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UniversalMonk@sh.itjust.works

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Gay 'lifelong Democrat' who voted Trump opens up on what's happened to him since coming out as pro MAGA (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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[+] UniversalMonk@sh.itjust.works -14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I feel the same way he does when it comes to insults I have received for not voting for Harris. The grief and hate I got was way worse from Dems than Republicans (I didn't vote Trump either), especially here on Lemmy.

From the article:

But his initial revelation did receive some backlash.

'You are a dumba**,' one X user wrote.

Conservatives, he said, were more tolerant.

Bach wrote: 'I've never experienced such overwhelming kindness, understanding, and encouragement as I have from supporters of President Trump in the past 24 hours.

'And I've never faced such vicious personal attacks, name-calling, and insults—intended to wound, shame, and silence—as I have from Leftists in the same time frame.'

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So you don't like insults but voted for the guy that called Mexicans rapists and claimed immigrants eat cats and dogs? No wonder people are insulting you.