someguy3

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someguy3 ,

I know what will help, I will not vote in protest! (/s)

someguy3 ,

This shouldn't surprise anyone. Anyone that says yes will instantly be blackballed by Trump.

someguy3 , (edited )

Why the fuck would additions need to be visually distinct?

someguy3 ,

I think you could tell when it goes from stone to plastic.

someguy3 ,

That's not what I meant.

someguy3 ,

Even if it went from grey stone to grey plastic siding, you could tell when it goes from stone to plastic. That should be enough to meet their "different" criteria, but not be such an outrageous eyesore.

someguy3 ,

What weapons did they fight that with?

someguy3 ,

I once got a haircut for $8.50. It was pretty bad.

someguy3 , (edited )

Justice Alito's house had a flag upside down, while the Supreme Court is considering Trump's cases. Flying a flag upside down was what insurrectionists did on Jan 6. Insert your own conclusion.

*Apparently the flag was in 2021 the days after Jan 6. I thought it was recently but apparently not.

someguy3 ,

Wasn't it a squirrel?

someguy3 ,

And then they ask "wHy dO tHe dEms mOvE tO tHe CenTrE wHeN tHeY lOsE i dOn'T uNdErsTanD".

someguy3 ,

I agree. I get serious "I'm 14, don't understand, but still very edgy" vibes.

someguy3 ,

Good god. You win elections from the center. A center vote that switches from R to D is worth double because the R loses one vote and D gains one. You literally win from the center.

If you want the center to move, then make the Dems win overwhelmingly and consistently in President, house of reps, and senators.

someguy3 ,

Trump won by appealing to the manufacturing jobs sector, and because of the protest Hillary vote. As much as I want to believe people were/are informed about his fascism, they really aren't.

And now, because Trump won one election, the whole Overton window moved right. You know, because he won an election. You want to move the Overton window? Vote.

someguy3 ,

Chips act, green energy, union empowerment, student debt, marijuana reform, etc etc etc. Anyone that says Biden isn’t doing anything is wilfully ignorant.

someguy3 ,

Dems can't move as far left as you want them to when there's a very real chance of losing. Want it to move left? Give Dems overwhelming and consistent wins and they can listen to the more left part of their party and move left.

someguy3 ,

What they actually do = their pitch.

someguy3 ,

President and Congress. Probably locally too but federally is what I'm focusing on.

And this isn't strictly harm reduction. Like I said, want it to move left? That will happen with overwhelming and consistent wins.

someguy3 ,

Hmmmmm how ever could you influence who would win an election? Hmmmmmmm, Let's see. Oh yeah, by voting.

May I remind you that Obama was not running against an incumbent? (Not to mention that he mostly ran on hope. And after the war mongering Bush it really didn't take much.) When running against an incumbent, you have to go to the centre. That was how Clinton and Biden won. And we're back to how do you move things left? Simple: By voting. By giving consistent and overwhelming victories.

someguy3 , (edited )

JFC Now you're just playing dumb. Biden ran against the incumbent, do I have to specify I'm talking 2020? When Biden faced off against the incumbent in 2020 he had to run centre. JFC. And guess fucking what, that carries on. Especially when it's a rematch of the same guys, with the same policies, the same MO. Why do I bother when you play dumb. (Not that he's even announced what he's running on yet for 2024, but we can take a good guess).

Yeah you're back to excusing yourself for not voting. Jeez you know how you could change that changing hands stuff? By voting. Seriously why am I bothering when all you do is make excuses for not voting. If you want to continue you're gong to have to do better.

someguy3 ,

The reason is because Dems have to actually do things like pass legislation. Which more often than not requires all 3 of house, senate, and president. All the GOP has to do is block things and yell immigrants. Progress takes, you know, actual work. Stagnation or regression takes next to nothing.

someguy3 , (edited )

There's a thing called jurisdiction. They can't give debt relief for everyone, just the ones with federal loans. They can't pardon everyone for marijuana, just those with federal offences. Most marijuana offences are state charges. So guess what? If you want state charges to be pardoned, you better vote in state elections!

Yeah you're bust all right voting for third party. Even if your third party wins (lol) you're going to find that little thing called jurisdiction.

someguy3 ,

Does anyone think auto cut off of the mic is warranted? "You have 60 seconds and then the mic cuts off".

someguy3 ,

Completely agree.

someguy3 , (edited )

Pretty sure what the guy above is saying is that no one (on the right) cares about what was accepted. He's saying Trump can just say it was Oct 2 and everyone will eat it up. And if Biden doesn't show up, Trump will say "Biden weak" and everyone will eat it up. No one (on the right) will care that Trump just made up a new date and terms.

someguy3 ,

A metal cart? Is he mad?

someguy3 ,

But but but Biden had control for two whole years! And we don't have the Jetsons' lifestyle! Why can't they get their act together and do something??? (/s)

someguy3 ,

Then fucking vote. Convince your friends to vote. Voting is what changes this.

someguy3 ,

You can't do something radical when there's a very real chance of losing the next election. C'mon, this is easy.

So how do you convince them they have leeway? By them consistently winning.

someguy3 ,

Am I certain that consistent, overwhelming victories for say 20 years will mean that they can implement policies that are further left? Fucking yes. Come the fuck on.

You win elections from the center. The center (the Overton window) moves by who wins elections over time. This is why we're having idiotic right wing discussions about disbanding the EPA - because Trump won an election. He won one, so the whole spectrum moved right. If he hadn't won, we wouldn't be having these discussions. C'mon this is so fucking easy.

someguy3 ,

Dude this is so simple. Where is the Overton window because of Trump's victory? It's fucking off the cliff right because of Trump's victory. There are conversations taking place now that would have been unimaginable before Trump won. And they are taking place because Trump won.

We can even play the hypothetical. Where would it be if Hillary Clinton won? Fucking easy, it would be further left. Or the hypothetical what it Trump won a second term? Fucking easy again, it would be even further right - because all his rhetoric would be backed up with wins that this is what the people want.

To talk like the Overton window is not affected by election wins is sticking your head in the sand. It's literally a referendum on what is and what is not acceptable policy and talking points be it social, economic, thinly belief racism, everything. This is so fucking easy to see.

someguy3 ,

Up to now you could have fooled me because you certainly sounded like you were saying elections don't affect it.

So how they act. Hmmmmmmmmmm. I wonder how Trump acted while in office. Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Come the fuck on. You already know exactly how this plays out. Do I have to keep talking? Fine. Trump acted extremely right wing while in office and guess fucking what? It moved fucking right. And he could because he fucking won the election. You're basically agreeing without even realizing it.

Dems go to the center in order to win. JFC. This is so easy. When you run against an incumbent you have to run from the center. That was Bill Clinton and Biden. Hillary Clinton went a smidge left with the climate change war room and lost. Guess what the Dems learned from that. Hmmmmmmm. They learned to stay in the fucking middle in order to win.

JFC I'm not saying follow Republicans right in any way. What are you smoking. That doesn't even warrant saying anything else. But fuck I guess I have to keep hammering it home huh. You move left by consistently and overwhelming winning elections. The more you win, the more left you can move. JFC this is easy. I don't know if I'm going to reply any more because I'm just repeating myself and you don't understand anything (or you do but want to twist yourself into knots to excuse yourself from not voting. Actually that's likely.)

someguy3 , (edited )

Lol playing dumb. Nice. Just for a setup of getting that lesser evil BS stuff in. If you want things to move left, then give Dems overwhelming and consistent wins. And there is it, just so you can excuse yourself for not voting.

someguy3 , (edited )

Oh maybe because of fucking 9/11. JFC.

Or maybe because they obstruct fucking everything. JFC. And then they can stack the courts. C'mon think about this.

Or maybe because they have fucking Fox News spewing propaganda. JFC can you not see this?

Or maybe because actual intellectual policies need time and support, instead of GOP appealing to fear and hysteria. And needs support of fucking congress (both houses!) to actually pass things and get things done. Cmon this is obvious. Do you get that? Dems essentially need all 3 to do practically anything (and still needs to get past the filibuster). Whereas the GOP gets on just fine by not doing anything. Gop gets 1 or 2 of those 3 and they can block so much.

Or maybe because the Dems still try to reach across the aisle. While the GOP doesn't. Cmon.

That's just off the top of my head. Come the fuck on, think about this instead of just trying to justify not voting out of protest. Why am I bothering. You have do a lot better than this.

someguy3 , (edited )

JFC, why can the GOP obstruct? Because they can when they have a majority in EITHER the house or senate. And they can get that at any point. Read that again, they can get that at any fucking point. It's not from Dems meeting in the middle just because. Come the fuck on. You don't even know what's going on.

So WHEN the GOP has ONE of those, the Dems are FORCED to reach across the aisle. Why do I think I have to caps certain words for you to understand. Fucking forced to. Because you/voters didn't give them the house or the senate. And if they don't reach across the aisle the whole fucking government will be shut down just like they did to Obama. You can't play fucking hardball, do you have any clue what will happen if the country defaults on its debt? Come the fuck on, you don't even know how things work but you want to blame Dems. JFC. You seriously have no clue how things work. Sorry not sorry, but you have no clue.

So how do you make sure the GOP doesn't get one of them so they can obstruct, which FORCES the Dems to reach across the aisle? You fucking vote. JFC. This is so fucking simple to understand. Vote. Give the Dems all 3 consistently and things can move.

someguy3 ,

Life finds a way, to prosper.

someguy3 ,

You'd never be allowed to publish that today.

someguy3 ,

I mean the part about suicide.

someguy3 ,

Context?

someguy3 ,

Holy fuck.

someguy3 ,

Cough Reddit mods cough.

someguy3 ,

GUbMeNt oVeRrEaCH.

someguy3 ,

Well, would they predict the pages curling up? It can look very different when planning on a monitor.

Qualified experts of Lemmy, do people believe you when you answer questions in your field?

The internet has made a lot of people armchair experts happy to offer their perspective with a degree of certainty, without doing the work to identify gaps in their knowledge. Often the mark of genuine expertise is knowing the limitations of your knowledge....

someguy3 ,

PSA: anytime the music kicks in, you're being emotionally manipulated.

someguy3 ,

They tend to not be mutually exclusive.

Why Didn't Democrats Do More When They Controlled Both Houses of Legislature, The White House, and The Supreme Court During Obama's First Term?

I've been wondering for a bit why during the time the Democrats controlled the legislature, executive, and judicial branches during Obama's first term in 2008 more wasn't accomplished. Shouldn't that have been the opportunity to make Row V Way law and fix the electoral college? I understand the recession was going on but outside...

someguy3 ,

Too many people think the world can turn on a dime. It can't. Things take time.

someguy3 ,

heat shrink

I tried some jeans once that I could barely get on. The guy said those were considered baggy. That was when I knew for certain fashion was stupid.

someguy3 OP , (edited )

That was White Castle that innovated that, see podcast.

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