeing with any of it makes Republicans terrible people.

[-] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago

I don't want to befriend someone who thinks my other friends are child molesters and should actually die. I get the impulse to say we should seek friendship and common ground, and I do where possible, but I just can't with people who don't see people I care about as even being people.

And that's not a hypothetical, that's actual "I have talked with these people" decisions.

[-] TipRing@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I'm happy to work with and listen to people capable of basic human compassion, but my patience for those who seek only to hurt the less fortunate and the marginalized has reached its limit.

[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Don’t donate to politicians.

There’s refugee resettlement charities if you need people to help. Like, in Atlanta, New American Pathways helps families fleeing awful situations to get English classes. jobs, housing, enroll kids in school, etc. Lots of cities have similar charities. People who teach English at libraries and the like.

[-] bus_factor@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I read somewhere that traumatic brain injuries are correlated with voting Republican, but I don't know if there's any causation or in which direction it goes. A lot of Republicans might just have lives where they're more at risk of getting injured.

[-] WhatIsThePointAnyway@lemmy.world 52 points 5 months ago

How many of those are legit voters and how many are bots micro donating to mask Russian oligarch campaign financing?

[-] dm_me_ufo_pics@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 5 months ago

Ah, pulling the ol' breaking bad scene. Of course.

[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

I recall an adage that says something about fools and their money. What was it again?

[-] mokus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

They sure do seem to have a lot of it

[-] rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com 12 points 5 months ago

It could be a ddos but I'm guessing not...

[-] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Trump cant pay any bills, who's to say the site didnt get turned off because of that?

Or maybe it cant handle more than 3 concurrent users or something.

[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 9 points 5 months ago

Lol, tech competency was not his strong point. That's for Barron. He's good with the cyber.

He's probably more upset at losing money from rubes than the guilty verdict.

[-] slurpinderpin@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

This is bad for Joe Biden

/s

[-] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 5 months ago

This made me think of the old meme

This is good for bitcoin

this post was submitted on 31 May 2024
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