zbyte64

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[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Rep. Jared Golden of Maine was the lone Democrat.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's not unfair for trans women to play in sports though! His answer is what I expect from someone who hasn't done their homework on the topic, which would be strange for a potential presidential candidate. I read this not as ignorance, but as a political calculation.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 12 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Did we listen to the same interview where he asked Charlie Kirk what policies they should borrow from MAGA and eventually landed on banning trans women from sports?

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 89 points 3 weeks ago

The hit dog yelps. The boycotts are working.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Look, you are welcome to have that conversation with non-voters (I am not one of them), but you aren't saying anything I haven't already said to them. Maybe that tactic isn't working?

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

A lot of the people I could not convince to vote this round were cynical because of the pandering to the racists and billionaires. Appealing to the worse demotivates any base of people who have rectitude, if this was not the case, then the party would not represent a lesser evil.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 3 weeks ago

Then what's stopping the Democrats from banning corporate money from their primaries? Point to the bad actors.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

So they would be cool to get corporate money out their primaries, right?

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It should fund drones to pester billionaires to donate their money. Every time they step out in public there should be a swarm of bots broadcasting how many times they flew with Epstein. We could have comedians voice the drones and have a competition to see who does the best roast.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

I voted for Harris, so I reckon my vote worked as well as yours for the Palestinians.

My point is that if I were so cynical to think we can only win by appealing to the worse in our party, then I wouldn't bother defending democracy. At that point it is not simply a matter of voting for the lesser evil, but telling your neighbors that is is okay to be a racist misogynist.

I do believe in democracy, which is why I ask for more, not less.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

If I believed what you were saying, then I wouldn't even bother voting.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Sounds like the parents have decided they're too old (or she is too old) to deal with this shit

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