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[-] Aidinthel@reddthat.com 30 points 1 year ago

I feel like a lot of this is because non-crazy people find it harder and harder to justify identifying as a Republican.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 year ago

There's zero justification now. Oh, it's because you're a fiscal conservative? Okay, show me where that's a Republican policy. Oh, it's because you're a blue collar worker? Okay show me even a single policy that has helped you. Oh, it's because you're a veteran? Okay, why would you support a party that nuked your benefits? Oh, it's because you're a Christian? Then why would you support a candidate who embodies every single deadly sin packed into one blubbery package? The GOP isn't even a shallow shell of its previous ideals, it's just a wacky-ass death cult.

[-] MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

What a wild ass time to be alive in America. I'm sure our whole experiment will end well! If only everyone could just be relatively chill and not feed on drama 24 7 like it's oxygen.

[-] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Wild that Republicans are becoming more in favor of gun control. Probably because they're seeing more people on the left--especially non-white, and non-straight people--getting strapped since both Republicans and Dems have utterly failed to address the causes of violence. (Hint: the tools of violence don't cause violence.)

[-] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The change doesn't really seem that great and there are years missing.

Also "Gun laws should be stricter" is too vague for the range of policies involved. When a gun control advocate says that they might mean bans. Someone else might be talking about opening up the NICS or want to improve the background checks somehow. There are also a lot of people who don't actually know the existing laws and want "stricter laws" we already have.

[-] K1nsey6@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

And the duopoly prefers it that way. If we are fighting each other we can't collectively fight them, the cause of all our issues

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

"I don't see a difference between the Fascist party and the Liberal party"

[-] K1nsey6@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

Look at you talking like there's a difference. Enablers of fascism are just as guilty as the perpetrators

[-] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

This guy gets it

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