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[–] becausechemistry@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Man, like they could have kept a big part of the government shut down to avoid funding more DHS stuff and negotiate to reopen without that funding. That would have been what you wanted.

THEY DID THAT. So how far do you want to move the goalposts this time?

[–] SalamenceFury@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Cool, one thing! What about them voting to approve every single one of his appointments? What about trying to abandon trans people? What about literally stonewalling every single thing Trump has tried to do in the exact same way the GOP was doing when they were the minority but instead doing nothing and begging for more donations?

You don't offset one bad thing by doing one good thing. So far the DNC hasn't done anything to make me think they're nothing but paper tigers, and that's why I'm telling every American to vote for a progressive in their state house/senate primaries. At this point you've forced all of the progressive's hands into colonizing your party to finally get results.

[–] becausechemistry@piefed.social -1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That’s not what this meme is about.

This meme says “if you vote for them, they will not do what you want. Probably best to sit this election out.” It is an attempt to convince people not to vote. How do you not understand this?

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

This meme says “if you vote for them, they will not do what you want. Probably best to sit this election out.”

The actions of the democratic party say that much louder than any meme ever could. If you don't want people getting that message, stop sending it.

[–] SalamenceFury@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

That is not what it is implying at all. It's essentially showing the DNC trying to gain votes by saying something clearly outlandish and extremely manipulative instead of doing the common sense thing of actually listening to the voters, which is the context of the original comic. No wonder America is cooked, more than half of ya'll read below a 6th grade level and you clearly demonstrated it live.

[–] becausechemistry@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can you give me an example of a currently-running democratic candidate for national office that is saying what you’re claiming they’re saying?

[–] SalamenceFury@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Any time candidates blame the voters. Which has happened a good amount of times just this year.

The comic context is that Charlie (the boy) is trying to kick the ball but Lucy keeps yanking the ball away just to be an asshole. Charlie shouldn't stop trying to kick the ball - it's LUCY who needs to stop being a fucking dick.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Charlie Brown should kick the living dung out of Lucy.

[–] SalamenceFury@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

Rather, kick her and then run the ball himself! (aka primarying every corporate democrat)

[–] becausechemistry@piefed.social 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“No” would have been a shorter response.

[–] SalamenceFury@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

And an incorrect one, so I didn't say it.