I know people who would actually say this though.

Oh, fuck, is that an ADHD symptom?

Every day I find out more and more of me is just mental illness

The ones I know who eventually changed their were never all-in on him, they were the “He’s our Cyrus” types who recognized he was a shitty human being and, more important to them, a pathetic excuse of a con man only wearing a Christian’s clothing, but thought the GOP could effectively use him for long-standing policy goals. They were willing to buy into “The border in crisis!”, “LAGGING DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST ECONOMY”, and “Transgender litterboxes in public schools”, but “Time to overthrow democracy” was too much for them. For their faults and delusions, they genuinely buy into the US as a bastion of freedom and democracy, and anti-democratic moves evoke genuine revulsion from them.

It’s small, and if they weren’t family, it wouldn’t be enough for me to keep enduring such nonsense - but as they are family, I’m just thankful that they aren’t outright fascists, just rubes. Though, as long as the fascists hide the exact level of fascism they’re going for, the practical effect is the same. Trump’s incompetence is, in a strange way, a saving grace here.

This one?

Anything but far-right, or as the Reddit PCM community would say, [insert series of slurs here]

What an utterly bizarre view they have.

There are more options out there than Soviet totalitarianism.

Oh my God, are you every teacher I had since the 4th grade?

Not sure how you got the idea that the ‘first conversation’ is what’s missing, then.

Have you spoken to many conservatives?

I have family who are lifelong Republicans but soured on Trump. Because, for all of their faults and their media bubbles, willing to endure Trump’s stupidity in exchange for the idea that he was just a tool for the GOP, they do still believe in democracy, and Jan 6 was too blatant for even their favorite news sources to spin positively.

Alternatively, his blade was not very deadly unless he got it in someone’s mouth.

Scottish Fold or similar breed? Poor fellows generally have health problems.

Never thought I’d see anti-immigrant sentiment on here

Are they having a stroke?

tbf we all should have known the moment he said he was going to rule like a Graeco-Roman god.

Israel is doing their damnedest to start a war with Iran, and there’s a non-zero chance that a sufficiently intense war between Israel and Iran will draw the US in for multiple reasons.

Babby’s first conversation with a conservative, it would seem.

May labor continue to increase and exercise its power in this damn country! The decline of unions in the 80s did immeasurable damage to our society.

Hey, subbed to the former! Feel free to crosspost those to !historyporn@lemmy.world with a mention of your sub if you like.