this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2025
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[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Remember when they considered GWB to be like Hitler? When the Republicans eventually put someone worse in the White House liberals will miss the good ol' days of Trump.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago

as night follows day

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago

Liberals now

[–] taygaloocat@leminal.space 15 points 1 day ago

"He might've been a bit iron fisted at times but we're all friends here!"

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (5 children)
[–] adrianmalacoda@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

The original image was of Michelle Obama hugging George W. Bush. Those of us who were around back then remember how ghoulish W. Bush's administration was, and he is being rehabilitated by liberals in present era. So this meme is suggesting that a future Republican leader will come around and then liberals will rehabilitate Trump in order to frame that new republican as the ultimate evil.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago

Liberals have a tendency of whitewashing the history of fascists and other far-right politicians once they have left power. It's a part of the way capitalism reinforces itself via cultural hegemony, Churchill, Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Obama, George W. Bush, etc have all been at minimum whitewashed in the eyes of mainstream liberals. Trump will likely also be culturally rehabilitated in the eyes of the mainstream a decade or two down the line.

Democrats have a nasty habit of rehabilitating Republican politicians after they leave office. For example, ask Obama or Biden or any Democrat politicians about the Bushes or Reagan and you'll invariably get positive responses.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did you miss how GWB was rehabilitated or you weren't around when he was accused of stealing the election and compared with Hitler?

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

I was alive, but young enough to not care.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago

batman and joker maybe?