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islander

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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 9:00pm

 Proclivities wrote:

Yeah, I guess it's not so much that they didn't think about this coup happening, as they just didn't worry about it happening as long as they got "theirs". But as to the news cycles, most "new" Trump voters got their "news" from social media, while others got news from Fox News, or other conservative media, which primarily played down the Project 2025 plan


One of 7984 very good reasons not to vote for him. People who voted for him were hoping that the cruelty would be pointed at other people and they might benefit from that. My sympathies are exhausted. Almost everyone will get what the few deserve. 
islander

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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 8:58pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:


Not absolving anyone of responsibility, but you're talking about people who operate on the basis of what they believe/how they think things should be as opposed to what is reality/how things are.



Well, I believe they will now find out how things really are. I don't believe they will have any sense that it is because of their own failings though. 
Red_Dragon

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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 2:43pm

 Steely_D wrote:






exactly
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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 2:41pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:


Not absolving anyone of responsibility, but you're talking about people who operate on the basis of what they believe/how they think things should be as opposed to what is reality/how things are.





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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 2:39pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:


Oh I get it, I just retired and am hoping my SS and Medicare actually happen.



I was gonna delay but we decided to start it up (mine in July, hers in Jan)
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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 2:17pm

Not great skiing is better than not skiing! And take that, cerebral aneurysm! 

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Red_Dragon

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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 2:15pm

 islander wrote:


Not buying that. I get that people are busy and have other priorities and stuff. But the news cycle is 24-7 and relentless. None of this is really a surprise. If you voted for him, you knew there was a good chance this was coming. The 36.1% might have some cover if they thought that he wasn't going to win, but that's still not an absolution of responsibility.


Not absolving anyone of responsibility, but you're talking about people who operate on the basis of what they believe/how they think things should be as opposed to what is reality/how things are.

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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 2:00pm

 islander wrote:
Not buying that. I get that people are busy and have other priorities and stuff. But the news cycle is 24-7 and relentless. None of this is really a surprise. If you voted for him, you knew there was a good chance this was coming. The 36.1% might have some cover if they thought that he wasn't going to win, but that's still not an absolution of responsibility.

Yeah, I guess it's not so much that they didn't think about this coup happening, as they just didn't worry about it happening as long as they got "theirs". But as to the news cycles, most "new" Trump voters got their "news" from social media, while others got news from Fox News, or other conservative media, which primarily played down the Project 2025 plan
islander

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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 1:47pm

 Proclivities wrote:

I think the majority of people who voted for Trump did so because they wanted lower grocery prices and/or didn't want to vote for a brown-skinned woman.  They probably didn't think much about an unelected, foreign-born grifter trampling the Constitution while dismantling the government. Also, voter turnout nationally in 2024 was 63.9 percent.


Not buying that. I get that people are busy and have other priorities and stuff. But the news cycle is 24-7 and relentless. None of this is really a surprise. If you voted for him, you knew there was a good chance this was coming. The 36.1% might have some cover if they thought that he wasn't going to win, but that's still not an absolution of responsibility.
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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 1:39pm

 islander wrote:
Half the people want this. you need 67% for a riot (or a simple misunderstanding of how elections work and a gullible disaffected group). 

I think the majority of people who voted for Trump did so because they wanted lower grocery prices and/or didn't want to vote for a brown-skinned woman.  They probably didn't think much about an unelected, foreign-born grifter trampling the Constitution while dismantling the government. Also, voter turnout nationally in 2024 was 63.9 percent.
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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 12:27pm

 ptooey wrote:



Hey, I've got to do what I can. Our new HHS Secretary will be gunning for my job in 3...2...



Oh I get it, I just retired and am hoping my SS and Medicare actually happen.

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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 12:13pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:


Don't get me started.



Hey, I've got to do what I can. Our new HHS Secretary will be gunning for my job in 3...2...

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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 12:12pm

 ptooey wrote:



Because we still have to earn a living.


Don't get me started.
islander

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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 12:08pm

 ptooey wrote:
Why are we not calling this whole fiasco Elongate?



: slow clap :
islander

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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 12:08pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:


Why are we not rioting in DC?


Half the people want this. you need 67% for a riot (or a simple misunderstanding of how elections work and a gullible disaffected group). 
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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 12:07pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:


Why are we not rioting in DC?



Because we still have to earn a living.
Red_Dragon

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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 12:02pm

 ptooey wrote:
Why are we not calling this whole fiasco Elongate?



Why are we not rioting in DC?
ptooey

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Posted: Feb 12, 2025 - 11:47am

Why are we not calling this whole fiasco Elongate?
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Posted: Feb 5, 2025 - 8:56pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:

Really starting to feel good about this whole retirement thing, just hope the muskrat doesn't fuck it up.



At my last big annual shindig for the team, a mentor of mine came up to me and congratulated me and then, emphatically, said “YOU ARE NOT YOUR JOB”
He might’ve had issues, but he was also looking out for me.
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Posted: Feb 5, 2025 - 6:05pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:

Really starting to feel good about this whole retirement thing, just hope the muskrat doesn't fuck it up.


I’m totally down with my retirement. Wishing you a great one.

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