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Leopards Ate My Face

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Because you now did it to yourself.

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[–] dellish@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

You dumb, dumb motherfuckers.

Regards, the rest of the world.

[–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They'd be upset if they could read.

[–] cdf12345@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Most of us can, and are also stunned by the dunbass other half of the population

[–] Tagger@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

*Slightly less than half ~~most~~ of us can, and are stunned by the dumbass other half of the population FTFY

[–] Wrench@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Roughly 1/3 of the voting age population.

About 1/3rd of the voting age population do not vote.

We're outnumbered 2:1

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 2 years ago

Your math assumes 100% of the population votes.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Ha ha ha, indeed.

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[–] Thrillhouse@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience, or ignorance, or greed.

That word is “Nazi.” Nobody cares about their motives any more.

They joined what they joined. They lent their support and their moral approval. And, in so doing, they bound themselves to everything that came after. Who cares any more what particular knot they used in the binding?”

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

History furnishes us with innumerable instances that prove this law. It shows, with a startling clarity, that whenever Aryans have mingled their blood with that of an inferior race the result has been the downfall of the people who were the standard-bearers of a higher culture. In North America, where the population is prevalently Teutonic, and where those elements intermingled with the inferior race only to a very small degree, we have a quality of mankind and a civilization which are different from those of Central and South America. In these latter countries the immigrants–who mainly belonged to the Latin races–mated with the aborigines, sometimes to a very large extent indeed. In this case we have a clear and decisive example of the effect produced by the mixture of races. But in North America the Teutonic element, which has kept its racial stock pure and did not mix it with any other racial stock, has come to dominate the American Continent and will remain master of it as long as that element does not fall a victim to the habit of adulterating its blood.

https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200601.txt - Main Kampf

The confederate states and their Jim Crow policies inspired Hitler. and black GIs came home from liberating Europe to be lynched for being "uppity".

[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Is "Main Kampf" the Frankfurt version of "Mein Kampf"?

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Are you kidding? Watching it happen in real time, it makes less sense than it ever did.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I lived in the shithole parts of the country, it made perfect sense.

Many 'Americans' would eat shit if they knew the smell would piss people off.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

See but that's just not making sense up close.

And it's official now.

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

Well the entire multiplatform astroturfing campaign from people who call themselves leftists worked! Democrats stayed home instead of voting.

Now Palestine will be completely flattened with 0 resistance at all, and redoubled support and bombs for Israel! Way to go! You really showed your support for Palestine by helping this happen!

They will probably come back saying "it wasn't our fault, we just pointed out the truth" while they shouted that a vote for Harris was a vote for genocide [so don't vote for harris] from every platform that they used.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Most of the leftists I know voted for Kamala.

And I love how Democrats' first move after losing is to blame said leftists. We were the only ones calling out the bad moves of Kamala's campaign from the beginning and warning what might happen if she didn't adopt a Walz ticket (or mostly a Walz ticket).

Democrats did this to themselves. It's the reason why they kept supporting a corpse of a candidate with Joe Biden for so long until the first presidential debate, and it's also the reason why Hillary was picked over Bernie in 2016 at the DNC.

Leftists weren't the issue. Democrats' own willingness to ignore what was happening right in front of them was the issue.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We were the only ones calling out the bad moves of Kamala’s campaign from the beginning

What would have happened if you hadn't done that? What would have happened if the average dumbass center left capitalis liberal had heard nothing but praise for Kamala from the left?

She would have won. You had a choice. But you decided to tell the truth even when it cost trans people their lives.

Would you have told the truth to the Gestapo asking if there are Jews in your basement?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well the entire multiplatform astroturfing campaign from people who call themselves leftists worked! Democrats stayed home instead of voting.

Yup. I spent the last month or so tagging them, and I have not seen a single one today.

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Look around. Technocrit is already trying to ragebait, TheOubliette was gloating in another thread, and a bunch of other .ml shitheads are showing up to this thread now. Fucking disgusting, deplorable individuals.

[–] hernanca@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Honest question: Why blame the voters? Why not blame Harris for refusing to do the obviously correct, ethical even moral thing regarding Gaza?

The democrats are so impossibly spineless that they wait for polls and focus groups for their talking points instead of standing up for their principles (if they really exist).

Dems spent the entire campaign trying to compromise with and convince right wingers acting in bad faith instead of just working towards progressive policies. They once and again let the GOP set the tone for every conversation.

The Dem's attitude towards the genocide in Gaza is just a piece of evidence that shows their way of thinking: the dog race and politicking is more important that doing the right thing.

So stop blaming the voters and take a deep look into your own values and principles because the nation being obliterated right now in the middle east and the people who stand for them even at great cost to themselves are definitely not to blame.

[–] Threeme2189@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

Honest question: Why blame the voters? Why not blame Harris for refusing to do the obviously correct, ethical even moral thing regarding Gaza?

Because it's only one issue out of many that need to be addressed (I didn't say fixed because IMHO the IDF are doing pretty good work eradicating Hamas, all things considered).

You guys need to take care of your housing, healthcare, gerrymandering, public transport, student loans, separation of religion and government and a truckload of other things that I don't think Trump has any interest in improving. And you can bet your bottom dollar that Trump won't be any "better" in regards to the situation in Gaza and the rest of the middle east.

So the voters that didn't vote Harris purely because of the Gaza issue are to blame for their short sightedness.

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[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago
[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Women: he told you he's taking your rights away and is already letting you die in hospital waiting rooms

Tradesman: he told you overtime and unions are gone

Veterans: he told you he hates you, pissed all over the sanctity of Arlington and is gutting the VA

Hispanics: he told you you and yours are getting deported and doesn't care if you're legal or not

Those on social security, Medicare, Medicaid or ACA: he told you he's cutting/gutting these

Anyone with ties to Palestine: he told you he's going to help Israel finish the job

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It doesn't matter.

Europeans know the history of fascism much, much better than Americans do and they're electing right-wing leaders too.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Which is always a very scary part. Especially over here, people should know better as they have first-hand experience (as a society at least). Seems it's too far past already or something. 😔

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

It's almost like capitalism isn't a stable way to structure human civilization or something.

[–] Fontasia@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So, place your bets! What's going to be that one announcement that suddenly makes your neighbours go all quiet?

  • Repeal of the 19th amendment
  • Mandatory military service
  • Military sent to Ukraine
  • Military sent to Gaza
  • Additional protections to police
  • The pardon of all January 6th rioters
  • The relaxation of maximum presidential terms
  • Repeal of Affordable Care Act
  • Repeal of Social Security
  • Increase in taxes of lowest and middle incomes
  • Reduction in the minimum wage
  • Shutdown of major news outlets of "reporting lies"
  • Ban of reporting "bad news"
  • New ability to farmers to hire for no wage
  • New protections to reject hiring/customers/schooling based on colour
  • Collapse of NOAA
  • Atheists targeted as terrorists
  • Democrats imprisoned for Socialist ties
  • Mysterious disappearances of democrats
  • Random deportation of American citizens for being first/second generation
  • Removal of all laws related to carbon output

Yes, some of these are fearmongering but he's made all sorts of promises and debts are due! The sky is the limit!

[–] Signtist@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

If you think any or all of these is going to finally get a Trump supporter to lose faith, then you failed to learn the lesson that 2016 should've taught you, and yesterday should've reminded you of - they will never lose faith. He could tell them to literally kill their own kids and they'd just say "Oh, like what God told Abraham! I'll get right on it, my Lord!"

[–] JonsJava@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fuck, this his hard. As a father of a gay child, and a trans child, our immediate plans are passports.

[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You forgot the big fat fucking asterisk.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
[–] leadore@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And also, never, EVER tell me again that racists and misogynists are only old people.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can tell you right now that isn't the case. Proof: be a woman and join any CoD lobby.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tell me that what isn't the case? And what's the meaning of CoD? I can't tell if you're agreeing or disagreeing.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

CoD is the common abbreviation for the first-person shooter Call of Duty, and they're definitely agreeing with you. Multiplayer lobbies for Call of Duty are notoriously toxic and bigoted.

[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is it because woman? Like holy shit, Biden was an old fuck and still won last time. Hillary didn't win. Wtf, is it really because woman!?

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Partly. The DNC forcing Harris to adopt conservative talking points / abandon the Tim Walz progressive policies was also a massive blow to her base. You can't spend 8 years comparing Republicans to Nazis and then promise to put them on your cabinet and to continue their racist border policy. The DNC forced Harris to listen to donors over voters and this is the end result

[–] Wahots@pawb.social -1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Pour one out for America and Ukraine, and the Middle East in general. And Taiwan.

Europe and Asia, you guys better get your shit together, we might be out of this one permanently. Or we might have a very long recovery time spanning decades. Such fucking bullshit.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

And Taiwan.

If there's one thing Ds and Rs agree on, it's the need to start a war with China

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Europe and Asia, you guys better get your shit together

Yes, it's now or never.

Who am I kidding, we won't do anything, of course. Everyone will huddle in his corner.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk -1 points 2 years ago

In Europe particularly the big problem will be Turkey and Italy as usual.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

Indeed. This election was won by Vladimir Putin.

[–] Turbonics@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 2 years ago

Because the candidate running against Hitler was so terrible that there was no enthousiasm left to stop Hitler?

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