this post was submitted on 06 Apr 2026
583 points (97.9% liked)

Political Humor

1962 readers
1339 users here now

Welcome to Political Humor!

Rules:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Okay let's remove the "are we better than her" part, do you think that her stance here is entirely null and void because of the person she is? Would you change your mind if Bernie said it?

I'm not saying you have to start a relationship with her or start pioneering her cause, but if you're going to discount a point you might agree with because of the person, what's the point of making policies in the first place? We might as well hit full send and send politics to where I see it going, just put the candidates on a tinder like app with no more than a tweet of what they're about, have them put on a red or blue tie and be done with it. No need for nuance, just vote based on looks, hell, we don't even need the blurbs at the bottom.

[–] Cherries@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You do not, under any circumstance, gotta hand it to Hitler. The nuance here is that MTG is a piece of shit. We must be intolerant of the intolerant because welcoming them and accepting them society provides an opening for them to spread their anti social beliefs. Before they are welcomed into polite society, they must show that they have changed and are compatible with polite society.

It is ok to have disagreements with others, so long as the disagreements aren't something like, "we disagree if gay people should be allowed to get married". People who hold such anti social beliefs must not be allowed a foothold. People like MTG use the more sane policies as cover to infiltrate and spread their actual beliefs, like Jewish Space Lasers.

You are too focused on the trees to notice that the forest is garbage. The nuance here is not that MTG has some good takes. The nuance here is that MTG will say and do anything to advance her anti social agenda.

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

My man, if I'm focused on the trees you're sitting there staring at a leaf. I feel like I've been pretty on point about what I'm trying to say here. You can agree with something someone you hate said. If you can't, you're letting emotions take over logic

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I appreciate it but Im also highly aware that nobody is going to be changing their mind in this discussion. I just hate to see a smart place like Lemmy devolve into what I would call "dumb politics"

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Too late, I just got here admittedly but it has been not what I would call intelligent. Better than Reddit. Like hepatitis is better than aids

We are not led, we are disunited, the enemy is organized. Until that changes we lose.

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 22 hours ago

Well said brother

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you can’t, you’re letting emotions take over logic

MTG is a politician, not a logician, and people’s responses to her bigoted ass don’t have to be restrained to pure logic.

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago

All you control in this life is your own response to stimuli, MTG isn't making you be illogical, you are.

[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Well, Hitler wanted every German to do sports and be fit and was against smoking. He was a monster but in those things he was on the right side.

[–] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 1 points 1 day ago

Who's doing that?