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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 66 points 5 months ago

Trump did sometimes earn cheers from the crowd, including when he talked about ending wars, pardoning Jan. 6 protesters, protecting cryptocurrency, denying money to schools with vaccine or mask mandates, and defunding diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The most applause came when he promised to commute the life sentence of Ross Ulbricht, who has been imprisoned for operating a website that sold illegal goods.

So this should tell you where libertarians stand on. A sandwich of two things worth cheering for and a whole lot of disgusting things to cheer for in the middle.

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

It’s not like I would trust a Trump campaign promise anyway.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

Wait - Libertarians have soured on crypto? I must have missed that.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 42 points 5 months ago

Other way around. They want crypto to be protected from government interference.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago

Ooohhh…that makes more sense, thanks!

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

And Trump is bullshitting anyways, as usual.

"Bitcoin, it just seems like a scam," Mr Trump said. "I don't like it because it's another currency competing against the dollar."

Bitcoiners remember this shit because they keep mental lists of who to annoy each time there's a price rally. Trump was anti-bitcoin when it mattered most. And Biden's has been the most pro-crypto administration so far, including when Trump was in office. The SEC just approved a huge Ethereum ETF.

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

Well yeah. Crypto guys are DEDICATED to it. It would be like if I came over to your house, 3 years ago, called your wife a whore in front of everybody, and set fire to her tampons box.

Then 3 years later I stop by uninvited to a different party honoring your wife getting power within the city. I tell everybody how great your wife is, and I'm baffled why I'm being asked to leave. All of you remember. Whereas I'm not sure I'd ever met you before.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

A sandwich of two things worth cheering for

...why is defunding diversity, equity, and inclusion programs worth cheering for?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

The two things worth cheering for would be the beginning- ending wars, and the end- commuting Ross Ulbricht's sentence.

Hence it being a sandwich.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Lmao, my bad. I parsed that sentence separately from the rest of the list (which was all one sentence).

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