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Charlamagne Tha God makes screeching U-turn on whether Donald Trump is a fascist (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wow I wasn't expecting him to become a suck-up too. Especially not him.

Another one makes it on my list of disgusting shitheads I guess...

[–] UniversalMonk -5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Meh, I wouldn't call someone a "disgusting shithead" just because they have different views than me.

He's got the right to change his mind. On the other hand, you have the right to call him a disgusting shithead too.

I don't mind him either way. Seems cool enough to me, regardless of his political stance.

Thanks, amiko!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

When you're this vocal against Trump for months in the media and you "rethink your views" this close to inauguration day, and the person you rethink your opinion of is on the verge of cranking the American fascism knob to 11, you're a fucking disgusting shithead. And a shameless one at that.

[–] UniversalMonk -5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

verge of cranking the American fascism knob to 11,

But not everyone thinks that. I mean, he won the popular vote. I personally don't judge someone just because of their political views.

Maybe Charlamagne is doing it for clickbait-rage or something. Hey, everyone's got their hustle. Lots of people have political views I don't agree with, but I don't call them names for it.

Again, totally your right though. Just not the route I'd take.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I personally don’t judge someone just because of their political views.

I respect anybody until they cross certain lines. Trump crossed so many lines he looks like a human moire pattern.

Maybe Charlamagne is doing it for clickbait-rage or something.

If he does, it's not classy.

views I don’t agree with, but I don’t call them names for it.

I agree that civility, restraint and respect of other people's views are generally a sign of intelligent politicking. However, again, when certain lines are crossed, it's time to call a cat a cat.

My opinion is that we're about to enter the darkest period in American history since the civil war, and when it ends and the day of reckoning comes, all these suck-ups, and the disgusting billionnaire oligarchs, and whoever didn't speak up will have to answer for the crimes committed by the Trumpistas. You don't want to be on the wrong side of history and now is the time to firmly decide which side you're on.

Today is America's 1933 Germany. It's that grave, and now is not the time to mince words.

[+] UniversalMonk -7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Today is America’s 1933 Germany.

No it's not. Nothing is gonna change much. And in 4 years, someone else will be voted in. The world won't end. I promise.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I can only hope you're right. But it sure looks like history is repeating itself almost verbatim. And you know what they say: when it looks like shit and it smells like shit, it probably is shit...

[–] UniversalMonk -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nah, you are online too much. Lemmy is one huge echo chamber about how Trump is gonna destroy the world, he's a nazi, etc. Heck, I get accused of being a nazi just because I didn't vote for Harris. And I didn't even vote for Trump! lmao

I've read people who seriously think he's going to line up gay people and shoot them or put them in work camps, how he's gonna end presidential term limits and become a dictator, etc.

By the way, these were the exact same things that happened last time he was president!

He's a dumbass. But so was Biden. We'll be fine. I promise. Feel free to save this comment and come at me if I'm wrong.

Thanks, amiko!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I formed my opinion on Trump before joining Lemmy.

[–] UniversalMonk -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Sure, but while being on Lemmy, it's easy to be bombarded by anti-Trump posts, posts that daily say "We're losing the war. The capitalists won. World is gonna end within 4 years!" or variations of "I'm so sad. I'm afraid I'm gonna be put into a work camp and miss my mom and dad!" etc.

It's freakin crazy what Lemmy people say.

Hey, maybe you thought all of that before Lemmy. But I'm old enough to have fucked your grandma when she was hot. I have seen these same reactions EVERY FUCKING ELECTION from opposing sides. Since I've been following politics in 1986.

And guess what? Nothing changes. Regardless of who's in office. Same as it ever was. Just keep on doing and voting what's best for you, ignore the haters, and carry on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

So you peg me as a young guy who spends too much time on the internet do you? 🙂 I'm almost flattered.

FWIW I started getting alarmed when Reagan got elected. The sinking feeling that America was headed towards tyranny was confirmed when Dubya signed the USA Patriot act into law, Trump v1 confirmed to me that the American public had gone fully stupid (because Trump really isn't the problem, but rather a symptom) and Trump v2 confirmed to me that the American idiots are going to get exactly what they voted for: full-on fascism driven by the billionnaire tech bros - the real masters of the Trump puppet.

I've been watching the American republic go from not great to completely terrible for a good half century.

Anyway, back to Charlemagne Tha fucking God: the U-turn is so complete and so obviously timed that it's almost comically obvious that he's an opportunistic little shit, regardless of what you think of Trump. In fact, if I was MAGA, I would despise johnny-come-latelies like him: just look at how Steve Bannon lashed at Musk and his newfound love of everything MAGA...

[–] UniversalMonk 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I apologize. You're right, I assumed. Mostly because that's who I interact with all day on here. I'm glad to have a fellow old-timer in the house!!

I think where our views mismatch is I just don't think anything has changed much, regardless of who is in office. I mean, the democrats never undo what the republicans do. And republicans rarely do what they say they are gonna do.

So it's not so much that things haven't changed for the worse, it's that no president of either party has worked very hard to reverse bad things.

And since you've been around, you'll also know that everyone thought Trump was gonna destroy us all and get rid of gay people last time he was in office. And that he was a Nazi that was gonna turn us into some White Power nation.

Didn't happen then. Won't happen now.

Next election, we'll vote in a Democrat who will be on the campaign trail promising to undo all the republican shenanigans. And they won't do it.

Same as it ever was.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Next election, we’ll vote in a Democrat who will be on the campaign trail promising to undo all the republican shenanigans. And they won’t do it.

I doubt that very much. I think the Democrat will finally understand that they need to one-up the GOP to win the votes of a population of morons and that's what they'll do: they'll join the race to the bottom.

They've already started: just look at how many dems flip-flopped on DEI and abortion, and how they *need to work on the issues the Americans care about" since Trump was elected. The snivelling little shits are turning hard right as we speak. It's pathetic.

[–] UniversalMonk 1 points 2 days ago

Fair points!