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[–] themeatbridge 41 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Rapes women.

Pardons terrorists.

Supports Nazis.

Steals from everyone.

Demonizes minorities.

Destroys our future.

[–] DarkFuture 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

God that is so depressingly close to Hitler.

I'm just not sure if Hitler raped anyone.

[–] irreticent 10 points 2 months ago

"POTUS: Worse then Hitler" is going to be the title of his documentary.

[–] themeatbridge 4 points 2 months ago

I mean, Trump hasn't attempted his own genocide yet. It would be nice to stop him before that point.

[–] HappycamperNZ 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At least Hitler was a loyal partner....

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 1 points 2 months ago

Stalin would disagree. Actually, 27 million Soviets probably would feel even more strongly about it than Stalin.

There's a consistent pattern with all these "might makes right, I am the unquestioned, I am the truth and the law" guys, and it pretty much never leads to long-term reproductive fitness for the people who are close to them.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Fuck off. Trump didn't betray anyone, you betrayed yourself and everyone else by supporting him. Trump isn't really capable of a betrayal. He stands for nothing but himself, and has made it publicly clear that he will attack anyone he considers a threat to himself, and will support anyone that he considers a friend.

Trump is a beast operating solely off his amygdala. Betrayal is only capable by beings capable of rational thought.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. It's a betrayal of anyone who thought of themselves needing to be loyal to him, or even loyal to the system as a whole, instead of to the human principles behind it. In a perfect world that wouldn't be too many people still at this point.

I don't want to be especially hard on anyone who is just now figuring out that he is in every sense the enemy though, whatever his position or level of support with people. Even if it's way late for them to come to that determination and share it, I'll take it.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 months ago

Honestly, I cannot give them that same kindness. Trump showed his colors in 2016-2020. To still support him in 2020 and 2024, only to finally now come to this realization?

It's way too late, the man has been an out and proud fascist for way too long. If anyone is still surprised, I'd want to study their brain activity. I'd be impressed if they still had any.

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 months ago

Class traitors mad about being betrayed

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 7 points 2 months ago

Get used to it Mr/Mrs police! You're just a tool to them. A propaganda prop, and a literal tool of oppression. Nothing you think matters to them.

[–] DarkFuture 6 points 2 months ago

An anti-democratic felon rapist just released well over 1,000 terrorists back into our society.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 2 months ago

They're a betrayal to the whole fucking country.

[–] AlDente@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Are we supposed to care what the cops think now? Is ACAB no longer a thing?

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why would you throw away allies, when they fought for you, and got fucked up for it?

Yes, I know they're cops. When did you get in deadly-force fights with Trump supporters to try to physically stop them from smashing up the country? They did. They're some of the only people in this whole system of equations who I feel like showed the proper level of urgency and courage in their response.

[–] P00ptart 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also, at least 2 of them have been advocating against police violence since then.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 3 points 2 months ago

A lot of police have been advocating against police violence. I think George Floyd and BLM changed a lot of things in ways that almost nobody is aware of or gives credit for.

Look up the cop who spoke at the DNC sometime. He's pretty open about saying that his whole mentality used to be wrong, and how it's changed since he realized some of the messed up stuff that police in the US do sometimes and the harms that a certain mentality can cause, and how he's been trying to change it in his department.