Re:Half of Americans now believe that news organizations del...
by somewhat_drunk on Thursday February 16, 2023 @01:29PM
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Agreed, I did the same. I decided a couple years into his presidency that I'm fundamentally morally incompatible with people who could support such an abhorrent asshole. Not to mention their incredible propensity for confirmation bias, which is frankly reason enough on its own to remove them from my life. I lost a few acquaintances and one friend during the latter Trump years; I regret nothing, and would happily do so again.
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Re:Half of Americans now believe that news organizations del...
by ss108 on Friday February 17, 2023 @10:55AM
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It is good to see someone else doesn't believe that we should start moving moral goalposts just because society starts sliding into depravity.
What would all these people objecting to this do if they were in a time and place where some real shit was going down? Lynchings, genocides, etc? I guess they'd stand by and be ok with it and rationalize those things.
Re:Half of Americans now believe that news organizations del...
by ifyoubuildit on Friday February 17, 2023 @12:34PM
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That was my point in another part of this thread though: we are in a time and place where real shit is and has been going on.
Just look at some of the numbers for casualties in the middle east as a result of US adventures over there. And most of us are standing by and funding it.
Trump is distasteful. But castigating people who feel like he has something to offer them where nobody else does isn't doing anything to improve things, it's just further galvanizing them.