• Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOP
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    5 months ago

    So everyone is consumed by whether or not Biden is fit to run for president - and we have THIS shit going on…

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      5 months ago

      The problem is, he isn’t fit. He’s just less unfit. People are frustrated that instead of a normal, reasonable alternative, they have to pick the less ridiculous of two ridiculous options.

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        5 months ago

        I think part of the problem is that democrats/liberals expect more from their candidates. Republicans just care about winning and destroying the other party.

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          Oh . . no, they - they’re not Americans. They just have thoughts to share from, y’know wherever. Canada, Germany, . . .other. Places.

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              5 months ago

              Well, yes, but I meant it much more broadly - the election threads are full of hot takes from people all over, who all point out, quite correctly, that whatever happens in the election will also end up affecting them.

              It’s just an unfortunate circumstance that they don’t have any first hand experience of the process, with it’s many (and sometimes bizarre) quirks, so sometimes the hot takes are not as well informed as they otherwise would be.

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      5 months ago

      I really hate how comments like this frame it. It’s a blatant strawman fallacy.

      No shit we all know Trump is bad. Hello? He’s been saying this shit and doing TERRIBLE things for over 8 years now.

      The PROBLEM is that for whatever reason, none of this shit is sticking, even when the media covers things like January 6th hearings, his criminal indictments, his impeachments, etc…

      So while Biden’s numbers continue to decline and Trump widens his lead, are you REALLY going to sit there and say, “hey guys don’t worry, just one more scandal and this time we got him!”?

      So naturally since the cult isn’t changing, we must change ourselves to improve our odds.

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      5 months ago

      From now until forever all that the Dems need to say is, “we’re not THEM.”

      The Dems don’t ever need to even pretend to stand for anything or to earnestly propose any positive future to their voters.

    • fern@lemmy.autism.place
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      Biden being unfit and the right being insane are not mutually exclusive. It’s akin to choosing the lesser of two evils, and recognizing that they’re both evil. Meanwhile people are going around online denying that the lesser of two “evils” is evil because it’s not the greater evil.