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[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

The democrats are not on our side they are just the lite beer version of the other guys

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

We just had one of the largest protests (if not the largest) in the history of US protests. The people are making themselves known and the media covered it this time. Let's celebrate that.

Why We're Organizing No Kings Protests on Saturday--A king is only a king if we bow down

For the would-be dictator, success depends on projecting power and creating an aura of inevitability. They need you to believe that Trump is the new normal, that the MAGA movement will be in power for the long haul, that the only rational move is to go along, keep your head down, and protect your own interests.

In short, it requires a countless number of people in a countless number of places to do something that the Trump regime doesn’t want them to do, or to NOT do something the Trump regime wants them to do. That’s how we shake off the aura of inevitability and halt the autocratic breakthrough.

For that to happen, people need to feel like we’re part of something bigger. We need to understand that we’re part of a movement. We need to feel like we will win.

https://www.howwefightback.com/p/why-were-organizing-no-kings-protests

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[–] onesixone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago

Everyone needs to do their part. That includes you and me. Dont wait for others to step up, show responsibility by leading by example.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 4 points 19 hours ago

But if we Make REPUBLICANS feel bad they MIGHT Lie to Their Supporters and TRY to KILL us! Again! For the Sixth time! This Decade!

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 1 points 20 hours ago

The moral high road is filled with corpses.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

The problem was the DNC running sham primaries...

Neoliberals just got voted out of DNC leadership. And Martin just got two neoliberl superdelegates who sat on the committee that had been influencing primaries to completely leave the DNC.

That is fucking huge. And everyone is just ignoring it, it even worse, acting like it's a bad thing.

The war over the Dem party is done. Neoliberals lost, Americans won.

[–] twice_hatch@midwest.social 0 points 17 hours ago

Also I urge people to vote

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works -2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

It's funny that I see this exact same argument repeated frequently, regardless of which political leanings the forums I'm reading take.

There are bad actors out there seeking to torment good people until they snap and actually internalize the idea that behaving poorly, deliberately, is a good idea. They don't care one bit what you believe, only that they don't like you and want you to hurt yourself.

Stay safe.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Watch CSPAN and read Congress.gov before criticizing the only people in our government trying to put a stop to this.

Democrats forced three 15-day votes against Trump’s executive orders, confirmed Biden’s pending judicial appointments when Republican attendance was low, publicly call out Trump’s overstepping of his powers and failure to uphold the Constitution, filed articles of impeachment against Trump, voted against deportations and tariffs, and are the ones bringing these cases to the courts. They DOA’d the only supermajority bills that the Republicans have introduced, including the SAVE Act, which would have disenfranchised married women and trans people from voting. They held four 24+ hour hearings, debating each provision of the reconciliation bill, line-by-line, just to get Republicans on record defending each position. They have repeatedly called for Hegseth and Gabbard to step down, to their faces in congressional hearings, for reasons of incompetence and conflict of interest, respectively.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -3 points 20 hours ago

It sounds a lot like OP want the DNC to shift right?

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

There are no two major parties in the US .... it's all the same party

[–] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Why the fuck is one party treated differently then the other party?

If they are the fucking same they would advocate for same shit and vote alone the same lines... that doesn't fucking happen.

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[–] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

“Growing a spine” is contradictory to “going low”.

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