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by sokoloff 336 days ago
It turns out when the other party runs on “we’re smarter and have better ideas than you and 25% of you are deplorable”, that people tend to increase their support for their current party rather than deciding “you know what? They’re right; we should switch to follow those coastal elites…”
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Herring 335 days ago
I’ve been all around the world. Only in America do people insist on doing evil things and still want to be praised for it.

It’s the stupid brand of evil too, like killing millions AND pissing away trillions of dollars in useless Middle East wars (god forbid you say anything against American foreign policy). Or ICE destroying lives AND hurting your own economy. It’s not like republican states are the richest! But the poorer they get the angrier and more dug-in they get.

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myvoiceismypass 335 days ago
> “we’re smarter and have better ideas than you and 25% of you are deplorable”

Hypocrisy - Trump and the GOP regularly call _half_ the country a whole fucking barrage of terms (pedophiles, rapists, marxist socialist communist fascists, evil, ungodly, sick, etc) on a regular fucking basis. Gaslight. Obstruct. Project.

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sokoloff 335 days ago
And for the exact same reasons, that is just as ineffective at convincing new people to join their ranks, but rather cements support for the DNC for existing DNC members.
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Herring 335 days ago
If you have to be persuaded not to do evil shit, well democrats (and independents) increasingly don’t even want you.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/692150/american-pride-slips-new...

One fine day, liberals will wake up and decide they have had enough. Whatever the cost. Conservatives will be so surprised - look how high their pride is.

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