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[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 58 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The fact the polls aren't showing a Harris blow out is absoltuly depressing me about the state of the world

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Only one poll actually matters.

I'm doing my part.

But goddamn, what is wrong with people.

[–] SeattleRain@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It shouldn't, she's no Obama and this man one once already against a meh candidate

[–] shplane@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Kamala shouldn’t have to be at Obama’s level. A bucket of paint should be infinitely more attractive to everyone on the planet compared to a bigoted narcissist like Trump. The fact that it’s 50-50 proves whoever the Dems choose is not the problem.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If Trump keeps this up, George Takei is going to hunt him down and slap some goddamn sense into him.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Set phasers to fuck this guy's shit up.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Somebody get George Takei's take on this stat. I need to see a good burn.

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I thought they were antifa?

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Excuse me?! Um, Japanese that got sent to internment camps run by the United States (I’m saying it this way because I learned from George Takei interviews it can be easily mislabeled and her takes great criticism to people that say it wrong), were all grouped together as one nationality accused of possibly being on the side of the Japanese military.

Does Trump think the people at the Capital were all rounded up for being his supporters? These things are not the same. It is insulting to Japanese living in the United States to compare them.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

nationality

nope. race. Not nationality.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago

Well we are both wrong. I should have said ethnicity.

[–] thallamabond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The latter were jailed because of racism. The former are largely racists, and are jailed for a closely related reason (trying to prop up a racist regime beyond it's legally due end date).

[–] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

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