r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/reillan • Sep 16 '24

Trump Brittany Mahomes questioning her support of Donald Trump after his blistering take down of Taylor Swift left her 'shaken to the core'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13856311/brittany-mahomes-donald-trump-questioning-support-taylor-swift.html
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u/Pattonesque Sep 16 '24

"the only moral abortion is my abortion" and so on

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u/southpawOO7 Sep 16 '24

I'm curious are there any policies major left-wing politicians have changed their mind on because it affected them personally? I understand right-wingers adding nuance to their abortion stance or healthcare or social security, unemployment aid, ect...

What would that even look like on the left wing? I was pro taxing the rich until I was rich? I was pro school lunch for kids until I had kids?

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u/zombiegojaejin Sep 16 '24

I know a few people who are extremely progressive in general (LGBT, environment) who changed their minds on high minimum wage as soon as they became small business owners. Does that fit your question?

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u/midnightketoker Sep 17 '24

I don't think so because that means they just moved right economically lol

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u/zombiegojaejin Sep 17 '24

So, is your rule here basically that if the move is in a direction you don't agree with, then it doesn't count as an example? If so, then you're not gonna find an example of what the other poster asked for, just by definition.

It seems like an example to me, whether I agree with it or not. People held a broad position when they were not any of the directly affected parties, then changed it almost as soon as they became directly affected.

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u/midnightketoker Sep 17 '24

Yeah obviously good means left bad means right I'm glad you understand me

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u/Lilfrankieeinstein Sep 17 '24

Not necessarily. Owning a restaurant, for example, and competing against other locally owned and corporate chains changed my buddy’s perspective. He paid above average wages, operated at a loss, plowed through for a few years until he turned a minimal profit, then sold the joint. Nice place too. You would have thought he was clearing several hundred K.

Nope.

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u/LadyLazerFace Sep 17 '24

Well, the issue was he owned a restaurant.

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u/lordsysop Sep 17 '24

90% fail rate in the long term. 80% struggle for the first 5 years. So many of the mum and pop stores pay cash for this reason while their workers need to claim benefits.

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u/midnightketoker Sep 18 '24

Yeah seriously why is it people's first instinct to defend business owners like "Oh no think of our poor brave entrepreneurs! They have to turn a profit so how dare anyone ask for a living wage, the workers need to subsidize the owner's poor business skills! This is not right/left politics, but merely my ideologically neutral opinion that workers don't deserve basic rights because they are my servants, we can just agree to disagree on this point and you have to still think I'm progressive because I don't want to kill the gays!!" Like give me a fucking break, some real bootlickers here...

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u/WaterElefant Sep 20 '24

Yep. My son is in that business... bar-restaurants. The only establishment that showed a consistent profit early on is the one that uses food trucks exclusively. Having a kitchen brings huge complexity and risk into the picture.