To be clear, I am only talking about people like the average working class Trump voter. The ones who just got caught by misinformation, and just haven’t been able to find a way out. Trump and all his mates are terrible people, and should be held accountable.

The average voter is another thing. My attitude is that I got lucky, and found out that Trump and his mates are terrible, instead of getting sucked down a rabbit hole of supporting them. Knowing how fascism works, I don’t know if I’d be able to reliably land on the right side if fascism happened in my home country. And if I don’t believe I could reliably spot fascism, I’m not comfortable acting like those who support Trump could have.

This isn’t a discussion of “just be a good person”. I know plenty of amazing, caring people who believe they’re doing the right thing.

This whole idea of “I can’t say is reliably avoid fascism” is based on this, the school that became fascist for a week. As bad of an experiment that was from that teacher, it was an effective way of teaching how people fall for what should be obviously a bad thing.

    • Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world
      204·
      4 hours ago

      Oh fucking stop! Trump has ALWAYS been one of Israel’s biggest supporters he’s given Bibi free reign to do whatever the fuck he wants. Stop with the whataboutism already. You people have literally just elected the nazi Party. Admit to your mistake and fucking fix it.

      • geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
        419·
        3 hours ago

        Stop virtue signalling like you have a moral high ground to stand on. Democrats are also the Nazi party. You only like Democrats because you were not the person being slaughtered in their concentration camp and you do not care about anyone but yourself.

        • Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world
          102·
          2 hours ago

          I’m not even American! Im just watching the world fall apart because you fucking bible monkeys are too fucking stupid to see the writing on the wall. You just keep banging on the keyboard: WHAT ABOUT GAZA? WHAT ABOUT GAZA?

          WHAT ABOUT GAZA?

                WHAT ABOUT GAZA?

          And in doing so have elected litteral fucking fascists who do not plan on having elections in 4 years. And I genuinely would not give a shit what happens to your armpit of a country if it weren’t for the fact that the USA has put itself in such a position that many countries rely on you to keep your shit together and not elect someone who threatens to… Oh I don’t know… INVADE PART OF THE EUROPEAN UNION!

          Get your head out of your arse and stop pretending that both candidates are just as bad as each other. Sure by western European standards the Dems were pretty far right, but not like trump. Not like the heritage Foundation. Not like musk!

            • Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world
              1·
              4 minutes ago

              Don’t get me wrong, I feel for the civilians in Gaza, but that’s a drop in the ocean compared to what’s coming. Also the ceasefire is specifically in Gaza. Israel is taking this opportunity to soften up the west bank.

            • im sorry i broke the code@sh.itjust.works
              14·
              34 minutes ago

              Who the fucking care about a random country in middle east when there are bigger things at stakes? get a grip, fuck gaza, israel and all in-between. Nobody gives a shit.

        • Zement@feddit.nl
          7·
          2 hours ago

          I don’t understand your argument. Are you American? What did you vote for and why? If you are not American what do you gain? Are you active outside of Lemmy? What organizations would you suggest to support?

          What is constructive on your style of discourse?

          • geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
            210·
            2 hours ago

            The argument is Democrats are cherry picking the sole bad thing their guy did not do. Then they frame the conversation as if that thing is the only thing that matters

      • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
        315·
        3 hours ago

        removed, he’s already objectively done more than the Democrats did to reign in Israel, you just don’t realize it because you’re a BlueMAGA fanatic that spent the last year doing everything you could to deny and downplay the genocide that Biden was overseeing.

        • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
          11·
          18 minutes ago

          he’s already objectively done more than the Democrats did to reign in Israel

          How is it not possible for you (all of you who parrot this) to see that Trump tossed you a brief reprieve so you can make EXACTLY this argument? Are you only capable of looking two weeks into the future or something?

          As I say every time: Biden was awful for Gaza. Trump is also awful for Gaza, and then he’ll take down as much of the rest of the world and the US with it as he can.

          You are literally and transparently doing exactly what Trump wants you to be doing right now, because it legitimizes him.

          Israel Invades Jenin Days After Signing Gaza “Ceasefire”

          Israeli leaders suggest the operation was plotted during a backroom deal made during Gaza ceasefire vote

          Among those killed by Israeli forces on Tuesday was a civilian named Abed Alwahhab Saadi. In footage posted online, he can be seen walking unarmed along an empty road as he suddenly comes under fire and begins to run before being shot and falling face down in the ground. Another shocking video shows a family repeatedly being targeted by gunfire while driving in their car, reportedly killing another civilian, Ahmed Nimer Obeidi.

          Medics also came under attack, with at least three doctors and two nurses injured by Israeli gunfire within the first two hours of the invasion. Israeli forces also besieged Al-Amal hospital near the camp and fired live ammunition from its vicinity while obstructing medics from reaching the injured. At the same time, residents described Israeli troops forcibly taking over civilian homes across the city and turning them into makeshift military positions.

          Tuesday’s operation came just two days after the start of the “ceasefire” in Gaza, whose first phase is supposed to last for six weeks. Israeli ministers and media reports have suggested the military operations in Jenin and other areas of the West Bank are part of a deal Netanyahu made with his cabinet ahead of the ceasefire in Gaza.

          • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            4 minutes ago

            How is it not possible for you (all of you who parrot this) to see that Trump tossed you a brief reprieve so you can make EXACTLY this argument? Are you only capable of looking two weeks into the future or something?

            No, I’m not capable of looking two weeks into the future, and neither are you. Currently, the fact is that he secured a ceasefire, proving that Biden was not trying to for the previous year. The rest is just BlueMaga fantasizing about more genocide, because you care more about being right than you do about thousands of dead foreigners.

            Biden was awful for Gaza. Trump is also awful for Gaza

            I’ve had to listen to a year of you shitlibs bleating endlessly about how important it was to vote blue because they’re the lesser evil, now that it turns out Trump was actually the lesser evil, suddenly you’re abandoning that.

            and then he’ll take down as much of the rest of the world and the US with it as he can.

            No, he’s not going to “take down the rest of the world”, at least not anymore than the average US president. As for taking down the US: Good! it’s an evil empire that spreads death across the globe and we would be better off without it.

            You are literally and transparently doing exactly what Trump wants you to be doing right now, because it legitimizes him.

            You people genuinely don’t believe foreigners are human, do you? That’s why you care less about saving thousands of lives than you do about whether Trump looks good or not. I don’t care about the parasocial kayfabe, I care that there’s a ceasefire.

      • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
        418·
        4 hours ago

        So far, Trump has already done more to reign in the carnage in Gaza than the Democrats did, BlueMaga types like you only don’t realize that because you were aggressively denying the extent of the genocide under Biden.

        • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          11·
          8 minutes ago

          Lmao what the actual fuck? Are you being serious? Did you not see the article I posted, or even try to corroborate/disprove it yourself, and then realize that it is a thing, and it’s easy to corroborate?

          • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            1 minute ago

            How deep in the BlueAnon well are you that you think lifting the entirely symbolic ban is more important than securing a fucking ceasefire! Jesus Christ, you people genuinely don’t see us as human, you care more about scoring points against Trump, and you’d rather we all die if it proves you right.

        • gerryflap@feddit.nl
          62·
          2 hours ago

          Like what? Last thing I read he continued shipping heavy weapons that were previously banned from being shipped to Israel and some clown in his cabinet stated that Israël has some sort of holy right to the land. I’m not American and I don’t approve of the democrats way handling it, but the republicans so far seem worse.

          • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
            25·
            2 hours ago

            He literally secured a ceasefire; you really need to re-examine what news sources you’re consuming if you only heard that he repealed Biden’s entirely symbolic ban on one type of bomb, but somehow managed to miss the ceasefire.

            • Sturgist@lemmy.ca
              72·
              2 hours ago

              Cease fire was negotiated and secured by the Biden administration. Try again.

              Edit: or am I misunderstanding what you’re saying?

                • Sturgist@lemmy.ca
                  2·
                  2 hours ago

                  Fair dues. I started at .ml, and I’m not a rabid tankie troll, so I usually like to give the benefit of the doubt…up to a certain point, of course

              • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
                28·
                2 hours ago

                No, it was not, it was negotiated by Trump’s envoy. Maybe you should do the smallest amount of research before trying to act like a smug redditer and give away your ignorance

                • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  11·
                  4 minutes ago

                  Maybe do the smallest amount of research and realize that:

                  • that’s a violation of the hatch act
                  • thats the same fucking Nixon did with Vietnam
                  • Bibi overtly prefers Trump because he knows Trump will not give a single shit about the human catastrophe being created, and won’t even try to slow it down?

                  Do you genuinely believe the bullshit you’re spouting? I don’t mean to be meaninglessly hostile to you - I’m asking how you can possibly believe that line when it’s trivial to disprove.

                  • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
                    26·
                    2 hours ago

                    I realize that BlueAnon extremists like you would rather reject incontrovertible facts than admit you were wrong, but they are still incontrovertible facts.

              • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
                27·
                2 hours ago

                If you did any research, rather than just trying to confirm your own fantasy, you’d know that it was done by Trumps envoy, so drop the smug reddit shithead act and actually look at the facts.

                  • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
                    27·
                    2 hours ago

                    Jesus, this election really has broken BlueMAGAs brains now; you’re being given uncontraversial facts and just saying “Nuh UH!” followed by the usual reddit shitlord cliches.

      • geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
        512·
        4 hours ago

        Besides the irrelevant symbolic posturing from Biden being undone, nothing Trump does or will do absolves Biden.

        Lets say Trump raped 70 people and Democrats raped 60 people. One cannot say “I would never vote for a rapist”, and then endorse Democrats. Replace the word rape with genocide and multiply the numbers by a thousand.

    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      72·
      4 hours ago

      Voting for trump would’ve been the same. You really think he cares about ending the war in gaza? Like out of the two who do you think would’ve been easier to convince? In my eyes that was definitely Kamala