• DogWater@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 days ago

      Double plus good reference.

      I’m happy Europe is looking to bolster military in the wake of us shitting the NATO bed but it just…fits too well into the story lol

      • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        I’d almost think our equivalent to 1984’s “reduced vocabulary” is the question of “Are you left wing or right wing?”

        Coming to the forefront as we champion the statistic that, when talking about policies past outrage headlines, a lot of Americans agree on major issues.

        • DogWater@lemmy.world
          1·
          5 days ago

          Yeah it’s purely a difference in critical thinking.

          one side listens to what their partisan news and party leaders tell them to hate without question because it’s a cult

          The other doesn’t view politics that way.

          It’s remarkable how much common ground is under all the bullshit. I know because my wife constantly tells me how silly it is every time someone in her job wants to talk politics. They are mostly trumpers and every time they come away going oh I thought it was kids shitting in litter boxes in schools and oh well I hate rich people telling me what to do.

          Like bro. Duh. We are on the same side

  • civil_drive@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    5 days ago

    The mental gymnastics needed to keep supporting this lunatic are staggering. His supporters are truly hopelessly lost.

    • Optional@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      5 days ago

      It’s true, but it has not changed at all despite everything.

      We’re in the stage now where people think it can be stopped or maybe some of his voters will “wake up”.

      They will not. It can not - not with our corrupted corporate news sewers and fascist social media.

  • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    7 days ago

    Wait… there are people that didn’t know this was a thing? I get that the Non-Voting Party pretty much ignored the war crimes committed by Russia in favor of accusing everyone and their mother of supporting genocide in Palestine just to influence an election…

    But that doesn’t mean they weren’t aware it was happening.

    Who else exists that one might mistakenly think didn’t know this was going to happen? I’m genuinely curious as this seems to be created to generate anger and shock.

  • wpb@lemmy.world
    215·
    7 days ago

    He’s also not providing military support to and not sharing intelligence with Russia, so that means he’s actively and intentionally supporting Ukraine.

    • Optional@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      7 days ago

      He’s also not providing military support to and not sharing intelligence with Russia

      Yeah right

      • wpb@lemmy.world
        1·
        5 days ago

        I think you’re kind of missing the point. I was pointing out the obvious self contradiction in the Bush-Cheney era “you’re either with us or against us” war criminal rhetoric. I’ll spell it out some more.

        You personally are not providing weapons to Israel, nor intelligence. Does this mean that you personally are actively aiding and abetting Palestine?

        When America invaded Vietnam, Angola did not provide weapons and intelligence to Vietnam. Does that mean Angola was actively aiding and abetting Vietnam?

        When America invaded Iraq, France did not provide weapons and intelligence to America. Does that mean France was aiding and abetting Iraq?

        • Optional@lemmy.worldOP
          1·
          5 days ago

          Uh, ok and - fair enough, as far as that goes.

          But, do you see that trump is actively aiding and abetting russia? By disrupting Ukraine’s army and giving intelligence to russia?

          Your original comment was that trump wasn’t doing that. But he is.