607
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 138 points 4 days ago

Dems unmistakeably snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, but it beggars belief that all the indictments and treason didn't undermine Trump's popularity any. The right-wing media machine must be one of the most effective brainwashing apparatuses ever to exist.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 52 points 4 days ago

He raised a ton of money immediately following the convictions, which he then use to buy world series ads. The convictions without sentencing helped him. That judge knew exactly what she was doing when she delayed sentencing. Welp, it's after the election, so is she going to sentence him? Didn't think so.

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 20 points 4 days ago

They didn't vote "for him" so he didn't matter, they voted instead against trans athletes and forced child trans surgeries and whatever other manufactured conspiracy theories were peddled confidently.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

It’s more about the puberty blockers than surgery. That’s the focus from my media sources.

Are they doing surgeries on kids too?

[-] PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

I have read more than a few stories of teenage girls getting perfectly healthy breasts removed due to "gender identity". It's not widespread like it's happening every day, but it happens.

The surgery stuff is overblown, but men playing in women's sports is becoming more common, and whether leftists want to admit it or not, it matters to people, especially parents, for obvious reasons.

Until they stop supporting it, if nothing else, they'll forever give conservatives a legit talking point.

[-] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

In his words, puberty blockers and other drugs that were not approved by the FDA for their specific use.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/comments/1gnilrf/trump_talks_about_wanting_to_implement_various/

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 0 points 3 days ago

Oh you know how it is - they throw just a ton of stuff out there in order to see what will stick. Yeah puberty blockers are among them - and ngl that is kinda messed up if a doctor is trying to push something that dangerous onto a child (established trans communities in the EU even agree on that point - yikes, how bad does something have to be when even the conservatives manage to piece together a half-assed understanding that something is dangerous!?).

But there's so much more - trans athletes being in the same bathroom and how unfair it is that e.g. a testosterone-having person can compete on identical grounds as one lacking that. That one too is a hot topic of contention even outside of conservative circles as well.

The surgery issue was more like "gender-affirming care offered at a school", and iirc it was mostly a purely hypothetical, b/c since when is America known for offering HEALTHCARE, amiright!? Also, I said "forced", but the real thing was that the child wanted it, while the parents did not, hence you know, "forced", b/c the parents (who own the child, fully legally) did not desire it.

The real truths, like abortion, and the economy, and literally all other facts, kinda get buried when we begin to discuss how factual matters can best be "used" for political gains.

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

They have perfected targeted misinformation. you should see how many fake accounts there are even in local Facebook groups. It's crazy.

[-] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Isn’t it already known that the trump fans are zealots for him. The fact that people are shocked that they’ll turn out for him regardless of what he does surprises me. He practically said this in 2016 with his I could shoot somebody quote and he’s been proven right. The only way you beat trump is by having people turn out to vote against him and to do that you need to run an inspiring campaign.

this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2024
607 points (92.0% liked)

Data is Beautiful

4528 readers
33 users here now

A place to share and discuss visual representations of data: Graphs, charts, maps, etc.

DataIsBeautiful is for visualizations that effectively convey information. Aesthetics are an important part of information visualization, but pretty pictures are not the sole aim of this subreddit.

A place to share and discuss visual representations of data: Graphs, charts, maps, etc.

  A post must be (or contain) a qualifying data visualization.

  Directly link to the original source article of the visualization
    Original source article doesn't mean the original source image. Link to the full page of the source article as a link-type submission.
    If you made the visualization yourself, tag it as [OC]

  [OC] posts must state the data source(s) and tool(s) used in the first top-level comment on their submission.

  DO NOT claim "[OC]" for diagrams that are not yours.

  All diagrams must have at least one computer generated element.

  No reposts of popular posts within 1 month.

  Post titles must describe the data plainly without using sensationalized headlines. Clickbait posts will be removed.

  Posts involving American Politics, or contentious topics in American media, are permissible only on Thursdays (ET).

  Posts involving Personal Data are permissible only on Mondays (ET).

Please read through our FAQ if you are new to posting on DataIsBeautiful. Commenting Rules

Don't be intentionally rude, ever.

Comments should be constructive and related to the visual presented. Special attention is given to root-level comments.

Short comments and low effort replies are automatically removed.

Hate Speech and dogwhistling are not tolerated and will result in an immediate ban.

Personal attacks and rabble-rousing will be removed.

Moderators reserve discretion when issuing bans for inappropriate comments. Bans are also subject to you forfeiting all of your comments in this community.

Originally r/DataisBeautiful

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS