No, they’re not. Sure there’s a core audience of people who just want others to suffer, but Trump’s approval rating is dropping. There are plenty of people out there that feel cheated.
These are not people locked in a North Korean prison, or Russian Gulag. They are not invalids or mentally crippled. The very few that are stuck in old folks homes where they have no say over the tv do not equal half the voting public.
These are adults with access to the same information you have. They own homes and businesses, they have college educations, and they choose the channels they watch/listen. It’s been a decade since Trump was first elected, and in that time they have also elected and re-elected just an insane number of pedophiles and straight up grifters whose only sales pitch has been that they will make minorities and the people who like them, suffer. The all heard Trump praise Nazis, and declare that he wants to be king, and they didn’t blink an eye. However, they were also the ones to loose their fucking minds because Obama wore a brown suit, so they obviously have not only the ability, but the desire to raise their voices against the government.
Stop condescending to Republicans. I know it pains you to think that Nana has a hateful side and would prefer not to have to drink from the same water fountains as those “darkies”, but as much as she loves you, she also hates someone else. She hates them enough to turn your future and all the generations that follow over to fascists who might just murder or enslave them. Even more importantly, she will do it again.
This is factually incorrect. If you want more information as to why, I’d recommend looking into news deserts. They do not have access to the same information we have, largely because local newspapers have died completely. I’d also recommend looking into the number of local news stations across the U.S that are owned and operated by Sinclair and Nexstar, as for many people they are their only local option for tv news. I don’t even really wanna get started on social media algorithms, but it is the main place these underserved communities get their news from now, and I shouldn’t need to explain the issues of that to a Lemmy user.
I don’t think their approval of trump is the same as their happiness level. They could think trump is stupid on whatever hotbutton issue there is, like social security, but be glad the “illegals” are being rounded up, the military is being sent to liberal cities, and the tariffs are “hurting” other countries.
i agree. the only people that are happy are the ones that can say so because they are anonymous online, so it just seems like a lot. But if you walk around your cities and towns, you will notice a huge decline in trump flags and signs being up on houses now.
I am a construction worker in Texas. You are mistaken. I do agree that some light is starting to show through the cracks for people inclined to question what they have been told. There are plenty that are enthused about the actions being taken while simultaneously bitching about the state of the economy. Then they get mad and turtle up the moment you challenge their world view. I’m so tired of trying to rationalize people out of a position they didn’t rationalize themself into.
No, they’re not. Sure there’s a core audience of people who just want others to suffer, but Trump’s approval rating is dropping. There are plenty of people out there that feel cheated.
Not that that’ll change anything.
These are not people locked in a North Korean prison, or Russian Gulag. They are not invalids or mentally crippled. The very few that are stuck in old folks homes where they have no say over the tv do not equal half the voting public.
These are adults with access to the same information you have. They own homes and businesses, they have college educations, and they choose the channels they watch/listen. It’s been a decade since Trump was first elected, and in that time they have also elected and re-elected just an insane number of pedophiles and straight up grifters whose only sales pitch has been that they will make minorities and the people who like them, suffer. The all heard Trump praise Nazis, and declare that he wants to be king, and they didn’t blink an eye. However, they were also the ones to loose their fucking minds because Obama wore a brown suit, so they obviously have not only the ability, but the desire to raise their voices against the government.
Stop condescending to Republicans. I know it pains you to think that Nana has a hateful side and would prefer not to have to drink from the same water fountains as those “darkies”, but as much as she loves you, she also hates someone else. She hates them enough to turn your future and all the generations that follow over to fascists who might just murder or enslave them. Even more importantly, she will do it again.
This is factually incorrect. If you want more information as to why, I’d recommend looking into news deserts. They do not have access to the same information we have, largely because local newspapers have died completely. I’d also recommend looking into the number of local news stations across the U.S that are owned and operated by Sinclair and Nexstar, as for many people they are their only local option for tv news. I don’t even really wanna get started on social media algorithms, but it is the main place these underserved communities get their news from now, and I shouldn’t need to explain the issues of that to a Lemmy user.
I don’t think their approval of trump is the same as their happiness level. They could think trump is stupid on whatever hotbutton issue there is, like social security, but be glad the “illegals” are being rounded up, the military is being sent to liberal cities, and the tariffs are “hurting” other countries.
i agree. the only people that are happy are the ones that can say so because they are anonymous online, so it just seems like a lot. But if you walk around your cities and towns, you will notice a huge decline in trump flags and signs being up on houses now.
I am a construction worker in Texas. You are mistaken. I do agree that some light is starting to show through the cracks for people inclined to question what they have been told. There are plenty that are enthused about the actions being taken while simultaneously bitching about the state of the economy. Then they get mad and turtle up the moment you challenge their world view. I’m so tired of trying to rationalize people out of a position they didn’t rationalize themself into.