• Houseman@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Pretending to be a democrat seems to be more and more common. We need a way to vet them.

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        Yeah, at this point it’s beyond clear that it goes beyond “a few bad apples”. Any attempt to primary these fuckers will have to overcome a tidal wave of Democratic establishment and AIPAC money.

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            In 2020 my Iowa primary basically got thrown out and then in 2024 they decided to force a candidate onto us without a primary.

            Living in this country makes me want to die.

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          I’m from Iowa, I know how the fucking primaries work.

          What they do is rig the election to give the victory to a fucking nobody like Buttigieg.

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            rig the election

            I estimate you are 70% of the way along the Leftist to MAGA pipeline. Next step is a vague conspiracy theory about “those people” who did the rigging and every other thing. Then you just need a forceful personality to convince you who “they” are (Democrats, immigrants, etc).

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              I’m trans, MAGA is going to fucking kill me and half a dozen Democrats will reach across the isle to vote for it.

              You’ll cheer them on because I deserve it for being disloyal and complaining too much.

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                If you don’t vote Democrat, well…I won’t cheer it on, but I won’t be quite as horrified. Literally digging your own grave.

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                  If I don’t bend the knee you’ll let them kill me, because I didn’t kiss the ring. You’ll just stand aside and let it happen, because for you politics is just waiting for the next election and doing literally nothing in the meantime.

                  News flash, elections are fucking over. Forever. Your method of always voting for the lesser evil lead you here, it’s your fault as much as it is every other USAmerican, and you have to do something else now. Do you think Republicans are going to let you vote them out of power?

                  You need to act like you can’t vote anymore, because you probably can’t.

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                    Your method of always voting for the lesser evil lead you here

                    It literally, mathematically did not lol

                    I am a straight white man, American citizen by birth. What leftist political activity I’ve done has been anonymous except for being a registered Democrat. Even in the worst case, I’ll be fine under the fascists.

                    I voted for Kamala Harris to save YOUR ass. And if you can’t be bothered to at least do the same, well…when they come for you, you can comfort yourself with the fact that this is what you voted for.

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              I estimate you are 70% of the way along the Leftist to MAGA pipeline.

              Everyone to the left of netanyahu is maga.

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                Uhhh…yes. Also some people to his left. I think Netanyahu is too extreme even for some MAGA.

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                  Oops. Meant to say that you perceive everyone to his left as being maga. Fixed it.

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                    I thought that was probably what you meant. But then I was like, wait so is he saying I think Biden/Clinton/etc are MAGA? That doesn’t track.

                    I guess you could still stick the landing by suggesting Dem centrists are to the right of Netanyahu but that’s just too convoluted to be a good insult.

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      DINOS, alot of them had to make deals with the DNC, because otherwise they get outed in a red district, or state. much like manchin is, since he wont be winning against a maga anytime soon.