• paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    5 days ago

    It’s dumb and petty, and yet it’s the level that you need to stoop to to deal with people like Trump, they only understand pettiness.

  • Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
    12·
    6 days ago

    I love it. But I’d love more signs pointing out how much he hates veterans. That’s something I’d donate to.

    And that he hates unions, in areas of high union population

    • AbsentBird@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      6·
      6 days ago

      Republican Voters Against Trump have been running veteran billboards for a while. The DNC has been running billboards calling him and anti-union scab.

      I think the chicken angle hits a bit different though, a lot of people write off everything trump says as just talk, and many attacks seem to get ignored as slander, but the fact he’s unwilling to debate is a plain and uncontested fact, one that makes him look weak.

    • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online
      3·
      6 days ago

      I want more about how he’s the only president to advocate for a complete gun ban.

      I can’t believe Harris’s campaign isn’t pressing harder on that point.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      I’m just trying to imagine the person who drives through town, sees that sign, and makes up their mind on who to vote for based on that message.

      • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
        6·
        6 days ago

        Everyones mind is made up. At this point it’s just about turn out. If you can make a candidate look more Pathetic right before voting, the enthusiasm to support them by actually doing something that requires a little effort dwindles.

        • GladiusB@lemmy.world
          1·
          6 days ago

          I think you drastically underestimate how many undecideds are in the county and sit and say nothing. There are many people that don’t decide until the day of. Go vote and don’t take it for granted.

          • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
            0·
            6 days ago

            Undecideds are drastically overestimated. People who poll undecided with such polar candidates may feel disillusioned by both candidates or they prefer a candidate that is outside of what their family or demographic prefers and they feel conflicted about it. If someone is so truly apathetic about these candidates they aren’t going to bother to vote for either. Passionate voters are bad enough about showing up to vote. Very few of these people are going to suddenly resonate with a candidate based on positive or negative campaigning. I really think it’s all about nudging the ends of the bell curves on voter turnout for either party.

            • GladiusB@lemmy.world
              4·
              6 days ago

              This is not factual. It’s blatantly been proven wrong. I did a paper about it in college. A vast majority of the voting population is undecided.

              https://www.dataforprogress.org/insights/2024/5/30/measuring-the-swing-evaluating-the-key-voters-of-2024

              There is only about 20 percent total of voters that are always on a side. Many can swing either way for many reasons and many don’t decide until the last two weeks.

              This sort of disinformation leads people to a false sense of security and sways people not to vote thinking that it’s already locked up. That is not the truth.

              • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
                3·
                5 days ago

                Every time I hear about these mythical people who don’t know a thing about politics until right before an election I envy them.

                • GladiusB@lemmy.world
                  2·
                  5 days ago

                  I mean it’s how a lot of people operate. Just paying very little attention to anything other than what is important to them.

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
    1·
    6 days ago

    Tooto chicken debate!

    It’s a removed-fighting-like event but more civilised where chickens debate each other, they each have little tables & get prep time.
    The winner gets a bucket of mealworms. The loser gets the same, bcs chickens are good girls.

    Too-to (“Tutu”) was the legendary supreme chicken debate champion that a set of debate rules is now named after, in her honour.

    (TIL when I searched for a pic there is a chicken tutu market)

  • saltesc@lemmy.world
    1·
    6 days ago

    But didn’t he say he won? While rattling off bingo numbers that seemed to have no correlation with the Polish?

    Edit: Oh, god. I’ve gone for too many jokes at once. Maybe it’s time I have a kid so I can relish in their disappointment of such situations.

    Edit Edit: Wow. I’m really pessimistic today.

  • reddig33@lemmy.world
    0·
    6 days ago

    I wish the dems would let this go. They’re going to get him to agree to debate and then Kamala is going to make some minor flub that the press will run wild with despite Trump constantly speaking in word salad. The last thing you want is a “Howard Dean scream” this late in the campaign cycle. Just let Tim Walz mop up the floor with Vance in October, and then let us all vote.

    • Xenny@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 days ago

      The last debate hurt his polling numbers measurably. The press can say whatever they want. Doesn’t make it true

  • FMT99@lemmy.world
    0·
    6 days ago

    This is the level of our national discourse. And yeah the republicans started it and are worse in many ways. And maybe this sign is fake and just meant as a funny joke. But Jesus Christ we’re killing ourselves.