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[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Far from the first time conservatives have finally figured out after it’s completely too late. They did the same thing with Bush, Iraq and Afghanistan. In five years, people who were rapidly pro Trump will be saying “well, I never really liked him”.

[–] thlibos@thelemmy.club 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

And those who are rabidly pro Trump as well...

[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

That's actually what i meant, yeah.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One day, everyone will have always been against this.

[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I guess. These days we can't even reliably expect people to agree they disapprove of Nazis in 1930s Germany. That used to be a given.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Give it a few decades, we might swing back

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They still kiss Reagan's dead demented ass.

[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

I expect Trump to be widely seen as disgraced, but that didn’t happen with Reagan. There was also a dedicated campaign in the 90s to enshrine Reagan. Conservatives basically conspired to try to make him go down in history as one of the greatest presidents.