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Elections don’t work for Republicans, because we’re the first generation to be royally fucked and we’re pissed off. Boomers would be pissed too if they were on the bottom of the capitalism pyramid scheme.
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Yeah and they so don't work for Republicans that they still have 48% of the house and senate combined. Those poor Republicans totally unrepresented
Only because of gerrymandering, voter suppression and the Electoral College. Far as that last goes, they have about zero chance if we went by the popular vote.
You might not have got the memo, but it's clear to the GOP they're on their heels. Why else would they be trying to pass hundreds of voter suppression laws at the state level?
Oh completely fair I know
No, see, conservatives are used to being the oppressors. If you stop that and make things actually fair instead, it's tantamount to oppressing them!
We've probably all heard the saying by now that when you're used to being in a position of privilege, equality feels like oppression. Is there a more compact term for this?
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Gen X was the first generation to be royally fucked, but they were also whiny defeatist shitheads who insisted voting doesn't matter and chose to allow boomers to continue destroying society.
That's a pretty ignorant assessment. We were apathetic, but we hardly rolled over for the boomers.
GenX did the whole "vote or die" thing. GenX was credited with getting Clinton into office. GenX would have also been the ones to get Gore into office if it wasn't for the Florida fuckery. Imagine how different things would have gone under President Gore.
I still think about this on occasion, what life would be like with the rightfully elected Gore taking office instead of W Bush. The idea that we couldn’t take enough time for FL recounts because the damn corporate media had already called the elections is still infuriating!
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"Chose".... how is being outnumbered at the polls a choice?
Gen X is one of the last generations still slanting to the right as they age. Complain all you want, but in general, gen X has been a wet fart in response to the rise of fascism.
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We voted. We protested. We just didn't understand what was happening. And we are a tiny generation. There will never be a GenX president.
A lot of us also bought into the conservative bullshit our parents taught us. Not all of us, but too many. Paul Ryan is a perfect example of that.
Well, we were mostly ignored since there is not as many of us, so not only did marketing mostly ignore us, the politicians mostly did, too. It's why you hear about Gen Y and boomers.
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Gutfeld is a fascist fuck, just like the rest of that network.
And judging by that Hitler-esque screed, he knows it.
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Elections don't work when you keep getting rejected for your unpopular ideas yet keep trying them every year instead of changing funny how that works
Too late for them to pivot, far too late. They can't change anything without losing the base. And the current state of the GOP isn't about to be trusted by any new voters they might hope to attract.
tl;dr: GOP's dead and doesn't know it yet.
That, or they get their way and turn this country into a total fascist shitshow.
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The best part is they knew. In 2016 they knew exactly what effect trump would have and after he won they shut up and fell into line and helped it happen.
Watching the crows come home to roost has been cathartic.
They knew in 2012 and still decided to double down on the confederate aka southern strategy. They didn't call it the Lost Cause for nothing.
The GOP can't be called dead while it still controls the House and a majority of Statehouses. They might not have actually published a platform in 2020, but whatever it is they stand for still appeals to certain voters, even if their actions are against those same voters' best interests.
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He's right in a way. Elections don't work to elect the far right candidates that the Republicans keep putting forward. The problem doesn't lie with elections, though. If Republicans regained their sanity and went with candidates that moderate Republicans and independents could support, they would win more elections.
Of course, that's crazy talk. Instead, they will move even further right and advocate for getting rid of democracy to make things "more fair" for them.
Except the ‘elections’ DO ‘work’ where they have gerrymandered the shit out of places. And look, they have a majority in the Senate where they can rat-fuck anything that has a whisper of equality, justice, fairness, or PROGRESS towards a nicer, better world.
And why?!?!?
Because not only are home-grown fascists supporting them, but LOTS of dark money from Russia and China are pumping up their campaign finances and social media effluent.
LOTS of dark money from Russia and China are pumping up their campaign finances and social media effluent.
This is the biggest driver IMO, as these far right dipshits are all chasing social media engagement and then wonder why they're electoral prospects suffer anywhere they don't have a finger on the scales.
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Poor education, crime, and border insecurity all occurred in the past 3 years? Got it Gutfeld.
Poor education? I thought that was the GOP’s goal, like not even joking?
"Poor education" is a dog-whistle meaning anything that doesn't indoctrinate kids into Christian Nationalism.
- National Christianism. Don't let these Nat-Cs try to dodge what they're doing.
FYI: Christian nationalism is a type of religious nationalism that is affiliated with Christianity, in which the end goal is to achieve an absolute Christian theocracy within a society.
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In his mind, teaching kids that black people are ok and gays exist is 'poor education.'
They came out against teaching critical thinking in Texas. Official GOP platform. Not even kidding.
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Tv celebrity who would never pick up a rifle in a conflict calls for other people to die.
Elections do work, we're weeding these fuckers out slowly but surely.
Elections do work, Greg.
Be the first to hide and cry if it happned.
Geez, a radical right winger being unpatriotic and calling for sedition. Just a day ending in y in ReelMurica these days...
If it didn't ha e every confidence he knew exactly what he's saying I would use this as a great example of a back propagating argument. Where you start with the conclusion then argue backwards.
Republicans should be in power -> because they aren't that means the system that determines power is broken.
Gutfeld!
Fucking hack ass failed ass comedian.
I'm not a big fan of the guy's politics but he's right:
"If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. The will reject democracy." - David Frum
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I'm sure a bunch of obese and untrained LARPers will overcome a professional army with no trouble at all.
So they're not even trying to hide what they're after. I can't believe this is legal.
Yikes. And people CHOOSE to watch this arguing every day? Exhausting and pointless.
Have you ever seen Jon Stewart's demolition of Crossfireon Fox? It was a similar show and Stewart wrecked them so badly that they never recovered. It was glorious.
I can't seem to find the clip, but if you find the full video it's worth a watch.
Edit: Crossfire, not Hardball
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True, because of all the gerrymandering.
The GOP wouldn't fly if they went by actual votes.
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LOL love how he calls out the references to a civil war over slavery and some not wanting to allow it to change without realizing that he and his are precisely in that position now.
I agree, let's have a revolution, and hand over control to AOC completely.
In a real civil war, I don't see repubtards as the winning side.
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