Harris pleads with GOP to join her: ‘There is a place for you in this campaign’ : usa

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Democratic tent is big enough for the whole GOP, but not big enough to let a Palestinian-American speak at the DNC.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 weeks ago

"It's a big club and you aren't in it!" - Carlin.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Leftists on the other hand can shut the fuck up right?

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

That part.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago

100%, the DNC has always been friendlier to the right than the left.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Leftists can shut the fuck up and V O T E 🟦 like an utter patsy with no political power whatsoever.

[+] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm trans and I won't vote for genocide.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm sure the donkey is much more upset about losing an election than you and I are about dying in a concentration camp

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We already have the largest prison population on Earth, and that doesn't even include the migrant detention centers.

The concentration camps are already here.

Death, and I can not stress this enough, to US.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca -5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Are you willing to perish yourself for that cause, or do you just like smashing keys?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

I'm trans in a red state.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yes, she is. She's going to commit suicide and she's bringing me with her. That's what this ideology is. It's a pointless murder-suicide over immaterial ideals. And she wants me to smile while they take me to the concentration camps too, because the fact that some people are suffering means, "logically", that we all have to suffer. Not the cishet white men of course, just us "pure" leftist minorities. She gets to be proud of herself when they take us to the death camps, and that matters more to her than her own life or mine or the millions of others trans people.

[–] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Holy shit. I interacted with you months ago, and can't believe you're still just out here telling removed to kill themselves

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I am not. I am a trans person saying that I shouldn't be told to kill myself. I suggest you try paying attention to the words in front of you instead of running a keyword search for topics to get mad about.

[–] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why are you telling us to kill Palestinians?

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 weeks ago

Clearly, you weren't paying attention when I told you to pay attention. You have no idea what's going on in this conversation.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca -5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You all suck and may bear partial responsibility for allowing America to devolve fully into fascism because you can't hold your nose and vote blue.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I voted blue in 2020 to stop fascism.

Then the guy I voted for did genocide.

Death to America

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Then please go somewhere else, I'm working hard to keep something I disagree with because I have the nuance of thought required to understand something as complex as "the lesser of two evils".

Just take your accelerationist shit away, it's unhelpful.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I voted for the lesser of two evils in 2020 and now he's doing a genocide. That's where this strategy has lead us.

I won't do it anymore.

[+] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You voted for one genocide instead of two. And it worked. Good job. You helped. Please keep helping.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

We're on the brink of fucking WW3

This country must be defeated

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh yea, the collapse of the American government will definitely prevent a world war and not make it happen faster

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The US is the largest and most belligerent military force on the planet. The only comparable contemporary is Russia, and they're basically just a gas station with guns.

Yes, the defeat of the US will save the world.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Insurrection against a liberal government is easier than insurrection against a fascist government. I don't want to have to deal with Trump's Proud Boy Gestapo on top of all the challenges the revolution already faces.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't remember Trump’s Proud Boy Gestapo killing everyone during the 2020 BLM uprising.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/27/trump-speech-no-need-to-vote-future

“You know what? It’ll be fixed! It’ll be fine. You won’t have to vote any more, my beautiful Christians,” he said with a slight shake of his head and his right hand pressed against the left side of his chest.
He added: “I love you. Get out – you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not gonna have to vote.”
Trump’s remarks – delivered not far from his Mar-a-Lago resort and home – were immediately met with consternation in some political quarters.
The constitutional and civil rights attorney Andrew Seidel, for instance, replied to video of Trump’s comments circulating on X by writing: “This is not subtle Christian nationalism. He’s talking about ending our democracy and installing a Christian nation.”

The stakes are a little higher this time than in 2016. The plan is bolder. The future will not be like the past.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

The plan is bolder, the planner is older and more unpopular than he has ever been. He can say whatever he wants, this is literally a fantasy of a dying old man.

The future will not be the past, but it rhymes. The plan is bolder, and the resistance will be bolder too. The potential for Trump to become a dictator is far less than the potential for the People to defeat him. I want you to seriously think about what you are going to do when he steals the election.

And I will not be scared and threatened into into voting for genocide.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like this is shaping up to be the Most Important Election in our Lifetime!

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

They say this every four years

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

When you keep voting lesser evil for decades, you end up with full-blown evil...

[–] Tangentism@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

You're already in a fascist state that is participating and funding genocide, aiding and abetting multiple conflicts around the world and using your tax dollars and silent complicity to do it.

Wake the fuck up, you're already dead!

[–] macabrett@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm confused... is this your comic? You're willingly voting for the person who created a machine called "Dead Palestinians O-matic"? The same person who says they don't care if you die? What the fuck is even going on in your head?

[–] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 9 points 2 weeks ago

I was a democrat for decades, they never wanted us in their party, they were always eyeing the GOP upwardly mobile suburban electorate and salivating, like a shitty boyfriend checking out another woman openly. Trump is kind of the best thing that could have happened to them, they get the voters they prefer and get to dump our ass.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 4 points 2 weeks ago

Well, do you have millions of dollars in donor money? This is the inevitable outcome from the decades long process of legalising corruption. Both parties are now committed to do the bidding of the owner class, and the only difference between the parties is culture war bullshit (which incidentally also drives traffic on social media, which is great for their bottom line).

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

All she needs to do is court the left, who evidently don't have a place in her campaign.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Former democratic party strategist: I never had to listen to the left on any issue.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, of course, we all know this, it's just useful to highlight for Leftists that think they can "move the Democrats left."

[–] zhozers@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

For the one millionth time Democrats...THIS IS NOT HOW YOU DEFEAT FASCISTS!

[–] macabrett@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

A "big tent" that includes Dick Cheney and other neocons very much so does not include the left.

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