spaceghoti @ spaceghoti @lemmy.one

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I love how this is so patently obvious about Republican tactics, and just yesterday I had someone trying to argue that this isn't an inherently Republican talking point. "They're all crooks, so they're both the same!"

You can't convince me that some of them aren't Russian trolls looking to stir dissent and destabilize the nation.

When did this turn into r/subredditdrama?

Right. And the only thing that needs to be said about such polls this far out is "talk to me again in six months." We're much too far out to be prognosticating election outcomes based on polling data from yesterday.

If you want to defend a Russian troll, that's your lookout. That you took my comments personally is your problem, not mine. I'm not interested in rehashing ancient history.

You're right. He's not young. But he's still a better President than I expected and he's far, far better than any alternative that Republicans will nominate. So can we let go of the age thing for now until we have an opportunity to pick better candidates? I sincerely doubt this election cycle will be it.

Of course they would.

From Francis Wilhoit: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288

This polling won't help you vote in the primaries. In the primaries you vote for whomever you feel is the top candidate. Then in the general you vote for the best candidate left. This is just click bait.

Can we please stop obsessing over the polls when we still have a full year of campaigning to get through? Let's at least hold off until Super Tuesday, okay?

There's no point in refuting Republican talking points that were discredited thirteen years ago. The Democrats had their supermajority for a total of two weeks at the end of 2009. Not nearly enough time to pass anything and everything they wanted. That talking point is dead and buried and is more than enough evidence that I'm not dealing with someone arguing in good faith.

Is that your intent as well? Sealion me so I waste my time rehashing old, dead arguments?

Well, I see the Russian disinformation crew had joined us. Congratulations to lemmy for growing enough to become a target!

Sure. Just as soon as wages catch up with the increases to the cost of living. Something that hasn't happened in my lifetime.

That's why we call them out for the fiction they call the past. It never existed the way they paint it.

We've seen how the government works when Democrats have control. No one will call it perfect, but it works and they generally try to help people.

We also see repeatedly how government works with Republicans in power. They don't do shit to help anyone but themselves and their donor class.

Until we fix the first past the post electoral system, these are our choices. Whining about it won't fix it. We first have to eliminate the fascist threat posed by Republicans, then we can talk about reform.

Just because you've never heard a Republican declare they're the same as a Democrat doesn't mean you aren't repeating Republican propaganda. They don't care what you think of them. If you have no faith in government, they win. If you think Democrats are just as bad, they win. Shrinking government until it can be drowned in the tub is the point. Then they can break up its functions and sell them off to private interests. If you want to see a return to feudalism, keep repeating this bullshit. Just don't think you're going to be welcomed into the new nobility.

Please stop with the "both sides are the same" bullshit. We don't need repetitions of Republican talking points.

Is this supposed to be a feel-good story of the little guy working within the system?

No. The story admits that early on. It's yet another expose on how crooked the system is so that even one of the elite have to fight to get the treatment that their doctor recommends.

Since 2015, being horribly bigoted has been normalized. A lot of the MAGA crowd delight in admitting they want to see every person of color and competing religion drawn, quartered, hung, and burned to ash.

A fun way to turn their arguments around is to quote horrible bible verses (https://www.evilbible.com/) and attribute them to the Qu'ran. Get them going until you start quoting verses they recognize. "Oh wait, I guess that was from the Bible all along!"

I'm sorry. I used to post the source, but since I started getting my posts taken down for posting summaries I had to stop.

I get by the paywall by telling my browser to delete all cookies after I close it and disabling javascript.

A lot of that could be fixed by making the aid material support like food, clothing, and medicine instead of money.

I mean, it makes sense. Where in the US would he be able to cash a check for rubles?