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[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 187 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Hates "communists" like Stalin

Wants dictator, Stalinesque photo.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 82 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Hates ISIS, wants ‘christian’ ISIS at home

[–] peto@lemm.ee 46 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Their problem with daesh isn't their politics or methods, just that they aren't Christian.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oh that’s so not true. Vast majority of Arabs, especially in Syria, Iraq, Iran, and that region in general identify themselves as Caucasians/white

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They can classify themselves whatever they want but trump people certainly won’t

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[–] teft@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Anyone who's been to the region can attest to this. While I was in iraq and kuwait most people I saw would be considered "white". The only exceptions are people who work outside under the sun because tans exist.

Here is a picture of Shayma Qasim an iraqi beauty queen. I'm dutch/irish/italian and I'm darker than her and considered white.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

C'mon back in the day even the Irish weren't considered white and they are some of the palest mf around.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Evidence #35910 in the case of race is a social construct.

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[–] Catma@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The most telling part of all of it was from Trump's first term where they interviewed some one who was upset with Trump and the response was "he isnt hurting the people he is suppose to"

They dont care because they will believe they are the good ones until they are against the wall

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[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This, but also:

Frequently claims to 'not watch the news' and/or 'is not interested in politics'

Almost exclusively acts in ways that are motivated by desire for attention, moreso than any kind of logical basis

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[–] Signtist@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

They hate what they've been told to hate, and love what they've been told to love. Any similarities or differences between the two are irrelevant to them - they don't even think to look. These aren't people exploring their options and picking what looks best to them, they're just doing what they're told, and thinking they're smarter for it.

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[–] TheEntity@lemmy.world 102 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Is this what the Nazi Germany looked like in the 1930s?

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 104 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’ve come to realize that my parents would be Nazi supporters in 1930s Germany

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 55 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I probably will. They know I think it after many discussions but I haven’t said it. They are so dug in they won’t change or actually hear me. I’ve publicly called out their covid is a democrat conspiracy Facebook posts and unfriended (before leaving Facebook myself). I have told them to remember that I warned them 12 years ago that they are going down a path that’s on the wrong side of history

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 31 points 2 months ago

I get it, I've cut contact with my mother quite a few years ago. She always was into wild conspiracy shit and there's a history of mental issues but I did not realize fully how antisemitic it all was until the refugee crisis started and far right disinfo was absolutely everywhere. Here in Germany you basically cannot go into any comment section of a video or news article of certain topics, without it being completely brigaded by far right trolls pushing their narratives. Needless to say that she got worse and worse since then and eventually I noticed how much it affected me and my own mental health to experience this, so I had to look after myself and basically cut her loose, since I struggled with my own issues already. I can't take care of her and somewhat "ground" her in reality when it takes such a heavy toll on myself, while she still continues to go down that route. It's sad, but ultimately you can't help those who do not really want the help.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

"Loyalist" would probably hurt more. Especially once you remind them that the loyalists were fighting against the patriots, thereby excluding them from being patriotic Americans.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, the Nazis were better dressed

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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 75 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Remember fellas

Never put your dick in crazy

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 56 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Especially with abortions being illegal.

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't put my dick in anything that could potentially conceive ever again. I don't want kids. My genes suck, I'm poor, the world is going to shit and there's no 100% guaranteed birth control method. Why would I even take that risk at that point?

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (12 children)

Just get a vasectomy and go have fun

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Modern problems require modern solutions™

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[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 73 points 2 months ago
[–] AtomicTacoSauce@lemmy.world 65 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They’re all so stupid, it hurts.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

That is the problem. For the first time in human history these stupid people have a medium where their caterwauling can drown out sane reasoning.

[–] ashok36@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's easier to gun down people when you don't have the mental facilities to think twice about it. There's a reason morons and idiots always end up infesting authoritarian regimes.

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[–] BobTheDestroyer@lemm.ee 55 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think a lot of this is just provocation. "I'm gonna put this on a T-shirt to own the libs." I doubt they are even thinking about what it means.

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

*"I doubt they think about what it means"

Bruh, these two don't think much at all ever. They just want to be told what to do

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[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

That they are not thinking is the problem.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 53 points 2 months ago

"Surely the leopard won't eat our faces," thought the women. "We're white and Christian after all." But what they never knew was that their Messiah didn't care.

[–] schwim@lemm.ee 39 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Sadly, the cult followers aren't intelligent enough to know what they're promoting. You could put his face on any slogan and they'd wear it, stick it on their truck or hang it from their house.

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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

someone photoshop "grab'em by the pussy" on those shirts

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They probably have that shirt

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[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago

Fascists are so ugly and stupid. Ew. A rock is smarter. My goldfish from middle school was smarter.

If only they knew how much Trump doesn't care about them. I mean, even if someone told them, they wouldn't understand the words.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 months ago

Sometimes I just feel like America is getting exactly what it deserves.

[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why are they so god damn stupid? I mean it, these people are the stupidest, dumbest, most idiotic morons I've ever had the displeasure of coexisting with. Jesus Christ...

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago

Well, your last 2 words nail down the crux of the problem.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Democracy is increasingly unpopular because the people who broke it say it can’t possibly work

And unfortunately a lot of weirdo losers believed those freaks

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[–] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Wait They actually want that?!?!

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Republicans really do not give a shit about democracy. They're absolutely fine with the idea of a dictatorship, as long as they think it'll benefit them and hurt the people they hate.

When you start to understand this, a lot of what they do makes sense. It's why they were fine with McConnell refusing to confirm a supreme court nominee in the last year of Obama's presidency but cheerfully confirming one in the last year of Trump's term. They know its hypocritical, and they applaud it. To them, this is what "Winning" means; it's about getting their way. That's all that matters.

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If they give up democracy it won't matter what they give a shit about.

[–] nomous@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They think they'll be the "standard" and their way of life won't be impacted.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Considering how often I have heard, "why can't the president just [thing that is not within presidential powers]?!" in my life, I think a lot of people believe presidents already are dictators.

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[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Lol, I get it now, THEY'RE the commies!

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