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[–] Grizzlyboy@lemm.ee 2 points 8 minutes ago

I'm not american, nor do I have any intention of going there. But these people are so stupid I can't even comprehend it.

The people who regret voting for Trump can all form a conga line, and conga that line into the grand canyon. I have no empathy for them. They voted for a rapist, misogynist, quite possibly a pedo with his ties to Epstein, nepo-baby, demented sack of shit, who said he'd do all he has done. Society and the world would have been better if Thanos had snapped them.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 1 points 56 minutes ago (1 children)

I don't understand those reaction videos. Could be because I'm autistic. Can someone explain their appeal?

[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 1 points 20 minutes ago* (last edited 19 minutes ago)
[–] madjo 13 points 3 hours ago

I hope that these people learn from their mistakes and start to listen to reason. But I'm not holding my breath.

I remember the rhetoric from the MAGA crowd against anyone who wasn't MAGA. The F Your Feelings sentiment from MAGA. These MAGA people who now regret their trump vote better start apologizing to the people around them whom they've hurt in the process.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This video needs to be intercut with the people stumping for Trump and showing how rabid they were prior to having #MAGARegret

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Nah, this isn't the time to ridicule them. They're realizing they've made a mistake. This is a crucial opportunity to say "Yes you did, and that's okay. Let's fix this together"

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 hour ago

Nah, fuck them. They voted for Trump even after all these years of him being a bigoted asshole. Anybody who did that after the "grab them by the pussy" tape revelation knew. They knew perfectly well what they were in for, they did just not expect to be on the receiving end of that bigotry themselves.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The issue is that it might actually be too late to fix it. Trump promised that the November '24 election would be the last time people needed to vote...

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

I'm not dead yet, which means there is still more I can do to affect this situation. This is not the time to forfeit.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 26 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The fuck your feelings people can get their feelings fucked. Get away with those crocodile tears.

[–] lemon@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

On an emotional level agree completely. But anyone who can admit they made a mistake, deserves a bridge back, even if the mistake was something they received ample warning about and even though their motivation for making the mistake stemmed from the worst of human nature… and even though their reason for regretting the mistake is because it’s now affecting them personally—

Okay, really need to force myself to believe these people deserve their bridge back

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

They might not deserve it, but so much can be gained by being more gentle than people deserve. The people who mistreated MLK didn't deserve his kindness, but he gave it anyway and that played a huge part in how influential he was

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

As painful as it is, this is both what the high road actually looks like, and how we win, longer term. We need to bleed off those we can from the echo chamber of insanity. The more 'moderates' we can strip off, the more obvious that insanity becomes.

Mockery feels good, but it drives them back into their group. Kindness and understanding gives us the cracks we need to start deconverting them.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 51 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Sure, the people missing faces are upset but what you need to understand is the people that still have faces don't care.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 27 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

And a lot of faceless people are also making excuses about how they never wanted to have faces in the first place, and it's good that they're gone.

Like the guy whose daughter died of measels. He said it was God's will. God created measles. God allowed the disease to take his daughter's life.

I knew that there would be people like this, but it's still hard to grasp.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

When a child dies because of them, I wouldn't think a parent is ready for deep introspection and admitting the terrible mistake. Mental gymnastics are to be expected, it's the mind's self defence. Perhaps after some years...

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

And the rest of the faceless people are fine with that if it means that the lives of others who they don't like are ruined. They gain satisfaction of if the misery of others, even if it causes them misery too. It's toxic mental illness at its worst.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Its written across many books in the Bible to not test God, he will not protect you from your own stupidity.

[–] snuggledick@lemm.ee 3 points 5 hours ago

So, RFK is literally Jesus for preaching God's will that kids must die from measles? 🤔

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 25 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It never means anything until it effects them personally. Their family, their friends. Until then it's nothing.

We really are dealing with people who do not have empathy.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 5 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Oh, it's not even that, they do possess empathy. You're just not a person to them more of a faceless blob at best and a insect at the other end.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 30 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

At risk of pointing out the obvious, but his approval ratings are still high. Individual stories and tragedies amount to little. It can be difficult to stay grounded when hopeful stories like these proliferate. It will be a long four years.

[–] 4oreman@lemy.lol 3 points 4 hours ago

yeah this is a liberal fantasy

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Approval ratings don't matter right now. Trump & Co. don't care. The social-media-braindamaged crowd cannot think further back than a few months anyhow.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Net -4 approval isn’t what I’d call high

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

Net -4 approval isn’t what I’d call high

Objectively, no. Considering the circumstances, on the other hand...

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 22 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It's significantly higher than should be expected given his "accomplishments" thus far

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 12 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I’m genuinely amazed it’s not closer to single digits after this shit show in such a short amount of time

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 7 hours ago

Just as before the election, they're not paying attention after the election. Just going about their day oblivious to the destruction around them.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 hours ago

It’s exceedingly high, and I’m chronically disappointed by that fact.