It's something of a puzzling irony, but even though it's clear that the majority of Americans support Trump, it's still social suicide to let that be known. The majority doesn't penalize those who openly support Harris, and tend to have a live and let live outlook, but the same can't be said of the left. People on the left will end friendships, cut ties with family, and boycott a business.
As for my left-leaning friends, they are bummed out and afraid of non-existent problems. They worry that blacks will be lynched, trans people euthanized, and women barred from having abortions. There's no use in even trying to explain the facts to them, as they take their position on faith the same way a Muslim or a Yankees fan takes theirs. Even if Trump has outstanding success and lowers inflation, creates jobs, ends wars, and balances the federal budget, in four years they'll proclaim that we must elect whatever candidate the Democrats run in order to save America.
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blue1981 (7749)
13 days ago
My friends who are women seem to be the loudest on abortion but are either done having kids or can't have them for health reasons. I've always found this view strange given their circumstances.
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FilmBuff (7235)
13 days ago
And it isn't as if access to abortions is gone, despite Roe v. Wade being overturned. The number of women getting abortions in the U.S. went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court's verdict.
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moviechatterer (15638)
13 days ago
My friends who are women seem to be the loudest on abortion but are either done having kids or can't have them for health reasons. I've always found this view strange given their circumstances.
Yes, thinking of other people or the "general good" is a real blind spot for Republicans
I think its the main difference between the two factions
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Jinx (3726)
13 days ago
Exactly what I was thinking. They don't understand why women aren't just concerned for themselves and their OWN interests.
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Pete314 (3010)
13 days ago
OMG! How often are women confronted with an abortion per year? And how often are they confronted with rising prices for daily goods?
Demrats = care for minority problems, forget the majority, and cry me a river when nobody votes for you... 🙄
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moviechatterer (15638)
13 days ago
rising prices for daily goods have zero to do with democrat policies over the last 4 years (clue: war & covid)
There is nothing Trump can do about that and if there was he'd be too fucking stupid to do it and will be concentrating on insignificant maga boogeymen crowd-pleasers like immigration and trannies , that will make zero difference to anyone.
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Pete314 (3010)
13 days ago
Sure, endless money printing does NOT have anything to do with inflation. You are one of Harris' advisers on this topic?
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MaximRecoil (4615)
13 days ago
"Yes, thinking of other people or the "general good" is a real blind spot for Republicans
I think its the main difference between the two factions"
That's comically ironic, coming from the pro-abortion side, you know, the side that literally believes that killing certain humans should be perfectly legal (on a whim no less, rather than only for a logically justified reason such as self-defense), and is in accordance with the "general good."
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