At this point, it feels like Count Dracula could run for president and get votes, as long as people felt they'd save a few dollars\/\"it's about jobs\"\/\"the government's staying out of XYZ\"\/<insert minority group here> are \"taken care of\", etc.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-05:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/dtgeek\/statuses\/116331581406357484","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/dtgeek\/statuses\/116331581406357484","objectType":"note","content":"
At this point, it feels like Count Dracula could run for president and get votes, as long as people felt they'd save a few dollars\/\"it's about jobs\"\/\"the government's staying out of XYZ\"\/<insert minority group here> are \"taken care of\", etc.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@dtgeek\/116331581406357484","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/dtgeek\/statuses\/116331562094722585","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@dtgeek\/116331562094722585"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-02:objectType=thread:nonce=51c1b22b333bee77","notice_info":{"local_id":"12388534","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-02T02:53:48+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@dtgeek\/116331581406357484"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/dtgeek","displayName":"Anthony Dean","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19102-original-tmp20221107140127.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19102-96-20221107140127.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19102-48-20221107140127.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19102-24-20221107140128.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"19102"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19102-96-20221107140127.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I'm the owner of Diverse Tech Geek, a blog covering media and technology, as well as diversity issues. Interested in comics and animation. Pronouns: he\/him. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 #media #technology #blogging #diversity #comics #animation #BlackMastodon","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@dtgeek","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"dtgeek","displayName":"Anthony Dean","note":"I'm the owner of Diverse Tech Geek, a blog covering media and technology, as well as diversity issues. Interested in comics and animation. Pronouns: he\/him. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 #media #technology #blogging #diversity #comics #animation #BlackMastodon"}},"content":"
There's plenty of people who approve of what Trump's doing, or don't care as long as they get something out of it (a tax break, deregulation, \"Handmaid's Tale\"-esque social policies, some form of bigotry satisfied, etc.). Also, as LBJ noted, plenty of people are stupid, easy racist marks.<\/p>
Stephen Colbert Outraged Over Americans Who Still Approve Donald Trump<\/p>
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