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“What was he convicted of?” someone asked.

“He had tattoos on his body,” she replied triumphantly.

“Hey, smartass!” shouted a woman in her sixties, jumping to her feet. “You want to see my tattoo?”

“Lady,” the Trump supporter said. “You don’t know what a tattoo is.”

“Yes I do, I’ve got one!” the woman shouted, tapping her chest.

The Trump supporter dismissed her with a wave of one hand. “I’ve had enough of you Democrats,” she said.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 13 points 7 hours ago

He voted Republican chiefly on the issue of abortion...

WTAF. Why are there so many idiots like this? You don't like abortion, don't fucking have one. And if you are male...it's not your concern.

[–] guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 7 hours ago

Lol Iowa. Good fucking luck.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago
[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 28 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

“Lady,” the Trump supporter said. “You don’t know what a tattoo is.”

^ That line baffles me

[–] Zink@programming.dev 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The conservative mindset is kind of like a reversed No True Scotsman sometimes. In an inherently hierarchical world where you are OBVIOUSLY at the A, #1, top, “Made in the image of white Jesus” tier, it is a serious insult to question the realness of another. Getting “othered” when you’re one of the Real Americans, one of the Chosen Ones, is a tragedy!

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

I don't know what you're talking about. What does that have to do with a guy who assumes women don't know what tattoos are?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

I thought it was a woman arguing with another woman about the meaning of what a tattoo is...

[–] Zink@programming.dev 10 points 13 hours ago

It’s the exclusionary language. It sticks out to me because it’s something I had to wring out of my brain after a conservative upbringing. My comment was probably an overreaction, lol, but you gave me that little target to pounce on.

“You don’t know what a tattoo is” sounds to me like it’s in line with “you don’t know what a REAL tattoo is” or “you wouldn’t know a decent tattoo if it bit you on the ass.”

It’s just basic immature gatekeeping and “me good, you bad.” So it varies from actual exclusion to generic offhand insult.

I can hear all the variations of it in my head from over the years. You don’t like the same thing as me, or you disagree with me on some unrelated thing, therefore you don’t know a damn thing about tattoos, cars, trucks, guns, fishing, hunting, sports, women, computers, games, and whatever else.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 13 hours ago

For people like this, Tattoos are only tattoos if they're on a less than white skin. On a white skin it's a stulish body decoration, on any other skin type it's a gang tattoo

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I'm trying to fathom this being an actual conversation and not some horribly, awfully scripted sitcom. How the hell is it this bad good lord.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 points 4 hours ago

I guess the creators of Heil Honey decided it was time for a revival. 😒

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Someone needs to bring these people a holocaust surviver to show them their tattoo and explain why fascism should never rise again

[–] oyo@lemm.ee 11 points 15 hours ago

Someone needs to bring these people to cecot, and do a little swaparoo with the current residents.

[–] Thetimefarm@lemm.ee 5 points 14 hours ago

I'm afraid it would just give them new ideas.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 35 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Going to the midwest sounds like going to the zoo.

[–] Throbbing_banjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It's fucking insane here. I live in a city where people's opinions seem relatively reality-based, but if you get out into the rural areas, the effects of brain drain and media balkanization are on full display.

I don't suggest actually doing this, but you would be absolutely fucking shocked by the overwhelming ignorance of the general population if you were to, say, stop at a bar in rural Iowa.

[–] Manalith@midwest.social 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I just don't recommend going to Iowa, avoid it at all cost.

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

They can be cold as a frozen thermometer in December if you ask about the weather in July.

[–] DerArzt@lemmy.world 14 points 16 hours ago

Live here, it is.

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[–] Haess@lemmynsfw.com 27 points 20 hours ago (9 children)

Lived in Iowa for a few years, nothing but idiots.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 31 points 20 hours ago

I know some very smart people from Iowa. They left.

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[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 9 points 17 hours ago

grabs popcorn

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 69 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Finishing lunch with two friends at a diner in Osage, Dixie Bowman, 88, a retired welder, said she liked what Trump was doing. Her two friends, when asked, said they preferred not to speak of it.

Dixie Bowman: Trump is “a very kind, very generous person”

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Everybody on the right "likes what Trump is doing" or "Likes what DOGE is doing", but when you ask them to articulate, specifically, what actions or policies they like, they will generalize to something the administration has claimed without evidence to be true but is difficult to prove or disprove ("He's making the border safer", "He's getting rid of taxpayer waste", etc.) or they will retreat from the question by attacking you personally or just saying that the vibes are generally better ("The tariffs will fix the economy", "America is respected again", etc.).

I've never once had a debate with a Republican who came prepared with sources to back up their claims. That's because as soon as they try to dig and find evidence of the insane stuff Trump and Musk are peddling, the lie unravels itself and it just becomes easier to accept things at face value rather than think critically.

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[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 23 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Here, let me translate for you:

Dixie Bowman, 88, a retired welder, said she liked what Trump was doing.

"I like how he's getting rid of all the brown people."

Dixie Bowman: Trump is “a very kind, very generous person”

"He's doing things I like. That means he's a good person. Good people are kind and generous."

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 12 points 18 hours ago

Given her age, I think it's more likely that she's just being fed nothing but pro-Trump propaganda in her Facebook feed. She scrolls through Facebook on her sticky phone covered in food crumbs liking boomer memes and pictures of grandchildren. If anyone knows her, the easy solution to save her from the propaganda is to sign her out of her account since she definitely doesn't remember her password (and probably has like 3 accounts she's made by accident)

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[–] Rucifer@sh.itjust.works 39 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I hope they rip each other apart trying to justify their own ignorance and his madness.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 18 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Unfortunately their disproportionately overvalued federal representation and votes due to the electoral college they are dragging the rest of us down with them

[–] TripleIris@lemmy.wtf 8 points 17 hours ago

Next time one your friends insists that Trump voters are regretful, or somebody mentions Trump's poll numbers, show them this.

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