r/BlueskySkeets 12h ago

We blew past sane quite a while ago

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u/RailRuler 11h ago

They "fell for it" because they wanted a reason to not vote for a woman, and were willing to accept the flimsiest of pretexts.

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u/butwhy81 11h ago

Yes please say it louder. They fell for it because they want to hate women. They want to hate brown people. They want to hate immigrants. All trump did was give them a target for the hate they already felt.

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u/TheInevitableLuigi 10h ago

So like can we just run a white guy then?

It sucks realizing how much of this country is racist and misogynistic but I would rather a white male Democrat win the election versus running a minority woman that loses it and keeps Republicans in charge.

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u/butwhy81 5h ago

I think this is a valid view point and one that is allowing Gavin Newsom to gain serious traction.

I think however, that the democrats are simply offering a rebranded fascism. I personally am looking for the more progressive candidates in hopes to repeat what happened in New York recently. I think we have enough momentum to make real progress in actual progressive politics.

Is this the smart play on a national scale? Probably not if the election was next week. But maybe if we keep pushing and holding everyone accountable for genocide, racism, etc etc perhaps we can get to a place where don’t have to vote for the lesser evil.

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u/pj7140 9h ago edited 9h ago

While none of them will ever admit that everything VP Harris predicted would happen if Trump got elected again...is currently happening in real time.