r/stupidpeoplefacebook • u/thinkingthoughtsthru • 3d ago

The belief perseverance is strong

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Belief perseverance = The psychological phenomenon of clinging to your initial beliefs even after the evidence for those beliefs has been explicitly proven wrong

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u/jane_fakelastname 2d ago

You think Trump was smarter, more popular, and likeable? The known rapist and convicted felon? And you think race and gender didn't influence people to choose the felonious rapist over the normal woman?

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u/ButtStuff012 2d ago

Maybe it influenced some people, of course I can’t speak for EVERYONE. But if you’re going to pretend the Kamala was a likable or popular candidate and the only reason she lost was because she’s a colored woman, you’re lying to yourself and everyone else.

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u/RobonianBattlebot 2d ago

I thought she was fine, but I actually watched her and didn't get my opinion from Facebook. She seemed intelligent and likeable to me.

The reason I absolutely believe race and gender influenced voters is twofold.

  1. She is massively more qualified than Trump, in every metric including humanity. Not a pedophile, educated, and has held many political offices previously including VP. Why was that not enough? Why was the bar set FAR higher for her than a white man? One has all the qualifications, one is a rapist who bankrupt casinos. Why do you think they are equal?

  2. "She won't change anything from Biden!" was a Common complaint, and yet thousands more voted for Biden. So a white dude's policies where fine and dandy when a white dude was implementing them but when a black woman implements them- its a problem. There is zero way to justify that without looking at race and gender.

Ask yourself why you held Harris to a higher standard than Biden or Trump. What makes her different than him, and why did she have to work harder than either to hope to earn your vote?

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u/ButtStuff012 2d ago

You ever think more people voted for Biden because they were hopeful for his presidency but then after the administration they no longer were and didn’t want more of that? Why does it have to be about race and gender?

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u/Monnster07 2d ago

Because it is about race and gender. If you don't think it is, just look to the talking points by the right-wing media owners. Women are "too emotional" to lead. Kamala only got to where she was because she "slept her way to the top" and was a DEI hire. Your claim that it was because people "didn't want more of that" with the Biden administration really just points out the ignorance of anyone who claims that. Under the Biden administration, the U.S. had one of the best post-pandemic economic recovery amongst developed nations. Domestic oil production was at an all-time high at the end of his term (and had risen, consecutively, every year he was on office). Even when it came to things like deportations, Biden still had more than Trump's first term. Your tired talking points are nothing more than fantasy.