" #Democrats deliver ‘stunning’ flip in New Hampshire special election, latest in series of 28 upsets"
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@benroyce @davoyager what’s really soul crushing is when you hear about a candidate running unopposed. How do we not have a database with good UI/UX that independents & newcomers seeking party support can find races where their only competition is some 1,000 year old okiedoke who hasn’t brought their best for decades?
we can build it. that's an important job, among many important jobs we have to do
but job #1 is we need to show the fuck up
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@saltywizard @benroyce @davoyager Which is it? Pitchfork or pick? The former would be better for tossing out rotten old garbage, but the latter better for fossilized blockheads.
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the #Democrats do suck. it's not just #Fetterman. many go "aw shucks" and then speak for their special interest donors instead of the people
but
the Dems are also #AOC, #Mamdani, #Talarico, #Warren, etc
so
we show up in the #primaries and get 50 Mamdanis on the #ballot for the November #election
if instead someone goes "Fetterman exists, therefore all Dems are the same as the #GOP" they are #trollfarm from the right working a divide and conquer angle, or they are a moron
@benroyce @davoyager so true. Contructive, not fatalistic. People suck, but some suck far less
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@saltywizard @benroyce @davoyager Which is it? Pitchfork or pick? The former would be better for tossing out rotten old garbage, but the latter better for fossilized blockheads.
guillotine
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guillotine
@benroyce @saltywizard @davoyager That's a good way to get ahead of a governance crisis.
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thank you
and help your own goal you just stated by always denoting that in posts that point out how much the democrats suck
"democrats suck"
1. "...therefore don't vote, and only help MAGA and fascism"
2. "...therefore vote in the primaries, to get real left candidates"
ALWAYS indicate #2 in your posts, so that #1 is not the effect of your posts
@benroyce @mattdm @davoyager #2, and it's the only reason I'm a registered Democrat: depending on the candidates, I might "throw away" my vote for a bona fide socialist or as close as I can find to one. Note: I did not do that last year and Harris and our Democratic Senator who was up would've won my state even if a pretty sizeable bunch of us had.
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guillotine
@benroyce @log @saltywizard @davoyager
This word is delightful even without the rest of the context of the conversation.
What if... We just did workshops on how to build guillotines?
Sorry, I saw the word and got a little excited.
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@benroyce This kind of bothsideism is what has gotten us in this situation in the first place. The only Dem I can think of who "sucks" is Fetterman. Name another one or give it a rest
@davoyager @benroyce Kyrsten Sinema?
Oh, wait, she's gone. Wonder how that happened? She saw the polling data for her upcoming primary. -
@benroyce @mattdm @davoyager #2, and it's the only reason I'm a registered Democrat: depending on the candidates, I might "throw away" my vote for a bona fide socialist or as close as I can find to one. Note: I did not do that last year and Harris and our Democratic Senator who was up would've won my state even if a pretty sizeable bunch of us had.
thank you
there is zero shame in "i fucked up, but i won't fuck up again"
we all fuck up in life
there is plenty of shame in "i fucked up, and i'm doubling down, because i can't admit to myself i am not perfect. i never say or do anything wrong"
getting rid of #trump, #MAGA, and #fascism depends upon millions of nonvoters admitting they fucked up, and showing the fuck up
especially in the #primaries to get us real #left #candidates!
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@benroyce @log @saltywizard @davoyager
This word is delightful even without the rest of the context of the conversation.
What if... We just did workshops on how to build guillotines?
Sorry, I saw the word and got a little excited.
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we can build it. that's an important job, among many important jobs we have to do
but job #1 is we need to show the fuck up
@benroyce @davoyager so many jobs. We millennials, especially, have been asleep at the wheel, or watching US politics like a spectator sport.
It’s not an accident that they keep screwing us - it reinforces that feeling of helplessness!
We need to email blast every dem and independent about every upcoming thing they need to do now until the general, and keep doing it.
Wakey wakey! Every election matters. EVERY ELECTION.
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@benroyce @log @saltywizard @davoyager
This word is delightful even without the rest of the context of the conversation.
What if... We just did workshops on how to build guillotines?
Sorry, I saw the word and got a little excited.
@401matthall @benroyce @saltywizard @davoyager As a patriotic American, I think we should make the device more compact by replacing the potential energy storage with an automobile suspension spring or two. And pay honor to our political system by winding it up with a ratchet and pawl that gets more dangerous the more you crank it over to the right.
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@401matthall @benroyce @saltywizard @davoyager As a patriotic American, I think we should make the device more compact by replacing the potential energy storage with an automobile suspension spring or two. And pay honor to our political system by winding it up with a ratchet and pawl that gets more dangerous the more you crank it over to the right.
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thank you
there is zero shame in "i fucked up, but i won't fuck up again"
we all fuck up in life
there is plenty of shame in "i fucked up, and i'm doubling down, because i can't admit to myself i am not perfect. i never say or do anything wrong"
getting rid of #trump, #MAGA, and #fascism depends upon millions of nonvoters admitting they fucked up, and showing the fuck up
especially in the #primaries to get us real #left #candidates!
@benroyce @kingtor @mattdm @davoyager you know what: IF this happens the US just propelled itself to the front line of the most epic battle of all times and the world will be able to learn from that fight for generations to come. my guys you are making history.
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agreed
the answer to your question is we mob the fucking primaries coming up soon and get real leftist candidates in there
the problem is primary turnout is *atrocious*
then we get 1 billion social media comments whining the dem candidates suck
just imagine if all that energy was instead spent just showing up in the fucking primaries
and this is where we note that a lot of the whining energy out there is a purposeful trollfarm effort to suppress leftist vote turnout
then we get 1 billion social media comments whining the dem candidates suck
ahhhh, but the key is that it is russian bots that are posting those posts.
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@benroyce @mattdm @davoyager #2, and it's the only reason I'm a registered Democrat: depending on the candidates, I might "throw away" my vote for a bona fide socialist or as close as I can find to one. Note: I did not do that last year and Harris and our Democratic Senator who was up would've won my state even if a pretty sizeable bunch of us had.
@kingtor @benroyce @mattdm @davoyager So you actively campaign against the Democrats, and wash your hands clean because your state is going for the Democrats anyway.
And the fact that you and people like you actively campaign against the Democrats has no effect on the outcome anywhere else.
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@kingtor @benroyce @mattdm @davoyager So you actively campaign against the Democrats, and wash your hands clean because your state is going for the Democrats anyway.
And the fact that you and people like you actively campaign against the Democrats has no effect on the outcome anywhere else.
@Extra_Special_Carbon @kingtor @mattdm @davoyager
they are admitting fault and readjusting
so you thank them you don't attack them
jesus christ
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then we get 1 billion social media comments whining the dem candidates suck
ahhhh, but the key is that it is russian bots that are posting those posts.
@BuckRogers1965 @benroyce @andrew @davoyager 1 billion bot comments about how "the dem sucks" and many people will believe they're legit because fact checking is for "them dems."
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@BuckRogers1965 @benroyce @andrew @davoyager 1 billion bot comments about how "the dem sucks" and many people will believe they're legit because fact checking is for "them dems."
@macacator @benroyce @andrew @davoyager
People believe what they want to believe, you telling them stuff does not change that.
Just go forward with what you want to be trrue and assume it is true, make your own reality.
You whining about bots whining contributes what exactly.
Make positive posts about the people you want to see represent you.
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@benroyce @kingtor @mattdm @davoyager you know what: IF this happens the US just propelled itself to the front line of the most epic battle of all times and the world will be able to learn from that fight for generations to come. my guys you are making history.
@kali @benroyce @mattdm @davoyager I didn't fuck up (in terms of registering and voting, I've fucked up in plenty of ways—just ask my wife). I have when I was younger, although the cost was pretty low, I think, and did learn my lesson because it was pretty obvious the cost would be higher if W won (or stole) the election. I've been a registered Democrat, active in local politics and primaries, have and voted Democratic since 1998 when Newt Gingrich was on the march—even when I've had to hold my nose to do it.
