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Not american, I get this Gavin person is governor of California, but what's going on here?
He is trolling Trump and his supporters by tweeting like trump. Cracker barrel is a chain that caters to more senior citizens. it has a very old school, very iconic logo that defied all trends in design for the last 50 years. They tried to change it, got a huge backlash, so they cancelled the change, Trump obviously claimed this as a personal victory, so Newsom did the same, and some people apparently can't detect trolling.
I just don't know enough about American politicians to be able to tell that it's a joke. With the stuff we see coming out of that country, it's not unreasonable to think that was a serious tweet.
Totally right. The subtlety here is that the source of the nonsense tweets this way. This particular account is mocking them by imitating. The hilarious part (at least for me and OP) is that the mockery went right over their heads.
He's made a habit of trolling rebulicans by acting like Trump.
Gavin Newsom is trolling trump by saying and typing things just like trump. In this particular one, he took credit for something he knows wasn't him. A MAGA dude thought he meant it and called Newsom stupid. Newsom is saying the MAGAS are too stupid to get it. Newsom didn't even type all caps, he's probably tired of acting like a narcissist.
His press office account does the all caps
An anti-trans wealthy right-of-center politician is duping Democrat voters into giving him attention ahead of being nominated for president.
No, he's not "trolling" Trump or MAGA, he's not "pushing back". The only thing these tweets have any impact on are Democrat voters. He's performing for them.
Having an attack dog in your corner is not a bad thing. He can draw attention away from real potential candidates for the Republican smear machine to focus on.
Yeah, no, I'd rather not have him show his stupid face at all.
this is wokescold purity testing, and it's exactly why we have Trump now. Because wokescolds prioritized some future microaggressions instead of the very real, immediate Fascist reality and decided to dumb things like "protest vote" for Warren, or just not show up.
It's not a purity testing to have actual fucking standards and not let a LITERAL FUCKING TRANSPHOBE have the limelight. Stop throwing trans people under the bus for the guise of pragmatism, you're not fooling anyone.
Oh cool, trans people are soooo much more protected now. I'm sure all the Trans people who got ejected from military, losing all their benefits feel so much more protected now. All the girls having to submit to "genital inspections" for sports probably all thank you for "having standards".
Hey, but at least you got to give it to people like Kamala and Newsome for not being pure enough for you.
Wokescold bullshit. In your effort to gatekeep the left, you let fascists take over. Good job.
I'm gonna break down your nonsense in parts because it is too absurd to even bother countering.
I "didn't let fascists take over". YOU did by alienating those you needed to win because you thought they weren't important. Unlike you, some people have a spine, and lines they won't cross. The bar for Newsom is fucking underground and he can't even go over it.
Stop manufacturing consent for Blue Trump because he makes posts you find funny.
EDIT: also, anyone who uses "wokescold" as a word is not worth listening to. Fuck off, blue MAGA.
Cool, all the trans people can thank you for your spine as we're all being rounded up by ICE.
Forest and trees and all that shit. You're hopeless. You're no one's ally but to yourself, your ego and pride.
Hey, you two seem to be having an animated discussion, but it's still a discussion. I appreciate that. This comment is getting into hating on the user territory by calling them hopeless. This is a warning.
So, let me get this straight. I call out a person playing defense for fascists by scoring into own goal, call them useless, I get a warning.... But they are literally all caps screaming, cursing, throwing unsubstantiated insults and calling me transphobic because I'm not being zealous enough.... still posting.
Make it make sense.
EDIT: LOL, their bio literally admits that they're only on Lemmy because they got banned multiple times from Reddit for being violent... and here they are, on Lemmy, screaming, cursing, losing their shit... learning nothing.... not banned.
This is tough on me. I'm not trans so I don't understand all the nuances. Plus, I agree with you, so I'm hesitant because I might be biased. They reported you awhile ago. I really thought you two were making good points and discussing. I might just lock the thread.
Again, I agree with you. I don't think they're trolling, I think they're angry and don't want to be wrong. I've fought with them myself and was on your side.
Don't blame trans people for YOU abandoning them for the sake of pragmatism. GAVIN decided to abandon trans people. The fact you're playing cover for him makes you transphobic. He's not the candidate yet. This isn't about ego and pride, this is about ELECTING SOMEONE WHO ISN'T A FUCKING BIGOT. THAT'S THE BAR. IT IS LITERALLY UNDERGROUND.
I'm gong to give you a warning. I think you're fighting with another trans person, please don't call them transphobic. You both have been making great points, don't let anger take over your discussion. This is a warning.
And you are free to continue wishing for dumb things that won't happen.
I don't like this liberal attitude that we need to not have standards and tolerate transphobia and hostility against the homeless to be able to beat Trump at some point. You either cross the finish line with everyone or you don't do it at all.
Not american either, I think we others can care about US politics when it's affecting the rest of the world, but we really dont have to understand or care about every shopping mall chain's logo, even if their politicians fight about it. So please, go ahead while we're waiting for results regarding Ukraine, Gaza, tariffs and that elite pedophile ring of yours.