But Don't Dare Call Them Racists!

[Anonymous]

To be fair, outside of actual athletes, most men look like dweebs before 30 these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What these exchanges illustrates what a lot of democrats and indendents on these boards have been trying to articulate. The division between the GOP and the rest of the country is no longer about "politics" - a policy disagreement about how much to invest in roads versus solar or crime mitigation via more cops on the streets versus more afterschool programs is one thing.

But these exchanges show that the very core of the GOP is now based on the various '-isms' that civil rights activitists have been fighting for for hundreds of years.

So when people on the right tell people on the left to "get over it" and "it was just an election" - no, it isn't. We are fighting for our right to exist, our right not to be gassed, our right to have access to jobs and opportunity and the same privileges as these [/b]fat white dudes are enjoying.[b]

You made some excellent points, but this tickled me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And lemme guess...Their parents are all "upstanding members of society" and they are all proud Christians.

You forgot to put "Christian" in quotes. People like this don't even come close to following the teachings of Jesus. Not even close.

It's pretty common for Christians to mostly ignore the teachings of Jesus.

So many people confuse Christian with Christlike.

Christians are the people who Christ saved from their sins. A Christian can be a Christlike person, but nothing about Christianity makes a Christian Christlike.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What these exchanges illustrates what a lot of democrats and indendents on these boards have been trying to articulate. The division between the GOP and the rest of the country is no longer about "politics" - a policy disagreement about how much to invest in roads versus solar or crime mitigation via more cops on the streets versus more afterschool programs is one thing.

But these exchanges show that the very core of the GOP is now based on the various '-isms' that civil rights activitists have been fighting for for hundreds of years.

So when people on the right tell people on the left to "get over it" and "it was just an election" - no, it isn't. We are fighting for our right to exist, our right not to be gassed, our right to have access to jobs and opportunity and the same privileges as these fat white dudes are enjoying.

Yes and even when demonstrated clear as day including use of slurs and holocaust references, they will still cling to their cult and call us the woke lunatic radicals. I’ve given up on anything getting through to the people who apparently condone horrific racism and misogyny. They don’t care. Just so long as they can feel superior to somebody.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP. I’m a deeply disillusioned lifelong Democrat who basically despises the entire Democratic party now, but cannot stomach voting Republican. It’s stuff like this that is why. It’s just too endemic in the Republican party.

Same, very frustrated with Democrats, but I cannot stomach how the Republican party overlooks this stuff with "whataboutism." As a woman, also cannot stomach how they embrace Christian nationalists like Hesgeth or Kirk who use the bible as an excuse for viewing women as subservient.

PP here. I agree, though truthfully I don’t think that the Democrats are better as far as viewing women as subservient. They just use different language.

But these texts are consistent with the whataboutism language of Republicans (they just dismiss it) and it’s revolting. The lack of concern is horrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the options...

vote for democrats

or

watch as you sit on the sidelines as the country falls deeper into a christian nationalist state


very binary

Yes, which is why I vote for Democrats even though I think they are corrupt, immoral, and hate the US. It’s such an awful choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What these exchanges illustrates what a lot of democrats and indendents on these boards have been trying to articulate. The division between the GOP and the rest of the country is no longer about "politics" - a policy disagreement about how much to invest in roads versus solar or crime mitigation via more cops on the streets versus more afterschool programs is one thing.

But these exchanges show that the very core of the GOP is now based on the various '-isms' that civil rights activitists have been fighting for for hundreds of years.

So when people on the right tell people on the left to "get over it" and "it was just an election" - no, it isn't. We are fighting for our right to exist, our right not to be gassed, our right to have access to jobs and opportunity and the same privileges as these fat white dudes are enjoying.

+1 The GOP abandoned conservatism back in the 1990s and adopted trolling and ontological bullying as its core mission.

They remind me of five year olds reveling in being able to eat cookies for breakfast and say All The Naughty Words because the grownups have gone away and nobody can stop them. For them, politics is just a 4chan competition to see who can say the most horrible, transgressive, taboo things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What these exchanges illustrates what a lot of democrats and indendents on these boards have been trying to articulate. The division between the GOP and the rest of the country is no longer about "politics" - a policy disagreement about how much to invest in roads versus solar or crime mitigation via more cops on the streets versus more afterschool programs is one thing.

But these exchanges show that the very core of the GOP is now based on the various '-isms' that civil rights activitists have been fighting for for hundreds of years.

So when people on the right tell people on the left to "get over it" and "it was just an election" - no, it isn't. We are fighting for our right to exist, our right not to be gassed, our right to have access to jobs and opportunity and the same privileges as these fat white dudes are enjoying.

+1 The GOP abandoned conservatism back in the 1990s and adopted trolling and ontological bullying as its core mission.

They remind me of five year olds reveling in being able to eat cookies for breakfast and say All The Naughty Words because the grownups have gone away and nobody can stop them. For them, politics is just a 4chan competition to see who can say the most horrible, transgressive, taboo things.

Politics has became a joke and all about culture wars in this country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. I’m a deeply disillusioned lifelong Democrat who basically despises the entire Democratic party now, but cannot stomach voting Republican. It’s stuff like this that is why. It’s just too endemic in the Republican party.

Same, very frustrated with Democrats, but I cannot stomach how the Republican party overlooks this stuff with "whataboutism." As a woman, also cannot stomach how they embrace Christian nationalists like Hesgeth or Kirk who use the bible as an excuse for viewing women as subservient.

PP here. I agree, though truthfully I don’t think that the Democrats are better as far as viewing women as subservient. They just use different language.

But these texts are consistent with the whataboutism language of Republicans (they just dismiss it) and it’s revolting. The lack of concern is horrible.

2 of the last three nominees for president were women.
Pro-choice so women can manage their own bodies
Pro child care, so women who want to, can partake in the work place
Pro-equal pay, so women and men earn the same salary for the same work

I could go on, but really not sure how you get to the bolded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What these exchanges illustrates what a lot of democrats and indendents on these boards have been trying to articulate. The division between the GOP and the rest of the country is no longer about "politics" - a policy disagreement about how much to invest in roads versus solar or crime mitigation via more cops on the streets versus more afterschool programs is one thing.

But these exchanges show that the very core of the GOP is now based on the various '-isms' that civil rights activitists have been fighting for for hundreds of years.

So when people on the right tell people on the left to "get over it" and "it was just an election" - no, it isn't. We are fighting for our right to exist, our right not to be gassed, our right to have access to jobs and opportunity and the same privileges as these fat white dudes are enjoying.

+1 The GOP abandoned conservatism back in the 1990s and adopted trolling and ontological bullying as its core mission.

They remind me of five year olds reveling in being able to eat cookies for breakfast and say All The Naughty Words because the grownups have gone away and nobody can stop them. For them, politics is just a 4chan competition to see who can say the most horrible, transgressive, taboo things.

It's when the South took control of the party and suddenly all white people morphed into rednecks.

[Anonymous]

And now the supreme court is going to over turn the voting rights act which will revert the confederate south to having no diverse representation in congress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And now the supreme court is going to over turn the voting rights act which will revert the confederate south to having no diverse representation in congress.

Yippee, more calvinball jurisprudence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not fond of Hochul but she’s good here

She is right on with this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. I’m a deeply disillusioned lifelong Democrat who basically despises the entire Democratic party now, but cannot stomach voting Republican. It’s stuff like this that is why. It’s just too endemic in the Republican party.

Same, very frustrated with Democrats, but I cannot stomach how the Republican party overlooks this stuff with "whataboutism." As a woman, also cannot stomach how they embrace Christian nationalists like Hesgeth or Kirk who use the bible as an excuse for viewing women as subservient.

PP here. I agree, though truthfully I don’t think that the Democrats are better as far as viewing women as subservient. They just use different language.

But these texts are consistent with the whataboutism language of Republicans (they just dismiss it) and it’s revolting. The lack of concern is horrible.

2 of the last three nominees for president were women.
Pro-choice so women can manage their own bodies
Pro child care, so women who want to, can partake in the work place
Pro-equal pay, so women and men earn the same salary for the same work

I could go on, but really not sure how you get to the bolded.

This is off topic for this thread, and you can start a different thread if you are truly interested, but one of the absolutely most distasteful aspects of the modern Democratic Party is that the narrow world view they prescribe and hold is so dogmatic and quasi-religious in nature that they cannot conceive of disagreement. I am an extremely reluctant Democrat voter who believes that Democrats are as much male supremacists as the Republicans. And I am not the only one.

But getting back on track, I can’t vote for Republicans so long as this nonsense is a key part of their party, and it is. It is a bridge too far. So of the awful choices, it is the Democrats at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Note how MAGA is defending these chats. They are a-ok with them.

I mean in fairness they are just being themselves....after all they voted in a "man" who has zero regard for humans especially women/girls. I mean we all know what he's done.