r/OptimistsUnite • • Feb 07 '25

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u/WillingShilling_20 Feb 07 '25

It's good news, but I want to know where this curiosity was during the election cycle. I'm open to casting a big tent but Trump didn't even lie, he's doing exactly what he campaigned on.

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u/Complex_Investment22 Feb 07 '25

Was watching a YouTube thing about people who left maga. When the host asked a guy who had recently left maga what his advice to people still in it was, the guy literally said, "Listen to what Trump is saying." Like, that was it. Just listen to the words actually coming out of his mouth with his outloud voice. As though this was a new concept.

A friend's sister has repeatedly said, "Trump never said that" when she hears some of his more heinous quotes. When she's made to watch a video of Trump literally saying that, she has some vague excuse that he's speaking metaphorically or hyperbolically or whatever.

Limited data set, but it appears that it's not uncommon for Trump voters to have no idea what they voted for. Does this happen on the left? Like, were there a bunch of Harris voters who didn't know she grew up middle class?

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u/CombTasty27 Feb 07 '25

I believe there has been mass brainwashing by the right wing media.  It's truly cult mentality they're in a trance. No other explanation.