PhilipTheBucket

I don't blame the protest voters for Harris's loss; they were a tiny factor maybe, but there was such a galaxy of problems way bigger than any impact they could make. I do feel like pointing out that their strategy is stupid and counterproductive, mostly in response to them running around on Lemmy and claiming real aggressively that it makes perfect sense and is definitely going to help.

Just one more bro, we're almost there

How in the world is Mexican / South American food not on this list yet?

1. Mexican / Colombian
2. Probably Thai

I just looked at your account, it's two years old and you've been saying the same stuff, so maybe you are legit and actually believe this stuff.

To take it at face value: No one's "harassing" or "attacking" anyone here. Just saying that we think carving out a specific exception to "never again" for the Palestinians is pretty on-the-nose fucked up. Now imagine that we bombed their apartment block, and then bombed the tent in the refugee camp where they went to live after that, and the journalists who went to report on it. That would be attacking.

Two years ago, you said Israel "will make an effort to minimize civilian casualties." How is denying food aid while the country is starving to death minimizing civilian casualties?

A year ago you said, "there’s no way to rationalize out support for an organization that purposefully murders Jewish children." Is there a way to rationalize support for an organization that purposefully murders Palestinian children?

They will not. If anything, they will support gun control only applied to the left. There is not a chance in hell that they will actually try to take away the Oathkeeper's weapons or whatever.

Good stuff. I think to take it to the next level, you should throw in something about the rape accusations. Get us arguing with each other. This stuff is sterling, I especially like the part about "go outside and touch grass," but at the end of the day it's mostly just going to annoy people temporarily (and ultimately unify them in yelling at you and you alone.)

To really create lasting damage to the community, you have to create hostility that's going to (a) spiral more than you have energy to invest in nourishing it, get other people involved in creating conflict and (b) persist after you've moved on. Talk about the October 7th rapes. Say that you're glad Trump got in office because you really feel like Biden betrayed Israel with all his lack of support. Spark some free range conflict. That's the next level.

Like I say it's a really good start though! Don't feel like I am saying it is bad or putting it down, I am only trying to help take it to the next level. Think of it as critical support.

Yeah. I read a pretty good article that made the case for downplaying political parties as the unit of power entirely, and focusing on unions built and operated by the workers as the primary method of organizing and batching up power in elections. It was a lot more that way in the middle of the 20th century and definitely things were a fuck of a lot better back then.

It does make sense that if you make a specific class of people whose job is wield and collect power, and nothing in particular else, then they'll become fuckheads over time.

They really are working on making literally the worst choice on every single issue, huh

centrist Democrats have a slogan, "vote blue no matter who"

I know some centrist Democrats, and I've literally never heard them say this for any reason. I've only ever heard it said on Lemmy by people who are applying it sarcastically.

"They" is pretty fluid.

A lot of people in Washington will be fine if the Ds win, they'll be fine if the Rs win, but they will be out of a job if the people win.

A lot of those people are in the Democratic party, some of the worst of them are in Democratic leadership, some of them are in this article. I don't really think "Let's stop voting for Democrats!" is a solution to any of that, since it will do nothing at all to resolve the corruption that led to things being that way, but yes it is important to realize that Chuck Shumer among other people is completely fine with Democrats losing elections, as long as him and the assholes he hangs out with get to keep divvying up the work output of the country among themselves and not having to work all that hard.

"This is forbidden! It is illegal for you to do this!"

"Hey remember when you shot those kids?"

"Yeah but that was fine tho"

FAFO

I have never seen a bright blue eye like that on an orange cat. I think Photoshop is definitely a possibility, but also, sometimes nature just does a wild artistic cat for all of us.