Democrats Are Giving Out Free Tacos to Make Fun of Trump
Let's go TACO, let's go!!!
Update: Yes, the Dems have been pretty much useless but they can't do anything when they have no majority in either the House or Senate and Don TACO is ruling by EOs.
But this is how you get him and them. Fuck the high road, hit them at their level. Call them names like weirdos and TACO. If anything induce strokes in all of them.
Good strategy. IIRC, this is how German citizens stopped the rise of Hitler.
Honestly, satire is pretty effective. Hitler was obsessed with projecting power, and humor especially the kind many Jewish people used to survive the camps was a powerful tool for undermining that illusion. Humour takes power away from a thing. It's why it's great against powerful entities but feels evil when used against the weak. If more people had mocked him early on, the myth of a strong, untouchable leader might never have taken root.
It’s always baffling when a leftist jumps in to argue that pointing this out is somehow pointless or juvenile. Maybe it’s a lack of social intuition, or just a failure to grasp the bigger picture but too often, the left underestimates the power of cultural resistance. Ridicule, art, memes, jokes these are tools that shape perception and cut authoritarianism down to size.
And these politicians you roll your eyes at? They’re not doing it for themselves. They’re calling out people like you, trying to shake you awake, trying to keep the pressure on. But instead of joining in, too many of you just sit back, waiting for someone else to fix it all.
What is there to join? They're not doing anything.
Maybe it’s a lack of social intuition, or just a failure to grasp the bigger picture but too often, the left underestimates the power of cultural resistance. Ridicule, art, memes, jokes these are tools that shape perception and cut authoritarianism down to size.
The right certainly uses this tactic against the left. Look at all their cringe viral memes, online propaganda targeting generation z/α, & trashy displays on their cars & clothing.
It's effective if it's combined with action. If democrats are, say, voting in enough numbers to help pass his spending bill, then this already overplayed tease is meaningless. Democrats don't even try to obstruct. The least they could do is make witty satire instead latching onto anything with a hint of virality, beating it to death, and then beating the corpse.
Maybe it’s a lack of social intuition, or just a failure to grasp the bigger picture but too often, the left underestimates the power of cultural resistance. Ridicule, art, memes, jokes these are tools that shape perception and cut authoritarianism down to size.
And these politicians you roll your eyes at? They’re not doing it for themselves. They’re calling out people like you, trying to shake you awake, trying to keep the pressure on. But instead of joining in, too many of you just sit back, waiting for someone else to fix it all.
This is beautiful, thank you.
Leftists are always against any actual action taken to oppose the right.
Most people don‘t know this, but the reason Steiner's attack failed was because he had been to Taco Bell the day before and got the poopenfarten so massively it made his troops slip on the waste flowing from the toilets.
In before...
I get where you’re coming from, but are you actively attacking the government right now? Or just bitching about how other people aren’t doing enough?
Yeah, how dare he expect the Democratic National Committee to do something meaningful.
I get where you’re coming from, but are you actively attacking the government right now?
I think those who are part of the government have a greater chance of effecting change.
Moreover, I live in a red state (currently), and although our TST congregation is small, we do quite a bit.
Or just bitching about how other people aren’t doing enough?
Why not both?
They can't do anything without a majority?
A spending bill passed last month that did not have enough Republicans to pass it ... Dems voted on it and helped pass it. This should not be happening.
And they didn't have a majority, so what choice did they have, other than rabid enabling capitulation?
It's literally in the comment you're replying to. Are you illiterate, or just arguing in bad faith?
That’ll show him!
On one hand, it's useless performative bullshit. On the other hand, Trump seems to be exactly the kind of guy to get really upset about that sort of thing.
Where have I heard this before....
They're planning to take away food stamps, end health insurance for the needy, and are trying to exterminate the T in LGBT (don't worry, they'll come for the LGBs too since its last hired, first fired). But, the best Dems can do is giving out tacos once as a political ploy?
The conservatards are literally at war with women right now. The Democratic Party suggests we eat tacos. Well played /S
Would you rather they not give out tacos? Fascist.
Maybe you should think about how you can best support the democratic party, instead of failing them by asking them to do literally anything? I think that makes the entire invention of fascism your fault.
Would you rather they not give out tacos? Fascist.
I'd rather something more substantial than one stunt of tacos. Like, give tacos to Americans in the Republicans home districts.
Maybe you should think about how you can best support the democratic party, instead of failing them by asking them to do literally anything?
I vote for them. I donate to the ACLU, the HRC, and the Trevor Project. I am a layperson who is not needed by the political machine more than every other year. I am working on passing the bar exam, so I can't quite litigate yet. But, I will be in a position in a bit. So, do you have any suggestions?
My point that I made here:
are trying to exterminate the T in LGBT
was that evil must be opposed beyond mere tacos one time in one location as an obvious political stunt. Ask a T if these tacos would make the Zyklon B go down any easier.
Alt text: the withered raisin-looking "wojak' man looking depressed, with "fight trump plz" above him in a serif font.
Action for action's sake, huh? The left, in wanting us to do literally anything, are basically the same as the fascists, and just keep proving it over and over.
Really we should be reaching across the aisle for allies to fight them, nevermind all that stuff i just said about taking literally any action ever being fascist.
I wish we had a real opposition party instead of whatever this generational disconnect and enrichment cult is.
This kind of ontological chauvanism and privileging of the "real" is exactly why nobody genuinely woke will ever tolerate your presence for more than five minutes.
Wanting things that are "real"? Grow up.
Hey can Democrats support popular leftist policy?
Can the Democrats please stop allowing this fascist administration's bills to pass?
Can they do anything that actually matters?
Hey can Democrats support popular leftist policy?
No. People don't want leftist policy. They want to go endless fundraising events where the opposition party is lightly teased.
Can the Democrats please stop allowing this fascist administration’s bills to pass?
No. The bills are actually incredibly popular (among the donor class) and Democrats don't want to risk a negative news cycle by appearing overly oppositional.
Can they do anything that actually matters?
Yes. They can rubber stamp more money for weapons to Israel.
Give out free guns and MANPADS instead
That seems like socialism, Republicans would hate that. Guns are only for people who can afford them and white people, otherwise the cops wouldn't know who to shoot and who to give leeway to
I hate absolutely everything about this.
I've never been a fan of calling Trump nicknames or going low, not because I'm trying to uphold any sort of highroad Liberal ideology but because I personally find it crass and he's an abominable human being with thousands of legitimate offenses to point to. If you do it on your own time to blow off steam, whatever, I'm not gonna get on your case. But I need more from our politicians.
What's the message here? I get that it's generally to agitate him, but are you trying to goad him into not chickening out? Just fucking do it, bro. There are thousands of Americans with food insecurity right now and you're gonna give Republicans tacos?! Again, I get that it's not really comparable and those issues are on different levels, but it still maintains that glossy respectability where you can't really levy any criticism against it because they're just giving away tacos. There's no real message here at all.
And lastly, nobody is even standing up to put their name on this. The DNC is doing this? Who? Whose idea? We have so many Republicans at every level chomping at the bit to get themselves in front of any camera they can to spread their repugnant message and we can't even get one Democrat to stand up and put their name on this meager messaging. Fucking cowards, the lot of them.
I expected nothing and I'm still disappointed.
And these tacos don't raise minimum wage to a livable wage, tacked to COL adjustment, universal health care, safe infrastructure, leisure time, she, livable housing, safe public transportation, green energy, clean food, soil, air, water, fully funded, world-class education. And they probably add to the myriad health effects of garbage food.
They have nothing to offer. Tacos is an easy press win. Keeps their names in the headlines and attracts what they see as favorable attention.
The goal is status quo, but that's hard to sell. So, tacos
I'd rather they start an impeachment.
Ok but what are they doing about the fascist takeover of your country?
Considering how ineffective they are at negotiating passage of bills, approval of incompetent political appointees, etc, this is pretty hypocritical. I'm amused, but it is not like they've suddenly grown a spine themselves.
Thank god Dacos arent an immensely popular food item
And everyone hates THAC0s
Anything to avoid actually fighting fascism eh?
That goes against the political machinations of their donors.
Funny. Now do something of substance.
Can we finally get taco trucks on every corner? I’m still waiting for that catastrophe the republicans said would happen.
Another broken campaign promise.
Where? I'm hungry and it's Tuesday. I need tacos.
They also give out free votes to the Republican party in Congress.
fucking pathetic
Hey look, man, Dems are useless but Ill take some free tacos. Where can I get one?
Now this is how you stop fascism.
I mean go around the country, give tacos to everyone, rich or poor. Seems like a sound policy while simultaneously poking fun at Trump.
It'd be really funny if they made this a regular thing to own the president haha and like they should do it everywhere across the country just to really hammer it in maybe they can buy specific free taco lots where they sell tacos and then put taco themed buildings up where you can stay overnight to support not liking the other guy gosh that would be hilarious
Haha, yeah and name hospitals taco so people can use them for free. Would be hilarious.
Sounds like communism, maybe you shouldn't undermine the resistance by moving even slightly to the left ever?
Something, something, taco truck on every corner?
Genuinely an escalation on the part of dem resistance; i say we shouldn't be too hard on them moving in the right direction.
It's really not.
It's performative, bandwagonning bs from these guys.
Like staging a sit in on the weekend and then voting for Republicans with Republicans the next day, it's hollow words.
I think 'hiring a taco truck' is more concrete action to oppose fascism than we've seen from the democratic party so far, possibly year to date combined.
I stand by my statement.
It's so goddamn stupid. YOU WANT TRUMP TO KEEP BACKING OUT OF THE BAD THINGS HE'S DOING YOU DOLTS! Why would you mock him for doing the thing you want him to do? Do you think this will increase or decrease the likelihood of him doubling down on everything going forward and do you think he really is all that hurt by it? Come on.
It's such a a weak ass thing that 99.9% of the people in the real world won't even recognize when they see it because most people aren't in on dumbass politics.
These people in charge. I don't know how they don't choke on their tongues and make it through each day without forgetting to drink water but I guess that's what assistants are for.
blatant bribery. now lets see how my memecoin is doing.
TACO POLLO LOCO ARIBA!
Oh shit! It's TACO TUESDAY!!! 🌮🌮🌮
They're running it into the ground already, just like their ghoulish party members who cling so long onto power that they die of old age in office.
In this thread there's a bunch of leftists who voted to make the democrats powerless wondering what they're powerless.
How's that progressive party coming along?
Almost ready for the 2026 midterms?
Non-voting democrats were further to the right. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-nonvoters-policy-preferences/
You can probably drop this trope now that there’s plenty of data showing that. It was largely moderate, working class Democrats who didn’t vote, not online leftists.
This is genuinely not true. Same goes for 2016. Non-voting democrats tend to skew conservative. You're just trying to start a fight with the left. That's not helpful to our current situation; it literally only helps the fascists.
I'm an anarchist and anti-electoralist and I still voted for the cop. Blame the democratic party and ignorant libs for the fat Ls we're all taking. Leftists aren't a big enough voting bloc to sway the election, and most of us still vote no matter how stupid and pointless it is.
What policy are the national Democrats intended to be doing with their swanky majorities of -8 in the House of Representatives and -5 in the Senate?
This is part of what the opposition is supposed to do. They criticise, make fun of, offer legislative resistance to, and draw attention to the bad policies of the government.
They can stop 6-8 of their own members from voting in favor of fascism.
They can make tangible changes in reality instead of lip service.
They can form a coalition and physically restrict access to the senate floor so nothing else can pass.
They can do a lot better if they weren't complicit cowards
The Filibuster Explained
Did you not watch middle aged Korean politicians scaling fences and grabbing stormtroopers’ guns in the streets?
Why do you demand so little of your elected officials?
I'm not sure exactly what, but it should be something closer to what many brave Americans did in San Diego and Minneapolis recently. Giving out free tacos is better than nothing I guess, but it's not the level of effort their responsibilities require in the moment.
The story how they got to be a minority is an epic story of mismanagement, corruption and insanity that stretches over many decades.
There is nothing wrong with free tacos, but it’s like polishing a mountain high turd
Tacos are delicious, though. 🌮
Hey it's bread AND a circus how fun!
They go high, we go taco.
Por que no los dos?