okay Vee, you win today’s #AltTxt #yaddayadda with this magnificent TL;DR of USians’ ignorance of politics:

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/116439062020351278

okay Vee, you win today’s #AltTxt #yaddayadda with this magnificent TL;DR of USians’ ignorance of politics:

❝ What American people think the political spectrum is:

Far Right: Trump
Right: Bush
Center: Bloomberg
Left: Warren
Far Left: Sanders

What actually is

Far Right: Trump, Bush, Bloomberg
Right: Warren
Center: Sanders
Left/Far-Left: anybody here gets killed by the CIA ❞

ps: this is why #California #Democrats need to nuke into oblivion billionaire parasite and Bloomberg buddie, Tom Steyer

[paninid@mastodon.world]

@blogdiva

If this is the same Vee I’m thinking about, I was blocked for even mentioning that #AltText wasn’t present

[ned@tech.lgbt]

@blogdiva Speaking as a Californian, I don't even care who the Democrats decide on, but I will be voting for Tom Styer's opponent, regardless of who that may be, even if I have to vote third party.

[veroniqueb99@mastodon.social]

@blogdiva yaaaaay! TYSM!

[orange_lux@eldritch.cafe]

@VeroniqueB99 @blogdiva thanks for the update!

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

FWIW
i agree with the Far Right re-alignment, not the rest. here’s my hot take:

Far Right: Trump, Bush, Bloomberg
Right: The Clintons, Newsome, Schumer, Pelosi etc
Center: Warren and Sanders
Center-Left: AOC, Rashid, Omar, Mandani
Left/Far-Left: anybody here gets killed by the CIA

#USpol

[joncruz@mstdn.social]

@ned @blogdiva even if that opponent is Steve Hilton or Sheriff Chad Bianco?

I'd not looked more than wanting to support Xavier Becerra

[meyerweb@mastodon.social]

@blogdiva Be fair, now. Sometimes the CIA doesn’t kill people on the far left because the FBI beats them to it.

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@blogdiva
This is so right on.

This covers why I get tired every time I read somebody throwing shade at "liberals". Like who does that mean?
I know who Sean Hannity thinks it means ...

[bredroll@mas.to]

@ohmu @blogdiva same, here in the UK, the "Liberal Democrats" are the firmly centre party.

In Australia, the "Liberal Party" are definitely a right-wing party

[bredroll@mas.to]

@blogdiva to add some more data points, where would you put Mussolini or FDR?

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@Bredroll
Kind of similar: The Jimintō (自由民主党) is called the "Liberal Democratic Party" (LDP) in Anglophone media. They have ruled Japan my entire life and have only ever been right wing.
But "liberal" doesn't match any words in the party's actual name. Go figure.

[bredroll@mas.to]

@flipper @blogdiva yes, it kind of adds to the gravity of the category

[caffeinatedgeek@thecanadian.social]

@Meyerweb @blogdiva I thought that was ICE’s job now.

[temptoetiam@eldritch.cafe]

@blogdiva *MaMdani

[kkarhan@jorts.horse]

@ohmu @Bredroll they are as right-wing as #Germany's #FDP, if not more…

[hal_pomeranz@infosec.exchange]

@blogdiva “How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?”