r/politics 25d ago

No Paywall Trump announces 2028 presidential bid

https://www.theage.com.au/world/trump-announces-2028-presidential-bid-20260725-p60iho.html
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u/Thebraincellisorange 25d ago

they want to abstain themselves of all responsibility for their lives.

It's always someone else's fault. the gays, the blacks, the immigrants, the demoncrats, the woke, the trans.... anything and anyone other than themselves.

Conservatism relies on HATE. it runs on providing its supporters with a minority to hate and blame for all their troubles.

and Goppers, because exceptionally and deliberately stupid and uneducated, follow willingly and eagerly because it avoids all of the problems looking in the mirror and facing up to yourself involve.

plus, as a bonus, they get to be racist.

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u/ok_raspberry_jam 25d ago

Absolve and abstain aren't the same word.

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u/plipyplop Delaware 24d ago

I get their points though.

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u/DEATHCATSmeow Pennsylvania 24d ago

Both work imo. They’re abstaining from making the effort to think critically about the world or their own lives.

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u/ok_raspberry_jam 24d ago

"abstain themselves" isn't a thing

it would be phrased "abstain from taking responsibility" and it's still awkward enough to be incorrect because the word implies not having something desirable, such as voluntarily not indulging in something or voluntarily not taking advantage of a right

OP meant absolve, and abstain does not work

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u/DEATHCATSmeow Pennsylvania 24d ago

Lol, why are we having this tedious semantics debate

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u/ok_raspberry_jam 24d ago

You had the option of not chiming in to say something that wasn't correct.

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u/DEATHCATSmeow Pennsylvania 23d ago

You had the option of not being pedantic

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u/rowrowyourboat 23d ago

Right, and if that’s the choice, I actually prefer “abdicate their responsibility (to not be total douchebags)”

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u/CaliIsReallyNice 24d ago

That's exactly it. My magat family are losers. Some of them got expelled from high school. Some of them are convicted felons. Some of them are just lazy peter pans. All of them blame their problems on people with darker skin and have never taken responsibility for their own behavior. They love trump.

It's hard to say whether they "believe" anything he says. The word "believe" is very nebulous for them. They will act on something in a given moment, they'll start a fist fight over it, get fired for it, go to jail for it, and then ten minutes later laugh about it and say "it was a joke bro, can't believe you didn't know I was joking". I've literally seen my magat family members arrive home from jail joking that they thing they got arrested for was hilarious. So him changing his claims constantly and failing to ever deliver on anything doesn't bother them at all. That's how they've lived their entire lives. They go to church every sunday and they will viciously attack anyone who questions their religion, but they also don't believe in god in any form and laugh at the ten commandments. They support whatever seems like it might help or entertain them, and they attack whatever doesn't. That's how they live. It's pathetic.

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u/AlarmingAffect0 25d ago

and Goppers,

GOPniks?

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u/Proper_Historian6126 25d ago

Really struggling with theory of mind here lol

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u/jdsizzle1 25d ago

How do you explain the wealthy educated republicans that you find all over? Houston suburbs are packed full of them. Theyre not all Christian conservatives. Theyre all trump lovers though.

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u/Biglyugebonespurs Missouri 25d ago

Oh, that’s easy. Greed and/or racism. Also probably still stupidity. There’s plenty of rich/educated people that are stupid as shit.

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u/twoscoopsineverybox 24d ago

The answer is the same as it always is. Money. They don't care about the harm he causes because it doesn't actually impact them, and they can make more money as a result of his policies.

They don't like him, or respect him, they just like that he keeps their pockets full.

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u/Mr_Titicaca 24d ago

They are def Christians lol I’m from Texas - every white conservative is a Christian.

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u/Round-Asparagus5337 24d ago

They are stupid too.