# Surprises coming for voters for the Leopards-Eating-Faces Party **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 12, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166 "2024-11-12T19:54:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 33
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/641 "2024-12-05T01:52:57Z")
Stumbled across just now on Bluesky. ETA: The Bluesky poster copied it from Buzzfeed: [12 People Who Regret Their Trump Vote](https://www.buzzfeed.com/alanavalko/trump-voters-regret-vote) [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:vwwy33ts3xqzm6bbpyr33ukl/bafkreid2m7jdplrd66k6na2zhutyrwghkl2uhnhsqpdroclcxmnkfjw6iq@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:vwwy33ts3xqzm6bbpyr33ukl/bafkreid2m7jdplrd66k6na2zhutyrwghkl2uhnhsqpdroclcxmnkfjw6iq@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/642 "2024-12-05T02:42:33Z")
Oh, they can just homeschool them. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/643 "2024-12-05T02:49:13Z")
They probably would, if they could do it with public school money. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/644 "2024-12-05T03:34:00Z")
I feel sorry for the kids, but the parents get no sympathy from me. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/645 "2024-12-05T03:49:45Z")
Collateral damage. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/646 "2024-12-05T04:30:11Z")
Surprise, magaboomers! The richest man in human history wants to take away your only source of income. > **[Watchdogs say world's richest man Elon Musk has 'declared war on Social...](https://www.rawstory.com/musk-social-security/)** > > A lengthy series of X posts attacking Social Security as a "nightmare" caught the attention of the platform's mega-billionaire owner, Elon Musk, who could soon take aim at the beloved New Deal program as co-chair of an advisory commission tasked with... ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/647 "2024-12-05T04:37:08Z")
> They’re begging us to do something so their kid can keep their accommodations. I’d love to hear the answers when the 5th Grade Teacher asks, ‘Like what? I already voted for the person who wanted to protect your children.’ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/648 "2024-12-05T05:55:49Z")
For an accurate depiction of life in the USMC, see [Generation Kill](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0995832/). It’s also available as a book. “A Rolling Stone reporter, embedded with The 1st Recon Marines chronicles his experiences during the first wave of the American-led assault on Baghdad in 2003.” Recon Marines are the USMC’s equivalent of Navy SEALs. You will see that most of them actually care about it when civilians are harmed. They want to be able to think they are doing what’s right. At the end there is a group interview with several of the actual Marines who lived the tale. They all agree that it is very well done and truthful, but one man did say it treated the officers harshly. I must say it’s hard to believe that so many incompetent officers could be found in one unit. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/649 "2024-12-05T06:09:54Z")
> [@Mr.Duality](#): > > For an accurate depiction of life in the USMC, see [Generation Kill](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0995832/). Yeah, IDK about that. The story it was based on might have been written about Marines, but it wasn’t _by_ Marines, and from what I’ve heard (and, frankly, just inferred after having watched the miniseries from the perspective of a near-contemporary naval officer) it shows. Not that it’s bad storytelling, but a documentary it ain’t. It makes some Marine enlisted guys and one particular JO look good. Unsurprisingly, the Marine enlisted guys think it’s great. I also think it has fuck all to do with how the military would respond to being deployed domestically. Except inasmuch as it provides evidence (like the entire Iraq War) that members of the military will, happily or otherwise, follow fucking ridiculous orders with perhaps some weight on their conscience, but following orders nevertheless. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/650 "2024-12-05T08:31:54Z")
I was never in combat, but from the perspective of a former Marine, it reproduces the general atmosphere _perfectly._ ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/651 "2024-12-05T11:31:15Z")
That may be the case, but what about the marine in this story: > **[A Good Guy: 279 Hours : Embedded](https://www.npr.org/2026/01/01/1254713682/embedded-a-good-guy-episode-one)** > > "Have you ever tried to overthrow the U.S. government?" Marine Sgt. Joshua Abate was in the middle of a routine polygraph test to receive top-secret clearance when he made an extraordinary admission: He had followed the crowd that broke into the U.S.... The podcast is the first part about an enlisted marine that took part in January 6th, and said he kind of just happened to be there and did nothing, which, based on camera footage, was not true. The story is quite interesting and honestly rather scary when it comes to the thinking of the people in the armed forces. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/652 "2024-12-05T12:54:06Z")
Fuck it. This is starting to feel like beating a dead horse. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/653 "2024-12-05T23:53:33Z")
It’s beginning to dawn on Republicans that mass deportations may hit red states and counties the hardest. They’re seeking dispensation, and suggesting Trump should focus on immigrants in blue areas. > **[Suddenly, Trump’s Ugliest Threats Are Facing Surprise GOP Resistance](https://newrepublic.com/article/189054/trump-immigration-threats-republican-resistance)** > > One of Trump’s central campaign claims was that green energy and immigration pose a massive threat to American workers. But now it seems local Republicans think otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/654 "2024-12-06T01:36:11Z")
Trump voters: We need to take care of veterans, not migrants! Elmo:. lol let’s cut the VA budget to zero > **[Steve Rattner (@steverattner.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/steverattner.bsky.social/post/3lckuo5wbp22f)** > > Musk and Ramaswamy have already identified $516B dollars in government savings — it includes cutting all of Veteran’s Affairs health care, eliminating the NIH, and ending funding for federal prisons. @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/655 "2024-12-06T01:54:29Z")
Ending funding for federal prisons? Well, of course! If the feds no longer have prisons, then they can’t send Trump to one! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/656 "2024-12-06T01:58:57Z")
I’m sure a mysterious new contractor called JailX will step in to take over the prison system. No need to ask where their funding came from. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/657 "2024-12-06T02:03:22Z")
Rent from the tenants—er, I mean inmates—maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/658 "2024-12-06T03:00:39Z")
Oh, you can’t afford the rent? I’m sure you could work it off ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/659 "2024-12-06T04:00:06Z")
Chain gangs will solve the labor shortage created by deporting the illegals! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/660 "2024-12-06T04:26:02Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Chain gangs will solve the labor shortage created by deporting the illegals! …your solution is to get _some_ people to labor on chain gangs after you deport yet _other_ people, when you could just swap out deportation for that chain gang solution to begin with? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=34)