• mikenurre@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      40% shows that racism and hatred are more important than inflation/cost of living. Zero chance these people aren’t suffering in this economy, so why still approve?

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        The inflation is at ~3%. The US economy has been going strong for quite some time now, so most wouldn’t notice the difference, as long as they haven’t lost their jobs in the meantime. And while the job market may be a bit worse, most don’t notice until they try to get a new job

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    In a major turn of events a lot of my 2a buddies are pissed about Trump sending troops to cities because it’s defeating one of their main arguments for keeping firearms. Same with the way unmarked, masked ICE douches abduct people. As one of the Reagan-era Boomers eloquently put it, “Saying you support this shit because it’s only happening to brown people right now makes you look like an asshole.”

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      “Fuck, there’s a tyrannical government, and us 2A folk aren’t doing shit we said it eas for because many of us like the tyrannical government…”