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05-08-2022, 10:15 AM | #31 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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v glad i got any abortions out of the way (and in texas, mind you) when i was young and it was safe and legal. i'd have ended up with a hanger up my cooch if the government left me no choice.
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05-08-2022, 10:19 AM | #32 | |
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unfortunately things might need to get pretty bad with minority rule before normal liberal people wake up and start voting in races other than president. |
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05-08-2022, 10:22 AM | #33 | |
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05-08-2022, 10:24 AM | #34 |
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like i understand why progressives don't vote. liberal politicians are only half a notch better than republicans half the time, and the system is certainly rigged against progressivism in any number of ways. and there are lots of ways to effect positive social change outside of voting that are more effective and have a better buck-bang than voting does. but when it comes to changing laws, voting is literally the only option. there is no other way.
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05-08-2022, 10:30 AM | #35 |
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anyway, here's wonderwall
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05-08-2022, 01:50 PM | #36 |
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you all everybody
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05-09-2022, 01:57 PM | #37 | ||
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05-10-2022, 05:13 PM | #38 | |
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I doubt that will happen again. The DNC doesn't seem to be nationalizing this midterm like they did against Trump in 2018. I don't understand why they aren't making this all about Trump again, because we're still effectively living under Trump rule. It's not hard to tell people that. |
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05-10-2022, 06:58 PM | #39 |
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05-10-2022, 06:58 PM | #40 |
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its just really something to think about
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05-11-2022, 09:50 PM | #41 |
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what if i think tails are hot
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05-12-2022, 05:53 PM | #42 |
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like the sonic character?
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05-13-2022, 10:44 AM | #43 |
Janis Jopleybird
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05-13-2022, 11:39 AM | #44 |
Minion of Satan
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shit fuckers can do weird things to cute cartoon characters
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05-14-2022, 12:27 PM | #45 | |
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The Dem coalition is simply not singularly focused on the Courts and Gerrymandering, like the GOP. There is no Koch Bros on the Left pumping money into astro turf campaigns. Evangelical religion has been transformed in the past 50 years. Evangelicals used to vote for democrats. Jimmy Carter was an evangelical christian. They didn't used to care about abortion, and they did not have a national agenda. They were mobilized by a handful of extremists on the right... and their religious agenda was redefined in the 80s to focus on hatred of femminists, queers, communists, and brown people. I don't blame "the left". I blame centrist and moderate voters, and politicians in both parties that have refused to and failed to call out the rise of fascism in the GOP. The Left, people of color, labor orgs, etc. has always been opposed to right wing bullshit. There is simple a wide swath of people who don't give a fuck until the fascists come for them. |
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05-14-2022, 01:24 PM | #46 |
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This is firmly the category that I fall into, a left aligned voter who doesn't want anyone to be "come for" but also cannot possibly keep up with the daily political happenings, and I don't want to. It's so sickening, and it's barely all I can do to have peace in my own little corner of the world. That doesn't make me a shitty person, and if there was a streamlined way to improve things then I'd do it. Not everyone can be an activist.
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05-15-2022, 08:51 PM | #47 |
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yeah by "the left" i meant like everyone left of center at all. they're clearly the majority nationally but they don't vote at the rates of conservatives.
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05-15-2022, 11:44 PM | #48 |
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It's probably a demographic issue. Older people tend to vote more than younger people. Wealthy people tend to vote more than poor people. Older and wealthier people are more likely to be conservative.
Maybe it's a waiting game. America just has to wait for the Zoomers to save them. Everyone laughs at their twitching and tik-toking now, but they won't be laughing when they open the lobbyist gulags! |
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05-16-2022, 03:10 PM | #49 | |
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skipping Midterms is typical for both GOP and Democratic voters. Most republicans don't vote in MIdterms either. In a lot of states Dems always turn out in higher numbers than republicans, but Gerrymandering ensures it doesn't matter. For example if you look at media coverage you will hear things like "why can't Democrats turn out voters in Michigan? But they do. All the state wide offices there are held by Democrats. But every congressional seat, and 2/3rds of State Senate seats are held by GOP because of gerrymandering. Dems can't win more seats... it's literally impossible. But if you watch national news all you'll hear is that "Dems can't make progress in Michigan", or "big turnout hands midterms to GOP in Michigan." I think you're just parroting what you hear in media. It's not that simple.. and it's not accurate. Last edited by MyOneAndOnly : 05-16-2022 at 03:16 PM. |
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05-16-2022, 03:32 PM | #50 |
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Democrats out voted Republicans in 2016, 2018, 2020.
Dems could continue to out vote, out poll republicans in 2022 and still lose a lot of seats in the House and Senate, because of congressional gerrymandering and because the Senate is constitutionally rigged. |
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05-17-2022, 09:03 AM | #51 |
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as the challenger it falls to you to cite sources. remember we're talking specifically abt state races
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05-17-2022, 01:37 PM | #52 | |
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i am not the one challenging history I am talking about congressional races. Congressional elections are district level. If you look at turn-out for the last three election cycles Dems have out-polled republicans nationally, and in some states where the GOP continues to hold majorities in congressional delegations, and in state legislatures. I used Michigan (above) as an example. I do not like the way the DNC mismanages the party. But it's not the fault of voters or left of center people or any one age group or race, that the GOP might win a majority in Congress this year. They've radically gerrymandered 2/3rds of the state legislatures and congressional districts... and Democratic leaning voters have been turning out to vote. Last edited by MyOneAndOnly : 05-17-2022 at 01:44 PM. |
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05-19-2022, 04:45 PM | #53 | |
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FETUS POWERED STREETLAMPS!
This would be funny, if these claims were not being made by Republicans in Congress. https://www.rawstory.com/fetus-power...-roe-s-demise/ Quote:
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05-19-2022, 06:06 PM | #54 |
Janis Jopleybird
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Looked a few things up. Assuming a fetus burns about as efficiently as coal does, that's about 250,000 fetuses per day to power DC. Seems like we're doing the world a favor keeping that many kids from sharing our food. I mean, you think the formula shortage is bad now, fuck.
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05-25-2022, 10:50 AM | #55 |
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since this is the "world is a dumpster fire" thread |
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05-25-2022, 10:50 AM | #56 |
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so America is doing pretty well, right?
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