▲ 373 ▼ Realistically... How fucked is the US? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by TehBamski@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 408 comments fedilink hide all child comments (Disclaimer: I voted against Trump and anyone who supported him in my state.)
[–] pelley@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (3 children) Glad you asked. https://buzzmachine.com/2024/11/06/how-fucked-are-we-very/ permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) We must come to the realization that America is deeply racist and sexist, incapable of electing a Black, Asian woman to its highest office because of our culture’s innate, widespread, and unreconciled bias and hatred. If that's true, then why on earth would the DNC do everything in their power to ensure that was the only "choice" available to voters? Do they like losing? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Dr_Vindaloo@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dr_Vindaloo@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib had no problems keeping their jobs. It's almost like they are different from the all the losers in their party in some way (hint: it's nothing to do with race or gender). permalink fedilink source parent [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Lol, "the fault is not hers" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] msgraves@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) She holds some blame, but at the end of the day there are nearly 18 million people that didn't vote for her, but did vote for biden. The only reasonable conclusion to draw is, well, she's black and even worse: a woman. (second part is /s) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago It's no /s, black men got the vote before women for a reason. permalink fedilink source parent [–] scemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Objectively, the standards applied to the two candidates is wildly different, I'm not sure why we blame anyone other than voters, at this point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) We must come to the realization that America is deeply racist and sexist, incapable of electing a Black, Asian woman to its highest office because of our culture’s innate, widespread, and unreconciled bias and hatred. If that's true, then why on earth would the DNC do everything in their power to ensure that was the only "choice" available to voters? Do they like losing? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Dr_Vindaloo@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dr_Vindaloo@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib had no problems keeping their jobs. It's almost like they are different from the all the losers in their party in some way (hint: it's nothing to do with race or gender). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Lol, "the fault is not hers" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] msgraves@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) She holds some blame, but at the end of the day there are nearly 18 million people that didn't vote for her, but did vote for biden. The only reasonable conclusion to draw is, well, she's black and even worse: a woman. (second part is /s) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago It's no /s, black men got the vote before women for a reason. permalink fedilink source parent [–] scemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Objectively, the standards applied to the two candidates is wildly different, I'm not sure why we blame anyone other than voters, at this point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] msgraves@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) She holds some blame, but at the end of the day there are nearly 18 million people that didn't vote for her, but did vote for biden. The only reasonable conclusion to draw is, well, she's black and even worse: a woman. (second part is /s) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago It's no /s, black men got the vote before women for a reason. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago It's no /s, black men got the vote before women for a reason. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Objectively, the standards applied to the two candidates is wildly different, I'm not sure why we blame anyone other than voters, at this point. permalink fedilink source parent