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submitted 6 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

To use political jargon, Nikki Haley—who has lost primary contests in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and her home state of South Carolina—does not have a snow ball’s chance in hell of winning the GOP nomination for president. Still, she is apparently intent on not going down without a fight, and to that end, the former governor has a message for voters: Anyone who votes for Donald Trump has a death wish for America.

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[-] Candelestine@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

"everyone I don't like is all the same".

How do you extremists get made, anyway?

[-] Pectin8747@lemmy.ml 16 points 6 months ago

I didn't see that in OPs comment. Would you mind explaining where you gathered that from?

[-] Candelestine@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This cat has been lumping 90% of the country together for months now, we've gone back and forth on it before. There seem to be zero colors asides black and white in his eyes.

I've been curious where the hell he came from for awhile now.

It should be pretty damn clear there's differences between an outright fascist and a generic pro-business idiot.

edit for typo

[-] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Wonder if them and that ozma person are the same or just part of the same group of idiots? They both give bad takes trying to convince people to either not vote or vote third party. Which means they are either the mentally challenged from r/libertarian and/or r/centrist or outright Trump lovers trying to masquerade as something else.

[-] Candelestine@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

ozma isn't as bad imo.

This cat is a malicious commenter that shits on almost everything. ozma posts news articles and pushes on some genuinely important issues.

I argue with ozma from time to time, I definitely don't always agree with their stances, but I have no real problems with them. I think people like that are important in a healthy democracy. Not a troll imo.

This one though, has me doubting sometimes.

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 13 points 6 months ago

Haley's domestic policy stance is basically the same as Trump's. They do differ on foreign policy, and Haley is arguably more sane as she isn't obviously supporting Putin's goals.

It's not "extremist" to say that two candidates from the Republican party are similar - they are in fact, similar. Haley's campaign tagline is basically "not Trump".

[-] Candelestine@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Haley does not have the Heritage Foundation's 2025 plan in the wings. She would probably not have done a Jan 6th. If you can't see the difference between a fascist and a shitty Mitch McConnell type, the problem with our country is you.

Nuance and details are important. People's bullshit gut checks based on their feelings are not.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Haley does not have the Heritage Foundation’s 2025 plan in the wings.

[citation needed]

[-] danbob@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago

Let Desi Lydic make the case for Haley vs. a moderate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYp2j2dKsjA

[-] somePotato@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Pointing out that the Democrats are bad is not the same as saying 'both sides are the same'. Sure, Biden is infinitely better than the alternative, but it would be really nice to have some actually good options instead of just lesser evil

[-] Candelestine@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Dude's comment was clearly saying that Trump and Haley were the same. If someone cannot see the very clear and obvious differences between the two, their brainwashing has been strong.

Except I wonder if its brainwashing or just trolling.

[-] somePotato@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

Lol the trump x Haley comparison is irrelevant

First because she never really had a chance to win the primaries against the maga cult

And second because even if she did, being part of the republican party these days is more than enough reason to assume she's a fascist asshole. Does it matter if she's a slightly less bad fascist asshole? (And if you wanna reduce it to "everyone I don't like is all the same" that's fine with me)

[-] Candelestine@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

If you don't acknowledge the repubs trying to fight against the fascist slide inside their own party, you're just helping fascists get what they want. They're doing a political purge. This should be remembered.

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

If this is republicans trying to purge their ranks, they're doing a shit job of it by putting forth a candidate who openly says she's going to pardon the fascist being "purged" for the sake of moving on and unity. That alone is reason enough to not buy them being different enough to care.

Until they're willing to crush that wing of the party, they're still complicit. And that's not me helping the fascists, that's me not letting the less extreme wing cover for the alt-reich wing they've been cozying up to for years. Hell, the Nazis are openly hanging out with them at cpac....

[-] Candelestine@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Probably don't want to just believe that her words reflect her stances. Much like McConnell, she'll say whatever she thinks she needs to say to help accomplish her personal goals.

World is a complicated place, especially when you're trying to not fall quickly to a purge, which is pretty clearly a goal she has. Otherwise she'd be gone by now.

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Honestly, at some point the "good" republicans are probably going to have to jump ship and start a new party, because the republican base has shown they're too focused on the trumpist candidates. I'm not confident that any of them have the stones to do it, though. But maybe if they get spanked in November they'll finally see the writing on the wall.

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