• dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I get the appeal of Trump. I don’t like it and can’t fathom being the kind of person who would vote for him, but I understand why people vote for him.

    I don’t get Kennedy at all. Is it purely Q people still thinking he is the next savior or some shit?

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      4 months ago

      Kennedy has been a Democrat most of his life. He helped Obama & supported Hillary. He’s definitely done some weird things, but most Democrats would have called him an ally up until his presidential run. Trump has always been a con man. If you get why people support Trump more than why they’d support Kennedy, then I’d say that says more about you than him.

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        4 months ago

        He’s definitely done some weird things, but most Democrats would have called him an ally up until his presidential run.

        Bullshit. He was vocally antivax. People who didn’t know that before sure found out during COVID.

        Also, people consider someone less of an ally when they find out about things like the dead bear and the brain worms.

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          4 months ago

          Weird… why did the Biden campaign enlist Robert De Niro to help with events? Does that mean Biden was antivax, and that Kamala said she loves an antivaxer during the first day of the DNC convention?

          Also… leaving a dead bear that someone hit with their vehicle in a park is messed up, but sending weapons to a country that has killed 30k+ women & children is normal?

          Last, you do realize brain worms is like a serious medical condition? Like… should Democrats now platform on being disabled or a paraplegic disbars them from being an ally?

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            4 months ago

            Is Robert DeNiro an antivaxxer?

            And are you actually accusing Democrats of ableism because they don’t trust a guy who had WORMS IN HIS BRAIN to be in politics?

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              4 months ago

              Yes Robert DeNiro was alongside RFK Jr at his vaccine safety press event offering money to show it was safe to inject mercury utilized in many vaccines at the time.

              And yes it is ableism. Why does it matter that he had worms? Biden has had multiple brain surgeries due to aneurisms.

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                4 months ago

                Would you say it was ableism to not trust someone with Alzheimer’s too? It’s a disability after all. Should someone with Alzheimer’s be considered an important political ally?