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[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Project 2025, "Please tell us more about 'bUt DeMs SaMe!'"

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"I don't like Trump, but [mental gymnastics], bIDEn bAd!"

- So many people I've blocked because that's suspiciously all they ever post

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They accuse us of voting then hibernating until the next election as if they don't do the same thing except for bitching about not voting or voting third party and then hibernating until the next election.

[–] whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You guys complain when people protest and then you complain when people vote.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There was a post with a ton of people complaining about blocking the Golden Gate Bridge. Let me guess ... you have a problem with "disruptive" (read: effective) protests.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not really a personal attack, if that's not your take ... cool! Just pointing out the heat I've seen over protests, and the hypocrisy of complaining that leftists don't do anything. Leftists do participate in public politics, but people largely complain when we do.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Disruptive protests are not effective unless you have an actual majority of the population backing them, otherwise they're actively counterproductive. Politics is optics. If it makes you look bad to the average voter, it won't work.

You want visibility, not disruption. Annoyed people are nearly impossible to convince, they won't listen to you, they just want you to go away. Even if they are people who would agree with you if you managed to get them to listen.

Yeah Rosa Parks was just annoying 🙄 didn't do anything

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

usually when i see someone like you running the “both sides are the same” line it’s because you are a blue conservative who refuses to acknowledge any criticism of the democratic pa—

jkjk i would never do that to ya. you are absolutely correct.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Like I'm having to change my vote as I read.

But I think we can all agree the continued military aid to a country commiting genocide in Palestine is a disgusting consequence of our dysfunctional government.