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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 128 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 60 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Jesus_666@lemmy.world 48 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

On this blessed day we are all a girl.

[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

"Oh my God, Still just an actor Ronald Reagan you're in danger!"

"What do you mean still just an-"

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yaaaaas queen. 🔫👸💅

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

SLAY 😈 Like the Doom Slayer I mean

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

No one gives a shit about some B-list celebrity being taken out.

[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"somebody shot Ronald Reagan!"

"Who?"

"The Boraxo cleaner commercial guy!"

"Again I ask, who??"

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[–] Godric@lemmy.world 42 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Shoot, this is a particularly rough time to discover that

[–] Pirky@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Right? I'm fuckin pissed.
Just as I start figuring out my identity and start expressing my truer, happier self, I also have to start looking out for my own safety. It makes me want to fucking rage.

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm not sure it helps, but just know that there are plenty of cis-hets out there willing to use our privilege to fucking rage on your behalf.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Assigned Female At Conception hop in whos driving this time machine

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 24 points 2 weeks ago

Feeling cute, might also keep that sob Kissinger from dying peacefully in his sleep.

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 48 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Godric@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You expect a senile old man to use proper grammar?

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 23 points 2 weeks ago

I assumed that was why she shot him

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yes he had cue cards

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 31 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

It is so strange. After the Republicans turned a depression into the Great Depression with tariffs and then Watergate, it seemed like they were no longer relevant. Then Reagan came along, and was an extremely liberal conservative. Reagan "invented" the no fault divorce so that couples would no longer have to sue each other and declare one of them at fault. The republican party should have went extinct at Bush Episode 1... "read my lips, no new taxes" (he lied and was a one term president because of it).

Then Bush Episode 2, who was a complete idiot ... then Trump. Why? How can this stupid corrupt party still be relevant?

[–] Bouzou@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Religion. They are the "Christian party."

I mean, literally none of their actions reflect the teachings of Christ, but culturally they have entrenched themselves as the only religion Christians can choose (at least, from the view of many Christians).

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not very religious ... and most "conservatives" are a bit to unchristian and evil for my taste. A greedy drug fueled billionaire with 13+ kids by who-knows-how-many mother's should not be relevant in "conservative" politics, but there he is. We will not discuss how/why they tolerate Trump ... that makes even less sense.

They aren't conservative, they are fascist.

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[–] the_trash_man@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

Stupid voters and corrupt money

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Reagan wasn't Liberal by any stretch. He was economically Libertarian except for when he tariffed nations like Japan and he promoted gun control when the black panthers started making headlines.

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[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Because racist people like dog whistles

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If they aren't shooting now, they aren't shooting back then.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

TBF if security were more lax and Trump's Itinerary were more accessible then we might be talking. Looking up all the places and times Reagan was is trivial.

Though I suppose you could travel forwards and then backwards but I think the hypothetical implies we don't have a time machine to use against the present tyrant?

[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You would need to target Jude Wanniski (conservative economist). Reagan wasn't the one who came up with supply side economics though he was an effective face of the message, reviving the Republican Party from its loss of credibility due to Nixon.

Part of it is just unbridled American level greed though. America has a good thing going post WW2, having horded 80% of the worlds gold supply by selling weapons to allies and staying out of the war until instigated by Japan in '41.

Also had a good thing going with the New Deal which helped pull the economy out of the great depression and bolstered / introduced many of the public services that are still in use today.

But no, dangle some marginal tax cuts in front of common folk who have the best standard of living in the world and apparently they'll vote for acceleration toward end stage capitalism.

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 5 points 2 weeks ago

Conservative policies need a (🤢) charismatic celebrity to connect with people and convince them to vote to destroy the country. DeSantis could never be this effective.

I have no idea how Trump, of all people, is so charismatic, but I'm not a racist.

[–] toast@retrolemmy.com 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

That's pretty unrealistic. No girl has come close to shooting a president since Ford was in office.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What I'm hearing is that we can't elect a woman president but that other notable milestones related to the presidency are up for grabs.

[–] toast@retrolemmy.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

You're not not hearing that, anyway

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 4 points 2 weeks ago

We also don't have time travel. That seems like the unrealistic part.

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

Unless it is Margaret Thatcher who went back in time, then she and Reagan would fuck.

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

It really is a shame they missed the first time.

[–] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Reagan was a fucking actor that was reading lines, shooting him would have done nothing. They'd just find a new electable moron to read the party's script.

[–] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

If I had a time machine, I'd kill whoever at NBC greenlit The Apprentice. That's what started this ball rolling.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ronald Reagan, THE ACTOR?!

[–] LoveSausage@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago

Same can be said about Hitler , well painter then. Wouldn't have stopped the war anyhow. Still worth doing

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

George H. W. Bush is now president! Huh...didn't really change much.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Well I mean a lot could... George H Bush failed to be popular enough for re-election, so really it's a total shift in everything, and possibly effectiveness of what gets implimented.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I suppose it also depends on when Reagan gets offed. 1981 would be a lot different than 1988.

Of course, the smart move is to assassinate the person BEFORE they're in a position of power.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Agreed, even with a time machine... secret service would make it quite difficult. Obviously the morality of killing baby hitler is always a thing.

Really though more morally though you probably could prevent most politicians from being politicians non lethally. Break into the hospital, swap him with another baby. It's a combination of nature and nurture so... if you change the upbringing, he probably won't wind up president.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

One suggestion I've seen regarding Hitler is getting him when he was a runner in WWI. Nobody would question another casualty.

As far as modern evil people go, making sure that baby in a hospital in Queens in 1946 doesn't go to a rich family would almost certainly prevent a lot of future suffering. He's a born narcissist and would always be an asshole, but without rich parents propping him up he likely wouldn't have gone anywhere of note. He's not nearly smart enough to have made it on his own.

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[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 3 points 2 weeks ago

Just make sure he gets in to art school.

No one pays attention to artists.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah or assassinate the dude who didn't let Hitler into art school

[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

George Bush likely lost because Ross Perot split the vote.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

And the response was that we should really fix this messed up voting system we have.

[–] Master@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

I would also shoot regan

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago

Had me in the third quarter, not gonna lie.

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