• inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Honestly I don’t think they actually understand. Ask them who they plan to vote for in the mid-terms.

    If they truly understand then they should never utter the word Republican for the rest of their lives.

    • JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      You are probably right. But from personal experience with both of the people who admitted they were wrong, the huge dose of humble pie they ate to ever admit to me, that’s takes real effort. One sees it in his pocketbook. He may forget. The other sees it after a solid dozen of his employees have been deported after ice raids. He’s hurting in his pocketbook and in the personal relationships he has built with his employees.

      To be fair I’ve told these people that all farmers should be voting dem across the board, quite militantly, for years now. But guns and “Jesus” made them think I was a madman. I know and understand who’s blood and sweat our tiny world is built on,and finally they are starting to understand it. I hope it is a lesson that sticks. I’ll be doing my damned best to make sure it does.

      These are people that have fallen for propaganda. Decades of it. They aren’t bad. They are just stupid for not paying attention. We can fix that. Call it out but please don’t forget your empathy. I’m having a hard enough time as it is.

    • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      12 hours ago

      They’ll pull another W. Bush era “republicans got us into this mess so we’re voting them back in so they have to fix it”. I still can’t believe how stupid Americans are.

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        2 hours ago

        I still can’t believe how stupid Americans are.

        believe it, never forget that the fascists are ‘stupid’ for the same reasons that nigerian prince emails are full of spelling and grammar mistakes