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[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (3 children)

This is 100% about them feeling entitled to the Muslim vote and Jill being tied with Harris in polling. The fraud AOC is lashing out because someone is legitimately a threat to them staying in power.

This is the bed Harris decided to make for herself, and if she loses it will be her fault.

[–] [email protected] 90 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Jill being tied with Harris in polling

LMAO

[–] [email protected] 52 points 7 months ago

The more you read, the funnier it gets 🤣 what a mook

[–] [email protected] 50 points 7 months ago (1 children)

See also:

legitimately a threat

LMAO

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago

The same way Nader was a threat to Gore.

And that seemed to work out well for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (6 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It would be easier to admit you don't have enough info on the subject to be commenting

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The only person here pretending to know anything is you. This was your response to a question. I'll take that response to mean "a very unreliable bullshit source"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I'm not the one asking questions on info that's widely available

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

That website is cancer on mobile, but I assume it's a polster.

Apparently polling is going crazy atm, and poll aggregators are having to restrict the polls they are looking at to only the polsters they have heard of before because so many random ones are showing up.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

I'd like to see your source on that polling data, champ. Also, it's so funny you fucks turned against AOC.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, right? AOC is a bad ass until her party is suddenly unfavorable because some of them but not her aren’t supporting Gaza hard enough. But unsurprisingly, none of these people ever complain about Uyghur genocide—the other Muslims.

It’s easy for Jill to be hard on this topic because she knows the presidency is out of her reach. But AOC is still in play, and sadly—in the actual world we live in—she has to play the game to win.

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

It's ironic to me that you people can acknowledge that Jill Stein is just virtue signaling from the side lines because it costs her nothing. She's not actually spending political capital on something that has any chance of happening. She's just paying it lip service.

You understand this. That's good.

But then in the same breath, you applaud AOC for saber rattling to pack the supreme court and other ideas that are impossible without a super majority. Which only served to make Biden look weak and disenfranchise progressive voters.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

And look how that turned out. Biden left. Now there is actually a shot at beating Trump.

I consider that a success.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

But unsurprisingly, none of these people ever complain about Uyghur genocide—the other Muslims.

You know who else doesn’t complain about it? Other Muslims, because they know it’s bullshit.

https://twitter.com/un_hrc/status/1578003299827171330

#HRC51 | Draft resolution A/HRC/51/L.6 on holding a debate on the situation of human rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of #China, was REJECTED.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's not what that means. That's not what any of that means. And you know it. Why such bad faith arguments? If your argument were rational and logical then the genocide in Gaza isn't happening either. Because there's large groups of people that don't really care about it. Probably even large groups of Muslims who have other larger going concerns than it.

If China really didn't have anything to hide then they or any other superpower would be willing to allow independent un escorted investigators and journalists and to see the conditions.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

It was the United States that blocked that UN visit: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-rights/u-s-germany-slam-china-at-u-n-security-council-over-xinjiang-diplomats-idUSKCN1TX2YZ/

Last month the United States, Britain and other western countries objected to a visit by the United Nations counterterrorism chief to Xinjiang, concerned the visit would validate China's argument that it was tackling terrorism.

Delegates from Muslim countries did visit. From the US’ own propaganda outlet: Arab League Visits China’s Xinjiang Region, Rejects Uyghur Genocide

If your argument were rational and logical then the genocide in Gaza isn’t happening either.

Speaking of rationality & logic, that sentence is sheer nonsense.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Obviously they meant "tied for the Muslim vote"

https://www.cair.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CAIRMuslimVoterSurvey.pdf

This data is echoed by FiveThirtyEight

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Obviously they meant "tied for the Muslim vote"

It wasn't obvious, it was a line constructed in fantasy and intended confusion. IAnd the way they argue and respond gives me hardcore troll vibes. These people are here to sow distrust, confusion and despair. In line with a country known for doing this kind of thing, russia.

Tankies = Green Party

It really is as simple as that.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Tankies = Green Party

It really is as simple as that

You people are delusional.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No, 'we' are not. If you take a step back and think about it, it makes perfect sense.
Lots of noise and confusion, distrust, 'both siding', etc. And all of that happens magically around...presidential election time.

I will maintain my position, tankies/greenparty are propped up to sow distrust and it is a well known mechanism from russia. Do I think all these poor lost souls are on a payroll? Of course not, if only they were. You can fix income, mentalissues are much tougher to solve. You can indoctrinate swarms of people to do your bidding if you take the time and effort. Again, exactly what russia decades ago started doing to the west. They are 'activated' (throw the right amount of messaging on several social media channels to do so) always, and I mean always, around presidential election time.

A good question to ask would be why it is that Stein person is only in the picture around presidential election times. I never hear about the groundwork of a true party to gain ground on the more 'boring' levels that gain no notoriety or attention, like local boards, mayors, etc. Always they spring to life around presidential election times where they stand absolutely no chance. Why is that?

And for greenparty/tankies to start calling other people delusional is just sad. Lost souls is what they are and I fear we will have to say goodbye to them as I see no real way to mend their minds, they are that lost.

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

A good question to ask would be why it is that Stein person is only in the picture around presidential election times. I never hear about the groundwork of a true party to gain ground on the more 'boring' levels that gain no notoriety or attention, like local boards, mayors, etc. Always they spring to life around presidential election times where they stand absolutely no chance. Why is that?

Or maybe it's because you don't pay attention (and the media wilgully ignores more radical opinions). I know crazy.

So tell me, which of Stein's or the Green Party's policies makes them "tankies" exactly?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not the policies, I talked about the people advocating for that party

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't fit the narrative in this echo chamber even a little bit.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

You picked a very fitting username

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

This is 100% about them feeling entitled to the Muslim vote and Jill being tied with Harris in polling.

I'm not saying this is the best structured sentence ever, but you need to work on your reading comprehension (though I have a feeling you are being intentionally obtuse).

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (32 children)

You're simping for Stein and thus Trump all over the thread

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

She's also tied with Hugh Janus in polls. It was a real official poll. My source is Trust Me. I am not a troll.

Adding /s

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

LOL yes I think that went well over the heads of some.