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Peter @peterc3k.bsky.social

Then Trump should stop that and Dems don't have the ability to stop him from doing that. Seems like they should have made better choices.

aug 26, 2025, 8:10 pm • 1 0

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burner herzog @oujii.bsky.social

Yes, Trump should stop it, but that's not the premise of this thread. Nor was it the choice of millions of voters and millions of ineligible voters, who Trump certainly sees as disposable but I am less convinced of

aug 26, 2025, 8:13 pm • 1 0 • view
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Peter @peterc3k.bsky.social

They voted for this. It is irrelevant that they didn't want consequences.

aug 26, 2025, 8:14 pm • 1 0 • view
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burner herzog @oujii.bsky.social

Your "they" is not at all what i described, which as i noted elsewhere, is imo part of the issue. The monolithic uniform block of our political imaginations does not in fact exist

aug 26, 2025, 8:16 pm • 1 0 • view
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Peter @peterc3k.bsky.social

Dickhead, there were two outcomes to the election. The People chose Trump and The People didn't give any power to his opponents. What is your idea? They secretly didn't want Trump to be elected and wanted to be saved from their choice?

aug 26, 2025, 8:19 pm • 1 0 • view
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burner herzog @oujii.bsky.social

"The People" is composed of millions of discrete voters voting differently, millions of non-voters, and millions of people ineligible to vote, and I struggle to ascribe a single motive to that vast aggregate

aug 26, 2025, 8:25 pm • 2 0 • view
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Peter @peterc3k.bsky.social

Fuck motive and intent, we are living within their impact. Trump is President until he isn't. The actions of every single one of them was to make Trump President. I cannot change that, you cannot change that.

aug 26, 2025, 8:27 pm • 1 0 • view
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burner herzog @oujii.bsky.social

i struggle to understand why every time i say "the public is made up of a giant number of people of which trump voters are actually a small slice" i get a response that says "fuck them all." i don't think i'm saying anything controversial or confusing there

aug 26, 2025, 8:29 pm • 2 0 • view
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burner herzog @oujii.bsky.social

You really need to find a way to only kill dedicated gop voters at scale for this to work, and i am eager to see such a proposal

aug 26, 2025, 8:17 pm • 1 0 • view