• happybadger [he/him]
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    9 days ago

    https://xcancel.com/CMRusso1/status/1856359169189720503#m

    You know.. when they came for the Unions, I stayed silent, because the Unions supported Trump and I was in a camp, forced to give birth and had no rights... Too bad, so sad. I am down for this part.

    Liberals don't be demons for 5 minutes challenge: any difficulty any map cheats enabled

    • Crucible [he/him, comrade/them]
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      9 days ago

      Evoking 'first they came for' while completely missing the point is becoming a new lib sport at this point

      • Wheaties [she/her]
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        9 days ago

        First they came for the socialists, and I laughed because those fuckers voted for Jill Stein can-excuse-1

        • stink@lemmygrad.ml
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          9 days ago

          "First they came for the Latinos, and I reported them to ICE.

          Then they came for the Muslim-Americans, and I laughed when they got deported because they voted for Jill Stein.

          Then they came for the Black Men, and I called the police on them for driving near my house, as payback because a minority of them voted for Trump, but I see ethnic groups as a monolith (except my own because I am an individual.

          Then they came for the Women, and I cheered at them bleeding out in parking lots because they live in red states so fuck those racists!

          Then they came for me, I'm a white male, so they didn't really do anything to me but I can be really smug about it!"

      • happybadger [he/him]
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        9 days ago

        smuglord If some people want to vote for Trump, I shouldn't have labour rights under Trump. smuglord

    • LanyrdSkynrd [comrade/them, any]
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      9 days ago

      Did any union support Trump? I know Teamsters didn't endorse, but that's not the same as supporting Trump.

      Obviously cop unions are always supporting Republicans, but nobody serious considers that union support.

      • Justice@lemmygrad.ml
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        9 days ago

        Cop unions are "fake" because cops are class traitors. My opinion anyway. But yes no one considers their endorsement because obviously they always support the most right wing candidate, usually the republican... although now days they're literally both full pro-cop parties

        And i assume the person isn't talking about the union as an entity or its leadership but rather the unionized workers who belong to the union. Many voted for Trump. Not that surprising considering Biden offered very little to them and fully failed to communicate what he did offer (and Harris too later on). When the entire election is social issues vs social issues and class issues are effectively off the table (in any meaningful way) then people who don't pay much attention of course vote for the hog taking a better social issues story for them to believe in.

        Literally the meme of Eric shooting Hannibal then asking "Why would Donald Trump do this?" Eric is the DNC/libs and Hannibal is "the working class" which includes people who actually work for a living. They blame Trump for their own failure to reject neoliberal capitalism that has been failing 90% of the population for 40-50 years.

      • porcupine@lemmygrad.ml
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        9 days ago

        I know Teamsters didn’t endorse, but that’s not the same as supporting Trump.

        What do you mean? Of course not endorsing is the same as supporting Trump. Also not voting is supporting Trump. Not giving money to Democrats is supporting Trump. Not having enough money to give enough of it to the right Democrats is supporting Trump.

        • CloutAtlas [he/him]
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          9 days ago

          Dems: A vote for 3rd party is a vote for Trump

          GOP: A vote for 3rd party is a vote for Kamabla

          Synthesis: Voting 3rd party is the true unity option because it's the only way of voting twice without committing voter fraud