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[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't he in the US right now?

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago
[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 18 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 44 minutes ago)

With the whole Glastonbury kerfuffle I've come to know more about this band called Bob Vylan. They have this lovely song, and it goes ike this:

I heard you want your country back
Shut the fuck up
I heard you want your country back
Uh-uh, you can't have that
The only place I know
Stolen right under my nose
By ignorant scum
Tryna lay claim to a land that ain't theirs anyway
Wait - what did you say?
I heard you want your country back
Ha! Shut the fuck up
I heard you want your country back
Uh-uh, you can't have that
I heard you want your country back
Ha! Shut the fuck up
I heard you want your country back
Well shit, me too
[–] Bieren@lemmy.world 14 points 6 hours ago

lol. Go back. The US has been a 3rd world country with iPhones for a long time.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

I had a hotdog and fries for dinner last night. I ate watermelon and a butter tart for dessert. I ate everything with my hands. These magazi hystreonics are disgusting.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 22 points 8 hours ago

Yeah if he doesn’t win the election after these attacks then the US has passed the point of no return. If even New Yorkers are too stupid to fall for this smear campaign then the US can’t be saved.

[–] ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 13 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

But he’s already in a third world country.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I asked my doctor if I should boost my vaccinations because I was traveling for work. He asked if I was traveling to third world countries and I told him, "Yes, the US." He boosted all of my vaccinations.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 49 minutes ago

He's South African. He did laugh then ordered a bunch of vaccines.

[–] Transtronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 hours ago

"He's already pulled over! He can't pull over any further!"

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 62 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (3 children)
[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 52 minutes ago

so they raised a hog on a cattle ranch

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

This guy's wife had to declare that she doesn't eat with her hands because her husband is so racist.

[–] Allemaniac@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

what a vile excuse of a human being. I hope she is devorcing this racist cunt

[–] syreus@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

There is nothing wrong with living in a rural area or being a blue collar worker. The last sentence there is unnecessary.

As someone who has been in both those demographics, this guy doesn't represent me or the hardworking albeit sometimes simple people I grew up around.

Please don't use those words as a cudgel. It drives those undereducated and uninvolved people to identify more with this asshole than the progressives that have more in common with them beneath the surface.

[–] Sillyglow@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

So you’re not even acknowledging the full fledged racism that is the topic in this little whataboutism speech you put together there?

Nothing about the racism. Not one word to nod to the overarching story here.

So which part of you missed that? The rural part?

US is currently burning wheat farms cuz the world has shifted off of cheap wheat for something more stable.

And the world knows which ones are the red states and are boycotting.

So You have two choices: take it personally or acknowledge a consequence of ignoring racism and self interest replacing it with apathy and revenge. Just know this: Neither will make a difference in the long run. You’re still headed to the same destination. So even now with at this point you’re begging to ignore it. Noted.

You’re just echoing the overall problem here by not even acknowledging the topic.

It drives those undereducated and uninvolved people to identify more with this asshole

Don’t even pretend you were ever an ally.

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

When Trump fucks up do you call him a fatty?

When a black judge says women belong in the kitchen do you say "go back to the plantation!"

A woman supports Trump. "Shut up cumdumpster, go make me sandwich if you want to be trad"

That guy brought up something said HERE ON THIS WEBSITE. Someone HERE threw out redneck for living in the sticks. You're fucking dumb if you think people need to write an essay on what they think of a topic before they can point out issues in discourse.

See that? I don't need to prove anything to call you out. I don't need to call out racism to call out dumb posts.

Before you reply, make sure to write an essay about why it's ok to insult unrelated groups of people in order to hurt an individual. At least follow your own weird rules.

[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

So your plan to have him removed from power is what?

Genuine question since you don't seem to want to win elections.

Obviously he's a cunt, so winning against him should be a cakewalk then.

[–] Sillyglow@lemmy.ca -2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

“Go back to the third world”

“Go back to your recheck farm”

so only then it got offensive for you.

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Only one of those things was said here on this site, in this thread, by a lemming that we can directly criticize.

Shouldn't the space we occupy and the people we are immediately surrounded with be put above performative anger at external topics?

The politician said terrible things. Posting about it only goes so far.

A lemming said bad things. We can affect that.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 13 hours ago

Smells like fear

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 29 points 15 hours ago

Gill married Danielle D'Souza, the daughter of conservative political commentator Dinesh D'Souza, in 2017. They have two children and live in Flower Mound, Texas.

So Gill's father and wife are okay but a foreigner with differing political opinions is crossing the line?

Who? Man nobody has heard of desperate for warmth of spotlight.

Didnt they have the same reaction when somebody ate a cheese steak with a knife and fork? The things they fixate on...

Maybe if we keep squawking about a bunch of dumb shit, nobody will notice how many rural Americans are about to be fucked 6 ways from Sunday by this big beautiful bill. Then we can spin it as this guy eating with his hands made you lose your healthcare.

[–] ShittDickk@lemmy.world 13 points 14 hours ago

Go back to the third world where you'll have healthcare, and food is cheap, and many services are provided by the government. Go back to where medicine can be bought without 4 doctors turning their medi-square tip screen around, where self made men can become something without the financial backing of a sexual terrorist. Go back to a land of opportunity, of potential, of downtrodden poor people in need of a voice. Go back and help them rise to the top.

We're trying to become the world's last 3rd world country here.

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