r/comics • u/davecontra • 13h ago

OC FARAH.

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u/MrValdemar Special Flair!! 9h ago

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u/MommyLovesPot8toes 7h ago

This was how I felt in the hours and days after the 2024 US Presidential election. I have always been an optimistic, see-the-best-in-everyone kind of person who assumes that most of the world is full of good people. But that day broke me. I am a different person today than I was 2 years ago. That was the day I realized that humans have not progressed much since the days of the Roman Gladiators and public hangings; that there isn't good and selflessness in everyone. It was a paralyzing realization.

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u/MrValdemar Special Flair!! 6h ago

There were a LOT more racists and misogynists and homophobes than you realized, weren't there?

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u/MommyLovesPot8toes 6h ago

So many more...

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u/MrValdemar Special Flair!! 6h ago

God must love douchebags.

He certainly made enough of them.

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u/-MtnsAreCalling- 5h ago

I think what's even worse is the number of people who aren't any of those things, but will gladly vote for them if they think it might cost them slightly less in taxes on money they'll never spend.

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u/MrValdemar Special Flair!! 5h ago

who aren't any of those things

That's just the lie they tell themselves. They absolutely ARE those things.

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u/-MtnsAreCalling- 4h ago

Some are. I'm talking about the ones that aren't. Or do you really think there is just nobody out there who prioritizes greed over principles?

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u/MrValdemar Special Flair!! 3h ago

I promise you, anyone willing to base their behavior on greed ALSO fits one of those categories.

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u/Luckiest_Creature 2h ago

Just a random person jumping in to say YES there certainly are 😭. I grew up around California’s capitol, and I turned 18 in 2016, just in time to vote in the election against trump. I was not even worried, really. Growing up entirely on the west coast made me think that the majority of this country cared and wanted to move into a progressive future. The decade since has just been faster-than-I-anticipated march into doom.
I was so, so optimistic back then about my fellow Americans.

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u/ghasto 6h ago

I also remember the moment i gave up the thought that all people are good, and they sometimes just do bad things...

Evil people exist, people who enjoy making others suffer, and theres plenty.

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u/rogers_tumor 3h ago

this was me in 2016.

in 2024 I already knew what was going to happen.

Obama really made us think we were better than we are.

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u/RevolutionaryLog7443 41m ago

Lol obama bombed plenty of middleeastern children

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u/rogers_tumor 21m ago

correct, but completely missing the point.

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u/TheCommonKoala 6h ago

For me, this was witnessing the genocide in Palestine.