• Aidinthel@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    I feel like a lot of this is because non-crazy people find it harder and harder to justify identifying as a Republican.

    • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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      There’s zero justification now. Oh, it’s because you’re a fiscal conservative? Okay, show me where that’s a Republican policy. Oh, it’s because you’re a blue collar worker? Okay show me even a single policy that has helped you. Oh, it’s because you’re a veteran? Okay, why would you support a party that nuked your benefits? Oh, it’s because you’re a Christian? Then why would you support a candidate who embodies every single deadly sin packed into one blubbery package? The GOP isn’t even a shallow shell of its previous ideals, it’s just a wacky-ass death cult.

  • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Wild that Republicans are becoming more in favor of gun control. Probably because they’re seeing more people on the left–especially non-white, and non-straight people–getting strapped since both Republicans and Dems have utterly failed to address the causes of violence. (Hint: the tools of violence don’t cause violence.)

    • borkcorkedforks@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      The change doesn’t really seem that great and there are years missing.

      Also “Gun laws should be stricter” is too vague for the range of policies involved. When a gun control advocate says that they might mean bans. Someone else might be talking about opening up the NICS or want to improve the background checks somehow. There are also a lot of people who don’t actually know the existing laws and want “stricter laws” we already have.