Comment on Framework supporting far-right racists?
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoVoting isn’t a hateful act. Any insinuation of that needs to stop.
Comment on Framework supporting far-right racists?
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoVoting isn’t a hateful act. Any insinuation of that needs to stop.
balance8873@lemmy.myserv.one 1 day ago
Voting is absolutely a hateful act, I literally can’t imagine what happens in your brain that makes you think otherwise.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
No, if you think that, your brain is twisted by whatever spin your preferred media choice puts on.
The 2024 election was more about people wanting to see change, and one candidate clearly offering it and the other clearly not. Look at Harris’ polling timeline, she was doing well up until the beginning of October, so what happened? For example, she wouldn’t change anything from Biden’s first term, except having a Republican in the cabinet. Trump took that and ran with that, and I think that describes her support dropping around that time. People were unhappy with Biden’s first term, and she wouldn’t say anything bad about it. I didn’t watch the 60 minutes interview, but I’m guessing that went similarly.
I think most thought Trump was mostly rhetoric except the couple things they cared about. I think most thought he was bluffing about tariffs (or thought they’d work differently), thought he’d actually bring prices down, etc, which explains his cratering support so far. The average voter is kinda dumb/naive, but I don’t think they were largely voting on hate against immigrants, trans people, etc.
balance8873@lemmy.myserv.one 1 day ago
I dunno I’ve watched enough of the maga people talk to be pretty confident they just hate the world.
The “this guy will shake things up” argument would make sense if he hadn’t already been out single most corrupt president in a generation.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
You seem to be talking about influencers and whatnot. I’m talking about your average Joe in the middle that doesn’t really follow politics but was mad at things getting more expensive over Biden’s term. They aren’t large in numbers, but they tend to determine elections.