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Nothing helps stop Trump bleeding support from the senior woman demographic quite like a young whippersnapper punching a 70-year-old woman to the ground for her support of Harris.

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[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 281 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Big tough guy sucker punched an old lady. Trump would be proud if it were possible for him to give a shit about anyone but himself.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 326 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Not only that:

According to witnesses, Bossio said, the 17-year-old was walking away from a separate altercation with a male Harris supporter when he struck Tomasko and knocked her to the ground.

He did it because he was pissed at a male supporter but was too big of a wuss to throw hands with someone who could plausibly fight back, so to solve that, he sucker-punched an old lady. They're not just abusive garbage, they're pathetic cowards.

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 61 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Trump supporters are lower than snake shit.

[–] auzy@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Snakes at least keep rat populations under control

Trump enthusiasts generally are rats

[–] zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ahornsirup@feddit.org 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

I told my coworker today that there is no good trump supporter. They'll are either ignorant, selfish, or vile. The first group i dont blame because they're idiots, the other 2 groups can go fuck off to the void.

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About as courageous as his role model.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Now That's Republican Toughness! ^TM

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 150 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The lil shit isn't even old enough to vote

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 106 points 2 weeks ago

He's certainly old enough to get real time if they try him as an adult for aggravated assault.

[–] Shirasho@lemmings.world 85 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

At this rate he will never be able to vote.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Honestly, I hope he gets to vote in the future. Everyone should serve their punishment and get the chance to learn from it.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Emotionally I dislike your reply. Logically it’s correct. What good is “paying your debt to society” but never being forgiven when you live a better life after punishment.

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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 99 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Little dummy must’ve been watching Andrew Tate.

[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 107 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Oh, 100%, society is underestimating the terrible influence Tate, Peterson, and similar grifters are having on men (especially younger men).

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Jordan Peterson is really bad because the carnivore diet he promotes would starve the chud’s brain of nutrients.

[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 64 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Peterson is bad because he appeals to lonely blue collar millennial men who, if they had positive male role models or better friends, would have a real chance of being actual decent people.

Tate is bad because he appeals to young men and boys who lack the life experience to know the guy is a loser and a grifter.

My opinion anyway.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The harm I notice Peterson doing is setting back men's mental health movements. A big barrier I run into working in mental health is not having enough male role models either locally in my area or public personalities online who are willing to discuss things like medication and therapy, but also to discuss the important lifestyle changes that have to be made, particularly in terms of healthy relationships. A big part of men's mental health needs to be men supporting men instead of competing for women to then use as their sole emotional support. In addition to placing an unfair burden on women, it's just frankly a burden that can't and ultimately won't be carried, leaving men with inadequate support when there's a better solution to be had. Instead you have peterson (and others, but Peterson has a fancy psych degree to hide his bullshit behind) perpetuating these antiquated ideas that men should be competing with each other. Men deserve better.

[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

I run into troubled young men a lot, unfortunately. I was raised female so I often lack the context to truly empathize with their life experiences, and I'm really hurting for coworkers to consult who can.

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[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 95 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don’t need to keep being reminded that Trump supporters are the absolute worst pieces of shit on the planet.

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 51 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But, we can’t ever forget.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Yeah, I think we all deserve at least a little bit of forgetting every day. We’ve been enduring this bullshit for the better part of a decade. We don’t owe that asshole 100% of our attention all the time. Fuck him. And fuck everyone of his followers, too.

The Nerenberg trials got it right by executing the lot of them. We need more of that after this election cycle. There is no value in keeping them around. It’s not like any of them are launching rockets or anything.

Oh, fuck…

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I think we all deserve at least a little bit of forgetting every day.

come join me in a state with legal weed

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I kind of wouldn't mind seeing him get 100% of the attention for a little bit of time. I wouldn't mind hearing him whine as loudly as writtenhouse does about how his life is ruined.

[–] Baggins 5 points 2 weeks ago

He's nowhere near as clever as von Braun.

[–] crunchyoutside@lemmy.world 95 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Domestic terrorist. She was attacked by a domestic terrorist. This crime would seem to meet the DHS definition.

We need to start calling this crap what it is.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Damn right it does. This individual needs to be charged and prosecuted.

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[–] stoly@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago

When I think of conservatives, I always think of youths sucker punching old Asian women in the back of the head because of Covid. This is typical.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 32 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

These damn DEMOCRATS need to Learn how to Tone Down their Rhetoric!

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[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago

Glad he is charged. What a jackass.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

A minor, get his shitty MAGAT parents in the courtroom too.

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

What an absolute weak turd holy hell.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

He's just doing what donnie told him to do.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

I'm going to stand in line to vote tomorrow...should I take my can of Fox 5.3?

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

just MAGAt shit.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

more of that to come if the angry orange gets installed

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Or if he doesn't.

There's going to be violence. More people will die because of him, and i can't do anything about it and I'm going insane.

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[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hopefully he will be in jail on Tuesday so he can't vote

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

He's 17, he can't vote regardless

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