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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So liberals can see conservative performative politics but not that from your own party?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I really should get around to blocking .ml. You people have nothing new to say.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Downvotes and silence from Liberals. The usual.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why are you guys getting so personally triggered by a one-word comment? They said it's performative. Yes, the liberals do it too. Is this a sports game? Are we keeping scores? Is your team winning?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

When Liberals do it they are met with joy and praise. If anyone makes it a team sport it is not us.

Had folks gleefully quoting Kamala her performative speeches yesterday as an "argument".

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That's certainly what your propaganda would like you to think. In reality, most of us are sick of our elected politicians and the political theatre. We don't worship politicians the way people on the right do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Liberals do worship their politicians to the level where there is NO accountability. They may whine about their actions, but will willingly, and without question, vote for their reelection.

Liberals chided Trump for saying he could shoot someone on 5th avenue and not lose a single voter while voting for Biden after helping slaughter Palestinian children. Liberals overlook Obama denying due process to 75% of those he deported, while screaming that Trump is doing that.

Edit, I guess mods around here are filtering words in posts?

I included the word bi*tch and it auto edits to removed

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

willingly, and without question, vote for their reelection.

That's such an unnuanced take it's impressive

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If genocide wasn't your red line, what exactly would it be?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

For voting? red lines are for revolution. A redline to not vote simply reduces my own ability to have a voice in politics to no benefit.. It's short sighted virtue signaling that brings no benefit to myself or others. My redline is anti authoritarianism.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Liberals love their blue authoritarianism, so much they refuse to acknowledge it

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Blue is pretty shit. But it's not authoritarianism. It's a mistake to call it as such

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (8 children)

lmao you think there are actual liberals in the party/or supporters, they dont even make up majority of voters. you are thinking like a conservative would, you're no better than they are.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Liberals most definitely worship their politicians in the exact same way the MAGA crowd does.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How so? Which politicians do leftists worship?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I said Liberals not Leftists.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Really avoided answering that question huh

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not at all. If you want you can correct it and ask it again.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you can't understand the core of that question without me spoon feeding it to you, you're not worth the time having a conversation with. You seem insufferable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you think they anywhere near the same thing there is no value to be had conversing with you.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh look, an assumption. Proving my point bud.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh look a person who refuses to admit their mistake. Proving my point bud

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Never refuted that I made a mistake. I can say I did, I did. Doesn't bother me none, that was never the issue. It was you acting purposefully ignorant as a way to talk down to me. Take a step back, you proud about how you're handling yourself? You're not going to convince anyone of anything. If anything, people will have a bad taste on anything you say.

Instead of staying in topic you decided to spril into hammering semantics. The only take away I can have is you're either a troll or this is all a deflection from the question. Either way, I don't care. You're a waste of time. I'll block you because I know you can't help butb reply. You're welcome lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Confusing Liberals and Leftists is like confusing Republicans and Leftists.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

My bad. I was assuming that you were confusing liberals with leftists. So, which politicians do liberals worship?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Still. Name one.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

Keep up that performance, boy.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

If that were true, Al Franken would still be a sitting Senator. We'd still have Rod Blagojevich, Anthony Weiner, and Bob Menendez.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Really? Where are all the signs, the flags, the people getting tattooed. People are calling Trump God, building him statues. If you look at the MAGA cult and say the other side is the same, turn you're detached from reality my guy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

You may be tired of it, but keep going back for more. That's how the party of people like Carter are now the party of people dog whistling to Republicans

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When did conservatives invade lemmy?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They've always been here. They call themselves Communists, but they're nothing but a bunch of authoritarian bootlickers, also known as "tankies".

If I were you I'd just block hexbear.net, lemmygrad.ml, and lemmy.ml. That stops the vast majority of tankies from invading your feed with their ignorant bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Those tankies are out there. They can't be bargained with, they can't be reasoned with, they don't feel pity, or remorse, or boredom, and they absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are annoyed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Well at least .world already blocks 2 of those, so that's good. It's hit or miss with .ml, so for now i find it better to block individual users

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Virtue signaling from the right

pukes