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minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down8·1 month ago Also, non-MAGA Americans - democrats and leftists alike - need better people skills. One of those two groups runs the party and demands that we both vote for them no matter how bad they get, while simultaneously telling us to fuck off.
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoEdited for clarity, I was supposed to say “liberals”. Thanks for helping me realise that! You’re right about the party leadership, too.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·1 month agoWith party leadership being like it is, “everyone just needs to be nicer to each other” is functionally identical to “resign yourself to permanent irrelevancy while the people who supported genocide tell you who to vote for.”
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 month agoI had something more like “try to approach liberals with kindness and understanding” in mind. Because the current approach doesn’t seem to be working.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 month ago I had something more like “try to approach liberals with kindness and understanding” in mind. You expect no behavior change from the genocide-and-nothing-else wing.
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoThe party leadership? I don’t. The voter base, though…
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month ago The voter base, though… You expect the anti-genocide voters to be kind to everyone who supports genocide, with no alteration in behavior from the latter whatsoever.
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoI think most Democrat voters don’t explicitly support genocide. (And no, voting for the “lesser evil” doesn’t count.)
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoCentrist democrats support absolutely nothing else.
One of those two groups runs the party and demands that we both vote for them no matter how bad they get, while simultaneously telling us to fuck off.
Edited for clarity, I was supposed to say “liberals”. Thanks for helping me realise that!
You’re right about the party leadership, too.
With party leadership being like it is, “everyone just needs to be nicer to each other” is functionally identical to “resign yourself to permanent irrelevancy while the people who supported genocide tell you who to vote for.”
I had something more like “try to approach liberals with kindness and understanding” in mind.
Because the current approach doesn’t seem to be working.
You expect no behavior change from the genocide-and-nothing-else wing.
The party leadership? I don’t. The voter base, though…
You expect the anti-genocide voters to be kind to everyone who supports genocide, with no alteration in behavior from the latter whatsoever.
I think most Democrat voters don’t explicitly support genocide. (And no, voting for the “lesser evil” doesn’t count.)
Centrist democrats support absolutely nothing else.