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Everyone: Would you provide affordable healthcare, increase minimum wage, cancel student loans, defeat fascism and tax the rich?
Democrats: Best I can do is release Trump's birthday doodle given to Epstein, and Newsom's tweets trolling Trump.
Sorry to cut down the news, but Democrats really have to do more than just trolling Trump and Republicans. So far, I haven't seen much serious efforts to roll back the fascism of Trump and Republicans.
You realize the American people essentially stripped Democrats of all power within our federal government after 4 years of meaningful legislation and solid recovery, right?
All they can really do is state level stuff, which they are. Newsom in California. Pritzker in Illinois.
If you want someone to blame, blame your fellow dumbass Americans.
Now I see why the bleeding heart liberal is a pejorative.
Was not having enough numbers for the Republicans not stop them from filobustering every popular policies that had been proposed? Did Chuck Schumer and Dems do the same when he allowed the big beautiful bill that gutted Medicare and welfare? So much for vOtE bLuE nO mAtTeR wHo nonsense.
You Americans today are embarrassing your progressive ancestors that stopped the Gilded age and put the Roosevelts in the White House. Because back then, opposition parties were actually oppositions, and people held their politicians accountable dearly. You mentioned you don't know if Democrats will address what made fascism happen. They are suppose to be the good guys, right? You support them and they are the opposition. You should know what they are supposed to do.
People are not saying to vote third party, what people sane enough to see what's wrong is to hold the Dems more accountable and actually for them to grow a spine instead of doing performative opposition all the time.
Bleeding heart is pure propaganda designed to frame someone who cares as stupid and unintelligent. This is of course the opposite of the truth. It is more doublethink brought to you by your masters and everytime you repeat it you give them more power.
The real progressives were run out of politics in the US during the McCarthyism crisis. They have never returned and we remained a fascist nation once again purging anyone who disagrees.
There are no good guys, just totalitarians versus neoliberals both fighting to control our imperial fascist oligarchy. When either of them win we all lose. The Democratic party has slightly more diversity of thought, but that ain't saying much.
"Bleeding heart" for me is someone-- sorry for the lack of a better word-- who has certain naïveté. All going on about decorum but doesn't have what it takes to take the gloves off when needed. Because evil never sleeps.
Americans have been conditioned to think within a carefully curated thought and frame by the capitalistic media to make normal folks timid.
People could go on about two party system, but look at other countries, they also have two party system but they successfully elect third parties and unafraid to hold their politicians not doing their jobs accountable. What happened to Americans who got rid of monopolies in Gilded age and getting third parties electing into congress and senate? That's my point. Now, Americans are inactive. It only took cutting Medicare and crashing the stock market for people to do something. Before? Nada. And that's the thing, people only mobilise if their personal interests are affected. The solidarity of the past has been gone.
It definitely is old propaganda anyways and not a term brought up very often anymore. I can see the nuance in your view in regards to naivete.
When I was younger it was often brought up when someone would talk about starving kids in Africa. Pundits would say, "another bleeding heart liberal" as a way to be dismissive and mocking of their feelings.
It was almost always women they would do it to as well. So ultimately it was a derogatory sexist way to dismiss the concerns of women on social issues.
How exactly do you expect them to do that when we didn't give them any power?
Because their constituents voted for the Democrats to do their jobs? And is not having enough power at any given time prevented the Republicans from holding hostage of the government multiple times through filibuster?
Do something yourself, ya whiney little bitch ! Other than blame the Dems for the Republikkklans actions.
And I'm guessing you are one of the neoliberals who are "guess we're gonna die then" when Schumer allowed Trump bill without push back. Americans are so spineless. "Vote for lesser evil". Are you saying they are evil and welcome it? You are disgracing your ancestors who fought hard to the end the Gilded age.
There were enough Democrats on the House Oversight Committee to release the picture, but there aren't enough Democrats in the House and Senate to accomplish all the things you're asking for. All things I completely agree we need, but they require votes.
Do Republicans have the numbers when they filibuster every popular proposals and bills? Dems should do the same if they are serious and whether they are in opposition or not.
Edit: I replied to the wrong comment while quoting the portion from here that I agree with. This comment was in response to OP.
I don't know, I don't keep up with his die hard asshats on YouTube, you tell us.
When Trump said explicitly that he doesn't want supporters that are obsessed with the Epstein stuff, that was a classic cult purge. He's very much okay with losing people over the doodle, because the remaining
die hardcultists will defend him to the grave, literally.It isn't "massively working", he's using it to consolidate power. Now before you downvote and run away, can you answer this comment:
All they do is performative bullshit, because like the oligarchs who bent the knee, they're all on the same side. The genocide supporting Democrats are not holding back on using every available tool because they still believe in civility, they don't try hard because people like you are happy to give them every excuse for their minimal effort performative bullshit. The levers are known, Republicans use them all the time, there is no excuse.
Polite Nazis are still Nazis. Demand better from your government.
That's not really the point. Illustrating to his base that he's not only a liar, but will go out of his way to throw any of them under the bus to corrupt our country is the goal. It's working. Massively.
If you think this is just trolling, you should probably go have a juice box and a nap and just sit this one out.
Trump is well established to be a liar long ago, and he has been voted yet again and still has a substantial support base.
Is it? The only reason Trump is getting more push back now is because his economic agenda pissed everyone off. Ultimately, what people care first and foremost is economic security. If the stock market hadn't been shook and Medicare is not cut, people would not really bat an eye on what he does next.
Even what Democrats are doing is wanting to release the Epstein list and accuse the Republicans of being pedofiles, they still have not laid out their broader plan to address growing inequality and inflation. As we speak, even if Trump and Republicans are on negative approval rating, the Dems approval rating is not on the positive either albeit slightly higher.
If the focus is on throwing gossips and scandals are what Dems are going to do while the rich and powerful rob people while distracted by it, then maybe go back to high school. You don't quite understand both the MAGA cult mindset who are beyond convincing, and what the salt of the earth everyday folks really need.
Even if Trump is disgraced beyond redemption, how is this going to put the genie back into the bottle that is fascism? Will the Dems address what made fascism take root in the US?
I don't know. But do you know what won't do that? Not voting or voting 3rd party.
Need proof?
Everything since election day 2024 when we learned what happens when you don't vote or vote 3rd party while an openly fascist party is circling the wagons.
So please, keep on bitching about Democrats while we're knee deep in the consequences of not voting for them. You are being helpful...
You realize your diatribe is all about your anecdotal thoughts and opinions? How many of his die hard asshats you see out on YouTube yelling about this particular issue? Turning them against him is working. You're wrong.
I don't know, I don't keep up with his die hard asshats on YouTube, you tell us.
When Trump said explicitly that he doesn't want supporters that are obsessed with the Epstein stuff, that was a classic cult purge. He's very much okay with losing people over the doodle, because the remaining
die hardcultists will defend him to the grave, literally.It isn't "massively working", he's using it to consolidate power. Now before you downvote and run away, can you answer this comment:
All they do is performative bullshit, because like the oligarchs who bent the knee, they're all on the same side. The genocide supporting Democrats are not holding back on using every available tool because they still believe in civility, they don't try hard because people like you are happy to give them every excuse for their minimal effort performative bullshit. The levers are known, Republicans use them all the time, there is no excuse.
Polite Nazis are still Nazis. Demand better from your government.
Are you familiar with the general concept of "order of operations"?
You have to get rid of the fascist first, THEN you deal with the rest. You can't do the latter first.
We could have avoided this last November.
All of this.
He'd be on trial now.
Yup.
If you had a normal number of brain cells going into the 2024 election you knew that Harris winning meant actual consequences for Trump and Harris losing meant zero consequences for Trump.
I don't think I've ever witnessed an event that so massively changed the outcome of the future, and I was in high school when 9/11 happened. I 100% believe the repercussions of this election are more severe and far reaching than 9/11.
Will it? Dems didn't even do anything in the past four years to prevent Trump taking power for the second time after his coup. Dems under Schumer have also allowed the big beautiful bill without significant push back. They are not acting like an actual opposition as they ought to be.
They had a massive televised investigation that presented a shit ton of footage and witness testimony of the insurrection to make it clear to the American people what happened and the American people chose to believe it wasn't a big deal and stripped Democrats of their power and handed it to the leader of the insurrection and his treasonous party.
Wanna play the blame game? Blame your fellow dumbass Americans.