by the way, these checks and balances do not just apply to the supreme court and congress
it applies to *you*
FUCKING #VOTE, PEOPLE
the next dem candidate may SUCK. fucking SUCK
(they won't suck IF YOU SHOW UP IN THE FUCKING PRIMARIES, USELESS WHINERS)
as if the dem candidate sucking fucking matters with a fascist threat like trump and MAGA
a vote is not a statement of eternal love
it's tactics in a larger war
fight the war and fuck your mindless cynicism and toxic idealism
A recent related thought:
When this criticism comes from an individual, it's fair. People who stayed home did fuck things up badly by not voting for the better option and leaving us with literally the worst president this country has ever seen.
However, when this criticism comes from the democratic party or someone in power there, I get pissed off. It's their job to get voters energized and get them voting and they failed at it. Miserably. Multiple times.
who gives a fuck
why consider anything the democratic establishment says
they fucking suck
just ignore them, show the fuck up to vote, and replace them with real leftists
that's it
why do we fucking care what some spineless centrist democratic party asshole thinks?
why are our emotions centered on their words? why should we ever care?
just fucking ignore the useless pieces of shit and vote them out
I do ignore them and plan to continue doing so except when voting them out in the primaries or holding my nose and voting for them in the generals if the primaries didn't work out and they are up against a fascist again.
This was more of an observation about how the same words should be interpreted differently depending on who says them.
no argument
well said
i merely worry about this "man i really hate the establishment dems, so i'm all for not voting and handing our country to MAGA"
which is fucking stupid but it exists out there
not accusing you of it, i'm making sure i put an asterisk on your words to preempt that unfortunate moronic sentiment out there
@Harrybear @benroyce @gbargoud @BrianJopek
We need more than “voices.”
We need an army of people committed to working the vote, to registering eligible voters, to calling/texting/door knocking/postcarding voters; an army dedicated to GETTING OUT THE VOTE.
We had a pretty effective #GOTV effort in 2018 & 2020, but approx 80 million eligible voters didn’t show up in 2024 — and look what happened!
The U.S. has a miserable record historically of voter turnout for the last 100+ years. In presidential election years, turnout never exceeds 63%, and midterms average around 40%.
WE CAN CHANGE THAT with effort, information, & commitment.
Brian Jopek
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