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[–] El_guapazo@lemmy.world 39 points 3 days ago (2 children)

He's one of those candidates that run as Democrat then switch after being elected.

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[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

Alex Jones just had a caller that was asking how to get his undocumented wife on the list of the “good ones.”

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 164 points 4 days ago (6 children)

I still cannot believe how wrong I was about John Fetterman.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 106 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He was different before his stroke. There are multiple studies that correlate frontal and midline lesions in the brain with right-wing authoritarianism.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2020.0137

https://www.ibroneuroscience.org/article/S0306-4522(25)00304-5/fulltext

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 26 points 4 days ago (10 children)

I guess but I feel like supporting Gaza genocide isn’t something you just stroke into.

[–] BremboTheFourth@piefed.ca 58 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't know enough about Fetterman's past to make a judgement on how his stroke affected him, but you totally could. Brain damage can fundamentally change who you are as a person on every level, from memory to logic, or even spirituality. It can change or entirely destroy your ability to feel empathy, damping some emotions while amping up others. Strokes that fundamentally change personality like that are rare, but certainly not outside the realm of possibility.

[–] Phunter@lemmy.zip 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There's a famous case of a guy who got a railroad spike blown through his frontal lobe and he basically became a huge asshole.

[–] Wimopy@feddit.uk 16 points 3 days ago

Phineas Gage if anyone wants to look the case up. Classic psychology and neurology tale.

Of course this happened before modern scientific standards and procedures were mainstream, so take everything with a grain of salt.

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago

I say this as someone with a lot of experience diagnosing and treating strokes....

You'd be surprised how cruel and violent some people can become after them.

I've seen the sweetest little grandma turn into a full on support for genocide nazi after one. More than once.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 33 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Actually, that’s kinda what these neuroscientists are finding happens.

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[–] Chozo@fedia.io 54 points 4 days ago (3 children)

In our hate for Dr Oz, we accidentally raised up a separate monster.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 54 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Turns out both options were horrible monsters. As is tradition.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

the alternative wouldve been MEMHET oz, but oz is in a position to do more harm than fetterman right now, it was a lose lose situation.

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[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Brain damage causes conservatism

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[–] potato_wallrus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, but it's not his problem until it affects him or his family.

[–] GTG3000@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

For a moment I thought this was ProgrammingHumour and a funny response to calling someone's code undocumented.

Then I read the full post.

[–] underline960@sh.itjust.works 114 points 4 days ago (2 children)

"Fuck you, got mine."

  • those guys
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[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 44 points 3 days ago

people say he changed for the worse after his stroke, but it seems like he was always a bad politician and a teensy beensy bit of a freak who chased a black jogger with a shotgun.

so i feel its less that he turned bad and more like he got worse

[–] keyhoh@piefed.social 90 points 4 days ago (2 children)

ICE is a bunch of cowards. If they were really removing violent and scary undocumented immigrants who break the law and don't pay taxes, you'd hear about more shootouts with ICE. Instead, it's farmers and young families who are working, or their kids. It's such a pity such these cowards got such a huge funding bump.

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[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Abolish fetterman, he's a lunatic and pathological liar. He only won his seat cause he ran a fake campaign as a Democrat then dramatically pulled a u turn on us.

Also he dresses like a slob, grow up fAtterman

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I don't think he ran a fake campaign, I think he had a stroke and it changed his personality. We don't realize how much our brains create who we are.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago

Yeah his wife divorced him I think cause he changed so much

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[–] NotBillMurray@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

Also he was running against fucking Dr. Oz

[–] AnIntenseMoist@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm 100% with ya until the dressing part. I don't care how people dress as long as they get the job done (see Zelensky). Now, he is a fuckwad for running on one platform and flipping to the other, but that's unrelated to his dress code. I remember thinking he was a good one for not giving a shit about appearances and only about making people's lives better.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Zelensky's outfit is very deliberate. Before the war he was clean shaven and wearing full suits like any other national leader. His beard is short, but groomed, and he typically wears fatigues or hoodies. In either outfit, his clothes are in excellent condition. It's a good balance between looking professional and showing his people that he's right there with them.

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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Fetterman is what Blue No Matter Who brought us.

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 40 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Pretty sure its his cognitive decline secondary to his stroke.

Your brain stops working and you become republican.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

It’s interesting that having a stroke decreases your empathy, and as a result you become r.

[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He run against a person that calls itself doctor Oz. Do you think that ghoul would be better in any way whatsoever?

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Fetterman votes with every Republican bill. What would be the difference except showing Democrats that these candidates are not deserving of winning?

[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (3 children)

So we should have let the Republican win?

How the fuck are we still this stupid?

It's the same dumb ass "Democrats aren't doing enough for Palestine, so I'm not voting for them" bullshit even after we've seen time and time again how that works out.

Take a look around at your actual options. Those are the choices. Not some mythical candid in your head. They have to be on the actual fucking ballot and not just in your dreams.

Also, Fuck Fetterman. He's a selfish, backstabbing piece of shit. This isn't about defending him. It was still the least shitty choice. That's where we are.

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[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 days ago

He forgor 💀

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[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 40 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You know someone's no longer talking in good faith when they use words like "inappropriate and outrageous" to describe the suggestion of abolishing a department that didn't exist 25 years ago. This is someone consciously and openly attempting to shift the Overton Window so that they don't keep getting called on to defend the indefensible.

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[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I thought if you married someone they get a green card?

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 17 points 2 days ago

At this point, I don't think having a green card matters anymore.

[–] beveradb@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It takes years even if you're legal. If you've committed any kind of crime, including working or being here illegally without a visa, you'll get denied

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[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sometimes the process takes years. Sometimes decades.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Took my ex something like 5 years and it was a pain in the aaaasssss.

[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

That's one path to it, but it's not nearly that simple.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It says the wife "WAS" undocumented. I don't care enough to look up what happened there.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 47 points 3 days ago

She spent 15 years here illegally after overstaying a visa. As a side note, 40% of people here illegally overstayed visas and did not cross a border by illegal means.

https://www.bloomberglinea.com/english/gisele-fetterman-spotlights-her-history-as-undocumented-migrant/

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 39 points 4 days ago

Jesus, John -- quit being a senator and just go record podcasts in your truck for a living.

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