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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/25623410

from Associated Press
By AAMER MADHANI, TIA GOLDENBERG and ZEKE MILLER
Updated 8:21 PM EST, February 4, 2025

  • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
    164·
    15 hours ago

    Nobody is gleeful, as far as I’ve seen. Yeah everyone who told people that this is what was going to happen gets to say “I told you so” but they aren’t happy, they’re just pissed off in multiple directions now.

    • LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      63·
      14 hours ago

      I’m not gleeful at all. Just more sad. Sad for the Palestinians, sad for us in America, sad for the rest of the world too. What a huge mess.

    • moon@lemmy.ml
      54·
      14 hours ago

      Sadly I’ve seen several comments in other threads that I would regard as gleeful/mean-spirited, and over in the bad place they’re posting about voters from Dearborn on r/leopardsAteMyFace.

      I think if people want to have words with the independents/third party contrarian crowd who couldn’t hold their nose and do the right thing that’s one thing. But going after people from the Palestinian/Levantine/Arab community who acted out of hopelessness is both counter-productive and profoundly lacking in empathy

      Edit: spelling

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      615·
      15 hours ago

      Yeah everyone who told people that this is what was going to happen gets to say “I told you so” but they aren’t happy, they’re just pissed off in multiple directions now.

      This is like a drunk driver rubbing it in the face of their passenger that were able to hit 100mph before crashing…

      Like, yeah, trump winning was bad.

      But no one didn’t see that coming, we were trying to pull Biden/Kamala left on multiple issues because we said they were too far right to beat trump…

      And we were right…

      And now the people who defended Biden/Kamala being so far right, won’t stop bringing up the fact that the genocide is still ongoing like it would have been if Biden won…

      Which again, no one was ever disagreeing with.

      But the drunk driver won’t addressed that they shouldn’t have driven drunk, they just keeping saying:

      See, I told you we could hit 100mph before the cliff I was right and you were wrong.

      It’s like explaining what a tariff is to a trump supporter, they’ll never understand because they’re hyperfocused on “slamming” the other person.

      they’re just pissed off in multiple directions now.

      If they were, they’d be upset at the candidates and their terrible policy positions that went against what Dem voters wanted.

      Instead they spend all their time insisting we can never criticize the Dem candidate for anything because Republicans will always be worse.

      Which is literally the reason Republicans ended up with trump…

      • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
        134·
        15 hours ago

        I’m tired of responding to this stupid sentiment. Have fun on your moral high ground as the world burns around you.

        • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
          613·
          15 hours ago

          I’m tired of responding to this stupid sentiment

          Then dont?

          I mean you didn’t anyways, but just don’t reply.

          What would be better tho, is if you started working on making sure the next Dem candidate represents the values of the Dem voting base.

          That would be a good use of time, and we need all the help we can.

          Have fun on your moral high ground

          I voted Harris, Biden, Clinton in the last three elections. I’m just as covered in neoli eral shit as anyone else right now.

          I’m just trying to get a better candidate next time. So they get more votes.

          You know…

          Productive shit I stead of trying to split the dem voter base…