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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/42369507

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[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 50 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Pretty sure the masters of gaslighting are the Republicans who have spent the last month telling us that the innocent people they're murdering and disappearing in the streets of America are "domestic terrorists" orchestrating a "massacre".

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Pretty sure the masters of gaslighting are the Republicans

Agreed. Both of the parties are gaslighting the public and the Republicans are MUCH better at it than the DNC are.

To the point that they're more successful in spite of being MUCH more out of touch with the needs and wants of regular people when it comes to actual policy rather than propaganda.

That doesn't mean that the DNC leadership isn't dishonest. They're just not anywhere near as good at messaging as the fascist are.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Agreed. Both of the parties are gaslighting the public and the Republicans are MUCH better at it than the DNC are.

okay ... looks at post

The Democrats are the undisputed masters of gaslighting

hmm ....

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[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago

Ah yes, sure and what were democrats doing?

Despite Authoritarian Warnings, 149 House Democrats Vote to Hand Trump $840 Billion for Military

https://news.abolish.capital/post/22237

But but but... if we're splitting hairs and stuff and put our heads in sand, they're totally different and fighting for the people.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 5 points 2 days ago

The problem seems to be that republicans make the decisions when republicans are in charge, and when democrats are in charge the republicans also make the decisions.

It's what happens when there's only two right wing parties to choose from.

The Overton Window has shifted way too far.

Democrats ought to move further left to get more nonvoters to vote for them, instead of trying to move right to convert right wing voters.

[–] OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

One of the Democrats opposed to shutting down the government to hold ICE accountable said something like "the reality is that we need to be in power to fully address this". Ok... but people won't vote for you in the midterms if you don't use the tools at your disposal to address this NOW.

[–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Pretty sure everybody was warning the Democrats about ICE when Biden was up, and all they did was... give them more power. They knew when they had the ability to curb it down.

They're also still voting to give them more money.

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Wild to see these sort of memes finally being upvoted. Pity it had to take until fascists were murdering people in the street, in broad daylight, and protected by the fascist state.

[–] sickday@fedia.io 17 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Pity it had to take until fascists were murdering white people in the street

quick fix

The fascists were murdering people in the streets well before now

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago
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[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

Fediverse working as intended.

They can't use their "you're complaining about US in a US platform, lmao" gotcha anymore. And well, also censor and hide it as well as they do on mainstream platforms.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 days ago

Wow. What an ugly font.

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Is it an election year already?

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

Then they'd be saying it's too late to object. You have to do party building on non-election years, including midterms, and not until the new party has 51% support.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (7 children)

its the GOP, its in thier name. gaslight obstruct PROJECT. you are looking at the wrong enemy to criticize.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Nope.

I'm criticizing the ones PRETENDING to be on our side rather than pissing into the wind by pretending that a fascist party that OPENLY opposes everything I believe in or their supporters would ever be receptive to my critiques.

Just like you don't convince people of the fact that zionism is inherently genocidal by pretending that fanatics like Netanyahu, Smotrich, and Ben-Gvir taking are the only problem.

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago

If we let Republicans ruin the country then people will vote for us, if we stop them then people will vote Republican.

Is a more verbose way of putting it.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, the Democrats have not beaten the paid opposition argument with me at all. Most of them seem okay with voting for ICE funding and Trump appointees. They cannot even form a cohesive line in the sand like the fascists can except hen it comes to performative voting like denouncing socialism. The neo-liberal is NOT out way out of this mess.

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[–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I'll vote for any Democrat over any Republican. And I'll primary any Democrat that's a Republican cuck.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (12 children)

See meme in election year Look inside

More "dems just as bad" stupidity

Hold on folks, it's only going to get worse the closer we get!

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