• TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    We’ve had less of the mocking “bOth SIdeS aRE thE SamE!” recently. I think more people are starting to see what we meant.

    • doublebatterypack@piefed.social
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      1 month ago

      lol

      You think things would be exactly the same if Harris were president? That is a special kind of delusion you’ve built for yourself.

      • WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social
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        1 month ago

        The point is…both sides are right wing, not to the same extent, but you’re arguing about shit versus shit like there’s some huge difference. It’s pathetic.

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          Because there is. Harris wouldn’t be illegally deporting people with secret police to death camps, openly accepting bribes like a 747 from Qatar, trying to make the Ukraine surrender, shitting all over the epa, giving the reigns to Musk to gut the government, creating a meme coin and phone company to really show how little they respect the emoluments clause there are countless examples of “huge differences” that wouldn’t fly under Democrats. Democrats suck, are extremely problematic, and need major reform/replacement but pretending they’re as bad as Republicans is so wildly disingenuous I can’t take people that say that shit seriously

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            Harris wouldn’t do these things, but she would set the stage for fascists to do these things and more in 2029. Kicking the can down the road simply empowers fascists such that when (not if) they come to power they do more damage than if the bandaid had been ripped off in the first place. I mean, Biden won in 2020 and all America got was better-prepared fascists with a blueprint for how they’ll take over the United States, and as halfhearted as his attempts were at least Biden tried; Harris was only shaping up to be worse. If the only thing y’all can do is kick the can down the road, you might as well rip off the bandaid.

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              You’ve missed the role of the Supreme Court in this. The Justices appointed by the Ds have been against the worst of it at pretty much every opportunity and they have lifetime appointments.

              That was the real cost of Trump 1.0.

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      1 month ago

      Both sides are still not the same, IMO.

      Dems suck, but not remotely to the same depth as Republicans.

      I’d hold my nose and vote for Harris again if the election were tomorrow, and for the same reason as last time. (Gestures around)

      Dems run the spectrum from conservative through milquetoast to leftist. The milquetoasts seem to win most of the time.

      R is 100% bigot fascist authoritarians or people for whom those things are not a dealbreaker.