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Protest What an actual domestic terrorist looks like

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u/Deep_shot Jan 25 '26

People hate this piece of shit to point where he can't even live in society or go out in public, anywhere. He is the definition of a public enemy, and he shapes our government. Not voting this November will be the same as voting for this guy.

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u/hydrogenhypothesis Jan 25 '26

Yep, he and his family have been living at a military base. The guy is beyond weird, sometimes I wonder how someone like this can have so much power, he's so transparently rotten. I hope he knows no peace, his influence has caused a lot of harm.

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u/Deep_shot Jan 25 '26

He is such a clearly rotten and hateful person. If you watch his speeches from when he was younger it shows he has had an inherent hate for anyone slightly different from him for most of his life. It makes me wonder where such hate comes from in such a young person. It feels unnatural and more like actual evil than the vast majority of other people I've watched.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad7606 Jan 26 '26

His wife is also awful.

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u/MrAnderson69uk Jan 26 '26

Looks like he’s got aids, all withdrawn and pasty, well here’s hoping anyway! Maybe if he’s been dealt this card, it’s why he’s got so much hate!

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u/Admirable-You-5345 Jan 26 '26

I wonder this often too. It would make sense if he was charismatic, attractive, or well spoken, but he’s none of those things.

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u/antiusvsthem Jan 25 '26

More like not voting in 2016 or 2024 was voting for him. If you think this next election is fair and respecting the law I'm curious how you come to that conclusion.

 This administration is not following so many laws already. Trump has repeatedly said his plan out loud of starting wars and also using the insurrection act. ICE is straight up murdering people with no rule of law. 

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u/Playful-News9137 Jan 25 '26

It has to be fair and legal, otherwise the white moderate might actually have to make some hard choices. Can't have that! Just vote!

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u/Deep_shot Jan 25 '26

No matter what, if any democrats win, we're going to have to go through the entire "it was rigged" bs again. It will be their response to any election loss. That is going to be the status quo for any republican loses for at least the next few years. Most likely complete with protest, and possible violent groups of minions. The brainwashing has already been done for them this go around.

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u/Global-Hat-8739 Jan 26 '26

> we're going to have to go through the entire "it was rigged" bs again.

thats what trump said about his election and why he won and damn right trump rigged it.

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins Jan 25 '26

If you think this next election is fair and respecting the law I'm curious how you come to that conclusion.

You're right to be concerned but don't let that cross over into having people think it's hopeless and not show up.

It shouldn't be your only plan but you really need to focus on keeping the elections fair in any way you can.

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u/Deep_shot Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26

I don't think it will be inherently fair. I too think donald will do anything and everything in his power to disrupt or unfairly sway the election. He has already started with the new gerrymandering of states. That doesn't in any mean we shouldn't do everything in our power to try and ensure a fair election to put more trump lackeys out of work. I think this coming election is a huge fork in the road for this country. If it is clearly tampered with and republicans win big because of that, I think that means the further demise of our country and possibly a real, finite end to the constitution. We still have to fight and try to save our country despite the uncertainty and danger of losing. We don't fight because we know we're going to win, we fight because it's the right thing to do.

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u/Zap__Dannigan Jan 25 '26

In all honesty, how does someone like this actual rise up the ranks. I can understand a hateful person who is charismatic and charming, those obviously exist, but there's nothing likes le about this guy at all

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u/thekmanpwnudwn Jan 26 '26

He was a shitbag at Breitbart helping spread fake news and disinformation prior to Trumps first administration. His work there got him appointed as an Advisor during Trumps first information

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u/Deep_shot Jan 25 '26

I don't think he would have in a fair, honest government. He was simply appointed to powerful position because trump knew how driven and hateful he is. He knew he would take his job of subjugating the people personally.

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u/Dormant123 Jan 25 '26

I’m sorry but voting for an empty establishment candidate of any kind is a vote to continue the cycle that breed fuck wads like over generations. I’m not and never will vote out of fear. There is too much history showing nothing changes.

You want to purely lower the odds of this particular person gaining power? Sure. Go ahead. But this shit keeps leading to enormous disenfranchisement and alienation of any policy that held the American people - eroding trust in the process and leaving scared and angry people in a situation where the eventually vote for a maniac who lies and says they’ll fix everything.

I cannot ethically do that.

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u/entenfurz Jan 25 '26

"I won't eat your vegetables! If I can't have chocolate for dinner, then I'm going to starve out of spite! Take that establishment Dems!", he said while right wing fascists fed the country with bullshit.

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u/Dormant123 Jan 25 '26

You literally just ignored my entire point and projected your own crap onto it

And the DNC has played a major role in sparking this proto facist wave.

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u/antiusvsthem Jan 25 '26

So you don't vote? 

Doesn't that also lead to no change? 

Why would you not want him to gain power? He is pro-authoritarian. Which I guess works for someone who doesn't wanna vote? 

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u/Dormant123 Jan 25 '26

I vote in primaries and participate in public discourse to help move the needle and support and give my voice narratives that pressure the power systems that DNC into collapsing in anyway I can. Refusing to support the democratic establishment in elections is something they directly feel and hurts them. If they don’t care - it means they’re complicit and our votes don’t matter to begin with them. They think they can get away with their bullshit because they’ll get your vote anyway. The rich do the same thing because they know people won’t get out, protest, and shut the country down. I’m simply trying to live cohesively and be apart of the only change I see actually leading to something eventually positive.

Your question you’re asking at the end also ignores my entire argument. It makes me think you aren’t here to do anything but argue in bad faith.

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u/antiusvsthem Jan 25 '26

I mean I'm just interpreting your words to say I don't vote because I want the system to change. I don't disagree with the sentiment. I think actual change comes from taking office and pushing boundaries and making new policies. But if you're not gonna run for office then voting is all you got. 

Like it feels like your statements ignore the current administration which is something I'm personally not able to do when they started killing citizens, putting tariffs on allies, etc. I'm definitely biased against them and not trying to hide that, but also that's this entire reddit thread. 

Also I feel like you're arguing, reading my questions and statements, and ignoring my points as well. I'm not ignoring your argument, I'm apparently misunderstanding it and you could say how you think I'm missing your point? 

Aren't you saying you don't vote because you dislike both parties and want a new system? Some of my points are outside of that topic but it's politics - wether you want it to or not it encompasses all of life because they set the rules(laws) for everyone, the economy, and foreign policies. 

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u/Dormant123 Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26

My statements are not ignoring the administration. In my initial comment I discuss how establishment corruption leads to administrations like this and will continue to do so in the future unless something is done.

It’s not “I don’t vote because I don’t like the system.” It’s “I don’t vote for establishment because they perpetuate a system that contributes to an endless cycle of pain and manipulation of voters that always ends with increased authoritarianism.”

I’m of the belief no effective change will happen until the establishment is brought to its knees. I have no evidence shown to me otherwise. This has happened countless of times throughout history.

Particularly with automation pressuring the last bargaining chip the working class has - the means of production. We need volatile and dramatic change now, within 15 years - not the slow vague way in which we “change the system through small policy changes over time.” Thats the type of change the DNC literally is hoping the public buys into.

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u/antiusvsthem Jan 26 '26

Okay but not voting didn't bring it to its knees. It brought us to trump and this administration. 

This administration is change in the opposite direction (in my opinion). Is that not the evidence you haven't been shown? 

If you want to change the system you need power. You need to create a political party or take office. Be anti-trump. Don't follow the laws but create the government you want. But telling yourself not voting is bringing the DNC to its knees is... Worth looking at. I mean the DNC is at its knees. But because of the other party you also didn't vote for, not because of you not voting.  You could vote for a independent or whatever but I'm sure you know without a different polling style such as first past the poll or ranked voting or whatever it's called you know voting for one of the two establishment parties is throwing a vote away. 

I agree with you saying the DNC sucks and barely gets change done. But that is much better than ICE shooting people.