• John Richard
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    972 months ago

    I’m equally frustrated with Democrats and Republicans here. Presidents don’t get special privilege when it comes to free speech. Every day there are thousands of posts on X advocating for the death of Democrats, immigrants & minorities.

    The media apparently doesn’t care about them or Musk allowing it, but don’t you dare joke or speak your mind about the Trump assassination attempt or you’ll get CANCELLED.

    Many people see this election as life or death. Democrats biggest message has been that democracy is on the line in this election. However, they don’t act like they actually believe it.

    If you believe Trump will end democracy as we know it, then it would be perfectly normal for you to wish for a different outcome here. It isn’t illegal to wish or think that way. Republicans are hypocritical baby Karens who are opportunist. They see and opportunity & then run to it, but don’t expect them to give you the same courtesy if the roles are reversed.

    Democrats had no reason to apologize about what happened to Trump. Trump should have been apologizing saying how he took it too far on Jan 6. He should be denouncing his followers and supporters that advocate for killing LGBTQ+, or his rhetoric about immigrants.

    • @ChicoSuave
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      222 months ago

      Democrats biggest message has been that democracy is on the line in this election. However, they don’t act like they actually believe it.

      This needs to be louder. The DNC as an organization is absolutely not participating in fighting off fascism. It feels like they learned corporate money was an option, just like Republicans, and agreed that Republicans are the chosen party. They rolled over and accepted Republicans - going so far as to look like they are helping churn up R votes at times by in fighting over the dumbest fucking shit. And they never fight back. Or discourage their members from making waves.

      Democrats saw D next to their name and figures they would only play defense, never ask pointed questions, don’t rock the boat, just accept quiet dignity as a reward when Republicans are loud ass millionaires because money is their entire motivation. Then those R dollars go into think tanks and terrorists, causing more social anxiety that the R plays into while the Ds do nothing.

      • @[email protected]
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        132 months ago

        I’ll go one step further. The DNC is nothing more than another arm of the plutocracy. They are there to try to give the common person hope but are nothing more than a feint. The plutocracy sees this as a chance to seize power through a “aww, we just barely lost democracy, let’s embrace this new standard of rule” moment and are going for it.

        The only real ones fighting “for the people” are a small group of progressives backed by AOC and Bernie.