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[–] finitebanjo@piefed.world 104 points 3 weeks ago (37 children)

Trump was the first one to try to repeal the 14th amendment, the one Lincoln was famous for signing off on, so that Trump can try to take away the rights of, imprison, and remove anybody he wants at any time without a real warrant.

Don't try to normalize this shit.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 46 points 3 weeks ago (25 children)

As opposed to say Andrew Jackson who did that to Native Americans? What about Operation Wetback?

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[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Even if we allow for the concept that most presidents will inevitably commit some evils, and therefore do not simply label them all devils, we would still (at a pretty generous minimum) have to label around 1/3 of them as devils. Obviously Trump is bad and should be vigorously resisted, but it is not as though this country has never had leaders this reckless, this callous to human suffering, or this bigoted before. Future generations will find Trump noteworthy to be sure, but probably not singularly so.

[–] phdeeznuts@mander.xyz 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

it is not as though this country has never had leaders this reckless, this callous to human suffering, or this bigoted before

Thomas Jefferson trafficked a child to France, started a relationship with the 14 year old slave of his, raped her and had 5 children, and enslaved the children.

Edit: To the 4 liberals downvoting, go on defend Thomas Jefferson's action here you cowards.

[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Yeah... and I don't even think he's our worst-ever President! It's quite the shitshow, really.

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[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Did they just kind of forget about Joe Biden?

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The tweet is from Jan. 16, 2017. I have no idea why a nearly 10-year-old tweet is being reposted

[–] phdeeznuts@mander.xyz 16 points 3 weeks ago

So add: 👴👹

Damn you're right those 10 years really changed this meme.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Because it's hard goddamn facts and these comments on Lemmy prove it

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[–] jonsnothere@beehaw.org 10 points 3 weeks ago

It's a tweet from 2017

[–] slykethephoxenix@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] petersr@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Joseph Biden was a semi-successful used-car sales man from Delaware.

[–] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] orioler25@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

OP like the original tweet or OP like the poster to posted this post?

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[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

To be fair, while yes, we've had a number of similarly bad presidents before (I'd personally argue that Jackson might have been actually worse even, but it's hard to compare given how different the world is from his day), the point of a lot of stuff like this is to try to motivate people to act against the current one. Including more nuance to something like this makes it less emotionally impactful, and unlike those previous presidents, who can't be pressured or resisted unless one has a time machine, Trump is in office today.

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 10 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Replace the devil emoji with a clown emoji and it works better.

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