this post was submitted on 31 May 2024
1029 points (89.8% liked)

Microblog Memes

10786 readers
4164 users here now

A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Absolutely no NSFL content.
  7. Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
  8. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

RELATED COMMUNITIES:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Bush Jr should have been convicted for mass murder. Obama should have been convicted for drone strikes.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 44 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I’m not disagreeing with you, but at least those awful actions are plausibly covered as a presidential act made in the country’s interests. I’m not saying they were good for the US, just that they could argue that was the process.

Trump’s shit is all self-serving and against the interests of the United States.

[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

presidential act made in the country’s interests.

If your country's interests require committing mass murder (like Bush Jr or Obama did), then your country is an awful evil place.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

I cannot disagree with you there!

That’s mostly what I meant by this sentence:

I’m not saying they were good for the US, just that they could argue that was the process.

Even if they make the worst, most destructive decisions that most of their constituents disagree with, it’s still a presidential act. I assume they can’t be charged in the US. Might be different in an international court, but I think we refuse to recognize their authority or something, because U-S-A! U-S-A!

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Trump increased drone strikes 432%, so same there.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

All ex American presidents in jail for war crimes?

Don't threaten us with a good time

[–] absentbird@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I agree, but apparently presidents are immune from prosecution for anything done in office. I really hope that can get overturned, but it's the current state of the law.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Yeah, we know. That has no bearing on this case.

[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Trump and Clinton raped women. Probably not the only presidents.

Edit: I'm not talking about Lewinsky. See my comment below.

[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Rape is bad. Mass murder is much worse.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Starving teens of millions is OK though.