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Awww. Wooks wike some people want to continue a two party system where one party constantly destroys stuff and the other party just promises not to make it worse while never actually fixing anything.
This is ancient fucking news. We knew Trump wouldn't call the traitors traitors the day it happened...
The convention is one of the few places where you can safely explain why people should vote for you, instead of against the other guy, and it's telling when they don't take that opportunity...
Did you just reply to yourself?
Yes. That's how threads work...
There is an edit button that allows you to add additional context to a comment that you think would be helpful.
As opposed to making a whole other reply and looking like a fucking loser talking to himself.
Sorry. You're right. That's the kind of thing I should be worried about rather than pointing out the systemic problem that means we lose a little bit of our rights every year.
In the future I will be sure to make sure my tone and format are more agreeable to you, so you can ignore the content in a more creative way.
Lol acting like you care about rights while attacking the best chance to protect them. Please, give up the act.
Did you agree with this the last several times it came up? Did you upvote it on Lemmy?
Even in this completely fictitious example, which could be ANYTHING YOU CHOOSE as your strongest argument, it would still make the most sense to vote democrat. A ratchet with no gear would be preferable to a gear with no ratchet.
Guess who never said not to vote democrat?
What are you smoking?
What does upvoting mean? Nothing. What matters is actually voting, and I always vote in every election. Local and federal.
Also this picture is a joke. The Democrats have been sliding right for years. The Democratic party is basically centrist, there is no far left party in the US.
This just reeks of the "both sides" stance which isn't based in reality anymore. If you can honestly look at both sides and say they're the same then you're being dishonest.
I asked if they agreed with it first. Nothing I said is remotely both-sidesism - that Democratic leaders are using a tactic that I guarantee you got mad at Republicans for using is exactly the thing someone against both-sidesism should call them out for.
To point out that Dems slide right then defend a specific action where they continue to slide right seems awfully disingenuous - given you otherwise have no idea what anyone is saying it's more likely you have no idea what's going on.
Lol, ignoring your both sides take them telling me how I felt about what Republicans did. Sounds like a "centrist" Trumper to me lol.
I did say the are sliding right but I didn't then defend a specific issue. If I did I don't see how that would be disingenuous. Unless you meant you want me to provide a point and just butchered that sentence. Well did you provide examples for every single claim you made? Lemme check, nope you didn't. Seems disingenuous. Almost like you have no idea what's going on lol.
You are defending this specific issue. See? Clueless.
Lol ok bud, sure
I.. I feel the need to ask. Are you incapable of “worrying” about more than one thing at a time?
I'm guessing you saw someone else post that and thought it sounded clever so you'd reuse it the first chance you got?
Because it's completely irrelevant here...
Worry 1:Republicans are fascists that use manipulative techniques on their base. Worry 2: Democratic leaders just used a similar technique Republicans used against Biden and Obama.
You guessed wrong, so you’re starting out with a swing and a miss.
The fact that it has happened, and in fact happened yet again in 2020, is why I bring it up. Numerous times in fact.
This isn’t a “but the other side” situation. Any instance of this is a problem. It doesn’t matter who is orchestrating it, or who is benefitting from it, it shouldn’t happen.
If you think it's wrong for Dems to use the same tactics as Republicans then what the fuck are you bitching about?
Do you need a few minutes to read through the things we’ve actually said? Because that question makes no sense in context, so I have no way to answer it.
You clearly demonstrated that you didn't actually read what I wrote and made knee-jerk reaction, then think I'm the one not reading?
Sad.