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“This is what I voted for?”: Trump supporter loses farm and income to tariffs, only to be mocked online (wtfdetective.blog)

submitted 2 months ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world

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A small business owner who voted for Donald Trump recently posted a video on TikTok, pleading for help as crushing tariffs on China threatened to bankrupt his operation, which imports alloy wheels. His call for support, however, drew little sympathy from some fellow Americans.

“Votes have consequences,” he was told, with many comments from Twitter/X users relishing the notion that another MAGA voter was suffering because of their political choice. The backlash prompted a second video from the man, in which he dropped several F-bombs while criticizing the apparent heartlessness of those celebrating his hardship.

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[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago (42 children)

If you want to defeat fascism we need solidarity across the working class.

Bullying right wingers who are suffering flies in the face of that. It only sows further division.

Yes, they were wrong, they voted for fascisn, I get the hate, but we need to find compassion for these people to get them back onboard.

Bullying them just causes them to lash out, get more entrenched, and discourage people from admitting they've been duped.

If you really so desperately need to feel superior to them that you can't hold back your righteous anger to actually make the world a better place, you're a part of the problem too.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you want to defeat fascism we need solidarity across the working class.

Except progressives. We should do whatever it takes to appeal to ignorant toothless hayseed bigots instead so we never have to think about moving to the left.

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (31 children)

Can you stop assuming you already know that I'm wrong for a moment to honestly consider my position on it's own terms?

I'm not saying we should soften our position politically, or walk back from our values, to be more appealing to them.

What I'm saying is that mercilessly dunking on conservatives for our own amusement is counter-productive. It calcifies their beliefs and drives them further to the right. We should, instead, take the opportunity to show them a moment of human empathy so that we can widen their perspectives. Or, at the very least, quietly enjoy the schadenfreude, without feeling the need to get a needless "told ya so" moment.

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