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[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 56 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

MTG helped build this hellscape. She shouldn’t be allowed to out run it either just because she decided to quit as soon as the wind changed directions.

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

She's got other heavy baggage for sure. But you can still appreciate her efforts on this front. If she's willing and able to tear down Trump and all the other pedos on the list, don't turn down the help. We still need all we can get.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No one said she is suddenly pure. Not even her.

You cannot deny this doesnt benefit everyone. You cannot deny you are benefitting from this too.

Dont pretend you’re somehow above this and that having a maga switch sides doesnt help talk down the other MAGA from being so undeniably cruel by throwing a vote to literal satan.

And what do you think should happen with all the MAGA followers after all is said and done and they wake the hell up? Kill the ignored poor and uneducated who voted badly because they are ignored poor and uneducated?

Does that make us all better than hitler or trump?

Even if and when the dems take back the place the previously ignored MAGA followers dont disappear nor does the holes in the democracy that gave way to billionaires helping this rhetoric build up.

So i dont know what you are picturing as the ultimate win here. It is just to win against the maga here? cuz as i see it, there are two very different wars to win: the political house and the toxic maga rhetoric. Allowing billionaires to happen while the larger percentage starves and becomes ignorant to be used.

Cuz that shouldnt have happened at all in a working democracy.

So it is not enough to just win the house here. Major changes need to happen for it to sustain.

When germany swung back from hitler; the converted followers didnt just vanish there. Neither are the people who were once MAGA in america. But the germany as a whole did change what caused that rhetoric to get them to that point.

The poor and uneducated arent going away.

So You’re either going to have to find some peace with this or roll up sleeves and change it.

[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I’ve had my sleeves rolled up and been working to change it irl since Trump’s first term and again in 2025’s campaign and change of power. So you don’t have to tell me. I also never advocated for killing the poor and uneducated. So I don’t know what you’re on about there with that straw man. Sorry but I’m always going to advocate for accountability and I’m not giving MTG a pass.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Never said you had to. No idea who or what you're mad at now. That's not what I said.