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Rightly or wrongly, this election and last election feel a lot like a zero-sum game if you care about democracy, integrity, ethics, honor, rule of law, leadership, effective government, human rights, the constitution, equal rights, etc.
The republican party has SUPPORTED and continues to support a former President who is claiming the election was stolen, made every attempt to overthrow the results of the election, caused an insurrection--for all intents and purposes attempted a coup to stay in power. Hes indicted for over 96 crimes, embroiled in lawsuits for his criminal activities, his unethical, immoral, and disgraceful behavior in business dealings. This guy is a grade A piece of shit. He doesn't care about the constitution. He doesn't care about the United States. He doesn't care about Americans. He doesn't care about right or wrong.
There is no "shades of gray" between the parties right now.
Yes, notice how I said Democrats are still the only hope in 2024. I love how everyone IMMEDIATELY whines about Trump when I remind them Democrats are not your friend, either.
No, there are no shades of grey. We're in the middle of a forest fire started by Republicans, and morons CONSTANTLY pretend that the half-fouled moped of the DNC is a guaranteed trip out of the woods. They are not. They are a half-fouled moped. Period.
Yes, we need to try to use the half-fouled moped to get away from the psychopathic pyromaniacs, but what we CANNOT do is pretend that the half-fouled moped is a luxury offroad vehicle.
The DNC is not that. We will be lucky to even make it to the edge of the woods. Celebrate the half-fouled moped before it has even gotten you that far at your own peril, but the least you can do is understand when someone is telling you you're still offroading with a half-fouled moped...