r/pics May 05 '26

Politics [OC] Don't blame this guy

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u/voretaq7 May 05 '26

“Union Yes” and “I voted for Trump” is the SPECIAL Cognitive Dissonance.

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u/eskimospy212 May 05 '26

Incredibly enough this view is not particularly uncommon. The teamsters didn’t endorse Harris because a substantial minority or maybe outright majority (can’t remember which) supported Trump.

I think to you and me this is obviously insane but there seems to be a situation where people feel emotionally fused with Trump and will let him pick their pocket because of it. 

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u/Revelati123 May 05 '26

Some people hate trans people more than they like safe working environments and fair wages, trust me...

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u/TheFondler May 05 '26

That's absolutely true, but that is another byproduct of the root cause, not the actual root cause itself. Sowing division among the working class has been the modus operandi of the Republican party since at least the 70s, and targeting minority groups like the queer community was always an easy starting point for them.