Frequently co-opted by Nazis to avoid using well-known Nazi symbols.

“Government is terrible. Elect us and we’ll prove it.”

-Republicans

Typical lazy millenial, waiting around to have someone else give birth to you.

Yes, which is why I am here and not on Reddit anymore. I got the assignment backwards.

I didn’t use racial slurs in the 70’s.

Just because it’s not surprising doesn’t mean it wasn’t wrong even “back then.”

So DOMA was progress?

Honestly, I live in PA, and I don’t know that Shapiro locks up PA. He won by running against Trump in 2022, but Trump wasn’t actually campaigning. And his challenger, Mastriano, won the primary because Shapiro ran ads saying Mastriano was Trump’s guy.

There are plenty of Democrats in PA to win PA. But there are also enough Magats to make it close. Then there are the swing voters and single issue voters who want to hear his opinions on issues like fracking and Netanyahu. He might have to swallow some of his policy stances to fall in line, and a lot of people won’t like that. Many of them are residents that voted for him, or stayed home because they didn’t strongly support his opponent. If he flips because those issues poll differently on a national level, it will temper enthusiasm for the guy, and energize his opponents. That could keep the state in play.

Oh I think I misunderstood the question. My bad, I was talking about the things I miss about old Reddit, and why I’m here.

I miss being able to customize my feed through subscriptions and blocks. I could hide ads and ignore specific communities. That’s not at all possible anymore, and the ads have gotten much sneakier.

All of my local sports teams had very active communities. We had rivalries with other subs, some friendly, others not so much. You got to know regulars and could commiserate over the sports in your city.

Those communities exist in Lemmy, but they aren’t nearly as active.

There’s no point in playing “what if” when nobody knows what could have been.

But Biden is progressive in the same way gray is white because it isn’t black. Passing legislation isn’t the measure of progress, especially when that list of legilsation includes shit like DOMA and the Crime Bill. I’m happy he’s evolved on both issues, but he’s had a long career of being on the wrong side of progress.

Biden’s age was never my problem with him. His failing health and inability to articulate a point are a legitimate concern, but I felt like he should have resigned long ago to give Harris a chance to establish herself and run as an incumbent. That would have shown confidence in her as a candidate. We should all be so lucky to be as healthy as he is at his age, but it was clear 4 years ago that he was not fully present mentally.

What is maddening is that we could have had 2 years of Kamala demonstrating that she will be a good president. We could have had a full primary for Kamala to be tested, or to have a better challenger emerge from the crowd. Biden chose to remain on the job, and start a race he couldn’t finish. It makes me think he didn’t have confidence in Harris to prove herself, to stand up to a legitimate primary, or to catch the torch he wants to pass to her.

There are some advantages she has now. She can run on Biden’s accomplishments, but deflect any criticisms by saying she will do things differently. She can flip the script on the age argument. Any DNC party insiders who opposed her for misogynist or bigoted reasons have to swallow their tongues and fuck off, which is always good for the party (provided she wins - God help us if she loses, those fuckers will be insufferable). She doesn’t have to actually win a primary against democrats with better policies or more charisma, of which there are several.

So I’m optimistic she can put up a good fight. She has a shit ton of work to do in not very much time, but she should have plenty of money and plenty of support from Biden. I hope she gets elected, but then we start pushing her forward again.

You know, my kid’s kindergarten librarian would say “anything that gets them reading is progress.” So maybe we should be encouraging more dipshits to be checking out more books.

Sounds a lot like Redwall.

Religiously-motivated terrorist gets probation.

So you’re saying that the appropriate response to office sexual harassment is to start shooting lecherous coworkers? I’m not saying it’s a bad idea, but I don’t think you’ve thought this through.

How many monsters have been put away where after they are convicted, we hear about the years and years of countless reports? Creating a “record” punishes the victim more than the criminal, and victims can be blacklisted if they are “difficult to work with.”

I’m with you that it’s better to report it, but we shouldn’t be blaming victims when they would rather not. We should be creating an environment with minimal barriers to reporting in order to protect victims from shame and retaliation.

Bernie would have been an excellent president, but he’s always been pragmatic rather than opportunistic. He advocates for the same progressive policies he always has, but he also knows Harris needs to win. Democrats don’t need to be pulled left, they need to be pushed forward. That’s how we win, and that’s how America and humanity will survive.

The answer is that companies are unwilling to allocate sufficient budget to infrastructure. So anyone competent leaves either because either there is better pay elsewhere, or they don’t want to be held responsible for the shoestring shitshow that companies are willing to pay for.

But that’s the point. This is a national poll, not polling in swing states. It’s encouraging, but not necessarily predictive of victory.

It’s like telling someone who has more yards in a football game. Yards are a good indicator of success, but winners are decided on points. Some points might require fewer yards. Winning in Wyoming is like a field goal after the other team fumbles on their own 20. Republicans get a lot of those simply by being bigots.

He won’t agree to a debate where he can be muted. He’ll claim that the rules are biased against him, and then play pigeon chess on twitter.