• BassTurd@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    This may come as a shock to you, but he wasn’t unanimously voted in as president. There are tens of millions of us that actively voted against him. Those that did and do support him can’t pretend like this isn’t the consequences of their actions, but the rest of us sure as shit can.

    Even among the traitors and idiots that did vote for him, even the majority of those don’t agree with his war in Iran.

    Have you have lived somewhere where you didn’t agree with your democratically elected official? It’s possible to be critical of that person’s actions and not be culpable for them.

    Unfortunately, you are correct that he does represent the US, and that’s damage that will probably outlast my lifetime, but representation doesn’t mean reflection, and his actions don’t reflect the majority opinion in the US right now.

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      10 hours ago

      I voted in every election in my province/county for the past 20 years and none of the party I’ve voted for have ever been elected. I don’t like either of my Prime Ministers, federal and provincal, but they have been democratically elected and are my representatives. trump his your president, stop acting like he’s not and fix your own mess.

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        5 hours ago

        I explicitly stated that he does represent the US, but that many of us didn’t vote for him or support him. Both can be and are true. We don’t want a war in Iran, but as you’ve pointed out, Trump was democratically elected, and there are processes to stop the war. Unfortunately, it’s not anything we can kick off as citizens.

        There are protests, but when your healthcare and that of your family is tied to your employment, missing work to protest is a good way to not have a job, income, or healthcare. It’s not a simple as, “make change happen”.

        Generalizing an entire population is a weak and shitty argument. You can do it if you want, but it just makes you look narrow minded and out of touch with how the world actually works.

        The whole point is that the entire US doesn’t want a war with Iran and most don’t, even those that voted for Trump in hindsight don’t want it. They fucked us and got the country to this point, but war with Iran isn’t a popular opinion regardless of past actions.