I'd like us to move past wondering how 10s of millions of Americans are morally empty people to an acknowledgement that this is they what they are, and that they are allowed or even incentivized to be that way, so we can grapple with what that implies about society and what is required to fix it.
They know. They're counting on it, they want us too exhausted to fight back.
But if you can get over that, making hard eye contact while doing so is a helluva power move.
Hahaha, reverse jinx!
I've been burned too many times, I know how this story ends ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
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Using the talking commercials to distract from the FACT that he does, in fact, do devil magic.
Small sample size, but I think Hampton's Got It.
Keenan Allen WIDE THE FUCK OPEN IN THE ENDZONE against the Chiefs. What year is it?!
I like making a little coffee cake crumble and putting that on top when I make mine
Late third quarter, QJ contested catch attempt, comes up slightly limping... following the script to a T.
Butker was wide right. Predictable.
Rich Eisen remains not built for this.
I'm exactly as credible as our drunk of a war secretary.
This man is going to Hell
I see it as weaponized "seeking middle ground." He thinks it's still Politics As Usual.
"Best we can do is nodding silently as they lie."
Mahomes motioning for a flag when he gets lit up for pump faking 4 yards past the LoS...
Rich Eisen is SHOCKED every time Herbert drops back to pass.
He loves that "look, republicans are being hypocrites about [issue]!" for some reason, even though it hasn't moved the needle in, what, 50 years?
I never realized that the national anthem definitely needed some upright bass and sax, but it really does bring it all together.
Well, at least I'll get a drawing when my team loses
What $8k/month buys you, I guess.
It's still murder even if the method involves a computer screen. I'm not sure how murdering 11 random dudes in a boat solves the drug epidemic, I think you'd be better off addressing root causes.
White Guy in a Pickup Truck is, hands down, the worst class of driver. Closely followed by Anyone in a Minivan.
I love the phenomenon of "old news headline is the same as modern news headline," when the date of the old headline is always like June 1931. Not ominous at all.
The Sound A Body Makes When It's Still on repeat 🤟
Not even a real initialism, the yungin's need to get their shit together
If complaining about lattes isn't being "performatively masculine," I don't know what is. Same goes for most un-ironic "fellas, is it gay to [...]"-format comments
I admire your optimism that the people reliant on ChatGPT for everything will survive long enough to need to worry about dementia.
After watching college football for a few hours and seeing that stupid Gemini commercial dozens of times, I'm starting to think that anyone using AI deserves whatever comes of it.
Believe me, I would *love* to have civilized political debates with people whose views opposed mine, if we could scare up any opposing views that are actually civilized. But my opposition is unhinged stuff like "Whites only" and "vaccines are a conspiracy," so yeah, weirdly, I'm not up for a chat.
Hard to be loyal and play hard in the Transfer Era when even your QB's name is "I'm a-leavin'"
Combine two death cults, fascism and Christianity, and of course the adherents will be nihilists.
His jersey says Purdy, but that throw had Levis written all over it #WeAre
I think there will be a lot of people there scouting the new public restroom
The thing about Robert E Lee is he should have been executed in front of the gutted husk of a torched Virginia plantation mansion, and that should have been his official portrait, and we should have put it on our money.
Did you check with the Baileys?
Nothing gold can stay, one hopes.
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You're replying on a post to the guy who was the head of the DNC for the 2024 election. You SHOULD have more heat for him, IF any single individual is responsible for the outcome of the election, he's top 3.
This entire series should be required viewing.
Seems that no one can explain the difference between criticism and bashing to me. I've asked several people now, and they all ignore the question. Which is a big deal, because they tell me criticism is okay, but bashing is bad.
Scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds.
There are Israeli generals on record from November 2024 saying that if the US turned off the tap (i.e. bombs to Israel), Israel would have to end the war. Biden could have at any time said "enough" and it would have been over. He didn't want to.
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So THAT is why it makes sense to adopt the same framing as the right. Surely, if we just filter everything through fox news' bias, we'll never lose an election again!
(Go ahead, say "it wasn't up to him")
Because his words didn't match his actions, as he signed off on billions in bombs.
Surely the (ostensibly) left candidate could, y'know, be a leader and say "that's not true," no? Rather than just looking at polls and deciding that their opinion matches?
And how would you draw that distinction? Or is it just a reflex to refer to all criticism as "bashing?"
Many such cases
I don't think you know what a strawman is, my guy
(Hypothetically, not saying they're the same)
Okay, I already do that. But there are a lot of very serious, angry libs in here saying that dems deserve blind loyalty ON TOP of that. I'm here to say "fuck that noise," I'm not supporting MAGA just because they put a blue coat of paint on it.
Sure, it's not all of them, but it's certainly most. Do you think, upon receiving valid criticism, a generic politician is more likely to take thay criticism in good faith, or lash out at the critic?
It's crazy how many libs dont understand idioms.
Again, how do you think he would draw that distinction? He can say it as a hypothetical all he wants, we all know how these politicians react when you criticize them.
Do you think they're open to criticism? Or does it map more closely to reality that ANY criticism, constructive or otherwise, is lumped into one category?
Sure, true. But how often do people on the receiving end, like Jaime here, make that distinction?
But I'm not just talking about the presidential election. The DNC loves milquetoast centrists.
Biden's 2020 campaign leaked that he had no intention of running for a second term, BEFORE he was elected (source: www.politico.com/news/2019/12...). So yes, you're correct. I think he should never have even entertained running in 2024.
Ive voted straight blue and donated to dem politicians only, my entire adult life. Is that enough unity to criticize them when they do bad things? Or should I say "yes, I like the bad things because you're on my team?"
Viva la resistance, right? "Pwease stop doing a fascism :("
Sure, I'll start typing up my strongly worded letter now.
Ahh, got it. Scratch a liberal
Good point! That's how we win votes!
...of the people we put in positions of authority.
Why does everything need to be a zero sum game, for fucks sake. It's not like a math problem with one correct answer. We ran shitty candidates, we have an education problem in this country, we have a long history of support for fascism, and a million other reasons. We could START by demanding better
I appreciate you taking me at my word, normally you get "yeah, okay 🙄" or similar as the reply. Not like i took a picture of my ballot, but yes, I compromised my morals to vote for the less bad candidate.
Sure did, i get those annoying, whiny emails because i donated to the campaign.
It's an idiom, not an analogy.
Steel sharpens steel. If you can't stand up to criticism, the only recourse is to do better.
You're right. People should be able to see that. I voted straight blue and didn't feel great about it, but I could recognize it was better than the alternative. But that's a moral compromise, and I don't judge others for not making that compromise. We should have run better candidates.
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Theres nothing to reply to that but "lol." Thats some big time revisionist history. She welcomed the Cheneys with open arms while, literally, ignoring anyone to the left.
Stay on topic. How does demanding loyalty win elections?
Imagine if she hadn't tried to run a republican-lite campaign! Maybe she'd have won.
No Republicans are flipping to voting blue because Liz Cheney rallied with a dem. It was a waste of enthusiasm and resources that won approximately zero votes. Seems bad!
What does that have to do with what I said?
Maybe they did. They were obviously wrong, even at the time. But Harris didn't help by rallying losers like Liz Cheney.
And Dems want power without earning votes. What's the difference? I suspect demanding loyalty without earning it turns more people off than it wins. Which is what makes Jaime here is a loser, he thinks he's owed it.
Why did they stay home?
Right, I get annoying "send us money" emails from another loser campaign because I donated, but didn't vote for them
Are you? Blind loyalty to losers is a sad way to go through life.
Lose to Trump?
Voted for shitty blue candidates over shittier red candidates in a deep red area my entire life, good guess though.
I've won as many elections as him. And lost way fewer. Maybe he should stop lecturing about electoral politics until he wins something.
What the fuck does loser Jaime Harrison know about winning elections?
I've won exactly as many elections as Jamie Harrison, my man.
So the loser head of the DNC punching left is cool, but trying to convince them to stop being loser centrists is bad?
No one thinks Mccormick has a soul enough to do the right thing. So we in fight. You want less in fighting? Turn us loose and give us a target. Force the fight and give us support. Let us take solid swings outside. The more we hunker in and wait? The more we're gonna eat at each other. 4/4
Maybe Dems should stop being so shitty if they don't want to be criticized. No one owes a politician loyalty to ignore their flaws.
It’s really important to remember that Republicans are cruel and mean and ruthless as any bully, but also like any bully they are a bunch of piss-pants cowards who run crying to their favorite podcasts when they get mean looks in restaurants.
The Labour strategy
Remember when the GOP was the pro-fiscal responsibility, pro-Constitution, pro-rule of law, pro-states rights, pro-free trade, pro-free markets, anti-communist, anti-Russia, pro-strong US party? No, neither do I. But, that was their line for a long time and they've flipped on every element of it.
Perpetual victims. Every conservative is a giant fucking toddler.