Lindsey Graham Says Joy ‘Doesn’t Exist in the Real World’
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.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lindsey-graham-says-joy-doesnt-exist-in-the-real-worldOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
true, if you're Lindsey Graham
The problem with this corrosive, inflexible conservative narrative, is that these joyless assholes try and impose themselves politically and on everybody.
Hopefully! 🤞
Also true if he is talking about Joy the character from Pixar’s Inside Out
Man who has never experienced joy claims joy does not exist; more at 11
Uh-oh, the War on Christmas has claimed Lindsay Graham as its latest victim!
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.
"Puritanism — The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." — H L Mencken
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.
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.
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.
Yeah. I dunno about LG, but I often reflect on the fabulous drag queen show that would kick off an age of prosperity if a bunch of closeted conservatives could relax and stop bullshitting themselves.
Lindsey Graham is a he? I'd heard the name, and always assumed it was some blonde haired bimbo who wears glasses to give the apperance of an intellectual without anything of value to actually say.
i hope you find your mind
Lindsey Graham shouldn’t exist in the real world.
I hope he just gets booed everywhere he goes.
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.
He's not a lawmaker, he's a radical Christian nationalist in lawmaker clothes.
He actually believes this
..........oh man. What a comment to read before the mods eventually purge it.
81113 hours and it's still up 😁Guess the joke police finally arrived. Oh well, had a pretty good run as far as controversial humor goes 🤷
It's because everywhere he goes, he sucks the joy out of the room.
What a weird thing to say
The inevitable result of republican policies.
His ladybugs 🐞 will be so upset to learn this 😭😭😭
Looks like Lindsey doesn’t shop at Trader Joe’s.
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.
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.
He just hasn’t found a woman who has what he wants, which is a penis.
What's this from?
Joe vs. The Volcano
Very interesting trailer. Of course Meg Ryan. Is it any good as a film?
One of my favorites, but ymmv.
yes. there are a few references in it that people should get. all the scenes before joe leaves for the volcano are meme-worthy. me and a buddy still laugh about this scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMARnSUCoYY
"dingy!"
So this question kind of made me go down a bit of a rabbit hole, but this really captures my feelings. https://www.rogerebert.com/features/how-we-choose-our-favorite-film-and-why-mine-is-joe-vs-the-volcano
I saw it in theaters as a kid. It was good, but I don't really remember the plot since I haven't seen it since then
Tom Hanks in an 80s comedy (came out in 90 close enough) is usually worth it, I only watched it once a number of years ago. It wasn't overly memorable but I recall enjoying it well enough. There was probably jokes I wasn't paying attention enough to notice. However when you add Meg Ryan with Hanks you can't really go wrong.
Doesn't it have like 3 Meg Ryans in it? Doesn't she play like three different characters?
This feels relevant:
Excerpt from Lindsey Graham's One Man Show
Known by the male escorts around DC as "Lady G", so I've heard.
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.
Errrrrrr…………………
^somebody get this man out of the building^
to be fair, I've heard that being in the closet your whole life can really drag you down.
First time I have ever agreed with this bastard.
I mean, he's not wrong. (And I say that as someone who despises him.)
Most people don't find skyrocketing rent, gas, electricity, and grocery costs to be particularly joyful. Democrats know this, which is why they're making the election more about memes than the record of Joe Biden as president.
Call me when Kamala finds the fortitude to put an actual platform on her website.
You mean like this?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-dnc-economic-plan-price-gouging-ban-inflation/
The fuck are both of you on about
It's like two kids with whiffleball bats swinging for the pinata and just hitting each other
Nah. THAT would be fun to watch. This isn't.
Reported for hate speech.
Also, this is an open forum, you have no claim of allowable membership on a public thread.
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I also wouldn't consider telling someone when they are allowed to speak a very progressive behavior, especially if you think I'm from a marginalized group
U big mad
Edit hah you also called the mods mom.
My comment is a critique of centrism.
Kamala is a centrist. Biden is a centrist. But, that moniker's only a thing because Democratic voters don't want to have to call themselves conservatives.
I want roe v Wade and then some. It's for topics like that that I vote democrat, as it's the currently available, most progressive option (centrist as it is). Gimme an option like Bernie, AoC or full power walz and I'd vote for that. More progressive the better, but it's got to be viable. Right now that means wearing the democratic hat.
If things like roe are centrist, call me whatever you want.
If Roe's your issue, I'd be even less inclined to vote Democrat.
All they did was promise to do something about it, raise money, and then did absolutely nothing. (And if you're curious, the cost of your bodily autonomy was $80,000,000.) Meanwhile Idaho has gotten away with criminalizing it and every other conservative state will follow.
And considering they had Congress and the presidency, their inaction is indefensible.
Separately replying to unmarked edit: they did not have a supermajority, do not control state politics, and the judges bringing these things about are on lifetime appointments, seated during trump
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the ACA were both passed without a supermajority.
You don't need a supermajority to pass legislation.
Further, we should expect federal legislators to do things that are difficult. I've had it with broken promises and false excuses.
You practically do to remove federal judges, which, to the discussed topic, is necessary. Even more so to remove supreme court justices
I'm not single issue because I'm not a silly goose, that was just an example.
All I know is Republicans would pour concrete on the currently shallow grave of roe.
Democrats aren't getting an A+ from me but as I said their the closest in the direction the country needs to go.
If you review WHY conservative states have been able to do that you'd understand what happened.
It's because judges were put in place during republican majorities, and they obviously rule in favor of those republican policies.
More republicans mean more republican judges means more concrete on republican ideals.
Democrats have failed on a lot, but that failure represents effort. Imperfect, flawed effort, but the alternative is whole hearted enjoyment in destroying the things I'm interested in. Like roe for example.
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Reminder there are only 2 viable options.
One tries to bring forward bluer, lefter policy (relatively, not absolutely) and one seeks to being forward a Christian fascist ethnostate.
And you're telling me NOT to vote for the imperfect team blue?
I disagree. It denotes broken promises and zero effort, which is why I feel compelled to remind everyone of how crummy a president Joe Biden was, and particularly for women. Kamala doesn't even have a platform on her website. All she wants to do is repeat memes ("Joy" and "Weird"), which doesn't help anyone.
They've made hundreds of billions we don't actually have appear out of thin air overnight for other countries' wars, but if you want a living wage or bodily autonomy it means absolutely nothing to them beyond their ability to fundraise off of promising to act.
I appreciate that I'm not the only one who uses this term, though. :)
I acknowledge what broken promises look like. I contend most of them are just failures... In battle. There's no indication the promises were made in bad faith, but heads up, politics is an uncontrolled system. In many cases good intentions lead to loss. All the more reason to clear the path.
I don't excuse it, I understand it.
I'm looking for your link to Trump's plan for those issues. What's his solution? Banning immigrants? A costly wall? Tax breaks for the rich again? Let another million die from a pandemic? Argue about crowd sizes? Maybe blowing up a hurricane?
I'm not a Trump supporter, but unlike Harris, he actually has a platform on his website.
I suppose that's where you should start.
Ah, the new home of project2025!
Seriously, though, I assume this is what you're referring to where he's going to solve those problems:
I see no plan, aside from some very vague promises and an attack on a guy who isn't even running.
I'm not sure why you're arguing with me about it. I don't like Trump either, but feel free to argue if it makes you feel better about supporting another conservative.
Quick reminder of this conversation: You suggested I check his website for his platform, so I did, and found that there's only "I did this" and some vague promises that do not specify any sort of actual plan. You seem to think that's arguing, but I'm trying to explain that there's actually no useful information there.
Basically, it's no better than Kamala's and arguably even worse because he's making promises we all know he's not going to keep (Kamala makes no promises that I saw). And he still thinks he's running against Biden.
shrugs
There's literally a page that says 'Platform' on it. I don't know how to help you find what's right there in the navigation.
I only know because I was quite surprised to see that someone running for president didn't even have the wherewithal to make their positions public, but the literal fascist did.
I'd love to have an honest candidate for once, but it apparently won't be happening in 2024. And I need more than good memes to make me want to vote for someone with Harris' record.
You seem to be intentionally misunderstanding which side actually has a plan or policy meant to help anyone other than the rich. Trump doesn't know or care what the policy plans behind 2025 are, but as long as he gets his but in the seat that can keep himself out of jail and make people keep paying attention he'll sign whatever the actual handlers come up with
I'm not misunderstanding anything. I can look at the last 40 years of federal legislating and see who benefits, regardless of the promises made.
What I don't understand is how you can sit through yourself being impoverished by surging rent, 1.5x to 2.5x grocery costs, spikes in gas prices and electricity, and wages that have decreased with inflation, and then tell me I should be joyful about a Harris presidency. Biden has been such a monumental failure that he and Harris both are too scared to post policy proposals on their websites.
They just want us focused on their memes about 'joy' and Republicans being 'weird'.
That's how things work in the US. The candidates make speeches and the wealthy benefit. The rest of us have to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and work 2-3 jobs.
And I know the same happens if Trump is elected. It's just particularly sad that the literal fascist isn't too scared to post his proposals and the supposed liberals are. (But if elected they'll rule as conservatives.)