Entertainer, karaoke rock star, escape room enthusiast, photographer, podcast producer, seeker... human. https://ValHayden.me
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I have never once been hesitant to describe myself as a leftist, and a socialist more specifically. I shit on liberals allllll the time. This should not be a surprise to you. I have no idea why you followed me unless you just want to follow me around arguing with me.
Awww, thanks for the signal boost, sweetie đ All youâre doing is proving precisely why you have those labels.
Just one service I am happy to provide đ
And defending use of the slur to boot! Weâve got a real winner over here đŹ
I already knew you were a stupid shitlib, you didnât have to keep hammering the point home. We can tell. Especially with the ableist slur, too. Golden.
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Ah yes, the old ânormal peopleâ chestnut. Classic. Because certainly no leftists count as ânormal peopleâ to you. Oh, nice tags, shitlib.
Absolutely! Heâs a great photographer!
I wish the cisgender community would stop shoving its agenda in our faces. It's obnoxious. Why do they dress that way? Why do they kiss and hold hands? So crass and perverted.
Oh wow, this is such a beautiful picture! The artistry of the sunset and your silhouette are gorgeous!
"Sure you can post but if you were *really* antifascist you would tell me, a complete stranger from the internet who you've never met, precisely what you are doing and plan to do to further the 'revolution'" officer, i have no fucking idea what you're talking about
unironic use of the phrase "purity test" is the best way to signal to everyone that you're a selfish amoral piece of shit who would eagerly sacrifice any marginalized community you aren't part of in order to preserve your own comfort
Just because I believe youâre wrong doesnât mean I donât fervently *hope* youâre right. I grew up in GA long before MAGA was the name for the far right. I saw all the evil ugliness way back then. I canât believe one figurehead dying will defeat it. Especially not after securing federal power.
My point is that itâs not the MAGA cult thatâs empowering the fascism. It doesnât matter if the rank-and-file are âgalvanizedâ, the Heritage Foundation is still gonna have their agenda and Vance will dance because thatâs where the power comes from.
The point is, their hatred is not new, the evil deeds they perpetuate and support now were always what they wanted. Trump empowered them but their hatred will outlive him. Expecting the cult to break apart when Trump dies is naĂŻve. They will back any Republican who hurts who they hate. Bet on it.
Yes they will! It looks like the cult is to Trump because heâs the current figurehead. But I grew up in what is now called MAGA country, raised by people I now call MAGAts. They were exactly as evil then as they are now. Nothingâs new except they have a figurehead now.
Please understand: they ARE doing their jobs, theyâre just not working for us. Treating elected politicians as if theyâre just scared little cowards and not fascists actively working against our best interests in favor of theirs, is naĂŻve. We wonât win by treating them like cowards.
The current focus has been on Newsom but there are still some Pete fanatics who insist heâs this brilliant leader whoâs âon our sideâ because he also happens to be gay. Pete, Gavin, all the shitty transphobic liberals, can ALL get fucked, Iâm not going to support a damn one of them.
If Trump had died before taking office or maybe within a month or two at most, maaaaaybe that couldâve been more helpful, but now that weâre where we are, his death is a brief party and then back to the fascist hellscape.
The âSupremeâ Court is still 6-3, has already immunized the office of president against any legal consequences, and everyoneâs already falling in line with EOs that shouldnât be gilded law. Itâs no longer relevant who is sitting at that desk, theyâre a dictator running the HFâs game.
Trumpâs cult-of-personality status absolutely helped him win both elections he won. Full agreement. But once he took office this year and especially after all the shit heâs already pushed through, the power is NOT centralized on him, itâs on the *office of President*. Whoever that is.
Look, itâs obvious weâre overall at least somewhat on the same side. Iâm not trying to be feisty with you, I just think that attitude is a bit rose-tinted and wishful-thinking. Which I am myself guilty of frequently, so I donât say that with judgment. JustâŠI donât buy it.
So go create an account, shitlib. If you hate it here because youâre exposed to the existence of leftists, GTFO and stop complaining.
And I am not at all convinced fear is the motivating factor behind everyone falling in line with fascism - many of them are fascists too, or at the very least they are aligned with enough of the goals to hold hands with them. Trump dying will not rescue us. This isnât a snake, itâs a hydra.
If there is fear - as opposed to just aligned objectives - then the fear would be of the people behind Trump, not Trump himself. And that fear would therefore carry on to Vance or anyone else for that reason.
Iâm sorry, I just donât buy this. Trump is a senile old man, bought by anyone rich enough to get his attention, and any foreign dictators he admires. He isnât the mastermind, he isnât calling the shots, heâs just following the script and signing the orders. Anyone could do that.
Oh my god, I so appreciate you doing this! I have major dysphoria around my own voice and I found this video to be rather affirming for me. Thank you!
Absolutely, I do too! Women are beautiful and diverse! I just wanted to offer reassurance, thatâs all.
Chubby? Oh no no, Jia, not everyone holds thin-as-a-stick as a beauty standard. Many of us out here prefer a thicker body shape. Hell, my wife is beautifully thick. Gorgeous curves! You are beautiful, and definitely not âchubbyâ here in this pic.
Amazing how Republicans did all of that from a fucking *MINORITY* position, and yet Democrats in a minority canât even not unanimously vote to confirm Trumpâs shitty appointees⊠đ€ Hmmmm, almost like they arenât really in opposition and actually just agree with Republicans⊠đ€
Right back atcha, shitlib. At least the trash takes itself out.
Good morning, the Democratic party is Center-Right and liberals are centrists, the worst thing one can be. Pass it on!
Writing blank checks for the DNC by vapidly bleating âvOtE bLuE nO mAtTeR wHoâ is worse than having standards you demand a candidate meet before committing to vote for them. Gavin Newsom is not an acceptable candidate and it doesnât matter whether now or ten years from now, we will voice that.
Thatâs some mighty strong hope youâve got going on there that the entire regime isnât going to keep the gears running no matter which puppet sits in the Oval Office. Iâm not as confident as you. I donât think it matters anymore. Power is in their hands. I donât think Vance would flounder.
Donât misunderstand me, Iâm not disagreeing that Vance wouldnât have the cult-of-personality to win the big chair but if he inherits it, it wonât matter if heâs popular or not. The fascist regime in its entirety is in power. Trump, Vance, or literally Bozo the Clown, we arenât out of the woods.
Itâs not the cult that enables ICE and DHS or subverts the constitution and laws. By the time he got back in office, Trump was just a figurehead anyway. The Heritage Foundation wrote the script, the âSupremeâ Court is still mightily stacked, there are still majorities in both houses.
It's so insane to focus on some banners when Washington DC is literally covered in marble statues, where US presidents look like gods, and the landscape is littered with monuments and obelisks in their honour, and everything is named after them. Hell, Washington is named after George Washington. đ€ŠđŸââïž
"...the house we've built together." HAHAHAHAHA! That's a joke. Democrats fight leftists harder than you fight Republicans. You don't want us in your house. The feeling is mutual. Stop serving AIPAC, embrace a leftward shift, or GTFO.
Wow, 8 hours and no blue MAGA? I'm shocked.
Iâve been saying this for weeks now. Months, even. They love to bleat âsHe WaRnEd Usâ but ignore that lefties sounded the alarm long ago. If we get actual elections again, that would be a literal miracle at this point. Fascists do not let themselves be voted out.
The eagle is massaging the duck-billed platypus with cheese. This is not a drill.
John Lennon was a flawed man. All humans are flawed. Doesnât make him wrong here. He was very, very right. âWar is over nowâŠif you want it.â
Did not take long for her to block me đ€·đ»ââïžđ€
Do you one better, shitlib, I didnât vote for Hillary either đ âLesser evilâ voting for decades is how we got Trump. Never Gavin. Never Pete. Never Hakeem. Never Corey. Never shitty liberals. Left or bust.
Exactly! And the exact same for all the gender-crossing AI slop, like Trump and Musk as clearly-ugly-coded women, and AI Trump kissing AI Putin. Like, homo- and transphobia are genuinely problematic - letâs not use those to dunk on assholes. Thereâs plenty to insult without going there.
âWhen the dust settlesâ, weâll be a highly-traumatized, weakened and smaller population, sitting on the carcass of a broken and failed empire. It will be up to those survivors to put in place a better and more evolved system that actually serves the people. Do not return to what was. Do better.
Yes, this is a terrifying time of great upheaval. Lives being ruined and people dying are inevitabilities at this point. Itâs going to get really, really bad. So when we finally get it all torn down, letâs not try and rebuild the broken system youâre idolizing. Letâs do better.
If youâre about to âbut but what about the ACA or Obergefellâ me, save it. In a truly âgreatâ society, we shouldnât have a need for a special court case to enshrine human rights or be satisfied with a shitty health care system that still leaves millions behind. That shit should be enshrined.
Hell, you shouldnât even WANT a return to the simmering cauldron of unaddressed systemic -isms and a corrupt uniparty, where human rights are nothing more than tokens being played with by wealthy elites controlling that uniparty. America has NEVER been âgreatâ.
And furthermore, if you envision a return to even Obama-eta status quo, youâre even more wrong. Because by the time MAGA is toppled, there wonât be enough left of what once was to be worth trying to glue it all back together. Something new will - and must - arise.
It would be a literal miracle if 2028 sees a valid, legitimate election, much less one that results in a peaceful transition from the MAGA regime to anything else less fascistic. You cannot vote fascists out of power once theyâre in. Period. So be real about how, when, and why MAGA falls.
Definitely scratching my head at the incredibly high number of people who casually talk about âwhen this is all overâ and âwhen Democrats are back in powerâ and âwhen the dust settlesâ. Firstly, if you think that will be 2029 after a peaceful democratic election⊠đ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł Yeah, thatâs naĂŻve.
I really need people in this country to move away from "but that's illegal!" or "but that's not allowed!" as their default response. Laws do not enforce themselves and life has no umpire. Stop waiting for magical referee in the sky to fix everything.
If you voted for a politician who armed or promised to continue arming a genocide we don't consider you an ally.
Fun fact, 1 Timothy 6 verses 1-2 are just one of the places where you find slaves encouraged to revere their masters, so this chapter is quite the mixed bag. Tangent-tangent over đ
{Side note: if you are curious the reference so you can properly correct those who get it wrong, the verse in question is 1 Timothy 6:10; further admonitions to the rich to be generous are in verses 17-19}
Glad you didnât mind me tangenting off your thread. Because I was cheering on everything you said and I didnât want my point to detract from yours. I am also morbidly curious who replied to you here, because it says thereâs two replies and I canât see either one. Must be on a blocklist đ€·đ»ââïž
So whether youâre a Christian or not, get it right. The problem isnât the money itself, itâs the greed and immoral actions inspired by that greed, that is the problem. And until/unless we solve THAT problem, the money itself is only a distraction. Eat the rich, because theyâre evil greedy bastards.
Yes, Iâm a staunch anticapitalist. I am all about that moneyless Star Trek future. But not because of the lack of money, rather because of the evolved people-matter-most principles that future embraces. The lack of love of money.
Friends, thatâs not what the verse/axiom says. And it does matter here. Because what it actually says is â*LOVE OF* money is the root of all evil.â Itâs not the dollar itself thatâs the problem, itâs the greed and unquenchable desire to hoard as much of it as possible that is the problem.
âŠreference that is often quoted incorrectly, and it DOES drastically weaken and misrepresent the actual principle, and it DOES actually matter to me, because itâs a concept I whole-heartedly believe to be true, agnostic of any religious connections. âMoney is the root of all evil.â
âŠI donât care enough to say anything. Iâm not a Christian anymore and I donât use the Bible to frame my arguments. And often enough, even the misrepresentation either is inconsequential or close enough that it doesnât really matter if a few words were wrong. But there is one well-known BiblicalâŠ
This whole thread is đ„, but I wanted to tangent off the second paragraph of this specific post. Coming from a Christian background as I do, I frequently notice when Bible verses are misquoted - whether inaccurately paraphrased or taken out of context or just misrepresented - and usuallyâŠ
100 freaking percent! Shitlibs never allow for criticism of Democrat politicians, always moving the goalposts about when itâs acceptable to do so. And it never is. Letâs be clear: the DNC is corrupt and at best controlled opposition (if opposition at all). Critique of that is valid.
âŠwho can fight the fascists, but I also know I canât be one of them. Iâm not trying to be useless to the cause but I also refuse to touch one of those instruments of death and destruction. People freak out at the notion of full disarmament, but genuinely thatâs where I stand. Every gun everywhere.
YES! THANK YOU! Iâve been a pacifist for years and all the non-MAGA who boast about how they arenât pacifists and love their guns too, all freak me out just as much as the MAGA. Considering what I fear is coming, itâs a strange place to be because on some level I KNOW we need people on the leftâŠ
And itâs infuriating for many reasons, not the least of which being that liberals are convinced theyâre on the left while acting like theyâre on the right, which makes their smug superiority even further laughable. Hate âem almost as much as I hate the fascists.
Yeah, very true. Itâs part of why ridiculous BS like âhorseshoe theoryâ sounds right to liberals, since theyâre catching shit from both the right AND the left, and theyâre not self-aware enough to grasp that itâs because they deserve it, so they just assume weâre all on the same side.
Because revolving around tepid centrists and corrupt corporate shills got us Donald Trump, asshat. So itâs our fucking turn now. GTFO with your disgusting racism and bigotry. You are part of the problem.
Absolutely! I mean, I donât relish the idea of fleeing with probably very few of my belongings and having to start my life over yet again, but it would sure be worth it to be out of âMurica.
This. When I point out that itâs unlikely weâre gonna have legit elections again - or elections at all - itâs NOT, as the shitlibs love to accuse me of, a call to give up, it is just a call to remove your rose-colored glasses and be real about how shitty things are getting.
We're asking you to not rally behind Newsom because he's a terrible candidate and y'all are throwing yourself on the ground screeching how we must love Trump then. It's a pathetic display tbh. Just state directly that you agree with Newsom on trans people. We're not safe either way.
you're mad at dems because they're stupid and incompetent and fucked everything up I'm mad at dems because they're crafty and savvy and achieved exactly what they meant to we are not the same
*Israel propaganda intensifies*
I blame trump voters for voting for trump because that is how elections work
If gender and sex are defined by genitals (as transphobes claim) then changing your genitals through surgery means you've also gender and sex.
If you meant last year, I personally voted for Cornel West. One of the only anti-genocide pro-human-rights candidates on the ballot.
JesusâŠthatâs inhuman. What a group of monstersâŠ
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Iâm literally right this moment embroiled in an argument with one who basically is cheering on the genocide because âPalestinians want to murder LGBTQ+ people so they deserve itâ. Says he equates it to âBlacks for the KKKâ and so on đ€ąđ€ź These people are monsters.
Americans literally do not even understand what a civil war is when it's staring them in the face. When the red state troops loyal to the President invade the blue state cities without the Governor of that state's consent? That's just called Civil War. There is no sugar-coating that. Civil War.
Theyâre terrible people with no moral compass or ethical integrity. Short answer.
And I already told you my wife and I do our best to ethically source where it is feasible. Again, âno ethical consumptionâ is not in the same ideological ball park as âgenocide is okay as long as itâs my party doing it and the people dying hate the gaysâ. Youâre a ghoul.
âNo ethical consumptionâ is not a justification for genocide, asshole. My wife actually does strive to source our food and other goods as ethically as is feasible. Still not the same as a president going around congress twice to keep sending bombs and money to support a fucking genocide.
Hey, my birthday is next week! Iâm in a nigh-constant state of anxious depression but Iâm also gonna snag some cheap joints and sing some karaoke because wheeeeeee đ
I think no constituents should support their leaders funding and materially supporting a genocide. War crimes are never acceptable, even against your enemies. Thatâs why theyâre called âwar crimesâ. Even in war there are rules. Genocide is wrong. Period.
What âprotestâ are you air-quoting about, shitlib? Because if youâre trying to insinuate I didnât vote last year, youâre wrong. I did. And before you snidely demand I tell you who for, Iâll say Harris won my state. Thanks to the EC thatâs all that matters. My vote didnât change a damn thing.
Damn, dog, I wouldnât be so full-throated in broadcasting my terrible-ness but you do you I guess. *backs away*
LMAO bro canât read pronouns and calls a woman âbroâ. Honestly, I eagerly await balkanization as well. Maybe you and your red counterparts can go fuck to your heartsâ content and the actual left can get on with improving life.
You really canât fathom that peopleâs lives matter even if theyâre not aligned, huh. Genocide is *WRONG*. I donât care if Palestinians would support the LGBTQ+ community or not, that does not justify their wholesale slaughter. Youâre pretty disgusting.
The evidence demonstrates that to be true. Your claim of âfalseâ is false. Demonstrably. Go sit down.
You people refuse to care for the well-being of humans outside the country, making you just as equally nationalistic and disgustingly myopic as red MAGA. Democrat politicians sacrificed Palestinians on an altar of mediocrity and Blue MAGA lapped it up and demanded we do the same. No. Fuck you.
Yâall really just stand for nothing huh?
You canât vote out fascists. The time for elections has passed. The answer to defeating Trump and MAGA does not lie in the voting booth. If you donât already know this, youâre in for a rude awakening.
Nobody. Weâre fucked. Which isnât to say give up, itâs to say buckle in and be ready to pick up the pieces when America dies - as it deserves to. Whatever comes next needs to be better.
Neither were the plethora of lefties who said this starting in fucking 2015, and pleaded with you Blue MAGA shitlibs to support better candidates so he wouldnât win. Instead, you demanded we back the âlesser evilâ and âvote blue no matter whoâ and Trump won. *WE* fucking told you so. WE did that.
The blue maga genocidal democrats voted against the recognition of Palestine and against placing an arms embargo on apartheid and genocidal israel. Lesser evil. Yaay! Weird how the lesser evil is basically just the same evil, but in a different font. Fucking blue maga genocidal fascist bastards.
