A small business owner who voted for Donald Trump recently posted a video on TikTok, pleading for help as crushing tariffs on China threatened to bankrupt his operation, which imports alloy wheels. His call for support, however, drew little sympathy from some fellow Americans.
“Votes have consequences,” he was told, with many comments from Twitter/X users relishing the notion that another MAGA voter was suffering because of their political choice. The backlash prompted a second video from the man, in which he dropped several F-bombs while criticizing the apparent heartlessness of those celebrating his hardship.
“I’ve got far left leaning friends” sure pal. That has, “I have a black friend so I can’t be racist” vibes. Have the day you voted for.
The worst part of owning the world’s tiniest violin is having to look for it so damn often.
Seriously, bud. It’s a damn shame that you voted to hurt people and ended up getting hurt yourself. I almost think it would have been better not to elect a nazi asshole.
I know it’s tempting to mock people who are leaving MAGA but actually the better thing to do is seize the opportunity to educate them and hopefully get them to never vote Republican ever again.
The more those metaphorical leopards eat their face, the more radicalized against Trump they might become, and the more radicalized, the better.
All I can say to that small business owner is that they clearly are starting to come a loooooooooooong long way. https://redsails.org/
It is very hard to feel pity for people who only feel pity for themselves, and never for others.
For your convenience: https://xcancel.com/smalls2672/status/1910996227736363477
post the 3rd follow up!
to everyone in America who is suffering, I feel you you, unless they were MAGA, in which case eat shit you garbage of a human being
schadenfreude
Are they being mocked, or are people just pointing out the reality of the situation?
I mean, I haven’t read anything specific to this case but knowing the internet and knowing how people treat others regarding “leopards eating faces”
It’s almost guaranteed they were being mocked.
When you’re delusional reality becomes your enemy.
Yes
well well well, if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions
republicans are so fucking stupid
It’s not that all conservative people are stupid but all stupid people are inevitability conservative.
And we are here to teach them how the world actually works. Love seeing MAGA salt
“Stupidity” is a powerless hypothesis, intended not to explain, but to terminate thought.
Bonhoeffer is the guy to read on stupidity & fascism.
So, nothing was ever done by stupid people for no other reason than they’re stupid?
Or, Republicans are fucking stupid.
Porque no los dos, imho.
The hypothesis being that they are simply not smart enough to understand that when a demented rapist felon traitor tells you more lies, they’re lying. The explanation is because they’re stupid.
You’re right. They’re stupid AND evil.
Actually, that’s not the issue. Like, for real, I’m not trying to mock you it anything like that; I submit disagree with the premise.
The problem is fear, not lack of intelligence. They’re cowards. Fear can, and will, make fools of the smartest people. But really, what’s the common theme in literally all Republican messaging? Fear.
Porque no los dos?
You have to be stupid to be afraid of the things they say you should be afraid of.
Their leaders play zero sum games with their stupid followers enabling them.
This is also stupid.
Agreed. When in a moment of common someone explains with logic why there is no reason to be afraid, any remaining fear is entirely illogical. Therefore any person who continues to feel the fear has rejected logic and can be best described as a stupid whiny little bitch. The abbreviation for this is M.A.G.A, the initialism only makes sense is it’s original stupidlittlebitchanese.
Are you even conscious of what the point of all this bad faith rationalization is?
It’s deffo both.
It’s both. And they feed into one another.
I remember reading somewhere the disgust is a strong motivator for right wing voters. It was a study where simply cleaning the area where people vote increased support for progressive candidates.
One can be both stupid and fearful. In fact, Trump needs his minions to be both of these things, because with intelligence and rationality, comes the notion that one need not fear things like the LGBTQ+, or women.
When people are stupid enough to believe they have something to fear, the solution can be easily sold to them.
All right wing strategies is about fear, all around the world it’s the same tactics, and sorry but the stupid fall for those tactics.
Not just the stupid. Is it stupid to give in to fear? Well, yes, of course it is; but even genius is not infallible. And, unfortunately, the propagandists know exactly how to trap you in fight or flight mode.
It’s hard not to dehumanize those that helped bring this about. I know. But it’s not an easy, simple thing, and it’s been brewing for the entire history of this country. Not to mention bigotry is the favored tactic of our adversary. Behaving on their level is not my plan, I don’t know about the rest of y’all…
No, you’re right. Thank you for the reminder.
It’s stupid to give into irrational fear. Yes.
If we have a progressive president, the trick would be for them to exude an aura of courage and certainty. FDR and Theodore did that, and are among the top five American presidents for it. Fireside chats were something that FDR did, not just to explain, but also to reassure. Before him, Theodore, was willing to risk his own flesh in battle and to remain standing after being shot by an assassin.
We need brave guys and gals to speak for a better future.
He didn’t get shot in the head and left to bleed out, so what’s his fucking problem?
That’s a blunt but accurate counterpoint. Ouch, but thanks.
It’s like dealing with spoiled children. Actions have consequences, if you don’t like those consequences, pull another Jan 6th.
Greed and hatred motivated them into casting the ballot, and look at what they got.
The backlash prompted a second video from the man, in which he dropped several F-bombs while criticizing the apparent heartlessness of those celebrating his hardship.
Heartless shit upset that his vote to cause extreme hardships for others is actually affecting his life.
“So much for the tolerant left” they cry, after punching leftists in the face for 30+ years.
All that’s left is the consequences of their own actions, anybody who would’ve been willing to help them gave up long ago.
he should say so much for the tolerant right
Its so hard for these people to understand that when you spew hate at others, whether through your actions, your words, or through your ballot, that people have less empathy for your than other people that might experience similar hardships and haven’t been spewing hate.
The whole comparison of “you laughed at Charlie thing, and now we’re laughing at ice killing” is so hard for these people to understand why most sane people view these deaths differently.
Person C spent his entire life spewing hate and saying some crazy shit that puts other people down, or in danger with his gun laws thinking, etc.
Person R was just a normal person, not spewing hate as a career.
Cue the shocked Pikachu face when they realize I care more about person R, than person C.
The whole comparison of “you laughed at Charlie thing, and now we’re laughing at ice killing” is so hard for these people to understand why most sane people view these deaths differently.
The primary difference here is that Charlie was murdered by a citizen who was arrested as soon as his identity was uncovered and is now in custody.
Renee Good was murdered by a federal agent that has the full support of the federal government and will likely never be arrested or face any accountability.
Honestly I feel that memes can somewhat help break it down to a format even these chuckle fucks could understand if they wanted to.
I don’t think the issue is lack of understanding, they’re operating on faith logic where theyre looking for validation not information.
We laughed cause he spent years calling for political violence and then got what he asked for.
The ridiculous thing is that they expect any empathy at all, when a key feature of their ideology is a complete lack of empathy.
The ridiculous thing is that centrists will give them the empathy they want, no matter what they do, and then spew all their hate at the left.
Oh no it’s not like that.
Person C was wearing my team’s colours, and person R wasn’t. Therefore person C’s death is terrible and person R’s joke is a funny joke.
That’s a brilliant metaphor.
