Bernie_Sandals @ Bernie_Sandals @lemmy.world

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No, I was pointing out the hypocrisy that's being shown in people who use that argument

Bullshit, there's nothing in that comment to indicate it was sarcasm, and the "I'm pulling from Republicans too but that doesn't fit your narrative" defence goes directly against what you're now saying.

I respect and support your right to an opinion

There were once people who had the opinion that it was moral to own other people. There were once people who had the opinion that other people should be marched into camps to be gassed and burned. Not all opinions are equal, and some opinions, such as those, deserve to be called abhorrent and fascist.

is half of the country "fascists" now? lol

Have you heard none of the Republican rhetoric on gay people this past decade? Have you heard none of the Republican rhetoric on trans people this last decade? Have you heard none of the Republican rhetoric on immigrants this past decade? Have you heard none of the Republican rhetoric on Muslims this past decade? Did you not see the last Republican president try desperately to overturn the results of a free and fair election before finally inciting an insurrection? Did you not hear him say he'll be a dictator and suspend the constitution next time if elected?

There are some Republicans who still respect America's institutions, such as Pence and Romney, but they've been effectively expelled from the party. Trumpian Fascism now rules the Republican base by a majority, you just need to look at their primary results this year to see that's the case.

No, I don't believe in it. I was using the argument that you all throw at me every single day

So you were using an argument you don't even believe just to try and win an argument because you can't defend your real position? That's incredibly bad faith.

when it happens to the Republicans, just not when it happens to YOUR party

Yes, literally anything that breaks voters from the Republican party is good, and everything that breaks voters away from Democrats is bad. That's because the Republicans are full of fascists hell bent on destroying American democracy, and the Democrats are the only credible thing standing against them.

And libertarians in effect would take votes AWAY from trump

Oh so you do believe in spoiler candidates? What's your defense for constant third party and green party advocacy if you know it's a statistical fact that spoiler effect exists?

If they stop alienating the left and everyone else who's vehemently against genocide, the people in the ideological sliver between the most conservative Democrats and the least conservative MAGA cult members become electorally irrelevant.

While I wish that were true, it's simply not, there's still more movable "moderates" in between Democrats and MAGA for them to matter massively electorally, and still far far too few leftist Democratic voters for them to have to listen to.

Technically three if you count Shebaa Farms but that ones slightly more complicated than the standard Israeli occupations.

Biden did not appear until 10.26pm Chicago time – which was 11.26pm in New York and Washington.

It was actually after 10pm when he spoke at the DNC.

Almost every poll had him winning within the margin of error, 2016 was never certain, just like this election isn't.

No, they just don't have to poll massive groups, surprisingly small groups work well enough for polling.

https://lemmy.world/u/UniversalMonk

One week old account. 684 Comments. 383 Posts. That's 152 posts/comments a day, 9 an hour, and most are over a paragraph long. Almost all of them focus controversially on third-party advocacy in the middle of an election year.

Not saying this account is a bot, but a person would certainly have to be spending a whole lot of time on lemmy to be posting this much in one week so it certainly feels spamish.

You need to accept it. I have the right to vote for who I want.

You sure do, but If you're constantly posting on a forum trying to get other people to do the same, then we have the right to call you obtuse. It's not bullying.

Yes.

She wants to build 3 million more houses too. but that's not exactly as good of a headline as "Hey first time home buyers! Vote for her and you'll get 25k"

Because it's not illegal for the MIC to lobby, that's just business as usual.

Looks like they're just using ISW's map, which has its own website.

It was rebroadcast on ABC, CBS, NBC.

Then use them as the source, a credible secondhand source that vets a shit firsthand source is always better than the shit non-vetted firsthand source.

You never understood my point, so don't try to say you were using it, you literally tried to use Assange as an example of a journalist when he's plead guilty to encouraging the release of classified documents.

A news story is not a news organization.

Yes, but the ability to reliably, responsibly, and truthfully report a story comes almost entirely from the credibility of the organization, of which Fox has none.

How many votes did all of the third parties combined get last election?

Especially influential and powerful senators in Tennessee like Blackburn, in the middle of her campaign for reelection.

Skyblivion actually has a confirmed release date in 2025 already.

Whether or not you believe Assange is justifiable, if he aided or encouraged people to hack/release classified files, then yes he went beyond journalism. Journalists get brought information from whistleblowers, they don't actively encourage hacking.

if the government can prove that the WikiLeaks founder actively encouraged or aided Manning in stealing government documents, First Amendment protections would vanish.

https://firstamendmentwatch.org/deep-dive/are-wikileaks-actions-protected-by-the-first-amendment/#tab-analysis-opinion

Nice whataboutism btw.