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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19046110

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said he isn’t buying all that Democratic “joy” on display at this past week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago during a Sunday appearance with Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union.

During their conversation, Tapper brought up the “disciplined” and “well-produced” DNC this week that, as the journalist put it, “conveyed patriotism and unity.” Graham didn’t see it that way.

“Well, I didn’t see what you saw,” Graham told Tapper with a laugh. “If you’re a Republican, you saw a hate fest. You saw a hate fest full of insults.”

“Americans are not joyful when they go to the gas station and fill up their car,” he continued. “They’re not joyful when they make their mortgage payment. They’re not joyful when they go to the grocery store. People are hurting, and this whole joy love fest doesn’t exist in the real world.”

To bolster his claim, Graham pointed to the gas prices, the state of the border, and inflation during Donald Trump’s presidency when “the world was not on fire.”

He's either lying or what he said gives us a look into his shitty perspective of the world. Either way such a miserable and pathetic existence.

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[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 112 points 2 months ago

true, if you're Lindsey Graham

[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 55 points 2 months ago

The problem with this corrosive, inflexible conservative narrative, is that these joyless assholes try and impose themselves politically and on everybody.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Hopefully! 🤞

[-] damirK@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Also true if he is talking about Joy the character from Pixar’s Inside Out

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 93 points 2 months ago

Man who has never experienced joy claims joy does not exist; more at 11

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 72 points 2 months ago

Uh-oh, the War on Christmas has claimed Lindsay Graham as its latest victim!

[-] ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world 62 points 2 months ago

Seems like the problem with the republicans, or any religious conservative for that matter, is that because their rules (that they chose to follow) don't allow them to have fun, or that theyre dead inside as a result of those rules, no one else is allowed to live a live outside of those rules.

[-] brianary@startrek.website 17 points 2 months ago

"Puritanism — The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." — H L Mencken

[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 57 points 2 months ago

It's almost like many conservatives are psychopaths who are literally incapable of emotions (well, other than hatred anyhow.)

Oh wait, they are:

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We found eleven significant correlations between conservative [Moral Intuition Survey] judgments and the Dark Triad – [narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy,] all at significance level of p<.00001 – and no significant correlations between liberal [Moral Intuition Survey] judgments and the Dark Triad. We believe that these results raise provocative moral questions about the personality bases of moral judgments. In particular, we propose that because the Short-D3 measures three “dark and antisocial” personality traits, our results raise some prima facie worries about the moral justification of some conservative moral judgments

I ran a follow-up study testing the Dark Triad against conservative and liberal judgments on 15 additional moral issues. The new issues examined include illegal immigration, abortion, the teaching of “intelligent design” in public schools, the use of waterboarding and other “enhanced interrogation techniques” in the war on terrorism, laws defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman, and environmentalism. 1154 participants […] Twenty-two significant correlations were observed between “conservative” judgments and the Dark Triad (all of which were significant past a Bonferonni-corrected significance threshold of p = .0008), compared to seven significant correlations between Dark Triad and “liberal” judgments (only one of which was significant past p = .0008).

In the present research (N = 675), we focus on the relationship between the dark side of human personality and political orientation and extremism, respectively, in the course of a presidential election where the two candidates represent either left-wing or right-wing political policies. Narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and everyday sadism were associated with right-wing political orientation, whereas narcissism and psychopathy were associated with political extremism. Moreover, the relationships between personality and right-wing political orientation and extremism, respectively, were relatively independent from each other.

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago

That explains the republican mindset so well. If joy doesn't exist in the world, you're not taking it from others when you spread your misery.

[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 47 points 2 months ago

Lindsey, just because being in a hotel room with another man feels like a fantasy world, does not mean joy does not exist in the real world.

[-] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 31 points 2 months ago

The state of the border is due to Republican interference on that border bill specifically requested by Trump to keep it an issue this election, gas prices are well below inflation, and Inflation performance was better overall when compared to other Western Nations during Biden's term and worse than during Trumps.

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Lindsey is full of shit.

[-] Phegan@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

I hope he finds joy by admitting to himself and others who he really is.

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[-] Crikeste@lemm.ee 22 points 2 months ago

Lindsey Graham shouldn’t exist in the real world.

[-] Linktank@lemmy.today 15 points 2 months ago

I hope he just gets booed everywhere he goes.

[-] santa@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And how can you change that as a lawmaker?

Edit: Of course this is meant to be a joke, because that’s the exact opposite of GOP. Capitalize on hate and drive hope into the bowels of hell.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

He's not a lawmaker, he's a radical Christian nationalist in lawmaker clothes.

He actually believes this

[-] Xbeam@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

It's because everywhere he goes, he sucks the joy out of the room.

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[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

The inevitable result of republican policies.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 11 points 2 months ago

What a weird thing to say

[-] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago

His ladybugs 🐞 will be so upset to learn this 😭😭😭

[-] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 months ago

Who knew that a person from a party of lies and doublespeak, a party set on a warpath of subjugating those they don't like, a party creating hypocrite rules that they themselves don't follow unless convenient would not want to admit to the existence of happy emotions. They're so caught up in a web of bullshit that they have no concept of which way is up, right, or good, let alone happy.

[-] brianary@startrek.website 7 points 2 months ago
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[-] Sumocat@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Looks like Lindsey doesn’t shop at Trader Joe’s.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago
[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 months ago

What a sad statement from someone it is all too easy to believe actually thinks such a thing.

Lindsey Graham may be the most miserable person in congress.

[-] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

He's a "lifelong bachelor" 🙄, not allowing himself to experience true happiness with another person of his choosing according to his orientation out of the knowledge that he would be ostracized by his colleagues, voted out of office, and would lose his livelihood. He chose capitalism and power at the expense of his own joy, so he can go ahead and be as miserable as he wants to be for all I care.

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[-] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Oh, I think it does, in hotel rooms all around the RNC, Miss Graham.

[-] tacosplease@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Known by the male escorts around DC as "Lady G", so I've heard.

[-] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I would have no problem believing that. I also heard when he... reaches ecstasy, he sounds like Mickey Mouse.

[-] ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

As a guidance, we should just not allow politicians to complain without having a detailed solution in hand. Give the seats to the people who can and are willing to get shit done. If you want to complain in public office, make sure you have the plan, funding, resources etc in place.

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Errrrrrr…………………

^somebody get this man out of the building^

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