• DasFaultier
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      219 days ago

      You know, I said a similar thing about Brexit. To a British person. In their face. While being way less intoxicated than I care to admit. And she replied a thing that still resonates with me to this day. She said that I have to remember that there were a significant number of people who didn’t vote Leave, and they’re now being fucked over as well. They didn’t want that, they didn’t vote for that, and yet they still have to live with the consequences. And leaving the country is not an option for most people.

      Remember that when you talk about what “y’all Texans” voted for. Have some empathy and compassion for the people that did the right thing and still have to live through this shit now. Learn from my mistake.

      It’s been, idk, six years or something since, and I still cringe at least once a week thinking about how ignorant I was. Never had/took the chance to apologize either.

      • @JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca
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        118 days ago

        If Britain had reentered the EU, began to stabilize, and voted to Leave a second time, the analogy would be fair. But as it is, Americans that voted for trump or didn’t vote on morality reasons, had ALL of the evidence, and consequently I think deserve to be reminded of that. In my experience people that voted Blue are pretty happy to share that and jump of the “Have the day you voted for” train.

      • NoneOfUrBusiness
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        119 days ago

        I’m not sure how much, if any, this applies to Brexit, but Trump 2 was also the result of the inaction, complacency and outright complicity of plenty of people who “did the right thing.” This goes way beyond the fascists, so I’m still pretty comfortable saying Americans did this to themselves.