• PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee
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    16 days ago

    The only person who can so militantly cling to the idea that both sides are exactly the same is the person for whom the outcomes are exactly the same.

    IE the person who needs to do a lot more shutting the fuck up and listening to the people for whom this shit is life and death.

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      16 days ago

      I’m sorry, English isn’t my first language. First paragraph is kinda confusing for me. Could you please elaborate for me? Thank you.

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        Basically I’m saying that only someone who’s completely insulated from the lived experience of inequality could be capable of so strongly believing that both the democrats and republicans are exactly the same, because only someone so insulated would have a lived experience in which democratic and republican governments could even remotely feel the same.

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        All of the replies to you are complicated, so here’s a simple summary: The poster implied that a person who doesn’t see the difference between Trump and Biden probably wouldn’t be hurt by any of Trump’s policies or goals.

        For example, a transgender person may lose access to hormones and a gay person may be unable to marry or adopt a child. Poor people may lose food stamps (money given for food) and old people may lose social security (money given at old age).

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      The only person who can so militantly cling to the idea that both sides are exactly the same is the person for whom the outcomes are exactly the same.

      Destruction Of Black Wealth During The Obama Presidency

      When you have an incoming president who campaigns on dramatic reform and a return to an egalitarian social policy, but delivers large bank bailouts, record rates of foreclosure, and a slew of legislation designed to beef up the police in the midst of wave after wave of street protests, why would you expect this voter base to stick around?

      Dems love to talk about FDR as a big political reformer, but what they often neglect was his success as a partisan party builder. Guys like Clinton and Obama and Biden come into office thinking their voters owe them something for kicking the Republican out. Guys like FDR, LBJ, and Reagan come into office thinking their voters need to be rewarded for delivering the vote.

      the person who needs to do a lot more shutting the fuck up

      How many times do I see people whip their dicks out in the middle of an online forum and tell their opponents to STFU?

      How many times has it ever worked?