You can't humiliate someone that doesn't have the capacity for humility. I think if he had even 10% humility of the average man, things wouldn't be so bad.
Hassan may have been doomed from the very start, as MAGA supporters widely criticized his endorsement on the basis of his being Muslim. Hassan identifies as a Christian, claims to have “zero tolerance for extremists who pervert Islam into something evil,” and has touted his belief that “Israel is our strongest ally in the Middle East.” None of that seemed to matter Tuesday night.
LOL he lost because the GOP is so racist they thought he was a Muslim just because of his name.
It gets better. The candidate who won had dropped out to campaign for the candidate who came in 3rd place.
Literally zero useful polling done in this race. And they're going into the general against a Dem incumbent during a blue wave year, so it hardly matters either way.
MAGA don't actually pay attention, especially not to things that aren't covered by the National Fox News broadcasts. It doesn't matter that he only raised $1,800 for his run and did essentially no campaigning.
He won because "Thomas Smith" is a whiter name than "Amir Hassan" or "Al Lemmo".
It’s because Fox News, CNN, and Twitter have all been overflowing with “Hasan said America deserved 9/11” talking points and CONSERVATIVES ARE ALL DUMB BOTS WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ANY OF THE WORDS THEY HEAR MEAN
Right, vote Republican instead, so the number can be 100,000 Palestinians and a couple hundreds of thousands of other innocents all over the world, too!
The primary voters weren’t even attempting to make an informed choice, they never researched any candidate, they just voted for the whitest name. So they do note care to even research if the candidates had good policy, just whatever allows them to hate more.
He dropped out because he was the weak candidate. He actually threw his weight behind a third candidate and tried to get people to vote for them, because he didn't want Hassan in office. The attack on Hassan was that he was a Trojan horse for the democrats, and that if he won he'd just keep the state Blue like it has been. Couple that with the name 'Amir Hassan' and you've got a recipe for riling up the inbreds to cast a vote against the one that looks different. Unfortunately, he dropped out after the deadline to have his name removed, and so he was still on the ballot. When you see Amir Hassan and Thomas J. Smith, and you hate anyone that isn't white, you vote for good ol' Tommy Boy.
How did he assess that, though? Especially when the candidate he told his supporters to vote for instead only got 16.4% of the vote compared to his own 50.4%.
I don't know if he did or didn't, I would imagine he pulled out based on his own status and tried to throw what weight he had behind someone other than Hassan.
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Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world · 118 pts · 25d
You can't humiliate someone that doesn't have the capacity for humility. I think if he had even 10% humility of the average man, things wouldn't be so bad.
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 20 pts · 25d
Humility, empathy, shame. If Trump (and his Republican enablers) had any of these things, the world would be a much better place.
grue@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 25d
If they had any of those things, they wouldn't be Republicans.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 16 pts · 25d
I take your meaning, but just because Donald doesn’t possess humility doesn’t mean he can’t be humiliated, especially in the eyes of others.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 25d
What are you talking about? He's much more humble than you would understand.
(I love her expression after he drops that line without a hint of irony or self-reflection.)
Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 55 pts · 25d
LOL he lost because the GOP is so racist they thought he was a Muslim just because of his name.
TRBoom@lemmy.zip · 44 pts · 25d
What a glorious fucking dumpster fire.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 25d
It gets better. The candidate who won had dropped out to campaign for the candidate who came in 3rd place.
Literally zero useful polling done in this race. And they're going into the general against a Dem incumbent during a blue wave year, so it hardly matters either way.
FullPenguin@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 25d
MAGA don't actually pay attention, especially not to things that aren't covered by the National Fox News broadcasts. It doesn't matter that he only raised $1,800 for his run and did essentially no campaigning.
He won because "Thomas Smith" is a whiter name than "Amir Hassan" or "Al Lemmo".
4am@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 25d
It’s because Fox News, CNN, and Twitter have all been overflowing with “Hasan said America deserved 9/11” talking points and CONSERVATIVES ARE ALL DUMB BOTS WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ANY OF THE WORDS THEY HEAR MEAN
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 25d
18 months ago: Arab American voters helped Trump win Michigan. What will his presidency bring?
ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world · -15 pts · 25d
Hard to argue with that quote.
BassTurd@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 25d
It is if you ignore the fact the the other option was going to be way worse.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 25d
and explicitly told everyone that "Israel needed to finish the job" way worse.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 25d
Is it?
LostCarcosan@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 24d
Right, vote Republican instead, so the number can be 100,000 Palestinians and a couple hundreds of thousands of other innocents all over the world, too!
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 24d
If you know nothing about the conflict in Palestine, then sure.
ceenote@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 25d
Even Trump is no match for Republican voters' fear of a middle eastern looking guy with a muslimy sounding name.
gnate@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 25d
All to end up with a Trump supporter anyway.
ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world · 9 pts · 25d
The primary voters weren’t even attempting to make an informed choice, they never researched any candidate, they just voted for the whitest name. So they do note care to even research if the candidates had good policy, just whatever allows them to hate more.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 25d
Why did Smith drop out early if he was facing such a weak field? Was there some personal scandal?
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 25d
He dropped out because he was the weak candidate. He actually threw his weight behind a third candidate and tried to get people to vote for them, because he didn't want Hassan in office. The attack on Hassan was that he was a Trojan horse for the democrats, and that if he won he'd just keep the state Blue like it has been. Couple that with the name 'Amir Hassan' and you've got a recipe for riling up the inbreds to cast a vote against the one that looks different. Unfortunately, he dropped out after the deadline to have his name removed, and so he was still on the ballot. When you see Amir Hassan and Thomas J. Smith, and you hate anyone that isn't white, you vote for good ol' Tommy Boy.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 25d
How did he assess that, though? Especially when the candidate he told his supporters to vote for instead only got 16.4% of the vote compared to his own 50.4%.
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 25d
He raised something like $1600 vs Hassan's $700,000. That's hard to look at in a positive light.
grue@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 25d
Why'd he think he was weaker than the third candidate?
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 25d
I don't know if he did or didn't, I would imagine he pulled out based on his own status and tried to throw what weight he had behind someone other than Hassan.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 25d
Copium headline. The demented rapist shed all humility and shame well before 2016.
Which just leaves us to pretend, I guess.
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 25d
Implying this pedo ever had humility and shame.
Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 25d
Wouldn't everything be so much better if we could just opt to vote for an empty seat in the first place?
I don't want to not vote for anybody, I want to vote for nobody!
YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 25d
How about…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/None_of_the_above
grue@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 25d
YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 25d
Awesome I forgot about that.