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Sometimes you just get it wong (lemmy.ca)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/47684349

Another Trumper full of regret.

https://gothamist.com/news/why-many-asian-american-trump-voters-chose-zohran-mamdani-in-nycs-primary

"I liked his policies, mainly his support for education and affordable housing, said Shirley Wong, 70, of Bensonhurst, referring to Mamdani. "He seems to listen to us."

But less than a year ago, Wong cast her ballot for Trump. She cited the influx of migrants in her neighborhood, as well as the cost of living under President Joe Biden. But now, Wong said she regretted voting for Trump, citing the Big Beautiful Bill's projected cuts to Medicaid

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[-] peregrin5@piefed.social 70 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

at least she's realized and admits her mistake and changed her voting patterns. a huge portion will never have that self-awareness

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago

She didnt do that though. She voted for a cunt promising to cut shit she needed and then didnt change her mind until the exact thing she needs was cut. Thats not really learning in the way you need to learn to have a functioning society. Its still narcissism and individualism.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 29 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Trump promised he wouldn't cut Medicaid. The thing you should fault her with is that she still didn't get that Trump lies about everything after demonstrating that for his entire public life and an entire presidential administration.

[-] peregrin5@piefed.social 10 points 2 weeks ago

maybe my standards are just lower now because I still see idiots cheering trump as he is literally killing them and stealing their money so long as they think he is "owning the libs"

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

I predict she will still vote Republican the next go around for similar stupid reasons.

[-] ech@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago

Did she? She voted based on racism. Nothing she's complaining about suggests she shifted on that.

[-] zewm@lemmy.world 52 points 2 weeks ago

It doesn’t matter to me until it directly affects me.

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 12 points 2 weeks ago

The official motto of the American voter.

[-] Draegur@lemmy.zip 50 points 2 weeks ago

Mamdani LITERALLY converts Trump voters into non-trump-voters.

Of COURSE the democrat party hates him; he exposes their grift and gets their prey to pay attention!

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago

Zohran keeps things on policy, which is the only arena the personality cult and party faithful can't go.

[-] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 weeks ago

An alarming number of Americans (and people around the world) just vote on vibes. That's the only way you can explain voting for a fascist one election and immediately pivoting to a democratic socialist.

[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 weeks ago

An alarming number of Americans (and people around the world) just vote on vibes

And looks.

[-] taco@piefed.social 25 points 2 weeks ago

"I like his policies, but..." gestures at brown people

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

Shirley is a stupid cunt and a racist. I'll happily support her voting for Mamdani, but she's still a piece of shit and I hope she knows it and it haunts her. It doesn't, but I wish it did.

[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

This sounds like someone learning. It’s incredibly hard to admit you were wrong and do better. Don’t shame her for it.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

She hasn't learned anything. She discovered that her vote is now going to affect her. If it weren't specifically for the Medicaid cuts, she wouldn't be showing any remorse and would still be hoping Trump will take care of her brown person problem. She hasn't admitted that she was wrong, she's finding out that actions have consequences.

Fuck her. She deserves to be shamed just like every other Trump voter. Remember when being pro Nazi got you in hot water because of the shame it brought? We need to get back to that.

[-] JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

I got lots of rocks and didn't vote for the orange piece of trash. Careful what you wish for...

[-] JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's funny. That story I referenced is describing exactly your sentiment.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

No it's really not.

[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

Unfortunately, Jesus came back two weeks ago, but he was apprehended and died yesterday in a Salvadoran torture camp.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not pretending to be a saint, but my moral compass is better than Shirley's, and I know that from the couple of sentences she said publicly. Also, God's fake and sins are a bullshit social construct. I throw as many metaphorical stones at stupid cunts that I want.

[-] JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's a reference to a silly story where the lesson is to not be a judgemental shithead just because someone else fucked up.

Yeah it's the bible. I don't care if God is real or not, nor your opinion on it. I also use references from the writings of Vonnegutt, the music Dolly Parton, and 90s anime.

Because you can get moral lessons from fiction. We do it all the time. My reference isn't even that deep. But somehow the ten word literary cudgel I bludgeoned you with still didn't make the point. It's a cautionary statement.

You are acting like the crowd of shitheals that wanted to stone a woman to death, just like in the biblical story. That's not a good look nor is it a good indication of your 'moral compass'. Sorry I thought you could infer that from my one sentence quote from a very well distributed piece of literature.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I never expressed any desire for harm to Shirley. I want guilt to eat her alive. You're also claiming she fucked up like it was an accident, and it wasn't. She's a shitty person and Idgaf if it's a bad look to express that out loud. If she were to come out and genuinely try to repent for her actions and express true remorse, I'd say she has learned something and hopefully will do better, but that's not what's happening.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Sure, if you want to give them a reason to double down again instead of coming around.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm tired of trying to cater with these fucks. She has shown zero remorse for her beliefs, just that it's affecting her. She has no intention of coming around, and if she does, I was never going to be the voice that gets her there, unless she happens to stumble into this thread. I doubt think Fox news or OAN or whoever is regurgitating this to their base, so it's a moot point.

[-] SoleInvictus 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Edit: this picture is getting so much mileage this year.

[-] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 weeks ago

You can’t beat stupid.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 11 points 2 weeks ago

You can beat them, but they still won't learn.

[-] GuyFawkes@midwest.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

We should be allowed to try. Maybe one night a year? For like 12 hours?

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago

She’ll regret it even more when ICE snatches her up.

[-] don@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 weeks ago

"Imma vote for this dude bc he's gonna get rid of all of the people I hate.

[scary thought]

He won't come for me, bc I'm better than those people."

[-] GuyFawkes@midwest.social 13 points 2 weeks ago

So she voted for the Wong candidate and now regrets it. Cry me a fuckin river.

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

~~What support for education is this lady hallucinating about?~~
Edit: stay in school kids

[-] peregrin5@piefed.social 15 points 2 weeks ago

she's talking about mamdani not Trump here

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 11 points 2 weeks ago

Lol whoops. Thank you

[-] notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

I prefer the corpse to the mongoloid republican voter voting against ALL of our self interests.

Rest in piss maga moron.

[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Bensonhurst has always been a heavily immigrant area - now it’s Asians, before it was Italians and former ussr. It’s kind of weird that she has a problem with it….

[-] Laser@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Please note that the first paragraph in the screenshot does not refer to Trump. It's still a Leopard eats my face moment, but not sure to the affordable housing stuff.

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