Beef Boy

ohmygodyes

One final bit of @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com's essay that I can't help but share:

the democrats could actually literally BE evil or spineless or what the fuck ever and it would still be open and shut, trivially obviously morally correct to just vote for them all the time; the fact that ppl have to lie to make the Dems sound BAD just proves the pudding imo

I agree, mom would have beat dad if she actually cared.

100% this. What the average voter considers a "Republican" to be is a bizarre gender experiment that right wing commentators and news channels have pulled off over the past 46 years or so.

Even lefties swallow the same narrative. It's incredibly disappointing.

ICE, Renee Good shooting, deportations and Trump approval Plus party images, most important issues in new MULawPoll national survey

If this polling is representative then normie voters are *remarkably* unresponsive to actual political reality. Like to a greater degree than I realised, and I was broadly aware of this. This is just America of course, but I bet this generalises.

charlesatpollsandvotes.substack.com/p/ice-renee-...

We could have had a woman of color who prosecuted pedophiles in office instead. And folks on this app still try and say "she's just as bad". Blows my motherfucking mind.

Right? It's a kind of wicked stupidity that's only rewarded by self-righteous in-groups (see: X, bluesky). Imagine, in literally any other context, declaring you agree with Nazis and their takes on modern politics... That's not a principled stance, you're just signaling how edgy you are!

Donation link for Shontel.
Shontel Brown — Donate via ActBlue share.google/jOIgWmyFZ0o7...

what a silly bunch we are

go off jack white

Her rationale was that we still should have immigration law enforcement for organized crime, murderers and sex pests who happen to be immigrants.

That's like the sole consideration here

Okay. Do you feel that the immigrants and women at home suffering from this deserve it?

So you don't view Trump as particularly worse than any generic Dem?

That final quote communicates to me this is more of a "can we do this" thing than a "I'm John Fetterman" thing

blocking isn't praxis, or protecting anyone or anything other than your fragile ego

You say that but obviously republican voters and nonvoters are far more complicit, right? Like we can agree with that at least, no?

it's incredibly boring to say "all dems supported ending qualified immunity and republicans prevented it from passing" it's far more exciting, revolutionary feeling to suggest there's a secret dem elite trying to prevent it.

but they did, multiple times. republicans voted it down.

pelosi supported, put fourth, and passed the george floyd justice in policing act. the one you're framing as "not enough" (which is odd, it's objectively more anti-police than amash's bill!)

and the one you're framing as "not enough" the republicans still didn't support. it's republicans.

I hope you bring this energy to the next protest you go to. The more of your persuasion who's open about how you feel, the better I think we'll all be off.

I'd recommend bringing some of those pitchforks you're so eager to see used

you've illustrated an anti-trump republican/libertarian and democrats have both put forth genuine bills directly attacking structures that kill black men & women

a lot of what goes on on this site that leads to toxicity has to do with people using the consensus of people they follow/people around them as a proof. i cannot tell you how many times it’s been implied i should be ashamed bc i don’t accept factually wrong premises that are popular here

The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act would not have only saved countless black men and women, it would have significantly weakened ICE's current ability to ravage cities too.

the usual suspects attempting their usual dunks should have this graph tattooed to the insides of their eyelids

A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”

we need to have a labeler that separates the cougars from the cougar golds

I do worry that beef eventually going back down will have a notable effect on the electorate lol you just know it's going to happen in the nick of time for the fashies too

We have a couple years to ease the Strong Accountability Option into the Overton window, goal is to get into the debate and then polling 50%+ by 2027

YES! Everything has gone up - electric, groceries, rent, movies. I fucking hate this Trump guy and how his tariffs are raising prices! I stress this to everyone I get to know, especially coworkers.

He's going to spend a significant chunk of his remaining days in a court, and court drawings of him drooling over himself will be overshadowed by the amount of bowel movements he will be unable to control