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There is no more quiet part anymore [Feb 2024, referring to Obama] (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

TIL there’s an Uncle Tom Federation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

theyve been in the high seats for too long. their cockiness is reaching a fever pitch. gonna take more than a simple bitch slap to teach them

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Black Conservative Federation...........

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Yes, they conserve the freedom of black people, gotta ration out that finite resource or else no one gets any! /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

sadly, erasure is not an option. been tried. best we can manage is kicking him out of the country.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

We should memory hole Donald Trump

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I love how this dude refuses to acually run against Kamala. It not a black man, it’s not Obama, you’re running against doofus, it’s a Black Woman. And, unless you’re a police officer, that’s at least 10x scarier for you.

[+] [email protected] -28 points 2 months ago (3 children)

What's to run against? It's an election entirely on aesthetic. Do you want to old fat cat cigar smoking business dude or the lean mean latte sipping girl boss to rubber stamp our next genocide shipment to Israel and blame China for climate change?

Maybe we get a SCOTUS judge to start issuing 5-4 rulings against fundamental democratic principles instead of a 6-3, if we're lucky.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Your nuanced understanding of geopolitics reminds me just how successful they've been at undermining the education system.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

As much as I know Kamala is the status quo which is not my bag either for many reasons (genocide being one), I know things can be much worse. And, unless you’re an accelerationist (doubtful from a .world-er), isn’t it better to not give ultimate power over genocide or expulsion of immigrants to this supreme egomaniac?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

isn’t it better to not give ultimate power over genocide or expulsion of immigrants to this supreme egomaniac?

Unfortunately, you've got a Democrat running who is openly courting John Negroponte, Jeff Flake, and the Cheneys.

If Harris puts Liz Cheney into a cabinet position, like State or Intelligence or DHS, that's exactly where we end up. We've just traded a loud borish egomaniac for a quieter and more sophisticated one.

Even if she doesn't, there's a murderers row of liberal-ish insiders who seem perfectly content to join shooting wars with Iran, Pakistan, Venezuela, China, half a dozen African nations, Mexico... Nevermind that proxy war with Russia we're already in.

unless you’re an accelerationist

Accelerationism isn't a philosophy, it's a coping mechanism. You get to pretend enshittification was your plan all along and not a disaster fully outside your control.

It's the 😂 emoji of political thought.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I get what you’re saying, and I agree, but at this juncture, there’s nothing to be done. We only get a duopoly because of our voting system. It’s shit, we should change it.

What’s your political alignment, friend?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

We only get a duopoly because of our voting system.

We don't have a duopoly. We have a pair of regional monopolies. And it's not the voting system that gives us candidates like Eric Adams or Mike Johnson or Joe Manchin. These are the consequence of a fully captured election system.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

And shifting the balance of SCOTUS for the better compared to ending democracy to install an octogenarian fascist is practically the same thing. Both sides, amirite?

You have a flawed candidate, and one of the worst in history, people - understand what's on the line, and stop drawing false equivalencies.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Who would you rather get arrested by when protesting?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ask George Floyd.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Feels like forever. He was murdered in 2020, Biden took office in 2021. Shit was wild...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He was murdered in 2020

In Minnesota, under Governor Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey. When protesters over the killing began to march through the streets, Walz and Frey responded by releasing the National Guard to crack heads and jail people by the hundred.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Dude, we get it, you aren't going to vote for either. But you don't need to pretend the GOP isn't criticizing Walz for not being violent enough towards protestors.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

But you don’t need to pretend the GOP isn’t criticizing Walz for not being violent enough towards protestors.

My problem is with liberals who keep insisting the Dems have a sound electoral strategy when they ratchet the violence up.

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