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[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

He was joking. There are many sarcastic jokes on X right now saying 2025 was the diabolical plan all along. Agenda 47 is still the trump plan.

[–] WashedOver@lemmy.ca 385 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 125 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Trump was already facing multiple criminal and civil suits in 2016. They had 8+ years to hold him accountable for even a single thing, and didn't.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 62 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Yeah this is an important point. If the system lets guys like Trump get away with obvious crimes for 8 years, and that's when it's working as intended, then the system needs to be dismantled. Maybe the only way to drain the swamp is to let it turn into a sinkhole that drags everything down with it. Not that we have much choice in the matter at this point.

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[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 302 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

“No one in their right mind is backing 2025…”

Then why did YOU?!

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 85 points 1 week ago (9 children)
[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago

I'd like to start a new response of "I don't care if you're joking, you're still an asshole".

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[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 248 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

"He's probably just joking" is something I heard so much over the past few years about things the right has been spewing. THEY ARE NOT JOKING, THEY ARE NEVER JOKING! I don't know how this is a hard thing to understand.

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

For people who apparently joke so much they sure as shit ain't funny

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 107 points 1 week ago

Also, if they are lying about these things, why did they vote for a liar? A lot of people who called agenda 2025 fake or lies still voted for the party representing it.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trump says 'I don't kid' after aides argue he was joking about slowing coronavirus testing.

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[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 week ago

Also, why the fuck is it cool for a politician to joke about doing shit? Literally any joke is not cool.

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[–] zib@lemmy.world 195 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I used to have a boss who like to joke about firing people on his team. He was a nice guy and there was no ill intention behind the jokes, but we eventually had to sit him down and tell him that he couldn't joke about that stuff because it causes a great deal of stress to people given his position.

Another example is bomb jokes in airports. Aside from just being in poor taste, that's something that will get you arrested and probably put on a no-fly list for life because it's an extremely serious matter with no exceptions.

So, even if Trump and his people are just joking about these horrible things, it's completely unacceptable when it's entirely believable they would do this stuff and would be in a position to make it happen.

TLDR: There are just some things you don't fucking joke about.

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 157 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"I don't like it when you show me what I'm supporting"

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 82 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Hold MAGA accountable. Every. Single. Day.

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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 100 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They've lied so much and gaslit so much that people don't know what to believe anymore.

And with all the AI and Russian troll farm bullshit being posted on social media, it's just poisoning the truth. It's time to ditch Twitter, Facebook and company.

I keep telling my folks that and that they'll end up being influenced and manipulated but they refuse because of how convenient it is. And I almost have to keep it because that's the only way they communicate right now.

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[–] archonet@lemy.lol 99 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Conservatives: I like [insert obnoxious conservative figurehead] because they tell it like it is, they mean what they say

Also conservatives, sometimes in the same breath: Fake! [obnoxious conservative figurehead] didn't mean that! Taken out of context! 'Tis but a jape!

Jesus fuck the reality distortion field is strong, it's like doublethink but without being a clever social trick to survive, it's just they're that stupid.

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 95 points 1 week ago (10 children)
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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 91 points 1 week ago

bullies always start out "joking"

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 75 points 1 week ago
[–] Digital_man@lemmy.one 70 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Worried about making white people uncomfortable is how we got here in this first place.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 67 points 1 week ago (10 children)

I listened to many interviews with people convinced that Trump wouldn't do the things he said he would do. They definitely won't acknowledge the things he said he won't do.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (27 children)

This is why America deserves everything it voted for this time around.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Yeah, except only a minority of the population voted for this. It'd be great if only they bore the fruits of their stupid labors.

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[–] db2@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The time for being reasonable and trying to convince willfully ignorant fucks is long past. You tell them they are a fucking fool. You block them on all communication channels. You never talk to them again. Trying to reason with an idiot is a waste of time. If anything you feed their thought process they are right by debating. They should all be ignored. They should all be cut off from their loved ones and friends.

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[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 41 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Like the citizens of Weimar (near concentration camp Buchenwald) said in april 1945: wir haben es nicht gewusst

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[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My parents contantly regurgitates propaganda from wechat about how democrats in NYC are letting homess people and migrants ruin everything.

We dont even live in NYC.

I told her to vote Harris and she did (she didn't even know how to fill out a ballot I had to tell her how to) but then later she said "maybe we shouldn't vote for democrats" because of the homeless shelters built near Chinese populations in NYC (which is a fair grivence, but I dont see how republicans are gonna solve it better). Abosolutely no independent thought and no critical thinking just parroting whatever the last person said.

She doesn't understand that the "homeless" or "migrants" are just dogwhistles referring to people like us who maga republicans deem inferior.

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