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It feels like Harris has to run a damn near flawless campaign just to BARELY beat this guy. Yeah you can bring up the current state of the country, but Trump mishandled COVID, there were over 200k deaths, BLM protest and was 2x impeached. And yet, Joe Biden BARELY beat him.

Trump is a convicted felon, liable sexual predator, caused an insurrection on the Capitol Hill, tried to steal the 2020 election (find me 11,000 votes), constantly kisses Russia’s ass, has more pending court cases and gets sentenced next month and overall has been the main driving factor in America’s division.

Yet, this race is STILL either 50/50 or a slight tilt (Harris leads the polling aggregate right now). Harris gets destroyed by the corporate media for almost anything, yet Trump is still lying and saying the most outlandish shit and nobody cares.

Why does it feel standards are much higher for Harris than Trump?

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago (3 children)

People who would ever consider voting for the Toupee have no standards. No bar, no logic or even thought goes in to who they vote for.

The people who are planning to vote against the Toupee have standards. And the Democratic party has continually failed to meet those standards. And the only time the people have any power to pressure a politician is when they're running for office. Anyone claiming "just vote in the D, then we can focus on getting progress made" is a centrist who is ok being perpetually part of the oppressed class.

Yes, we need to vote against the Toupee, and the GOP in general. We also need a presidential administration who will get progress done. And since the human species has, at best, 30 years left before the majority of the world is uninhabitable, little baby steps won't cut it.

So Harris and the Dems have a high bar. Because the alternative is fascism, or death by climate change.

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

Anyone claiming "just vote in the D, then we can focus on getting progress made" is a centrist who is ok being perpetually part of the oppressed class.

Well if that isn't just the dumbest thing I've ever read.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

That would add up if you thought people should choose fascism or death from climate change over some sense of chance.

We need to make larger demands, but voting for those options you listed shouldn't be 50/50 as the post is questioning.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Your entire comment is written like Biden and Harris are not currently complicit in Genocide.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Okay do what are you doing to further your goals to stop the genocide?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Scream at everyone on a small niche internet forum who says anything about politics without mentioning the thing everybody already knows about

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

That assumes this poster has a goal to stop the genocide. ;)

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

Yeah, the vast majority of the "genocide" screamers are Trump supporters trying to demotivate left leaning folks from voting Democratic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Making people aware it is only happning because of Biden and Harris.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This poster doesn't care one whit about the plight of Palestinians. It has but one goal -- to be the nerdy girl that helps peel votes off the votes from the nerdy guy so her friend, the jerkish cheerleader favoured by the Jocks, can win the SGA election 49 to 48 to 3 (I've posted this example of how government works in First Past the Post if you'd like to understand what I mean by nerd girl and cheerleader in SGA). The purpose of this poster and others like it is to throw the election to Trump so we're subjected to Project 2025, which incidentally aligns with Putin's and Xi's goals.

Please think carefully before you listen to this poster or any other like it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

"The only people who care about Genocide are those who vote in favor of it"

Thanks for the comment definitely not alt account that came out of retirement but acts like an active poster.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Linkerbaan, you have always been, and always will be, a Trump supporter masquerading as a leftwinger. You are here for one purpose only: to stop leftwing folks from voting.

Edit: for the record, the reply, which for some reason I can no longer see, said simply "cope".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)