Nearly half of Americans voted for Trump. Those people are bad people. I wouldn’t jump to that conclusion in 2017, but we saw the first term and they said yes to an even meaner version of Trump. So you only need 5% of so from the rest to be “most”.
2/3 of eligible Americans did not vote against Trump.
The first time, sure okay it’s reasonable to not be fully informed.
but the second time? that’s willful ignorance.
Solid point, the third that didn’t vote means they didn’t vote against Trump. They are bad people too.
Normal people hate fascists, and fascists hate everyone that isn’t exactly like them so that tracks.
I just dumb a group of friends I went to school with. That means I have known these people for about 50 to 55 years. In the group chat we had I posted that we just bombed a school full of little girls and that out cheeto in chief say that the mission is anointed by God. I expressed how much I am disgusted by it and they post meme mocking the death of little girls. I called them all cowards and if they are so inclined they need to join up and kill some brown people. They post more bible memes and I told them to fuck off and blocked all of them. I have tried the go along to get long thing with them for years. Here I am at 63 and almost my entire friend group is gone. I feel relief but part of me is also grieving the lose.
It’s insane how acceptable being religious on the internet is now.
It’s insane, and ironic, that some people on the internet claim to value diversity, yet show open prejudice toward religious people. If your idea of diversity only includes people who think like you, then your commitment to diversity is pretty shallow.
Take your exact statement you just said, and replace the word “religious” with the word “gay.” Do you see how you are coming across when you say that? Do you see how you are not supporting diversity with your comment?
Nearly fifty here and I’ve lost a few friends this past year or two, and it isn’t like I have tons of them anyway. But there’s more people out there that aren’t bloodthirsty idiots. We just have to get out and meet them.
But there’s more people out there that aren’t bloodthirsty idiots. We just have to get out and meet them.
Exactly. But most of Lemmy is way too young to understand this. Which is why Lemmy is so angry all the time.
It’s a cultural problem. Americans have been duped into getting angry about all the wrong things and built their entire egos around their stances on those things.
Look at almost any poll and, regardless of which side you’re on, you’ll find a significant number of people on the stupid, dumb, wrong, evil side.
The Reactionary White Christian Nationalists are against fundamental human rights; that’s what makes them bad people.
And they think everyone who is against their backwards cultural conquest and restrictions on foundational freedoms is an agent of Satan.
Could militant Christianity play a role in ending to the western Roman empire and the American one as well? Would be an interesting case of history repeating itself.
COVID really fractured a lot of people. So did Jan 6.
I mean about 80 million at the least yeah.
More like 160 million.
Seeing Project 2025, all the racist bigoted fear mongering shit, and saying ‘both sides’ or ‘i don’t care who wins’ makes them just as guilty as the regressive scum.
Both sides do suck tho. Glad I voted third party. And I’ll gladly vote third party in the next election.
This is how the brain worms of conservatism work in a nutshell.
America is a political system in which religion and morality become used by political leaders, “which in turn can lead to great cynicism about … public morality and intense polarization.”
There are 330 million of us. There are a lot of them that are bad people. Many of them in office.
Most Lemmy posters think their fellow citizens are bad people, that’s for sure! l have never seen as much vile hatred in the real world, as I’ve seen on Lemmy lately. Take a walk through some politics subs and see for yourself. You all drop words like nazi, fascist, and sockpuppet for every little thing. It’s getting crazy. No wonder we aren’t growing as social platform. Only extremists are sticking around.
I like people though! You don’t have to hate someone just because they don’t have the same beliefs as you do.
Ya’ll need to calm down. lol
You don’t think that maybe the rise of fascism and the US quite literally acting like Nazis might be a contributor to that? I don’t think it’s extremists sticking around, I think that the current global political situation is leaving people fed up and pushed towards more extremist views because the current systems are failing spectacularly.
You don’t have to hate someone for different beliefs when it’s some benign policy difference, but it’s completely rational to hate people that are actively murdering innocent people, bombing other countries, protecting pedophiles, deporting legal citizens, and sheltering wealth hoarders from paying taxes.
You can’t “both sides” genocide, home slice.
I think that’s extremist talk. America isn’t full of fascists. That’s lemmy hyperbole because you all just click over and over on bad news.
Lemmy is not even close to being a snapshot of the American public. Most people don’t even care enough about stuff like that to vote. Oh and you all hate them too.
Lemmy is a bunch of doomscrollers waiting for, and hoping for, the end of the world. Most people in the real world are just going to work, having BBQ’s on the weekends, and mowing the lawn, and hanging out in parks with their kids on saturdays.
In a few years, we’ll elect a Democrat president (even tho Lemmy wants people to believe elections will be outlawed! lolol), and nothing will change. People will still be going to work, bitching about their paycheck, and having BBQ’s on the weekends, and mowing the lawn, and hanging out in parks with their kids on saturdays.
Then after that, we’ll get another Republican president. And nothing will change. People will still be going to work, bitching about their paycheck, and having BBQ’s on the weekends, and mowing the lawn, and hanging out in parks with their kids on saturdays.
People like you have been saying the world was about to end for as long as I can remember. lol
Feel free to stay angry and yell at the sky while typing manifestos on Lemmy. I’m going to hang out at the park by my house and enjoy life. :)
This reads like someone who is privileged enough that they don’t have to worry about being abducted off the street by government men in masks, or have their healthcare restricted by religious fundamentalists, or their drivers license being stripped by the state for ideological reasons.
Most of Lemmy is privileged enough that they don’t have to worry about abducted off the street by government men in masks, or have healthcare restricted by religious fundamentalists, or drivers license being stripped by the state for ideological reasons. So does that mean nothing said can be valid?
No, because most people understand those are bad things that should be stopped, and there is one party in particular pushing that fascist shit.
Which has nothing to do with the comment you directed towards me saying that I am privileged. You are privileged as well. You are living up to the articles title.
You sure got me! Yeah. I fuckin’ hate fascists. Apparently that’s a controversial opinion with you.
Lol okay bud. Polling shows at least 30% of Americans support what’s happening, but I’m sure your gut is a better barometer.
Enjoy smugly shoving your head in the sand, it doesn’t make you as enlightened as you seem to think it does. You just sound naive.
Lol okay bud. Polling shows at least 30% of Americans support
Ok, so if we go by your logic, then 70% are concerned and will do something about it. Right? So how come no revolution yet?
Lemmy also said that after the Luigi thing happened that there was gonna be a big change. Execs were gonna go down. People were gonna eat the rich. People just weren’t going to put up with it anymore!!! The revolution was about to star!! lolol
So what changed? Where is that revolution?
Bruh, most people don’t care. And most aren’t as angry as Lemmy is about it. That’s just a fact. Lemmy is an extremist echo chamber and it is quickly forgetting that not everyone agrees with them. That doesn’t mean you have to hate people tho.
Enjoy smugly shoving your head in the sand, it doesn’t make you as enlightened as you seem to think it does. You just sound naive.
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How many people were there compared to the population of the US? Dude, it was less that 2 percent of the entire U.S. population. 2 percent! lol That means that 98 percent of the population had nothing to do with that protest.
I bet not even the majority of Lemmy showed up for those protests! lolololol
What was accomplished? What changed? What policies changed? Everyone in power then, is in power now.
Nothing changed. That’s not to say I’m against protests; I think protesting is awesome. But to think that everyone is on board with Lemmy’s ideas is maximum cope. Lemmy is full of people that are too extreme and too nerdy for reddit. Think about that. lol
Hope your day gets better, tho. We can agree to disagree. All is good!
If you don’t think the current American government is fascist you are willfully ignorant
I think the US government is ran by idiots (both parties), not fascists. Lemmy thinks every single person that doesn’t agree with them is fascist. lol
This has nothing to do with agreement, they are running objectively fascist policy
Well, then vote them out in the next election. If the majority of the people feel the way you do, then problem solved.
Thankfully i’m not American
That explains why you are so wrong about it then.
Ok buddy
Omg you’re so right bestie! Nothing bad ever happens, nobody ever does anything wrong, nobody ever gets hurt, and everything can be undone! Politics is just a silly little game and people get so wound up over it! Not us, though. We know that everything will be fine and we don’t even have to do anything or have any convictions!
Better than doomscrolling all day like most Lemmy posters. You keep doomscrolling and I’ll keep having a great day and liking people. :)
What is your fascism threshold? Where is the line?
What? That has nothing to do with what I said, other than you are proving that people on Lemmy are throwing around words like “fascism” way too much. lol
