• @TheDemonBuer
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      33 months ago

      Well, you need to adjust your expectations.

      • GladiusB
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        -13 months ago

        That’s not defending racism, sexism or bigotry. Doesn’t sound like it at all!

        • @TheDemonBuer
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          03 months ago

          I’m not defending anything, I’m just saying that if you expect people to behave a certain way, and they don’t behave that way, you can either continue to expect them to behave that way and be disappointed, or you can change your expectations.

          • GladiusB
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            23 months ago

            This isn’t a child’s bad behavior. It’s a national problem. Rapists and racists don’t get a pass and say “Oh well. We should expect better.” They are the problem. They should be handled as a problem.

            • @TheDemonBuer
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              13 months ago

              They should be handled as a problem.

              I don’t understand. Handled how?

              • GladiusB
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                23 months ago

                Whatever makes them understand their behavior violates the social contract our society has written.

    • @distantsounds
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      23 months ago

      That’s the problem. You cannot just expect people to vote against something. Voter turnout happens when there is something to vote for. It may seem pedantic but look at these election results. And the 2016 results…

      • @[email protected]
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        33 months ago

        They turned out… for the fascist. To be clear, Liberals are pointing the finger at each other but this is the fault of every idiot that voted for Trump. We all know what he is but they want policies and power at the expense of democracy. History won’t remember these ppl well.

        Voter turnout happens when there is something to vote for.

        They voted for the boot. Fuck America’s right wing.

        • @distantsounds
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          23 months ago

          I don’t disagree with anything you said; your previous comment as well. I hope it’s a sobering moment for US politics but I’m too cynical at this point to believe that will actually happen (yet)

          • @[email protected]
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            23 months ago

            The right is drunk at the moment. It’s going to take time and awful consequences unfortunately. They may still blame it all on the left. I’ll be fighting back.

            • @distantsounds
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              13 months ago

              Yup, and the left will always be blamed in an oligarchy/ plutocracy.