You are the champion we need

Lol! Good answer.

i feel like i tend to have a decently high level ability to understand and empathize with people, but i just can't summon it for that man.

i'm sorry he was abused, but at some point, a person can just be a worthless pos.

Same as his cultists who can't face reality. They didn't take him seriously and they don't want to admit they were duped. (Yes, that's an intentionally vague "they" because it applies to both sides)

From what I see here and previously on reddit and when I was sort of (but not really) active on fb. I definitely feel like that or at the least I'm one of only a few willing to call out insanity and try to educate others so we all have a better future.

If more people like us would step up and be more active online and off, we may have been able to avoid the whole trump in office bit to begin with. I know that most us are not spotlight friendly and would rather just be left alone but we can't live like that for the foreseeable future. Not until enough of the maggats and their leaders are in jail or barred from politics for life.

I was telling everyone I knew about trump when he first ran this time around. Even in my circles I'm an exception who knew what trump was and has known for 30+ years.

And his people safe.

I’m afraid of it but I agree with you because “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity” so it’s very much possible for the orange leader to occupy the White House again, and possibly for the rest of his days.

Right, but every new article seems to treat him with a blank slate. You could write a completely unbiased true article saying "Convicted rapist who wants to be dictator 'for day one' of his presidency says that he'll use the 'success of the US' as his ultimate revenge."

The news fucking kowtows to this fascist's feelings far too much IMO. Seems biased in the opposite direction, just so they can maintain a "neutral" tone.

edit: of course all news has bias, I meant truth instead

Tell me about the conspiracy of which you refer. I need to see the dems scramble to downvote your reply.

I'm sure when you vote for Biden he will get the message that you're against genocide.

I'm sorry that that's what your choices are, but at some point you have to start resisting and stop voting lesser of two evils, when both are blatantly evil as fuck. It's genocide for fuck sake.

So then when he's the president doing the genocide I'll shit talk him. Pretty basic stuff.

The one thing Trump won't do is start WW3. There are only two nations with nuclear arsenals that can threaten MAD, and the other is holding his leash.

Right, which makes Trump look like a giant fucking loser for working repeatedly with WWE since the 80s.

Which is why the Dems/Nikki Haley/Jeb should have brought it up repeatedly

Well, they were “special”

But what you're saying is literally what they are, just in the opposite direction.

And to be clear, I think of the two choices that you'd be correct. However, saying people need to have their citizenship revoked because they vote for someone you don't agree with is the opposite of democracy. Just because you don't agree doesn't mean you get to throw out the rules.

You're just being what they are.

You need to be better than they are, for all our sakes.

Funny thing though: the other side says the exact same thing.

Of course, they are brainwashed and full of hatred, but again, they say the same about us.

I'm just trying to say: you're right, but the other side isn't going for trump because they're insane. They're going for trump because they allowed themselves to be fooled, but they really believe all the crap trump is feeding them. These aren't so much evil geniuses as gullible people who want what they think is best. Since they're told were all evil and out to get them, well, they want to get rid of us. The age old "divide and conquer" strategy.

The more you go "kill em all" the more they will too, that will lead to an ugly outcome. Even if we win, we still gotta live next to them, they're our neighbors, our family, our friends. Maybe focus your anger on those that are riling them up, that tell them to hate. Trump should at this point -frankly- be shot for treason, same for his kids who are very involved. Their followers, however, should be shown and made understood that trump is hatez that trump is lies and corruption.

compromise with leftists….

ROFL..

As a rule, no one should compromise with those that will not compromise. You end up giving away everything and getting nothing. Which is pretty much what it’s like when dealing with the entitled.

The reality of the situation is that there are a lot more moderate Democrats than there are progressives. They have the bargaining power. If we refuse to compromise, they can just turn to independents and moderates (overall moderates, not Democrats). So we're left with three scenarios:

1. Get the best possible bargain and compromise we can, vote against the common fascist evil.

2. Refuse the deal. Moderate Democrats instead try to pander to the center, and if they win, they move to appease the center allies.

3. Refuse the deal. Democrats pander to center, but they lose. The fascists win instead and push us further right.

The only way to not move further right is to negotiate for the best deal we can, and take it. Plus, we have seen some progressive initiatives in return, like the IRA (happy to give my spiel on this) and a corporate minimum tax that eliminates loopholes.

I know this isn't ideal. But we don't hold the necessary power -- yet. My long term strategy is continuing to work with Democrats until the Republican party is no longer a threat. It's vulnerable, and a decisive loss in 2024 could be enough to fracture the party into irrelevance. Once they're tiny enough that we're safe, the Democrats and Progressives split into separate parties. Once enough Boomers die off and Zoomers are mostly all able to vote, progressives should have the numbers to rival moderate Democrats, if not eclipse them.

It's going to take a lot of time, but I think this is the best case scenario to work towards. If we want to have serious economic changes, we need to first hold strong and defeat the party that constantly tries to fuck with social rights.

thank you for doing the hard work

Not going to bother. You’re not worth the time.

Hmm

Same sentiment gets trotted out on Reddit every single time

Tired

Bored

Nothing ever gon happen anyway so why care?

It’s so fucking obvs. at this point whose bots these are. Leave it alone

We should just ignore his fascist ramblings and not mobilize people to vote against him? Nah. This stuff needs to be broadcast as widely as possible. Sorry if you're bored though. Spend some time away from social media I guess.

I hope you're not an American