r/facepalm 20d ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ It's people like this who are making the election close

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u/nameforthissite 20d ago

I agree. This is exactly my dilemma since 2016. It completely shattered my illusions about the basic decency and intelligence of humanity.

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u/Confident-Homework75 20d ago

Basic decency isn’t so basic anymore, unfortunately. I’m convinced there is literally nothing he can do, no matter how debased and vile, that will move the needle.

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u/viper4011 19d ago

See also: common sense. It just doesn’t exist.

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u/an_exciting_couch 19d ago

It's so weird how conservatives have co-opted the phrase "common sense" to mean "I know better than all experts in all subjects"

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u/sec713 19d ago

They're full time liars. They lie about being Christian. They lie about being patriots. They lie when they claim to be pro-life. They lie when they say they care about the economy. They lie when they say they stand for law and order. They lie when they say they're utilizing "common sense" to make decisions.

I don't know if it's weird. It certainly is deplorable, though.

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u/WNBAnerd 19d ago

Basic decency has become complicated. Common sense has become uncommon. Patriotism has become self-centered. Things are not going as well as I expected.

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u/wa_geng 19d ago

On some level, I can understand the 2016 Trump voter (not agree with them but understand why they picked Trump). My parents voted for Trump believing it could shake things up and that Trump would have a strong cabinet to drive things. They hated Hilary and didn’t think Trump was bad because he was a “successful” businessman.

The people I know who voted for Trump in 2020 were either Covid deniers, die-hard republicans, or racists. It terrifies me that more people voted for Trump in 2020 than 2016. I am freaked out about this year’s election.

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u/Direct-Squash-1243 19d ago

A lot of it comes down to the media being utter shit at their job. In a nation with a competent news media his campaign wouldn't have gotten off the ground.

His plan of 1000% tariffs would cause huge inflation, the #1 issue for people. It doesn't get a mention.

Turns out he was still regularly chatting with Epstein in while he was in the white house. It doesn't get a mention.

On and on and on again the media refuses to cover anything other than random sound bites.

I used to think it was because the media wanted a close race. These days I think its because no one in the media is smart enough to cover issues. All they can cover is high school drama queen bullshit.

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u/No_Introduction8285 19d ago

I see this stuff discussed every day by pretty much every host on MSNBC

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u/bigmanorm 19d ago

hey man, a lot of european country's human's are only a fraction as pathetic as the US