Polls: Society & Politics

Trump’s certainly marketing it hard, despite an innocent victim killed. Maybe from his own sec service guys firing back. Huh… guns make you safe? Really?

Historic incident. Also prayers for the innocent spectator who was senselessly murdered by that psycho piece of sh*t who almost succeeded in changing history in a horrifying way. The world would have erupted in chaos if he was a slightly better marksman (he was so close but thank God not close enough).

I wish the shooter was still alive so we could find out what motivated him and if anybody else was behind it. The FBI says he is a lone wolf. I can buy that given all the Lee Harvey Oswald types out there. There are enough people domestically who are so deranged over Trump I could see them acting alone. Especially given that he’s up in the polls against Biden. The irrational hatred he has received since 2015 is unprecedented.

I think this going to help Trump all but solidify his victory in November. I know a lot can happen from now until then but still this is so crazy. Also Trump’s defiant response right after he got shot will be forever remembered as his hardcore resolve. Similar to how Teddy Roosevelt was shot once in a failed assassination attempt but still gave a speech before accepting medical treatment. Bullets aren’t stopping Trump either.

Also even though Trump was only shot in the ear most people would be in shock or scared sh*tless in that situation. I hope Trump leaves his damaged ear cartilage as is (no plastic surgery) after he heals. Similar to a wrestler or mma fighter who has cauliflower ear it’s a badge of honor but for Trump even more so. @trump2024

https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/world/story/donald-trump-attack-assassination-attempt-pennsylvania-rally-republican-joe-biden-shooter-fbi-2566580-2024-07-14

After the Trump shooting is it time to call them a terrorist group?

Aka , life has never been better, technology, smart phones, computers, hygiene, ease of cities and automobiles and airplanes and all the modern luxuries of clean western countries. Yet all this and yet I often read or hear doomsday sensationalism in media or news stories always putting morale down *aka societal morale down, not mine personally I'm always upbeat* lol - are we in broader societal decline or are puppet masters who push and promote for that vibe? I for one didn't mind the Covid lockdown.

Christian nationalism is a political ideology and cultural framework that merges Christian and American identities, threatening democracy and religious freedom in the process. Christian nationalism is also a highly-funded and well-organized movement that uses the symbols and language of Christianity as political props in service of gaining and maintaining power. The movement’s goal is to transform the secular nature of democracy into an authoritarian theocracy. Some people believe that Christian nationalism is the single greatest threat to religious freedom in the United States today.

I am a millennial, but on the tail end. I was born in 1994, and a lot of my peers are GenZ'ers. My school years were mainly in the 2000s.

Many of the older generations, like my grandparents generation, kept a tight ship. They were more diciplined with an emphasis on manners. Sadly, that generation is dying off.

I feel we are left with a complete disaster. I am losing faith in humanity.

On one hand, intelligence should be critical. On the other hand, lots of people tend to discard it when voting. What do you think?

Everything about modern life is just so completely wrong and strange. We have a situation where, at any moment, millions of people could instantly die at the turning of a couple of keys at some missile base somewhere, when ordered to do so by some senile "world leader". People froth at the mouth over text on an electronic screen that some stranger half a world away posted on this thing called 'The Internet', while others are confused about what gender they are when all they have to do to settle the question is just look between their legs. We have naive young people who don't know any better openly supporting communism, while everyone else is deeply nostalgic for a past that only ever existed in their imagination because life now has become unbearable, even though from a purely material perspective things have never been better. In some countries (like Canada) the government has no issue with murdering its own citizens (euthanasia), while in others (Australia, England) the police act like the Gestapo when someone just expresses an opinion that isn't politically correct. In many nations people now actually accept constant surveillance if in return they're promised, by their government, security and safety.

This isn't normal. For most of man's history, things just weren't like this. What went wrong, how did we end up this way?