• criticon@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    4 years ago there were a lot of houses with Trump/Pence signs in my neighborhood. Most of them removed their signs after the elections except for a few that had the whole combo police lives matters and don’t thread on me and stuff like that. After jan 6 even those houses removed their signs (and all others) and this year I have not seen any Trump sign in any backyard in the area.

    • MagicShel@programming.dev
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      4 months ago

      This is what I don’t get. There is so much less trump enthusiasm in Michigan than in 2020. It’s all fucking anecdotal, so go with the data over my observations, but I just can’t see any sign that Trump is a force here.

      I’ve seen like 2 Trump bumper stickers and not a single yard sign (I’ll give you the place that literally has his name painted on their garage), which is fucking insane when 3-4 years ago you couldn’t get in your car without seeing at least one yard sign or bumper sticker.

      Four years ago, my wife got so much shit for being the only liberal in an office of good ol’ boys. Now, absolutely nothing. I cannot comprehend that the polling reflects none of this.

      • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        They’ve learned it leads to social isolation. I know a lot of young men learned they can’t get laid if they’re vocal about Trump. I’m not saying these people learned empathy they just learned to put the mask back on.

    • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      It turns out, a lot of people do feel a bit of shame for the way they vote.

      Not like that they actually feel bad for fucking over so many people, but they don’t like looking like they are helping so many people getting fucked over.