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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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[–] Rucifer@sh.itjust.works 39 points 20 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 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 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

[–] pleasegoaway@lemm.ee 13 points 17 hours ago

So many heads up so many asses.

[–] Elkot@lemmy.world 34 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Eventually one of these rallies will turn into that church scene from Kingsman

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago

I only hope someone is there to play freebird on a boombox

[–] dezvous@lemmy.world 21 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I don't feel bad for anyone that voted for trump. Nothing he is doing is a surprise. So far it has been everything he said he wanted to do. Fucking morons got exactly what they voted for.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 12 points 18 hours ago

I want them to see the error of their ways. No forgiveness without change, but there is no change without the possibility of forgiveness.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 76 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Imagine believing that the best days of the US are ahead of you...

I'm sure improvements will be made, but the United States is dying, thanks in large part due to the cancer that's rightwing propaganda networks

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 35 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Honestly, I don't want the United states to be a thing anymore. It is time for the nation to break up, so that people can choose what sort of government they want to live in. In my case, I would like something modeled after European socialism. I am sick of Fascist America dragging down my state with its evil and stupidity.

[–] APassenger@lemmy.world 34 points 23 hours ago

Uncapping the House would go a long way towards rebalancing.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 17 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

The problem with that plan is that you get an outwardly fascist neighbor with no guardrails at all. Yes it will burn itself out eventually but before that it's going to be just as much of a problem as when it was states.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Better to fight an enemy that is outside, rather than a foe within. We also don't have sturdy guardrails - just ask federal employees, and the American citizens who have been trafficked to Honduras.

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

But the foes would always be within. This isn’t just red vs blue, it’s rural vs urban. Oregon goes Blue every time, but you drive 30 minutes out of the city and it’s Trump Central.

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[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 174 points 1 day ago (4 children)

"Everyone that disagrees with me is a Democrat"

[–] Soulg@ani.social 70 points 1 day ago

Not only that, but Democrats by default do not matter and shouldn't be considered at all.

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 26 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

The US is overdue for balkanization. I think the USA will split some time before 2060.

[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 17 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Not fully, but in practice to benefit from no trade barriers. And it'll be done by 2040.

I think what we'll get is no more singular head of state because the Unitary Executive model is a flawed premise that highlights the fragility of having only one person as the chief executive. It's a poison pill. Suggesting it is to suggest inevitable death of the Republic.

What we'll end up with our scaled up Switzerland. An Executive Council of 5/7/9 regionally elected members, with a rotation of who is the ceremonial head of state for functions. I like 7, with more of the East Coast and Midwest consolidated.

But whew...the constitution will need a major overhaul for that to work.

[–] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 20 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Unitary executive model is a bullshit right wing theory that ignores the entire basis of how our system was designed.

[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 12 points 21 hours ago

The problem is that is much worse than bullshit, it's a death sentence.

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[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 153 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You'd think farmers at least would understand the relationship between what you sow and what you reap.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

Maybe they have been paid to not grow crops for too long.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 36 points 1 day ago

They never have to think about because they use migrant labor

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The leopard’s are gonna be obese by the summer.

[–] seejur@lemmy.world 10 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

The leopards are already obese. I suspect by summer they'll die by cardiovascular diseases.

Magas can do one thing right, even saving the leopards is too hard for them

[–] array@lemm.ee 211 points 1 day ago (14 children)

“That man is a criminal,” she declared of Garcia.

“What was he convicted of?” someone asked.

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

MAGA morons are the bottom of the barrel

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Tattoos are basically body mutilation or improvement, depending on who you ask. beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

I wonder what she thinks of body mutilation like hair cut, nail cutting, plastic surgery and circumcision.

[–] array@lemm.ee 5 points 16 hours ago

She probably approves of any gender affirming care her entertainment media tells her to approve.

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[–] ryrybang@lemmy.world 256 points 1 day ago (18 children)

The stupidity of some people in that article is jaw dropping.

Also, if they shout at each other now, just wait for the SSA, Medicare, and Medicaid cuts that make hearing aids too expensive for rural boomers.

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[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 79 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This country is so fucked.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Yup.

Even if Trump ceases to exist tomorrow, we're still fucked. He's opened the door for copycat politicians for the rest of our lives. Our electoral system is comically corrupt and non-representative. Our entire political system is comically corrupt with way fewer safeguards than we all assumed. Our justice system is incapable of enforcing the law on the wealthy. And there are simply too many stupids in this country.

No party will ever have the massive majority required to make the fundamental changes required to fix all this. Only one party is even somewhat interested in doing so. Short of a revolution and complete wipe and reset of our government and how it functions, the only way this country is going is down.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Tbh the people are not educated properly, too enslaved to debt service and bills, and so brain conditioned to individual greed that forming a cohesive army to restore democracy is a laugh.

Not to mention tbe 50%+ casuality rate from heart attacks if a civil war broke out.

[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Tbh the people are not educated properly, too enslaved to debt service and bills, and so brain conditioned to individual greed that forming a cohesive army to restore democracy is a laugh.

That's very true. Our problems don't only exist at the top. We have fundamental, critical problems at every strata: top, bottom, and middle.

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[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They never should have shot that gorilla.

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