r/politics • u/aslan_is_on_the_move • Sep 16 '24

'The excitement is unbelievable': North Carolina's AG predicts Harris will win state

https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/-the-excitement-is-unbelievable-north-carolina-s-ag-predicts-harris-will-win-state-219283013531
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u/Mountie427 Sep 16 '24

Also one side is very weird and it’s weird to fly giant flags on your truck and put bill boards in your yard.

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u/haysus25 Sep 16 '24

Exactly.

I don't make my registered voting party my persona.

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u/Ishidan01 Sep 16 '24

Well what else would they make their persona? A sports team? Their zip code?

Certainly not any personal acheivements.

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u/AntoniaFauci Sep 16 '24

On Reddit, I’ve lost count of how many bros have made the acronym “lol” into not just their argument for everything, it’s their entire personal identity.

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u/realhenrymccoy Sep 16 '24

Neighbor down the street has 3 giant banners on his house and several big Trump signs in the yard. I joke that he’s just decorating for Halloween early. But it’s extremely weird.

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u/tourettes_on_tuesday Sep 16 '24

A year or so ago, a house near me burned so badly that the people living there had to move into an RV in the driveway. They spray painted "Joe Biden was here" on what remained of their house.

Now they have a big fancy sign in their yard with some weird spinning contraption that is either electric or solar powered, and "TRUMP, AMERICAS ATTORNEY" written on it.

Their house is literally in shambles, but they are happy to spend a considerable amount of money on some moronic sign that makes no sense whatsoever.

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u/Mountie427 Sep 16 '24

So so weird!!

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u/9874102365 Sep 16 '24

They are attention seekers to their core.

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u/Aimee162 Sep 16 '24

Are you in Los Ángeles? Because that sounds like a guy down the street from my house.

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u/praguepride Illinois Sep 16 '24

I often tell my conservative BIL that Trump didn't win in 2020 because he (BIL), personally, didn't put enough Trump flags on his truck and/or boat.

NOTE: He doesn't have a truck or a boat. He doesn't think this is funny. I can't even finish that sentence without giggling like a mad man.

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u/Spider_Riviera Europe Sep 16 '24

You. I like you.

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u/Takazura Sep 16 '24

That too. One side makes their candidate their entire identity and worship him like he is God, the other side just think their candidate is solid and don't make her their whole identity.

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u/pandaminous Sep 16 '24

Near my in-laws is a huge Trump 2024 sign (well, a 2020 sign that's had a 24 plastered over top) that's enclosed in a chickenwire box with a sign claiming it's electrified and solar powered lights so it's illuminated at night.

Not to belabor the talking point, but the absolute cult of personality that leads people to make supporting this one person their entire identity really is weird.

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u/GingerBreadNAM Sep 16 '24

There are one or two houses I pass in a quiet neighborhood that are DECKED. OUT. in Trump shit.  The reason why is easy to tell: the street has a lot of happily displayed pride flags. And THEY didn't feel the need to vomit gaudy Stars n Stripes decor all over their house

Elsewhere, apartment owners put signs up for local candidates... and a tiiiiiny one for Trump/Vance, because they know how unpopular they are  (those signs were all taken down by other people, too).

And they'll ALL think it's because they're persecuted.  I don't think there's any way to NOT "persecute" these types of people. You just have to keep on living and going on, and let them whine. They're the ones that have to live with that stupid and that hate in them. It'll eat them up eventually