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  • And, pray tell, what library or school has pornography in it that is easily accessible to minors?

    Furthermore, having lived my entire life around educators and now working for an educational institution: parents are fucking stupid lol

    The sheer numbers of videos of parents bitching and crying at school meetings or libraries about “X book is pornographic” or “this book has witchcraft and should be burned” is absurd. Those mouth breathers don’t even know how to critically examine a fucking facebook post for bullshit, let alone comprehend the difficulty in teaching children.

    Don’t like your kid learning about how Trans people exist? Go fuck yourself and homeschool your kid so they can be permanently stunted in terms of preparation for the real world. Let the vast majority of regular people make sure their kids grow up socially aware and at least passingly prepared for the future.

    Also, “this will be the law?” Have you seen the flailing Republican party? Guess what fucker - the average American thinks project 2025 is batshit and the republican party got hijacked by a manchild and ruined their stupid plans. It’s only downhill from here now that they went mask off - most people think they’re nuts.








  • Moderate democrats are the majority in power, so it makes sense they are the most powerful and get what they want the most. In cases like Manchin, they get outsized power due to how tight margins are in the senate. That’s how it works in a “coalition” of sorts. If Dems had a comfortable majority, they could force through more things. It’s basic logic that a party with multiple different wings has to cater to the ones that are more likely to flip on them. In most cases, the left wing of the Dems will never vote for the Right, so it’s a safer bet to de-prioritize them when compared to the right, who may vote right.

    If the left wing of the dems had more voters (which is slowly happening by the look of things), they could exercise more power, and if they had a comfortable majority (and more balls), they could ignore people like Manchin.

    As per your question, I have no idea, I dont keep tabs on every vote, but I am very confident my assessment of the situation is correct.


  • Right. Tell them to be grateful for genocide and scream that they want trump

    No, by reminding them that “hey we are the party that stops you from actively being deported and barred from entering the country.”

    That’s a damn convincing argument if there ever was one, and honestly if they aren’t convinced it won’t be a problem anymore since they won’t be around next election cycle anyway after another round of republican rule…


  • I like how they don’t like genocide so in protest, they vote for the other party that “likes genocide” (and is actively hostile to minorities, but whatever).

    In this case the tradeoff they have to accept is…voting for a party that does the same thing but even more overt.

    I’m not belittling anyone, I’m simply stating that facts of the situation - regardless of which party they vote for - they will be effectively choosing to accept genocide, whether their vote is a protest vote or not, because that’s how the 2-party system works.


  • We get them back by reminding them of exactly what has been done for them and the realities of the alternative, as well as opening a dialog on what reasonable concessions can be made (if any). If that doesn’t work, then clearly, there was no way of turning them, and they should be cut loose.

    As for optimism, it’s really more of simply extrapolating trends in the culture of younger generations and the realities of more workers than at least the last 40 years realizing they are being screwed and striking. Clearly, something is changing as people realize the system is a scam



  • I can agree that it is bullshit they get to continue with what they are doing, but in practical terms they too are needed. The seat Manchin controls is solidly Republican, and as we’ve seen the caliber of person the Republicans are putting forward are completely opposed to even the remotest concession. It sucks, but having someone with a (D) next to their name who has to worry about biting the hand that feeds them is marginally better than someone with an ®. However, given as he is about to be gone, catering to him isn’t gonna be a thing much longer, hopefully.


  • Ah, finally, an actual answer

    I’m explicitly talking about this scenario: American Muslims are overplaying their hand to the detriment of the rest of the bloc. What they want is utterly unattainable in such a short term, and the only counter they are attempting is threatening to vote for Trump as though it is some sort of solution. Sure, demanding a ceasefire and stopping Islamaphobia at home is a great long-term goal, but it is ludicrous to see their demands as valid when they are essentially saying “if you don’t stop Islamaphobia I’m gonna be the Islamaphobes in power.”

    As for hurling abuse at them, I don’t think any Democrat official has done anything of the sort, whereas the party they are turning to does constantly.

    And when it comes to courting Republicans…they have to play nice or risk the government ceasing to function. At the same time, given current trends the Democratic party will shift more to the left because more and more young people are going to force their hand within the next decade or so as the Boomers are (thankfully) culled.


  • When they didn’t successfully do all the horrible shit they wanted to do under Trump. When they failed to coup the US Government on Jan. 6. The fact that a nationwide abortion ban isn’t in effect and Muslims are allowed to enter the country.

    Bitch and cry all you want about “wahhh it’s just accepting Fascism more slowly with the Dems.” Go look at how the government actually votes on issues and see how much shit is stopped by the Dems, and how much actually positive legislation for people does get passed exclusively because of the Democrats.

    I hate having to defend them, but I have to accept the reality that without them my life would be objectively worse.


  • Dishonest discussion is insulting lol

    All you’ve done is throw out supposed “gotcha” statements and added nothing to conversation. It makes me embarassed to fundamentally agree with you on things.

    It’s literally dipshits like you that undermine the cause of the left: head to far up your own ass to accept anything less than everything being what you want. Learn the reality of the situation before crying about how the dems did something that isn’t what you think is best and turn your energy to actually achievable results



  • Like are you dense or just being intentionally dishonest? I’m not saying it is a problem the Muslims have free will: I’m saying the problem is that they are free to do what they wish, but their actions will have consequences for them that are likely to not be worth it, so they need to accept tradeoffs like everybody else.

    And then you don’t bother actually responding to my arguments. Maybe try that next time in order to get meaningful responses.