Trump admits to using rage bait to win elections.

"I love the uneducated"
- And people happily declare voting for him it’s extremely confusing
  
  I have family that are fully on the maga train. There is no coming back from that. Will a few snap out of it every now and then? Sure. But there will be no way to unbrainwash them on a massive scale.
  How deep these people are down the rabbithole... and they have zero desire to listen to anything else. Trump could physically punch them in the face and they will find a way to avoid blaming him.
  They are losing most of their social security and had their snap benefits decreased by almost 50%. Their faith in trump is all they have. Their faith in Christianity. Trump is another god to them and there to save them. And nothing you say or do will convince them otherwise.

Identity politics exists to divide the working class. Keeping us all poor and fighting with eachother is the only outcome.
- Far as I know, and correct me if I am wrong - identity politics can take two forms: There's "individuals are different [in terms of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ...] and that's great" and there's "all preferred people must now unite against specific [ethnic, religious, sexual, ...] minority group". Not sure if you mean both kinds.

Damaging the lives of minority groups has been the game of evil people for ages now.
These are human lives, but to people like Trump they are just lubricant to throw in front of his trolly to grease the tracks.
It's disgusting, and he is disgusting.

Well yeah.
It's also the reason he told Republican in Congress to tank the strongest Border Security bill in decades in 2024 after Republicans realized, "Oh crap, Democrats are actually going to vote Yes on it!"
- And then what will they campaign on next time! They all secure their jobs by not doing them
  
  Right. As it was, the entire party almost imploded following their commitment to overturning Roe. They learned their lesson that can only dangle solutions to the fears of their base, maybe address a symptom here and there, but never provide true solutions to the root problems.

PP has changed his ideologies recently, too. Don’t be complacent Canadians! Make sure you get out and VOTE!!
- Absolutely, fuck maple millhouse.

Well fuck me, I recently said that trans in women's sports was a complicated issue. This is straightforward anti-trans propaganda. I also looked at some peer reviewed studies that showed there is no physiological advantage for trans women.
We all make some assumptions based on anecdotal evidence, and the best we can do is learn from our mistakes.
- thank you for interrupt my doomscroll to remind me that people out there are still empathetic and capable of learning/admitting to their faults.
- If a person goes through testosterone puperty there are undeniable advantages over everybody that didn't, in sports where physical strengths matters. I'd really love to get my mind changed on that, could you please name the study and/or journal where it was published.
  
  If a person is born with an abnormally large wingspan there are undeniable advantages over everybody that wasn't.
  We don't limit abnormal body types in sports competitions, we elevate them. Wingspan in swimming, height in basketball, muscle in football, etc. It's already genetics, there's nothing inherently "fair" about athletics. Abnormally - but "naturally" - high levels of testosterone literally already give people an advantage in sports.
  There's nothing more or less unfair about giving normal - but "unnatural" - levels of hormone supplementation to people for legitimate medical reason, especially when there's so few transgender athletes in the first place, and no evidence whatsoever that they are particularly dominating a given sport.

raging is who they are. it's what they do. he's been doing it since obama, the far right since rush and fox 'news' each launched. it's basically all they have. it's not like they have policies or a platform to benefit the people, the nation, the world, the planet..
- Anger is an easy emotion.

The fact that this works just shows that most Americans are idiots and probably deserve what they voted for: policies that will put them further in poverty and loss of their rights.
- On one hand yes, but on the other hand, it means that the trans Americans really don't deserve what we'll get.
- The fact that this works just shows that most ~~Americans~~ humans are idiots
  FTFY. If you believe that people in your country would be different when put in the same situation then I’m sorry but you are one of the idiots.
  
  I am American. I'm fully aware there are idiots in most countries. However the ratio of idiots to non-idiots is what really matters.
- Not just Americans. Wedge issues have been a political tool for a while now.
  The Velveeta treason weasel is probably too dumb to realize it's not even his idea.
- Why would anybody deserve to loose their rights? Because they were gullible? That just seems like cruelty..
  
  Because it is your democratic duty to inform yourself about who or what you are voting for. Otherwise the system does not work and will eventually get rid of itself. Use it or lose it.

This is like me admitting to wiping my ass after I've taken a shit. I mean we all know what they're doing, they know what they're doing, their supporters knows what they are doing. There's no point in pretending that not almost everyone realize this. The tiny minority that are too stupid to know that Trump is full of shit is completely inconsequential.

I hope that stays there. I don't want him to want to persecute me

Is it though? Maybe this is just a reflection of our society if we're able to be baited so easily?
I don't like the guy but he did what he knew would work and now he's president.
It's our fault for voting like this and for being idiotic easily persuaded masses.
- Let's just hope that better education can fix that
  
  It can. Which is why Republicans have been gutting public education for decades.

He's not stupid. He knew that's how he'd win the election. Take complete advantage of the uneducated.
- He is stupid, but he's also an expert at appealing to the lowest common denominator. Partly because he's so stupid.
- He's not stupid
  Do you have a source for that? /s

"The Democrats are for They/Them, not for you."
Disgusted that shit worked

Yeah politicians have been doing this since the dawn of time. Trump is not particularly unique in this.
- Yeah, politicians have been manipulating rubes forever. Nothing new.
  
  Admitting it is kind of unique though.

The problem is that it works. It shouldn't work but it does.

Does anyone know the date this took place? And is the Fox chevron referencing this event?
- March 13th of this year is when I first heard about it:
  (Fox News Source)
  
  Thanks~

No shit.

Americans have no idea about unisex bathrooms.
- I got to hit a bigot with, "I have two gender neutral bathrooms in my house." He sputtered a little and gave the ol' "bbbut that's different!"
- Considering most of us have them in our houses. Not sure why people struggle so hard with the concept.
- They knew it in the tv-series „Ally McBeal“.

And they're still raging...for now

Stunning???