#major political party

[beangirl73047]

Btw, “love your enemies” applies to the people you dislike too

[dust-in-her-face]

ngl i was looking forward to a handful of things coming back to my screens when the strike ended…and nearly all of them fucked shit up real frakking good to a point where it literally drove me back into my fixations from twenty to fifteen years ago. like i’m not even frakking kidding.

and it’s been a stressful time, y’know? husband nearly died. the lengthy recovery. getting back to life and all the tonnage of crap it brings with it. being lowkey harassed into giving interested parties a grandchild as if they didn’t just witness said husband nearly dying. again.

(did they sit there and watch me fight off catatonia and go, hey, ya know what we could use right now? a screaming, needy, angry, leaky infant. yeah, that’s it.)

so i kinda like to escape into these fictional worlds. but goddamn what a letdown it’s been. like holy shit. what’s in the water, hollywood? and it’s not even full seasons of 22 episodes like before. it’s ten or a little over. how could yall keep fucking that up? it’s literally your job, aye? but, hey, not every year is a banner year…fine.

but i was really looking forward to the happy distraction, that’s all.

crawling back to the arms of battlestar galactica with whom (yes, whom!) i have been in a relationship with longer than i’ve been with my husband. to major crimes (except season 6). to some parts of the west wing. to the golden girls. to the only reality tv i’ll ever watch, us politics and the democratic party. thank you for still being there and thank you, piracy for making sure they never go away.

special shoutout to criminal minds: evolution for going well beyond expectations. seriously. fantastic job. hell of a season. come back with the same ferocity of holy damn. thank you.

and now, back to reality and holy shit what a fucking long day has it been. (it’s almost 8am)

[eros-cestlavie]

[lyinginbedmon]

Hey how's your day going the leader of the UK party that repealed the ban on LGBT content in media and education, who is somehow still our best candidate at the election in two weeks, just announced that he agrees with the party that banned it and would like to do that again.

Go support a trans person folks.

[tishinada]

US politics and history time for a moment...

The people who want to claim that voting for Biden would mean they supported genocide remind me a great deal of the people in the 1830s - 1860s in the North who wanted immediate abolition because they believed slavery was a sin and God would hold them guilty of that sin if they didn't oppose slavery. This sometimes resulted in them supporting 3rd party candidates that, SURPRISE!, did nothing but push the election toward the most rabid pro-slavery candidates.

You know what most of those moral anti-slavery people didn't care about? What happened to Black Americans. They were concerned only about their own guilt, not Black Americans' welfare.

None of these people making this a moral issue now show any signs of caring what happens to Palestinians OR to all of the other groups that will suffer if the dumpster wins instead.

Biden can't wave his hand and make it go away because the US doesn't have unilateral power worldwide (though some Americans seem to believe that, sigh.) There are limits on his powers, especially since he has to negotiate with a hostile House of Representatives. He has chosen what is actually a pretty effective route and fought for at least some aid to get to Palestinians. And currently he has *some* leverage with the Israelis.

The question you should be asking yourself if you really care about genocide is which choice will do the most to help the Palestinians? Do you really think the dumpster would do even as much as Biden? Or would he be actively helping them and every other imperialist country (*cough*Russia*cough*)? And who else will suffer if he wins that would not under Biden?

If that isn't what matters most to you, then you're no different from the moral abolitionists and other Northerners who wanted slavery restricted (because it depressed wages for free white men) but also wanted to make it illegal for African Americans to move into new states like Ohio and Indiana and Illinois (racism and fears of wage competition.) Or to ship them to Africa, no matter how many generations had been in the US?

It's not idealism. You're self-centered and egotistical and actively choosing evil if you think "punishing" Biden is the result of not voting.

Vote pragmatically. Vote strategically. Vote with the welfare of the most people possible in mind.

[bottlesandbarricades]

May well just have a fucking ice age too at this point

[darkeyedghost]

I can't believe Nigel Farage has officially become an MP, for fucks sake

[capesandshapes]

saying that you refuse to vote because our party is backing a man who looks like he has days to live like "it will definitely do something"

yes but i really dont think its what you think it will

[heavenbarnes]

i know a lot of americans must be feeling dejected and hopeless about their political options but i cannot express how important it is that people show up and vote, this video by hellotefi on tiktok does a really good job of explaining:

[pancoleon]

With enemies like these, who needs friends?

[geek-and-destroy]

the elections start today, and will go on all the way till june. it's not gonna happen, but i really, really hope that we've woken up enough as a nation to vote the fascists out.

[vintageseawitch]

some leftists, even those who will vote for Kamala Harris while holding their nose, make claims like, "fascism doesn't just go away if you vote against it" & while there are those out there who do feel this way (or at least want to) there are MANY who know that something like Project 2025 doesn't just go away if they lose their chance to implement it nationwide.

a leftist responded to one of my comments on facebook when i mentioned something about "accelerationists." it was only part of my comment & not even my point. they were SO offended by me calling "all of them that" when i did no such thing. what i see is that leftists who claim they're above everyone because they don't fall for propaganda that easily are proving they are just as human as the rest of us & only read what they want to read.

i get it: the US has A LOT of issues. this is not a great country. there are so many things i want to see get changed for the better. there are plenty of folks who feel the same while not identifying themselves as far left.

one other issue i have: i mention Ernst Thälmann quite a bit in my political posts. he was a German politician & leader of the Communist Party of Germany. he regarded the Social Democratic Party as "social fascists" which made it harder for the two leftist parties to work together. when he ran for office again in 1933 he lost by a landslide & Hitler took office. Thälmann was arrested by the Gestapo & sent to Buchenwald. his party rival, Walter Ulbricht, ignored requests to plead for his release & Thälmann was eventually shot & killed on Hitler's personal command.

when i brought up Thälmann recently, someone commented, "yeah, don't be like the guy who wanted to beat fascism but vote them in instead." that is NOT what i meant & these folks who claim they're the smartest ever because they don't like the US (that's actually a low bar; plenty if people dislike it) like to pretend they don't see my point. my only point is this: we are stronger together regardless of your normal party affiliation. working apart? making purity politics your hill to die on? it won't help us & we probably won't like how that'll turn out.

leftists who don't see the forest for the trees: you're right, you can't just "vote fascism away." the issue is your wanting to be superior to the rest of us is you may be part of what helps them get that kind of power. you're not the MAIN problem; our justice system is garbage & there's decades of poor education & people have been falling for propaganda & people are voting for anyone who is as hateful & ignorant as they are. my point in saying to not be an Ernst Thälmann is: don't tear us apart because of even slightly different ideologies. we need to work together. start at the local level. please remember it's not just the president; Congress & the Supreme Court are also filled to the brim with corruption.

[ardri-na-bpiteog]

We all know echo chambers exist and yet people on all parts of the political spectrum are still convinced that they represent the majority opinion because their highly tailored online circles agree with them.

[megumi-fm]

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[robotclownindulgence]

If i see that goddamn piece of shit australian voting post on my dash one more fucking time i'm gonna start taking hostages

[collectorcookie]

Mmmmmm i love knowing my life hinges on the fact how much some random white guys in a fancy room can paint me as disgusting, inhuman, immoral, stealing resources etc. towards some other white people who will then use me as a black sheep for anything they suffered ever. And then we can call that democracy ❤️