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“What was he convicted of?” someone asked.

“He had tattoos on his body,” she replied triumphantly.

“Hey, smartass!” shouted a woman in her sixties, jumping to her feet. “You want to see my tattoo?”

“Lady,” the Trump supporter said. “You don’t know what a tattoo is.”

“Yes I do, I’ve got one!” the woman shouted, tapping her chest.

The Trump supporter dismissed her with a wave of one hand. “I’ve had enough of you Democrats,” she said.

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[–] [email protected] 181 points 6 days ago (2 children)

"Everyone that disagrees with me is a Democrat"

[–] [email protected] 72 points 6 days ago

Not only that, but Democrats by default do not matter and shouldn't be considered at all.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 165 points 6 days ago (2 children)

You'd think farmers at least would understand the relationship between what you sow and what you reap.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 days ago

They never have to think about because they use migrant labor

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Finishing lunch with two friends at a diner in Osage, Dixie Bowman, 88, a retired welder, said she liked what Trump was doing. Her two friends, when asked, said they preferred not to speak of it.

Dixie Bowman: Trump is “a very kind, very generous person”

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Here, let me translate for you:

Dixie Bowman, 88, a retired welder, said she liked what Trump was doing.

"I like how he's getting rid of all the brown people."

Dixie Bowman: Trump is “a very kind, very generous person”

"He's doing things I like. That means he's a good person. Good people are kind and generous."

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It's the same concept as when Nazis do Nazi things and claim they're not Nazis. Nazi = bad, and they're not bad, so they're not Nazis.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Everybody on the right "likes what Trump is doing" or "Likes what DOGE is doing", but when you ask them to articulate, specifically, what actions or policies they like, they will generalize to something the administration has claimed without evidence to be true but is difficult to prove or disprove ("He's making the border safer", "He's getting rid of taxpayer waste", etc.) or they will retreat from the question by attacking you personally or just saying that the vibes are generally better ("The tariffs will fix the economy", "America is respected again", etc.).

I've never once had a debate with a Republican who came prepared with sources to back up their claims. That's because as soon as they try to dig and find evidence of the insane stuff Trump and Musk are peddling, the lie unravels itself and it just becomes easier to accept things at face value rather than think critically.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 days ago (3 children)

He voted Republican chiefly on the issue of abortion...

WTAF. Why are there so many idiots like this? You don't like abortion, don't fucking have one. And if you are male...it's not your concern.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (4 children)

This is the only area I DO get. I don't agree with it, but I can understand where they're coming from. If you believe a fetus is a person, it makes total sense to vote against murder. And we aren't going to win anyone over by framing it as just an issue for women. If it's even possible to change someone's mind on the topic it would be through education, not telling them that their opinion on murder doesn't matter.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A person I used to consider a friend told me that Donald Trump was sent by God to end abortion. When I brought up several bible verses that directly condemn what Donald Trump has done he told me they were out of context.

No longer speak to him.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

“Lady,” the Trump supporter said. “You don’t know what a tattoo is.”

^ That line baffles me

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (3 children)

The conservative mindset is kind of like a reversed No True Scotsman sometimes. In an inherently hierarchical world where you are OBVIOUSLY at the A, #1, top, “Made in the image of white Jesus” tier, it is a serious insult to question the realness of another. Getting “othered” when you’re one of the Real Americans, one of the Chosen Ones, is a tragedy!

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Imagine believing that the best days of the US are ahead of you...

I'm sure improvements will be made, but the United States is dying, thanks in large part due to the cancer that's rightwing propaganda networks

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 days ago (9 children)

Honestly, I don't want the United states to be a thing anymore. It is time for the nation to break up, so that people can choose what sort of government they want to live in. In my case, I would like something modeled after European socialism. I am sick of Fascist America dragging down my state with its evil and stupidity.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 days ago

Uncapping the House would go a long way towards rebalancing.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (4 children)

The problem with that plan is that you get an outwardly fascist neighbor with no guardrails at all. Yes it will burn itself out eventually but before that it's going to be just as much of a problem as when it was states.

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 6 days ago (7 children)

This country is so fucked.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 6 days ago (3 children)

They never should have shot that gorilla.

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[–] [email protected] 86 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Iowa was improving in the 90s, improving in the 2000s. They were blue then.

Now I hate going back, it's not the same state I grew up in. Abortion billboards and porn stores, same as the bible belt now.

The state is not improving but they don't care anymore, long as the right people (like me) get hurt.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Going to the midwest sounds like going to the zoo.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It's fucking insane here. I live in a city where people's opinions seem relatively reality-based, but if you get out into the rural areas, the effects of brain drain and media balkanization are on full display.

I don't suggest actually doing this, but you would be absolutely fucking shocked by the overwhelming ignorance of the general population if you were to, say, stop at a bar in rural Iowa.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

Live here, it is.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I hope they rip each other apart trying to justify their own ignorance and his madness.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Unfortunately their disproportionately overvalued federal representation and votes due to the electoral college they are dragging the rest of us down with them

[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Someone needs to bring these people a holocaust surviver to show them their tattoo and explain why fascism should never rise again

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The leopard’s are gonna be obese by the summer.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 days ago (12 children)

Lived in Iowa for a few years, nothing but idiots.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 days ago

I know some very smart people from Iowa. They left.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Eventually one of these rallies will turn into that church scene from Kingsman

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He had tattoos on his body? I keep mine in a drawer in the shed.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Ok, hear me out.
David Beckham has tattoos on his body AND is an immigrant. Therefore he must be a part of the ms13 gang and should be deported. It's the only thing that makes sense!!!!!

I've also heard Dolly Parton has tattoos...

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

They stopped liking Dolly Parton after they found out that she's gives books to kids.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'm trying to fathom this being an actual conversation and not some horribly, awfully scripted sitcom. How the hell is it this bad good lord.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago

Lol Iowa. Good fucking luck.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 days ago (4 children)

The US is overdue for balkanization. I think the USA will split some time before 2060.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't feel bad for anyone that voted for trump. Nothing he is doing is a surprise. So far it has been everything he said he wanted to do. Fucking morons got exactly what they voted for.

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