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US Politics 14h
So a friend last night (bi, brown, not that wealthy and same engr school as me) drunkenly admitted he voted for Trump and that he totally regrets it and doesn’t know what he was thinking. Do any of y’all have any analogous experiences? Feel lied to is all
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Anonymous 14h

I saw a political analysis which basically said a lot of men voted for Trump even though they were brown or poor or gay because they can exploit their male privilege. The modern right is basically using misogyny as a unifying driver for men who otherwise are targets of the right.

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Anonymous 14h

The general manager of my work's sister location, we all just found out he's a huge MAGA. Even tho he's dark-skinned black. But it's bc he really hates women. And he really, REALLY hates black women. Idk, that's the closest experience I have.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14h

Also is he saying he did it in 2024? That shit is honestly significantly more awful to me than 2016 or 2020. Because that means you SAW Trump try to overthrow the government and how awful and monstrous his first term was and went “yeah that again”

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14h

Yes, in 2024. He’s very much so not a misogynist and has been typically on the more progressive side of economic and social issues, like healthcare being free and taxing the wealthiest of us more. Truthfully I have no idea if he was lying about all those things before and I didn’t wanna ask while we were both drunk and blow it all out of proportion. Idk how he justified that vote and idk if I should judge him for it because it seems like he got the memo since then?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 14h

Maybe it was just a bad drunk joke? Because otherwise that’s just…really fucking stupid of him

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14h

Like I guess my concern is that if someone is willing to vote for an awful bigot that indicates that they must have seriously impaired judgement or that they do not care about human rights very much. Like either way that has concerning implications for being around them.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14h

Like people can change but it’s not enough to be like “wow Trump is bad” they have to confront what serious lapses in their own judgement led to them doing that in the first place and address them. Otherwise they’ll just fall for the next grifter.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 14h

Also bro does not at all regret it. He's still a raging MAGA. But again, this is all bc he deeply, deeply hates women.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14h

Idk if it’s a joke. I brought up that one of our old friend group’s members blatantly admitted to being a fascist like to my face nonchalantly one time and this other friend offered some solace like yea idk if I can ever speak to him again then and I felt a little reassured ig but still like how did you not read the writing on the wall here

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13h

“Exploit their male privilege” getting a good paying job despite wokies hating whities is not privilege cuh

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13h

I am a white man. I am just also informed.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13h

My comment was also literally about how people who are not white can still use their male privilege. But you made it about your own persecution complex as a white man. You aren’t persecuted. You just see a loss in your relative status due to a movement towards equality. You perceive equality as persecution because you are used to being on top.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13h

Fucking up job opportunities for “muh equality” is economic oppression. This is a cuck talking point

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 12h

Your job opportunities haven’t been fucked up by anyone but billionaires and politicians.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 12h

Forgetting business majors as well, but you can be mad at multiple groups at once did you know?

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