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2024 Presidential Elections: the schadenfreude commences
Raptorpat replied to NewBluntsworth's topic in Current Events
I don't understand, maybe because it's 1:30am. Polling has consistently shown over the past decade-of-trump that the education gap is the biggest (or maybe second biggest since Dobbs) demographic driver in the overall shift in support between the two parties. The Dems have hemorrhaged people with less than a four-year degree and MAGA has pushed away people with a four year degree or more. This education gap is observable across race, gender, union/non-union etc., though it is obviously most prominent with the white male demographic. That's not to say demographics are destiny (it would be silly so say there are no college graduates supporting Trump or no high school grads supporting Kamala), or that people are sitting to have polite rational conversations about their education/class and which box they belong in. Aggrievement populism doesn't really lend itself to rationalism, the whole idea is they're just mad as hell and want to point the finger at the "other" who is to blame. -
2024 Presidential Elections: the schadenfreude commences
Raptorpat replied to NewBluntsworth's topic in Current Events
I don't think it's philosophically conservative - it's populism. But I think simply calling it stupid people aggrievement does overshadow what I think are clear socio-economic demographics that the core MAGA platform by-design resonates with. -
2024 Presidential Elections: the schadenfreude commences
Raptorpat replied to NewBluntsworth's topic in Current Events
I said "white working class aggrievement" which is irrespective of gender, which they wanted to expand to also focus on general male aggrievement as well. -
2024 Presidential Elections: the schadenfreude commences
Raptorpat replied to NewBluntsworth's topic in Current Events
To be more succinct, his platform represents the politics of white working class aggrievement, and the goal to expand their base beyond that was built around emphasizing male aggrievement generally. -
Elon Musk now owns Twitter, apparently trying to run it into the ground
Raptorpat replied to Jman's topic in Current Events
genuinely the political/media ecosystem needs to leave, but they can't do it unless wholesale. if I didn't have to be vaguely aware of things for work I'd delete my account and move on. -
Elon Musk now owns Twitter, apparently trying to run it into the ground
Raptorpat replied to Jman's topic in Current Events
I wish I screencapped when the Nazi account praised Elon for letting people "call retards retarded again" but I couldn't find it when I went back for it. Would have been a great side-by-side with the inevitable abuse report rejection. -
Elon Musk now owns Twitter, apparently trying to run it into the ground
Raptorpat replied to Jman's topic in Current Events
nothing happening at work right now, browsing Twitter and saw an actual like out and proud Nazi in someone's replies like full on with swastikas in their handle so of course I spent the last half hour systematically reporting everything that account has ever posted, we'll see if something sticks -
2024 Presidential Elections: the schadenfreude commences
Raptorpat replied to NewBluntsworth's topic in Current Events
I'd wager the actual case doesn't begin and end at the 1A, the article says the Space Force is seeking to apply military exemptions to SpaceX despite it not being for military purposes and the article goes on to say the commission and the Space Force have been fighting consistently over everything for more than a year. -
2024 Presidential Elections: the schadenfreude commences
Raptorpat replied to NewBluntsworth's topic in Current Events
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They kept their parks open until halfway through Wednesday
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Elon Musk now owns Twitter, apparently trying to run it into the ground
Raptorpat replied to Jman's topic in Current Events
what in the jeffrey epstein -
pssh everyone knows that's not what the end of main street usa looks like
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english has enough inconsistencies that everyone else is excused
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happy birthday @TrigunBebop
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2024 Presidential Elections: the schadenfreude commences
Raptorpat replied to NewBluntsworth's topic in Current Events
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ploose
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Elon Musk now owns Twitter, apparently trying to run it into the ground
Raptorpat replied to Jman's topic in Current Events
yeah real curious how that played out in Brazil -
Elon Musk now owns Twitter, apparently trying to run it into the ground
Raptorpat replied to Jman's topic in Current Events
that's the rub, a new platform can't supplant the ubiquitous one in that way unless a critical mass for any ecosystem moves there are once -
it means "more"
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2024 Presidential Elections: the schadenfreude commences
Raptorpat replied to NewBluntsworth's topic in Current Events
I'm not going to discount that any of it is true, but RCP is prone to swings in their averages because of their age-out method of averaging polls and their treating all polls evenly regardless of quality. Here's some excerpts from Split-Ticket explaining their own methodology by directly contrasting with RCP: https://split-ticket.org/2024/09/05/our-2024-polling-aggregators-and-how-they-work/ -
happy birthday @PokeNirvash!
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happy birthday @jezebelthenun!
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2024 Presidential Elections: the schadenfreude commences
Raptorpat replied to NewBluntsworth's topic in Current Events
look at that contrast -
Happy birthday!
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happy world meningitis day swimmod_luna
Raptorpat replied to Raptorpat's topic in General Discussion