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Your angle through the day has been "progressives have decided to reward criminals and have created a culture that does so - and this is the official stance of the Democratic Party" to the point that you've created a narrative that people here believe it and are riling yourself up over that 'rhetorical' narrative. We're not even talking about propaganda here - it's just cart in front of the horse mental gymnastics.

This crime occurred in North Carolina - a Republican state. A state whose legislature has been solid Republican for the past 15 years to the point where they can override a governor veto and has only voted for the Democratic candidate for President once in the past 45 years (Obama only won by 0.32% in 2008 - an election that had him win Indiana and had him just lose in Missouri - both solid red states themselves.)
 
Anyone starting a gofundme for him is stupid. But anyone can start one for anything.

Remember the guy who admitted to being a fascist on Jubilee, got a round of applause from the other right wingers in the room, and lost his job? He raised at least $30k.

Are you associating that crowdfunding with Republicans the same way you're associating this scenario with Democrats?
 
As far as the whole "he's a criminal and a thug and society had nothing to do with it"

From what I've read he's schizophrenic and homeless. People with that level of mental health issues shouldn't just be wandering the streets. So yes there's some societal factors at work here.

That doesn't mean he shouldn't do jail time, but if you don't want horrible shit like this to happen then you have to work on improving society. Just focusing on punishment after the fact wouldn't have stopped this from happening.
 
As for why Trump won, I honestly think it's much simpler than some here are making out.

It's obvious to anyone with a properly functioning brain that hasn't been melted by fox news that Trump is an idiot, a liar and a grifter.

The fact that millions of Americans don't realise this, and actually think he's some kind of genius just shows how monumentally stupid the average person is.

We have a similar situation in the UK with people backing Farage/Reform.

These politicians propose simple "solutions" to complex problems. And because your average person is a total MORON who can't absorb an answer that lasts more than 2 sentences, they go for the guy saying the simple thing that goes along with their in built bigotry.

These people weren't interested in politics beforehand, because it was complex and boring. But now there's some loud gobshite telling them that if they just get rid of the immigrants and the LGBT people then everything will be better. So now they're activated and caught up in a cult of personality.

The old political establishment meanwhile has spent decades working for business interests instead of making things better for workers and the general public, so enthusiasm for them is at an all time low.

The world is looking absolutely fucked right now, and I can't even escape to Europe easily because the Brexit mob fucked that up.
 
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