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[–] Grapho@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago

Libs think they're the party it's so sad lmao

[–] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 months ago (34 children)

The Democratic Party as a whole is like milk in your fridge that's a week past its "best by" date.

The Republican Party is milk that a dog vomited on a Texas in July sidewalk.

We're drinking one of them, because no alternative is possible in the near term.

It's possible to vote for Democrats in 2026 and '28 and '30 and '32 while we build an alternative that can have electoral success, or takeover the Democratic Party from within or heck turn the Republican Party into a party worth supporting...

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 6 points 9 months ago

I do believe the requirement is that you just need to be specific. Republicans generally suck all around right now so that's a valid statement.

However, if you're going to complain about Democrats you need to say something like, "the leadership sucks" or, "there's too many rich people influencing the party!"

That's been my experience so far 🤷

[–] St0ner@lemmy.wtf 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fuck both sides of the shitbird

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[–] Templa@beehaw.org 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I think that's something related to people only being used to a system with two parties. It is either one or the other, no other alternatives. And the fact that they do believe the democratic party is left-wing because it has some progressive views.

Edit: replaced "no in between" for "no other alternatives" because in this case, being in between is just being a centrist and it isn't what I meant

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