And even worse? They’re losing it all while the offending political party mocks and belittles them. Yeah, it’s gonna get bad. They fly Trump flags in front of their houses and wear the merch and decorate their offices with it so…

It won’t be hard for the resistance to find them.

I could certainly see this being something they’re doing. Flooding the zone to give the impression of support. The problem with right wing rhetoric is that it’s very attractive to the uninformed. It’s really really easy to be a racist, for example. It’s much harder to instill empathy.

I think it’s working. Right as people were finally leaving Twitter during the election season and moving to Lemmy, Blue sky, mastodon, threads, etc. The election was already in full swing. So support on the left was fractured and disconnected from the main spaces where it would reach normal folks. Twitter, Truth Social, and Facebook remained strong and their message was everywhere all the time.

What do we do to stop it though? Grass roots grow Lemmy into something respectable? By the time it gets popular enough to matter, the right will invade and corrupt it.

I just upgraded to a Pixel 6 from Galaxy S8. The Galaxy had a panel that could easily be popped off. I realize this new phone does not. My bad.

I wish I could believe this. I’ve made the mistake of engaging with them on MSN and it’s a full blown Jonestown style cult. They are ready to lose everything for Trump.

Yeah I’m not proud to say it but it’s just getting to that point. What other options are there? Just let them destroy the country and when it’s finally down to not having food or water, maybe then we fight? Pathetic. The French would already have Paris on fire.

Not possible as long as 90% of the public just need to be told that trans people are evil. I’m sorry man. I’m glad you’re optimistic but I’m increasingly convinced this is going to end in violence.

It’s not changing minds. They laugh at the cratering stock market and subsequent outrage. They’re gonna need something a little more corporeal than a loud protest chant.

Exactly.

A real win is increasingly seeming to require flames.

They aren’t changing any Trumpist minds. They just aren’t. The stock market could reach zero valuation and theyd still be shilling for Trump.

Pull the battery out?

You’re not wrong. We need riots weeks ago.

What negative press? His supporters are all in. They’re brigading every online message board and spamming about how this is great for the country.

No thanks.

Wait, being convicted ends political careers? Hitler and Trump wore their convictions with honor and used them to gin up support to great effect. Who’s to say Le Pen doesn’t somehow do the same?

Well said. We need to unite to counter this stuff. The right is definitely united. Fascism is very attractive to the average voter.

Yeah, you’re not wrong, that’s another path. Full blown authoritarianism.

Yes, exactly. They used Medvedev as an example.

They’ve already installed a guy that hasn’t been vetted and cleared that is tearing out the guts of our government at his whimsy and without oversight. They’re breaking the law in egregious ways and getting away with it in real time. There is only one way left to hold these people accountable.

Just heard an interview on BBC radio this morning with an American explaining that there are avenues for Trump to do this by abusing the line of succession. It sounds like they want to appoint him as Speaker of the House and then have the president and vice president abdicate.