They were complicit.
I no longer accept any excuses.
No one is giving us any leeway
We are being called all kinds of names
For being decent.
I no longer accept any excuse
I expect it of white men because we are lost, although I genuinely thought women would save us. But 54% of white women and 40% of Hispanic women didn't give a fk about women's rights because they care more about racism/bigotry.
Remember Reps said women didn't care about abortion? They were right.
Yeah, I've got no patience for the excuses anymore either. And being disengaged and uninformed isn't an excuse either. This man didn't just drop on the scene. Everyone knows what and who he is. To vote for it means you align with it. Or worse, you are indifferent. Apathy can be as evil as hate.
I just want to add something here. While this is mostly true for people that voted for trump, the first part may be true for the people that just stayed home.
It's pretty important to recognize the issues in your own camp so you don't make the same mistakes going forward.
If all you're trying to do is make sure everyone knows you're mad then that's fine. I just think it's more important to understand why millions of people decided not to vote and reengage them in order to make sure we can help move the country away from the fascists. We need "them".
Again "brainwashed" is an excuse, it removes responsibility. They are not as brainwashed as they want people to think.
When oh when will American look honestly at themselves.
Want to be even more depressed? All of those has been a strategy in america for generations. Odds are good your grand parents were manipulated in the exact same way (but different targets) as your kids. That's how consistent it has been and successful.
I heard a podcast recently discussing this. They were mentioning how the hard right has had 40 years of practice as the underdog. They're united, efficient and ruthless.
Also yup. Though it's not actually true that they were the under dogs. For the last 40 years america was trying to move to the left. But was still firmly planted in right wing thinking. Now? Right wing thinking as been reconfirmed as the best way to go.
Democrat (now independent) living in PA. My reaction the first couple of days after the election was to similar to OP...
After looking at the numbers (yes, I downloaded data and made spreadsheets) I have turned around fully to realizing that this was largely a DNC failure, not a MAGA win.
Stop blaming democrats for the way full grown adults, with full knowledge of who trump was and is and will do, voted for.
We are not responsible for their choices.
I've never claimed they were. They are human being all with flaws. It should not have mattered because of the stakes and who was the opposition.
Until you are ready to admit that US Voters are the problem setting their personal grievances ahead of the nation we will get nowhere.
So the millions who did get off their asses and vote don't count? We are what expendable?
No one was ignorant of the stakes of this election.
They chose to stay home or voted for a maniac same results.
Ask yourself rather why are Americans so goddam self centered.
Rural communities have been in decline for decades. Politicians keep telling them how great things are gonna get for them but never deliver. They no longer have any trust in the government whatsoever. Republicans have done a masterful job of gaslighting them into thinking dems don't care about them.
Again... that's what they put forth.
As they send "report to the plantation" and "your body my choice" to people even before the election was called.
White people refuse to look in the mirror, refuse to self reflect on why people would vote for that man.
Those dweebs on social media in no way represent the majority of voters. Most of those accounts likely aren't even Americans. Are there literal Nazis? Of course. But they are the minority. From actual pov from these real voters, they don't have the luxury of voting based on character.
These are things people received off line.
The people at trump's rallies? it's not on social media
The patriot front and proud boys? that's not on social media
January 6th wasn't on social media.
No dear, they have the privilege of not voting based on character.
Yes, but you need to take your sights further to understand the post. They’ve been ‘gaslighted,’ as you say, into believing that women and minorities are the problem they aren’t getting laid or becoming billionaires.
No. That's what you think they think. You are looking at information from pool A. They see information from pool B. The information from pool A says anyone from pool B is the worst person ever, and vice versa. Intolerance is intolerance.
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I no longer accept any excuses.
No one is giving us any leeway
We are being called all kinds of names
For being decent.
I no longer accept any excuse
So go
no one is asking you
But again, I completely agree with you on this list.
All the best!
Why you felt the need to comment on a link that's after my signature though is fascinating.
What was your thought process here?
Remember Reps said women didn't care about abortion? They were right.
It's pretty important to recognize the issues in your own camp so you don't make the same mistakes going forward.
No more excuses.
I did not lose them
They lost me
I've laid it out dozens of ways
When oh when will American look honestly at themselves.
After looking at the numbers (yes, I downloaded data and made spreadsheets) I have turned around fully to realizing that this was largely a DNC failure, not a MAGA win.
We are not responsible for their choices.
idk what else to tell you.
Their choice to do so. They too are grown ass adults and knew the consequences.
Also, turn down the heat a bit. We're having a conversation.
Until you are ready to admit that US Voters are the problem setting their personal grievances ahead of the nation we will get nowhere.
No one was ignorant of the stakes of this election.
They chose to stay home or voted for a maniac same results.
Ask yourself rather why are Americans so goddam self centered.
But go ahead do tell me what they claim was their reason.
As they send "report to the plantation" and "your body my choice" to people even before the election was called.
White people refuse to look in the mirror, refuse to self reflect on why people would vote for that man.
The people at trump's rallies? it's not on social media
The patriot front and proud boys? that's not on social media
January 6th wasn't on social media.
No dear, they have the privilege of not voting based on character.