I was supposed to have a favorite politician? I just assume that anyone who wanted a position of power is probably plotting something
this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2025
918 points (99.1% liked)
Political Memes
8918 readers
2526 users here now
Welcome to politcal memes!
These are our rules:
Be civil
Jokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.
No misinformation
Don’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.
Posts should be memes
Random pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.
No bots, spam or self-promotion
Follow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.
No AI generated content.
Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
It's worse than that, there are Republicans that know he's morally reprehensible, might destroy the country, know he is incompetent, and still worship him.
bawt he was sant by gawd!
He even has a red hat !
The people who need to read this cannot read.
I wish that was a joke. There is a direct correlation with the rise of fascism and the decline of American reading scores. Currently nearly a quarter of our adult population is functionally illiterate. Meaning they can identify words, they can send texts, they can reply to messages or read headlines, but are incapable of anything more advanced than that.
We somehow think that there's a sharp line between "cannot read at all" and "can sit down with a paperback and be whisked away to another world" when actually it's a spectrum, like everything else.
Really what this means is that a sizeable set of our population, because they suck at reading, also suck at forming language in their heads, and because of this cannot manage and consider complicated, abstract ideas or reframe thoughts into words that can be analyzed. When you live like this, you tend to just go along with whatever other people are doing and you have intense emotional reactions to everything you see.
Having a favorite politician is weird, like having a favorite landlord. You should care about the policies and efficacy of your politician, and not really give a fuck beyond that, unless they are a rapist, serial drunk driver, or something like that.
~~favorite~~ least hated?
I think "most tolerable" would be acceptable.
Also a cunt.
You are also in a cunt?
I wish. Probably would be in a much better mood.
... Says the furry beaver.
Having a favorite politician seems odd to me
If you have a politician that you rank above others, then by definition, that is your favorite politician.
What if they’re my least disliked instead?
I would say preferred, not favorite
load more comments
(9 replies)
News.lemmy is guilty of this.
"You should be worshipping ME instead! Nyeh-heh-heh-heh-heh!"
Not in a cult, but my boy George Santos is flawless
/s
I'm disappointed now. I thought we were going to talk about Boy George.
load more comments
(1 replies)
If you're an American and you can't name... let's say... 10 presidents, then it's probably a bad sign if you even have a favorite politician.
John Brown died (how could he?!) and left America without guidance until Malcolm X came around...
view more: next ›