Harris pleads with GOP to join her: ‘There is a place for you in this campaign’ : usa

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Democratic tent is big enough for the whole GOP, but not big enough to let a Palestinian-American speak at the DNC.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 10 months ago

"It's a big club and you aren't in it!" - Carlin.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Leftists on the other hand can shut the fuck up right?

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

That part.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago

100%, the DNC has always been friendlier to the right than the left.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Leftists can shut the fuck up and V O T E 🟦 like an utter patsy with no political power whatsoever.

[+] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm trans and I won't vote for genocide.

[+] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca -6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You all suck and may bear partial responsibility for allowing America to devolve fully into fascism because you can't hold your nose and vote blue.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I voted blue in 2020 to stop fascism.

Then the guy I voted for did genocide.

Death to America

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca -2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Then please go somewhere else, I'm working hard to keep something I disagree with because I have the nuance of thought required to understand something as complex as "the lesser of two evils".

Just take your accelerationist shit away, it's unhelpful.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I voted for the lesser of two evils in 2020 and now he's doing a genocide. That's where this strategy has lead us.

I won't do it anymore.

[+] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You voted for one genocide instead of two. And it worked. Good job. You helped. Please keep helping.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

We're on the brink of fucking WW3

This country must be defeated

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh yea, the collapse of the American government will definitely prevent a world war and not make it happen faster

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The US is the largest and most belligerent military force on the planet. The only comparable contemporary is Russia, and they're basically just a gas station with guns.

Yes, the defeat of the US will save the world.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Insurrection against a liberal government is easier than insurrection against a fascist government. I don't want to have to deal with Trump's Proud Boy Gestapo on top of all the challenges the revolution already faces.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't remember Trump’s Proud Boy Gestapo killing everyone during the 2020 BLM uprising.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/27/trump-speech-no-need-to-vote-future

“You know what? It’ll be fixed! It’ll be fine. You won’t have to vote any more, my beautiful Christians,” he said with a slight shake of his head and his right hand pressed against the left side of his chest.
He added: “I love you. Get out – you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not gonna have to vote.”
Trump’s remarks – delivered not far from his Mar-a-Lago resort and home – were immediately met with consternation in some political quarters.
The constitutional and civil rights attorney Andrew Seidel, for instance, replied to video of Trump’s comments circulating on X by writing: “This is not subtle Christian nationalism. He’s talking about ending our democracy and installing a Christian nation.”

The stakes are a little higher this time than in 2016. The plan is bolder. The future will not be like the past.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

The plan is bolder, the planner is older and more unpopular than he has ever been. He can say whatever he wants, this is literally a fantasy of a dying old man.

The future will not be the past, but it rhymes. The plan is bolder, and the resistance will be bolder too. The potential for Trump to become a dictator is far less than the potential for the People to defeat him. I want you to seriously think about what you are going to do when he steals the election.

And I will not be scared and threatened into into voting for genocide.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like this is shaping up to be the Most Important Election in our Lifetime!

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

They say this every four years

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

When you keep voting lesser evil for decades, you end up with full-blown evil...

[–] Tangentism@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago

You're already in a fascist state that is participating and funding genocide, aiding and abetting multiple conflicts around the world and using your tax dollars and silent complicity to do it.

Wake the fuck up, you're already dead!

[–] macabrett@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

I'm confused... is this your comic? You're willingly voting for the person who created a machine called "Dead Palestinians O-matic"? The same person who says they don't care if you die? What the fuck is even going on in your head?

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 5 points 10 months ago

Well, do you have millions of dollars in donor money? This is the inevitable outcome from the decades long process of legalising corruption. Both parties are now committed to do the bidding of the owner class, and the only difference between the parties is culture war bullshit (which incidentally also drives traffic on social media, which is great for their bottom line).

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 27 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

All she needs to do is court the left, who evidently don't have a place in her campaign.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Former democratic party strategist: I never had to listen to the left on any issue.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago

Oh, of course, we all know this, it's just useful to highlight for Leftists that think they can "move the Democrats left."

[–] zhozers@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

For the one millionth time Democrats...THIS IS NOT HOW YOU DEFEAT FASCISTS!

[–] macabrett@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

A "big tent" that includes Dick Cheney and other neocons very much so does not include the left.

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