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[–] 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Harder and harder to say "Vote Blue No Matter Who" with that boot up your throat.

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  • [–] 37 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

    The other side tried to violently overthrow an election, is engaging in record fraud and government abuse, is led by a rapist who's hiding the Epstein files, wants to overturn all civil rights achievements and destroy all workers rights, they illegally toppled a foreign government and are now stealing billions from Venezuela's oil sales, and they are currently trying to rig US elections.

    They tried to overturn birthright citizenship, want to undo marriage equality, have sent armed thugs to harass democrat cities, they've called anti fascists and Democratic socialists dangerous violent leftists, and their dumbass tariffs and Iran war have essentially caused a voluntary global recession while oil and defense make record profits.

    I take your point but one side is still astronomically worse

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  • [–] 24 points 1 week ago*

    The other side tried

    And the first side just sat around with thumbs up assholes, because they hate Palestinians and Transgender folks more than fascists.

    one side is still astronomically worse

    John Fetterman has far more in common with Ted Cruz than nearly anyone who voted for either of them.

    There's two sides, alright. But these people aren't on yours.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 week ago*

    Harder and harder to say “Vote Blue No Matter Who” with that boot up your throat.

    Obviously we're way past "Vote Blue no matter who" now. That effort was the last ditch attempt to stop fascists from taking power. If it had worked, it might have been possible to enact safeguards to protect the democratic institutions of the Constitution. Or might not, as it was probably already too late. But it was the last chance we had to prevent the fascist regime and try to salvage anything.

    Obviously it failed, and fascists/grifters/looters/christian nationalists/oligarchs now have complete control of the government. They'll do anything to hold onto that power. We'll know for sure in November, but working within the democratic election system to change who's in power is basically futile at this point.

    So yeah, it's nice to see that people have finally started supporting progressive candidates in many states and a lot of them are winning their primaries--but sadly it's too late for that now. It's what needed to have been done well before now, starting during Dump 1.0 at the latest, which was the final wake up call. But not enough people gave a shit until it was too late, and most still don't.

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