• bender223@lemmy.today
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    I hope his IV treatments hurt. The bruising on his hand means it may sometimes be hard to get the vein.

    To require the IV version of diarhetics means his congestive heart failure must be really bad. Most ppl can just take the pill version.

    All that swelling can also mean he’s near kidney failure. Would not be surprised if he needs dialysis soon.

    I hope he suffers a lot of pain and we can hear him cry about it.

    Also, release the Epstein files.

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      He raped children, I am in no way, shape, or form disputing this.

      But this is not a distraction. It was in Project 2025, he has talked about it for years. He wants to be a dictator. He isn’t trying to distract from being a pedo, but treating his authoritarian statements as a distraction serves only to distract from any action we have left to stop it.

      He can be both, a pedo and a dictator. And we should act accordingly

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      He did, and that’s not something to disregard, but that is their distraction from everything else his handlers have been getting away with. You’re focused on Trump, that’s entirely what they’re banking on and it’s working.

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    I’m just going to say it…

    Did anyone not expect this? Like… Of the people on Lemmy, is anyone here surprised that he is pushing to be a dictator?

    Oh, also, Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. Donald Trump raped children.

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      Well there were a bunch of people saying that he’s the better choice over Harris because of the whole genocide thing. Which, last I checked, still hasn’t stopped, but when I point that out, people make new accounts to tell me I’m a genocide denier and should get genocided myself. Methinks those users are actually Trump fans.

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        Yeah, I pointed out how the Dems weren’t as bad as Trump and they say I’m promoting genocide.

        Idiots or bots? I don’t know. If they’re being earnest, I get that the corporate dems are in Israel’s pocket and stuff. No denying that, but like you said … the Republicans haven’t stopped it as far as I can tell either.

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      Maybe as a Christmas tree ornament? You can have dozens of MAGATs hanging from the branches, with their eyes 'X’ed out.

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      I’m not convinced the sudden surge in posts from otherwise left-leaning people encourage gun ownership aren’t at least partially perpetuated by an astroturfing campaign on behalf of gun manufacturers

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        Hahaha the left have guns. We just don’t wave them around in public like children.

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        If you haven’t seen leftists and left leaning people advocating for gun ownership then you haven’t been looking. Groups like the SRA, JBGC, and Pink Pistols have been around for at least a decade and are rapidly growing in size.

        If you go far enough left, you get your guns back.

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          My gut feeling is just that discourse shifted rapidly regarding left leaning gun owners over the last year or so, and I can’t help but suspect it’s not partially driven by the gun industry trying to get more people interested in buying guns.

          But yeah I’ve known about several left-leaning organizations directly supporting gun ownership for quite a while now

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        No more than yours could be an astroturf by forces attempting to deter civil unrest. Lotta tinfoil to be found in supposin’.

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          I’m just jaded and struggle to not assume that everything online telling people to buy something isn’t a marketing campaign of some sort

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        There are many types of power that people should have, martial among them. Without force, it isn’t possible to hold leaders to account if they decide to forego the interests of the people they lead.

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    “A lot of people are saying” is Trumps version of Christians saying “God says I’m right.” With Christians, they are the only ones who get to speak for God, who agrees with them on everything, and anyone saying otherwise is lying. With Trump, the “lot of people” are never people you can directly question or challenge. He’s making it up, saying he has a consensus but cant prove it.

    A lot of people are saying Luigi Mangione did a horrible thing for the best fucking reason and was totally justified in doing so.

    A lot of people want a dictator….yea, not quite as believable.

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      Europe is already falling. This was part of a coordinated effort. The right did stupid shit to erode the US, hostile foreign powers hijacked the Republican Party using Trump once they had weakened the US enough, and this destabilized the entire western world due to their reliance on the US.

      The republicans dumbly did exactly what their enemies wanted. And they still don’t even realize they are being used yet.

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        Not saying Europe is in the best shape but you have a President threatening war to stay in power, accepting Qatari bribes, saying he wants to be treated like kim jon un, etc.

        It’s not even close.

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          You can’t say anything negative about Israel. You can’t access porn without telling your government and the provider who you are first. They keep trying to kill encryption and will eventually succeed. They are moving on requiring identification to use a VPN now.

          Increased surveillance has literally never made people safer. It’s made them vulnerable.

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            Most of these is just the UK. Yes there are some EU attempts to stifle free speech and anonymity online but those aren’t in place yet and people are fighting it. (Tell your MEPs to oppose Chat Control!) and yes, Germany is very zionist.

            But here in The Netherlands the protest against Israel and for Palestine (the red line protest) was one of the biggest in 20 years time. (100 000 to 150 000 protesters), I don’t have to hand over my passport to watch porn, I’m still free to use a VPN.

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          Same thing that led to the surge of racism in the US. Lyndon B. Johnson said it best:

          If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.

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      I agree they should relase them (they never will) but this is not (just) a distraction from that. This is announcing what he is planning on doing in the future.

      We would be wise to take this seriously and be vigilant.

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        Everyone should take all of his threats (aka campaign promises) very seriously.

        Always.

        Also, Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.

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    A lot of people also say “tax the rich to oblivion” and “housing food and water is a human right!”. Will you do that too?

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      It is liberals saying that and as we all know they are not people according to this administration. Hell anyome left of Goebbels or with a skin tone darker than bleached flour might not be people.

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          Unfortunately with how messed up our country is, and with how ignorant MAGAts are, when they say “Liberals” they mean Neolibs, and Progressives and leftists…

          When they say anything left of Goebbels they meant it literally.

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    And Americans are rolling over and allowing this. My childhood and all those Hollywood movies actually made me believe Americans would fight. Instead they whimpered quietly.

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      “But people will die if we fight, we should just let them enslave the population in death labor camps instead!”

      ^ A summerization of a discussion I had on Lemmy yesterday

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          I live in Europe, Always have. Chances are, with what I’ve written on social media the last 10 years about Trump, I wouldn’t even get into your country. Would either be turned around in the airport or arrested.