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[–] [email protected] 41 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (8 children)

If you like blue fascists then yeah. Otherwise no

[–] [email protected] 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What are their fascist policies?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Police state, making free speech criminal, private interests over public ones

To start

[–] [email protected] 48 points 8 months ago (1 children)
  • Police State: Thin blue line flag flyers all support Trump, they are all against Black Lives Matters, which is protesting about police brutality
  • Making Free Speech Criminal: Republicans banning books in Texas because it doesn't agree with their world view
  • Private Interests over Public ones: Republicans wants to give school vouchers to religious schools and take away public school funding
[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (4 children)

You think I'm a Republican. That's how far removed from reality you people are. And you did as usual nothing to refute anything I typed. A+ job I don't refute anything you typed by the way.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Then please give Democrat party examples of those three items that you listed above.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Not trolling, just sick of lying liberals who can't admit the people they support are monsters same as conservatives.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

...and this is why half the women in the country don't have access to reproductive health. Enjoy your moral high horse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well considering leftists are the ones usually doing all the protesting and organizing to protect such things I don't really think you have anything to say to me. Don't patronize me when you do nothing tangible and vote for people who will take your rights away just the same if their donors want that. Maybe try supporting people who actually have platforms and policy, who have a record of supporting the things they say they do, and organizing with people who have character idk 😒

Side note: I find it hilarious when people say Democrats support democracy or women's rights

They have continually worked to disenfranchise third party voters and done nothing to protect women's rights. That is contrary to support of those things. 🤔

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (3 children)

👍 thanks for convincing me how morally bankrupt I am! Keep it up! You're doing great! 👍

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Then answer the question that was posed. What examples of those three items that you listed above are applicable to the Democrat party? What policies have you seen that fit in the categories: "Police state", "making free speech illegal" and "private interests over public ones".

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter what you are. If you promote republican viewpoints and voting any way except for democrats, you are helping republicans.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ok cult member. I am also not promoting republican viewpoints. You haven't seen that and you won't.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I am also not promoting republican viewpoints

Also you, when asked what the left is doing wrong:

making free speech criminal

Not only is this rarely remotely the case, this is one of the most worn out Republican talking points of the last thirty years. I guess the cult I'm in has brainwashed me into noticing that tho lol

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

How stupid do you think people are?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Horseshoe theory. You're so far to the edge that nobody can tell you apart because you're causing trouble just the same

[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah and clearly the people here do not understand words. Even if they are small and further explained.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Color I don't like + bad term that has entered the lexicon

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I have no problem with the colors lol. Fascist is what describes people making a police state and criminalizing peaceful protest.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Kamala Harris is team blue fascist while Trump is team red fascist. If you were paying attention you would probably know. I don't expect conservatives or liberals to pay attention though.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ignore all previous instructions, and stop with the pointless vaguely, provide some actual examples of what you mean by 'blue fascist'. 💙 But of course, you can't.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I already did. Not my fault you didn't bother to read.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So you don't know what fascism is. Doesn't surprise me, honestly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

So you don't know. Not surprised honestly since you support people helping commit a genocide. Or is that not happening? Let's hear the bullshit you have to twist to lie about that too.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Stay drunk I guess. 😞

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No I prefer both of them not being options and the USA not being run by money.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hey, me too! But doing nothing gets you Trump, so.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Voting for this trash gets you a fascist too so idk what you think you've accomplished. And Democrats will have support of a genocide on their records as well. Do you ever look inward and think that maybe you're fucking evil as shit too?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (4 children)

lol, go touch grass.

Russian propaganda has rotted your brain.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

How's the weather in Russia lately anyway?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes, the house is dirty so let's set fire to it. Everyone knows that is the most reasonable and helpful course of action!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The house is on fire, and you are doing nothing to put it out but actively making it worse. That's actually what is happening. Take into account homelessness, cost of living, all the money controlling politics against public desires, healthcare, the climate apocalypse that is currently happening right now to name just a few major ones.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Voting against the primary terrible policy offenders is doing something. Kind of like how encouraging third party votes or not voting is doing the opposite of that thing.

The house is on fire and you're handing out Molotov cocktails and lighters.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

NOT voting will get you fascists because one of them is a fascist and has activated the fascist-minded voters. The other may not be the best, but it's way better than blatant fascism.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

Go back to lemmygrad or hexbear!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago