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[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 93 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Guys, this comic is a jab at conservatives, and is poking fun at how they're going to respond to getting screwed by Trump. The comic is positing that conservatives will just blame Democrats (usually their leader specifically), as they've done since time immemorial. These exact types of comics have been around since Reagan, they're all the same comic. The last big one was the "thanks Obama" meme, where Obama is blamed for every stupid little thing.

This isn't a comic about leftists blaming Biden. It's about the bull headedness and obtuse nature of conservatives.

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This comic would have been perfect if the guy's hat just had MAGA on it, easier to get the message across

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The message is 100% clear to Americans already.

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[–] bouh@lemmy.world 66 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (20 children)

Biden is not responsible for what Trump is doing. He is responsible for letting it happen. He failed to fight maga during the 4 years he had all the powers to do it.

To be accurate, it is not a fault, it is a failure. His responsibility is on this failure, not anything else.

[–] PixelPinecone@lemmy.today 14 points 2 weeks ago

Damn… I’m going to keep “not a fault, it’s a failure” in my back pocket. I’ve never heard it put that way when discussing a screw up that wasn’t really someone’s fault (in this case Biden, but could be Dems or even situations not politics related)

I feel being critical without blaming unfairly is a huge part of my personality, and so this type of convo actually comes up kinda frequently in my life, since so many people struggle to see gray areas between right and wrong, at fault and not at fault.

But what you said is a perfect way to better ensure that the meaning doesn’t get lost to blaming, after which the conversation is usually a lost cause.

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[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 58 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When someone robs your house, you blame the robbers. When the police refuse to do anything about it and you get robbed again by the same person 4 years later, you blame the police.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 62 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I blame the robbers for robbing my house and the police for not doing their jobs. I don't blame the police for robbing my house.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That's not how you phrased it, though.

If that was the point, then simply adding "as well" or "too" at the end makes that clear. Without it, it frames it as if the blame is being shifted instead.

When someone robs your house, you blame the robbers. When the police refuse to do anything about it and you get robbed again by the same person 4 years later, you blame the police, too.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 42 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Now we need a version with the guy wearing a "don't vote" cap and saying "this is all the Dems fault".

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 26 points 2 weeks ago (27 children)

The Democrats not once but twice lost to him. Who do you suggest we blame if not the candidates that lost?

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

The voters, genuinely. Because they misunderstood what the vote meant. It wasn't about electing a democrating candidate, it was about keeping Trump out of office*. Note that this is not limited to non-voters, but includes every american.

*: This is not what a vote for the president is meant to be about. But hey, desperate times, desperate measures, that kinda stuff.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (23 children)

The voters, genuinely. Because they misunderstood what the vote meant.

If the dems required we all support a literal far right fascist genocide, or else let trump take office, then the dems are fascists. The fascist dems can go fuck themselves right along with the fascist republicans. I dont vote in support of genocide of innocents, and neither should any of you. regardless of the cost..

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

I blame Republican voter suppression and supporting a candidate that tried and failed at insurrection.

[–] Kurroth@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As someone from a place with compulsory voting and would vote regardless. You, I would vote any prick that stayed home and didn't vote. Especially when rates are less than half the voting population.

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[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 41 points 2 weeks ago

Nice, but the orange asshole is not fat enough.

[–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, over half a century of neolibs gutting the small semblance of social democracy we had did this. And Biden was certainly one of those people. It'd just be more accurate to say Trump, Biden, Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush again, Regan...

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Now did you mean for all those words to come out of your mouth in that order, or are you just as surprised and confused as the rest of us?

[–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Oh I must have been confused. I forgot that history doesn't exist. Everything started with whatever was last on TV. Donald Trump is just randomly the president for no reason. There must not be any reason he has the power to do the things he's doing. Nope. It's a mystery. Carry on.

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[–] Tillman@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

Battered spouses rarely leave their spouse.

[–] Ferrous@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Strawman. Leftists don't claim Biden single-handedly ushered in fascism. Leftists underline how little Biden did to ensure a winning campaign, as well as how little he did to defend against Trump.

Biden enabled Trump by not stacking courts, not prosecuting trump hard enough, or choosing policy positions based on what would beat trump.

[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 25 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think the victim here is a leftist. Trucker hat, rolled up sleeves; he's a working class conservative who's getting hammered by Trumps policies. He is still blaming Biden against all evidence.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If incompetency was prosecutable, every single ranking member of Biden's DOJ would be eligible for indictment.

From Tulsi Gabbard to Devin Nunes to Jared Kushner to Steven Miller, then number of Trump '16 era crooks who didn't get prosecuted when Biden had the chance could fill an entire Presidential cabinet.

Biden enabled Trump by not stacking courts, not prosecuting trump hard enough, or choosing policy positions based on what would beat trump.

I'm reminded of those 2-pt font "This is what Biden has done, you stupid leftists!" infographics that included dozens of citations of investigations and probes and FBI raids and committees and executive orders and threats to indict which amounted to... nothing! Biden's DOJ couldn't even be bothered to pursue a full prosecution. He left that to Alvin Bragg and a New York County Court.

If Dems wanted a prosecutor who was tough on crime at the top of the ticket, maybe they should have coronated him instead of Harris.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This isn't about leftists. The guy is dressed like a farmer, who majority voted for Trump. Trump turned around and immediately cut subsidies that small business farmers rely on, so many are now struggling. The comic is saying that they will still blame Biden despite being screwed by Trump. This could also be viewed as shorthand for any trump voter.

In reality, we've seen many farmers now communicate that they regret voting for trump. Alittle too little too late, it seems. They aren't as dumb as the comic artist paints them in that sense, just unempathetic.

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[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 20 points 2 weeks ago
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 weeks ago

There’s a lot of “trust the process “ going on from that side atm

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

well he did not prevent this from happening in a number of preventable ways.

[–] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Well, why didn't Batman just kill the Joker? He's had plenty of opportunities...

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Batman can't kill The Joker because, if he does, the writers can't bring The Joker back in the next issue for Batman to defeat again.

Presumably, Biden couldn't prosecute Trump for the same reasons. Dems ran the same Pied Piper Strategy that worked so well in 2016, secure in their ability to defeat someone as easy and vulnerable as The Donald.

Gotta give the people what they want. And what they want is another election with Donald Trump at the top of the ticket.

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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 16 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Man, how much of a wuss would you have to be to get beat up by Donald Trump?

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[–] painfulasterisk1@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I knew that Don Orange likes top.

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He clearly bottoms for dictators, though

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

He's at his bottomest bottom when daddy vladdy is around.

[–] Gewoonmoi@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Democrats are a cesspool themselves, but at least they don't flaunt screwing you over.

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[–] tlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 weeks ago
[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Conservatives are happy with what Trump's doing.

[–] SGG@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They are, until it happens to effect them directly.

"He was supposed to get rid of all the slackers and cut off people abusing the system, not fire my entire department!"

"He was supposed to put in tariffs to make China pay more, not to make the price of our goods go up!"

Classic leopards eating peoples faces party behaviour.

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