I know you absolutely have an agenda that perfectly dovetails with the Russian one, except you occasionally (and seemingly accidentally) veer into sanity for brief periods. Makes conversation more fun.

I truly wish we could have a good faith conversation about the extreme shortcomings of the Democratic Party. That’s a good and valuable conversation to have. But Lemmy is absolutely INFESTED with “hello there, fellow Leftists” types who exclusively attack Democrats and are deafeningly silent about Republicans.

I consider the majority of this site as MAGA-compromised enemy territory. Any criticism about Democrats without at least a preferatory “Republicans are way worse” is immediately suspect.

Oh shit you’re getting dangerously close to criticizing the Republicans instead of the Democrats! Pull up! Pull up!

Democrats bad.

Democrats bad

You can’t just say “whoosh” whenever you’re losing an argument.

How do you feel about instantly becoming the most economically powerful country in the world? Also California has the sexiest people in the continent.

Hella dope Canadians, eh

That’s like saying “so the mugger is your problem, not the gun, right?”

Because those countries are not run by goddamn nazis, are you intentionally not listening to anything I say?

Some of the most bigoted people I’ve ever met have been Asian. Bigotry is not exclusive to whites.

ID is one tool by which they selectively allow or suppress voting. ID laws are not the root cause, but it’s ridiculous to suggest giving the fascists another tool to use.

And y’all say Americans are dumb. Clearly stupidity is universal.

When you make oppression your whole identity

I am so FUCKING TIRED of naive sheltered Europeans with functioning democracies not taking 5 minutes to read American history to see why this is quite nearly the worst possible thing our government could do. Not worst as in “oooh it’s a mistake” but worst as in intentional evil.

When we riot, they will crack down. At BEST it will be a civil war. This isn’t Europe. The US government can, will, and previously has mass-killed protesters. In the US, we can only riot when we are no longer afraid to die. And that’s a big ask of anyone at any time.

Call your local & state officals about this.

That’s cute.

Arm yourselves.

Other way around. He’s taking advantage of the distraction to make an order that - without hyperbole - could literally end democracy in the US.

Sometimes those officials deny you rights, including your right to live.

We had a whole civil rights movement about it. Jim Crow. MLK Jr. The laws are specifically intended to apply selective enforcement. That is their entire purpose. Why do you think these laws are always proposed by Republicans?