People who tell me the anti-trans anti-POC laws in my state are good actually because the majority support them. People who treat people as pawns in an electoral campaign.
So tired of people like that.
Update: Examples found within the thread! I don't even need to link to examples of this happening. They're right here!
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so tired of people setting up strawman arguments so they can finally win a debate.
meanwhile libs are voting for trans rights, voting for POC to actually represent them in the house and senate, voting for women who have brains (porter, warren, aoc) instead of tokens and bimbos. tyranny of majority? get fucked with that ignorant bullshit take. same as conservatives huh? same as the conservatives invading uteruses in Texas, Louisiana, trying it in Ohio and Michigan, oh yeah it's the same when liberals FORCED THAT WOMAN IN TEXAS TO CARRY HER DEAD BABY, oh no, wait, that wasn't liberals.
what a stupid fucking take on the world.
Oh, please. One of the first things Biden did was open more concentration camps. He's continued Trump's wall (guess it's Biden's wall now). Millions of people die due to lack of healthcare access, and all liberals have is Obamacare 2.0, a slap in the face.
Sure, they're not as bad as Republicans, but that's a dismally low bar. They're still complicit in fascism and genocide. They're still defending capitalism.
Want to talk about strawman? Let's talk about how every time someone mentions these things, Libs deflect with wild unfounded accusations of supporting Trump.
American liberals are only marginally better than Republicans. And if you're in one of those camps, they're no better at all.
Edit: I actually thought this was a different thread. I'll still leave it though because it's all accurate.
This is the kind of shit I'm talking about. By this logic, the anti-trans anti-POC laws in my state are alright, according to liberals. I've heard the same thing from them about the border camps and wall - "Biden has no choice!" Bullshit.
uh huh. gassed millions I'm sure.
mmm yeah tell me how all the women on the left don't mean anything you sexist racist garbage. tell me how one party embracing actual minority participation is the real racism.
quack quack quack quack the libs are almost as bad as the LITERAL FASCISTS.
Get a sense of reality or get fucked.
He was compelled by law to continue the wall. He did so as minimally and I would argue, as sarcastically as possible, within the bounds he had, but go off, presidents are kings and can do anything they want.
Is Biden perfect? Gawd no. Is Biden significantly better than any Dem president in my lifetime? Sure is. But he isn't perfect, so let's make things worse.
...because "he was just following the law" and "he was just following orders" famously excuse human rights abuses and other atrocities
good point. biden is hitler. better vote trump instead. /s
You are literally the person this post is about.
trump literally put kids in cages and you're whining like a little baby about some fucking rando? wait was that president biden messaging you?
no?
just some deranged nutbag you spoke to on the internet and made into a liberal strawman huh?
boy your headcanon must be fucking hilarious