Costly signaling
this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2024
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I mean yeah, except to fellow deluded conservatives, being a βTrump supporterβ is a red flag indicating someone is very confused and/or probably an asshole.
In the very least, it says βsexual assault is not a deal breaker for me.β
I was going to go with, "I'm ok with rape" but yours works too.
It's not sexual assault if I force you to do it... Probably how they think
The few women who would date a Trump supporter are already married... to their cousin, marriage was she was 16 and he was 35.
the number of "women for trump" bumper stickers I see daily are astounding.
I saw one recently and it was a man driving with his wife.
"Dating is hard for young boys, especially for unstable, undateable, ignorant, bigoted pieces of shit that actively hate women and are overall net negatives on the world, that as a bonus come from families of similar human failures, happy Thanksgiving dinner party! with open carry, kid rock background music during dinner and casual sexual assault attempts sprinkled throughout the day."
Up next: What Do People Have Against Syphilis?
All these flag-huggers constantly violate flag code.
I don't even give a shit about flag code, but the hypocrisy annoys the fuck out of me.
What do you mean "it's disrespectful to hang the flag behind my pavement princess's over-the-cab exhaust and roll coal"?
Brother this is 'murica, it's disrespectful not to.
/s, of course.
Everyone should know, US flag code is relatively new phenomenon, with the beginnings of it forming around 1942. My grandfather predated US flag code.
Similarly, flying the flag at half-staff/mast only goes back to 1954-ish.
Regarding the US flag & how it is presented, treated, there is a lot of customs & nuance that we're just kind of making up as we go along. It seems as the world gets smaller, the rate of divergency & traditions is accelerating.
Most soldiers I've met don't really care about the flag code. They dislike the flag being burned but currently there's not much we can do about that.
I am (mostly) mindful of "flag code", just out of my own personal respect & love for America. But it's not law; the flag is made for Americans. Americans aren't made for the flag, to structure our actions around what some guys said in 1942.
It spawned out of post-WWII American nationalism, and it is being ignored by people embracing pre-WWII German nationalism.
Nothing to see here, folks
I realize it's not law. But if you supposedly love the flag so much you do shit like Trump does and hug it, but ignore flag code, it's hypocritical.
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Somebody has to sleep with them or else they start shooting up shopping malls.
They can sleep with each other
My favorite thing about Trump supporters is they reduce the dating pool for the rest of us
Unless you live in the deep south where half the women support him despite how it's essentially self-hatred.
My parents constantly complain about how I don't date people native to our state/general location. I think the last time I actually dated people who had roots here was 8 years ago in university prior to politics being ruined by Trump.
In my experience--and I'm very solidly middle aged, so take that with a double handful of salt--the young women in the deep south trend fairly centrist/liberal, while the young men trend hard right. The women that tend to be Trump supporters appear to be middle aged and older, and usually don't have any significant college education.
You almost make me wish we had more up here β¦.. nah
It's pathetic how far they've lowered the bar.
As my wife says. "Why would I want to fuck a fascist lazy lay that's in love with a grandpa?"
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lol such fawning obsessive adoration for anyone is cringe af, but exponentially worse when the object of this adoration is a cowardly weak rapist con man traitor loser
it's a miracle if any woman ever even speaks to these ridiculous dweeb troompa loompas
a cowardly weak rapist con man traitor loser
That's simply the norm for social media personalities in the modern era. Donald Trump's presidency is a product of half a century of misogyny in marketing, advertising, and influencing.
He won't be the last rapist, con artist, or kleptocrat to run. He won't be the last to win. Not so long as economic conditions for Americans continue to degrade, while fascist policy is championed as a panacea.
This is my true fear.
Like...Trump makes W look good. He's now got this public image of a slightly daffy uncle. Like 2000-2008 were just "Earnest goes to the Whitehouse". As if he's as dangerous and malicious as Mr. Bean.
By extrapolating from there...there's gonna be someone that is gonna make Trump look good.
By extrapolating from thereβ¦thereβs gonna be someone that is gonna make Trump look good.
This progression is necessary, otherwise the Democrats would not be able to sell every election as "the most important election of our lifetimes." The escalation of stakes is required.
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Sorry about the fucking idiots, and thanks for not fucking the idiots
Like a self-inflicted extinction event for the ingroup. A study in selective evolution.
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The ol' shash glyph on the forehead
It's a vicious cycle that always ends up with some sweaty dude holding a tiki torch saying "it's not me, it's the fault of women"
You just made me remember how the tiki brand had to make sure to freaking distance themselves from those freaks, just in case someone possibly saw the photos and thought that maybe the tiki brand somehow supported their insanity
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Angry, sexless, uneducated, young men make for good expendable soldiers.
Not any more. Good soldiers have to know how to use some pretty f*ckin' complicated technology these days. Angry sexless uneducated men (young or old) are suitable only for meat waves like Russia uses.
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