Microblog Memes

If you actually think the current American regime is ever gonna get prosecuted then I have a bridge to sell you.
"Just vote out Hitler next election"
Good luck with that, we will see how that goes for you. I am preparing my thoughts and prayers.

It's not about "there's no point discussing opposition because there won't be an election anyway," it's about "don't wait until 2028 to act and hope on voting your way out of fascism."

If you wouldn’t interrupt a stranger at a party to announce that America is doomed, don’t do it here.

I would totally tell that to a stranger at a party, if he talks about the next election. You are technically correct though. There will be "elections" just not free, equal, democratic ones.

Let me ask one question: Do you expect there to be ICE officers at voting locations?
that answer alone constitutes the difference between free elections and a something you would expect in russia.

"Entering a total strangers discussion" - They posted it on a publicly accessible forum, my dude.

Also, you are probably right the US will have elections, but will they be fair? Will they be free of federal tampering? Will ICE be posted at polling booths and arrest anyone brown who tries to vote? A rigged election is not a legitimate election

Gotta disagree with Ken on this one. First, as other have pointed out, there is a very real possibility that Trump may find a way to cancel the elections. Laws do not matter to him or his base, and to ignore this fact is leaning too far toward "optimism" that you land in "gullible" territory.

Second, Ken is not the Arbiter of Conversation. I mean, have you seen him make small talk on Jeopardy? For crying out loud, the guy is one of the worst conversationalists on TV today. He's a fucking genius, but not somebody I'd like to spend more than 2 minutes with at the bar. People can input whatever they want, especially when you are having an open conversation. As he mentioned, their thoughts and anxieties are valid, so fucking stop trying to invalidate them.

If you don't want to see doomerism in your feed, I totally get that. I'm tired of it, too (even though I regularly contribute to it). You can totally just block or mute people if you don't want to see that, but to suggest that they shouldn't be saying it to begin with is crossing a line, IMO.

If you wouldn’t interrupt a stranger at a party to announce that America is doomed, don’t do it here.

Apparently the microblogging format has made people so socially dysfunctional that they've forgotten what a conversation is.

I do believe there will probably be elections (and that they'll do everything they can to make them unfair).

But to think there's a 0% chance Trump could move to cancel elections is naive at this point. Add it to the mile-long list of things "he'll never be able to do" that he has done. He's literally already threatened to do it.

"Entering a total stranger’s discussion and leading with your private anxiety is as off-putting in social media replies as it would be in real life. If you wouldn’t interrupt a stranger at a party to announce that America is doomed, don’t do it here."

this take is why this guy is invalid. To these people, everything is a party, don't step on my toes, don't interrupt my vibes, etc etc liberal in-group flailing vapid futurisms to maintain legitimacy this country is over

I think we should at least be prepared for him to try to suspend elections this year and in 2028 (if he’s still alive). Now that the violence is ramping up and they’re threatening military action against the entire Western Hemisphere, the only way they stay out of prison is by staying in power through force.

You don't have a right to privacy or your "own space" in a public forum, and the fucking self importance to tell people what they may or may not say online because you personally feel morally superior to them is straight up juvenile. You can always leave.

This is a pretty bad take.

Lemmy is crawling with this shit

They don't need to cancel the election. All they need to do is install a few armed ICE people outside every polling place in Democrat areas.

This is a well thought out explanation of an amorphous feeling I would always get when discussing stuff with my now ex-wife. We'd be talking about some terrible thing that the republikkkans were undertaking, and she'd always, (always) inevitably point out "...and it's even worse for black and brown women."

And while, yeah, it is. It's a true statement, but it also kind of shuts down the conversation, ya know? So now are we only allowed to discuss the plight of black and brown women? Do bad things not happen to the rest of us?

I don't know, every time it happened, it's like she was trying to make me feel bad for thinking about anything BUT the plight of women of color, and I couldn't really explain why it wasn't adding to the discussion, but this write-up gave me the words.

There will be no midterms. Notice how every single fucking day for years has been "I cannot believe this is happening", and that the breadth and depth of that is only increasing?

This horrible chapter in human history will close, for the better, like every other horrible chapter in human history: with a lot of bloodshed. Should there be political opposition to fascism? Of course. Will that be enough to turn the page? Absolutely not.