I admit there is compelling evidence that this guy is the luckiest motherfucker in history but it's an awfully convenient hand wave of a machine that has produced increasingly improbable outcomes
their behavior, they leak like a sieve, all pointed to not being some group with a plan but mostly just stumbling into narrow success built on the back of a celebrity with a really unique appeal due to 50 years of media whoredom
I don't think its a coincidence trump won via crowd work then social media exploded a bunch of comedians for doing decent crowd work course correction
Trump won because the only two issues he cares about are the two issues Americans care about the most: windmills and water pressure with toilets/showers
America is messy. Always has been. Most Americans love to fight (last couple of pages itt for example). The American voters want a candidate who will "fight" for them. I never really noticed it until Obama. He got some good done, but he didn't fight back. The when they go low bit...was such a load of crap. Hard to remember a time when the GOP wasn't all fire and brimstone. Until the old now very rich dem leaders get out of the way it won't fucking change. Trump was perfect for this time. People are sick of both parties but he is crass unrefined and talks shit. Traits many young people see in AOC and Crockett, the shit talking part. PS: people don't change their beliefs they disregard proof showing their error
Maybe not best post to respond to but feels like any media bs about this tries to give people an out for voting for Trump with "economy" and "inflation". Not talking about anyone here but there just seems to be a massive blind spot about the white people who are in favor of what's perceived as Trump's worst qualities.
Trump's team also lost a layup election in 20 as an incumbent with a good economy... if we're just going of results and ignoring other other factors
We ruined a thread about Hillary Duff with toothbrushes. Never underestimate how these things go off the rails sometimes.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ump-anti-trans-campaign-adverts-b2654925.html Data goes from it didn't directly, to it did directly, and with the most logical is that it was a multiplying factor on top of the top 1-2 issues. "They care about trans rights vs you and the economy" type messaging where "top" issues get elevated with a cultural attack
I think the truth lies in the middle. Trump stumbled upon a massively important message which people were able to interpret how they chose. This defies data and questions specific to issues. But the “he’s like me and for me so he and his ideas must be good” crept in and fueled the win.
I disagree that the thread was ruined. However, I will admit that (as readers of the Star Wars thread are fully aware) I am prone to ignoring canon that I think is just plain dumb.
Just like a typical toxic sw fan to subvert and minimize a thread just because it’s centered around a woman
The polling in 2016 was consistently very close. Everyone just pretended it wasn’t because trump was an insane buffoon. the polling also couldn’t capture the impact of the comey letter. I hope comey burns in hell for all eternity
I don’t know if you’ve paid attention to that toothpaste thread lately but, somehow, Duff pics returned.
Hillary started with a ceiling, Trump did not. She was destined to underperform and he was a showman. The Comey letter was the final nail in the coffin, not the root cause.
i get he’s shown contrition and i am sure he feels bad for it but there are some mistakes that are unforgivable and directly causing donald trump to be president is one of them. i am against the death penalty but not for him
maybe the anti-trans ads didn’t motivate voters, but what they did undeniably do was focus the crosshairs on trans people and make our lives worse they might not have even been about votes and just served as a terror campaign against my community
Yeah I voted for George Wallace but I have no problem with black people i just like his economic policies
A lot of adults don’t change their minds when they see an ad like that. The real damage comes from when kids see it (which a lot of kids watch football games with their families), and it becomes normalized for them. Some current minds aren’t changing, but future minds are where the war can be won.
as long as you keep your posting to discussing osu recruiting and not how you voted to exterminate minorities, you’re a good lad and should be able to participate in this community!
oh my god?— Denny Carter (@dennycarter.bsky.social) 2025-06-08T23:17:45.475Z It was deleted. I think it was real though.— Denny Carter (@dennycarter.bsky.social) 2025-06-08T23:19:57.688Z
I've seen several people tweet it. Everyone been had by the same screen shot or lots of people saw it and clipped it