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[โ€“] davemeech@lemmy.ca 150 points 1 year ago (12 children)

2016 US elections was a ridiculously sobering moment for realizing that we had not progressed nearly to the extent that I nievely thought.

[โ€“] lollygagger@lemm.ee 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This one rings home pretty hard. Iโ€™ve definitely viewed the people around me differently since then. And especially since covid as well.

[โ€“] davemeech@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

Agreed, Covid ties or is a close runner up for me as well in terms of people showing their true colors.

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