• wheezy@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    Well, our “left” party instead decided to call Bernie Sanders racist during the primaries and do everything they could, twice, to keep him from winning their primary. So, it’s not just racist voting for Trump that does this. The entire political establishment is absolutely terrified of an actual leftist running on the Democratic ticket for president.

    Because once every 4 years when Americans actually pay attention to politics for a month or two, they would overwhelmingly vote for a leftist pushing progressive working class policies. No matter how “racist” they are. Racist in this country also have had someone they know experience crippling medical debt.

    The 30% of this country that votes for racism and bigotry is the only group of people that actually see their policy positions get passed. The rest of us got garbage healthcare reform, more wars, more police state and surveillance, oh, and a genocide from the “not racist” party.

    The racist bigots are the only ones with a lot of motivation to go to the polls. At least they get something for taking time off work to go vote.

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        7 hours ago

        god i fucking love that we have compulsory voting in australia

        literally solves so many issues

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        19 hours ago

        Liberals trying not to cheer for fascist to kill anyone to their left. It’s an impossible challenge it seems.

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          It’s like you all are incapable of not straw manning.

          How convenient it must be to just be able to instantly disregard any criticism, because anyone who dares is a “dirty liberal who wants everyone to the left of them to be killed.”

          Right dude, just keep making up positions to argue against that literally nobody here has.

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            Right dude, just keep making up positions to argue against that literally nobody here has.

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            Traitorous trash. I hope ICE raids your home you skinless shitpig.

            You: “No one actually says that leftists need to die.”

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            11 hours ago

            I mean you they literally said you they hope I get raided by ICE. Repeating what you they said is not a “Strawman”. You They cheered for fascist to come kill me because you they disagreed with my initial comment.

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        20 hours ago

        I hope you stub your toe on the way to the bathroom tonight and the bruise serves to remind you to look for commonalities with people fighting the same fight as you instead of shitting on everyone with a slightly different point of view.