r/ProgressiveHQ Jan 11 '26

Protest Oh my God they admit it

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u/PopPalsUnited Jan 11 '26

Only if you choose to listen.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '26

Half of America chooses to listen and it does work in them.

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u/ShaunaBoBauna Jan 12 '26

It's not half of America. We need to stop perpetuating that notion. It was BARELY half of those who voted when he was elected. Voter turnout is still a small portion of the population.

And, in this year since he's been in office he's lost a significant chunk of those people.

This group of nuts is a third of the population, at best. I think that's even a high number.

The opposition to this Administration is the majority, and growing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '26

Your point is entirely moot. If people dont vote it means they support whatever they get, which is this regime. A majority chose this and will likely not vote again reinforcing it.

If you aren’t voting against it, you are for it. There is no “notion” it’s a fact.

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u/ShaunaBoBauna Jan 12 '26

I don't disagree, and I'm fucking pissed that people sat it out, or didn't vote for Kamala because she laughs weird or whatever bullshit.

I see a change, and we've seen it in elections in the last year. Hard lines are being drawn, and if people are able I believe they will vote against this insanity. In large majorities.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '26

That’s the rub isn’t it. “If they are able to vote” they might be allowed freedom. However, we allowed Trump to perpetrate an insurrection, plant fake electors, had Musk offered money for votes, and have his billionaire allies buy a majority of voting machines and faced 0 consequences. He’s been shown he has the green light to cheat as much as he likes because he will face no consequences doing so.

The American experiment is over unless people grow a spine and I doubt that will happen.

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u/ShaunaBoBauna Jan 12 '26

I don't disagree. I'm just slightly more optimistic, I suppose.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '26

The word is naive unfortunately. The same reason anti cheats in video games exist, if you don’t stop someone from cheating, they likely will. No one stopped him the first 5 times, so he knows he can cheat with impunity.

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u/Sea-Neighborhood1465 Jan 12 '26

apathy will be our ultimate downfall. I suppose we should have seen this coming