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Can't believe people voted for this guy (lemmy.world)
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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I hope so for both of your sakes because it just takes one racist power tripping cop.

[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks. I think it was you I saw mentioning moving abroad; I hope that goes well for you and your family, too.

I just don't understand people. My partner's brother (also brown, also first gen) is a Trump-loving cop. I'm hoping we don't have to rely on him for anything but I'm also weirdly grateful that he's my partner's brother because you bet your ass I will make it his business if anything happens to my partner; I still have the tiniest hope that brother would go to bat for him.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yes, that's me. Got my first job interview tomorrow. At 3:30 am. Apparently the Earth isn't as flat as certain people on the internet would have you believe.

And yeah, there were a surprising number of brown people who voted for Trump, especially men. I don't get it. He hasn't been even a little secretive about what his plans are. They really don't get that they could get caught up in this insane net of Trump's.

[–] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good luck on the job interview!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Thanks! It's not a job I'm dying for, so I'm thinking of it more as practice, but I will take anything if it means we can get over there in January and afford basic things like a home and food.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The only thing I can figure out is they're extremely low-information voters whose thought process was something like "prices high, Biden's fault, Trump not Democrat, vote for him."

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the famous gas and grocery price levers in the Oval Office that Biden keeps leaning on.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Yes. Americans being really really fucking stupid is why we're about to go full fascist.

[–] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Also don't piss off any Karens. They use the police as a weapon.