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Trump voter surprised trump is doing exactly what he said he would do (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 day ago by l_b_i@pawb.social to c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world

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During his brief unemployment, he explored opportunities flying for a private firefighting company – and still would not rule out leaving NOAA. He remains angry that fellow veterans were caught up in the layoffs.

He backed Trump due to the president's commitment to the rule of law, he said, but now Mr Ripp thinks Trump is flouting the correct procedures for reducing the federal workforce.

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[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's a really interesting insight. So in other words, when they say that they're the party of law and order, they literally mean that they want authoritarianism

[–] l_b_i@pawb.social 1 points 15 hours ago

authoritarianism is another word that can mean different things to different people. It can be used to mean the government enforcing any rule that isn't liked. civil rights protection? authoritarianism. job protections? authoritarianism. minimum wage? authoritarianism. etc...

Also related is "small government". I think people who use it mean (at least when not in control) "small federal government", the state however should control everything about peoples lives.

I almost think its the laws they support are black and white and unchanging. If something is wrong with a law, it doesn't matter, that's the law. The solution to an issue isn't to change the law, its to enforce it harder, or make it more restrictive. The "rule of law" also applies to individuals and actions. Money crimes, fraud, "the state" are not subject to the same "rule of law" because those laws "don't make sense" and if we look above are a result of "authoritarianism".

Is there a solution to get people to use language that can be agreed upon? who knows, but it would certainly help clear things up. I hate trying to guess what someone thinks a word means to attempt to refute their points.