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So you're mad that he's making it a campaign issue because he didn't explicitly make it one beforehand, which he did, you just either didn't read the news when he did or forgot he did it.
I'm as annoyed with Dems not being loud enough as the next guy but at a certain point it stops being their fault for being bad at communicating and yours for just refusing to listen.
The article itself in the headline calls out that this is an effort that he's been contributing to and is publicizing a fresh push in.
Porcelain American Shit.
yes. Im mad he waited till close to election to really make an issue of this instead of leaving it on the back burner. This is a MASSIVE FUCKING THING that he has said next to nothing about. yes I know he has finger waged about it a few times, i haven't forgotten.
also...dude is that porcelain thing like a signature for you?
If it's such a "fucking massive thing" then why did no one bother to show up to vote in 2016? 2016 had the lowest voter turn out among young voters. Seems really convenient when something matters. Biden can do no right it seems, even though Roe v Wade was overturned like last year.
Because we had shit options in 2016. Remember? You were there right? Everybody constantly talking about how the fuck are we having to pick between Trump and Clinton?
I showed up and I voted for Clinton even though I wasn't happy about it but yeah... Here we are.
Also I'm not understanding your quotation marks around massive fucking thing. Are you trying to act like this isn't actually a big deal? That this isn't a hot button issue among people? That's the only thing I can figure out you're trying to imply with that?
I put it in quotation marks because it's only a massive fucking thing when it's convenient. Apparently constantly purity testing our candidates is WAY more important than actually accomplishing things.
To YOU its only a big deal when its convenient. To me this has been a big issue for a long time.
again...and i don't get why i have to keep saying this to you fucking cultists....I like Biden. But that means you are allowed to dislike some of his decisions. Stop acting like a redhat and lashing out anyone who dares to question a single misstep your god emperor takes.
Woah I don't care for Biden. What I care about is getting a super majority so we can pass meaningful policy and appoint the right people in leadership. For some reason online discourse is either a) purity testing the presidential candidate b) acting as if the president alone has some kind of universal magical powers that can fix all our problems.
God you love those words purity testing. But I'm glad you, at least now, agree this is a big deal as opposed to the way you tried to downplay it in your original post.
But again...all this bullshit from you and other people came about because I dared to criticize a singe action of Biden's, a man who ive said multiple times, I actually like. As much as one can like most politicians these days anyways. People blabbering about purity testing. People literally calling me a saboteur to the democratic party. People claiming I'm going out of my way to try to get Trump elected.
Holy fuck politics in this country are a joke.
edit-Oh yeah, Can't forget me questioning Biden had someone like you give me a massive speech about how horrible white people are that a mod ended up removing. All because i said "so he waited to make this an election issue". All those things from that one simple comment.
You're welcome to criticize Biden as much as you want. I don't care, but do it on the right merits and with an understanding of how legislation gets passed. Because singling out the president is such a moronic thing in this context. Of course it's an election issue. But apparently that's not good enough because he could have somehow done more even though we have a republican majority in the Senate. Do you see how that comes off as really disingenuous criticism? It's just rehashing "Biden bad" for the sake of ....what?
All I have been saying, over and over and over, is he could have at least been doing exactly what he's doing here, this right here, at the very least. Instead he waited to do this as a reelection issue. This one tiny little criticism.
And that makes he a horrible white man plotting the downfall of the democratic party and telling people to vote for Trump.
Listen, if he's not reelected we ain't getting shit done. It's over. This is the nature of politics. Without power or secure coalitions we ain't getting anything done. It's not like this alone is going to sway voters. This guy has a big mountain to climb to stay in office it seems. This might be an electoral gesture, but in the Grand scheme it's a drop in the bucket. We can keep our eyes on the prize or we can bitch and moan all day about how imperfect Joe is. He's here for only four years, our lives and the lives of our kids have to go through multiple administrations. I'm here for the long game. Is Joe my favorite candidate of all time? God no. But politics is a marathon not a sprint.
I never said he should not be reelected and I don't bitch and moan about how imperfect he is all day. I criticized a single action of his on a single thread and now, for over 24 hours, people like you have been harassing me, making things up about me, and insulting me for doing so.
Also I need to point out that all I did was criticize a single fucking action of Biden's and you're trying to turn that into, not only questioning my loyalty to the fucking party, but also saying I'm trying to sabotage the goddamn party.
By criticizing a single fucking action of his. One. One thing I criticized and this is your reaction.
You are literally a fucking cultist. You are exactly 100% the democrat version of a red hat. Frothing in rage at anyone who dares to question a single step your god emperor makes.
Don't you dare bring up the ongoing genocide or you'll be excommunicated 🙄
Holy ever living fuck my man. Not only are you racist as shit but you are completely making shit up. Nowhere did I say we shouldn't be voting for Democrats. I've been very fucking clear that the Republicans are a million times worse and I will be sticking with Democrats.
But seriously... Please reread what you fucking said and tell me how it isn't just pure fucking racism.
Don't pretend to be dense. The criticism you are receiving has nothing to do with you criticizing biden. Most people here probably agree with you so there's nothing to say about that. It has to do with you choosing to distract from your main point by using obscure insults.
.... What
So does porcelain American mean brittle and prone to fracture, or is it an exclusively white person designation, or most probably both? Genuinely asking, as it is a neologism for me
I was wondering the same thing. Its not a winning message if its the latter. I have to assume they are a bad actor if they want to hurt their own cause that bad. Its one thing to complain about what white people did and are doing. Its another to call them names. I can separate myself from the white people doing shitty things. I can't separate myself from my skin color. Insulting it doesn't help anyone.
I absolutely think leftists should hold their nose and vote dem. Insulting me doesn't change that but unfortunately it can sway some people.
Removed. "Porcelain Americans" is a clever slur for "white people", but if we allow clever slurs for one, it will be slurs all the way down.
Ain't a slur if it's only an insult on the fragile ones high on their own privilege.
I don't think you know what a slur is lol.
A perjorative, against a class of people, designed to denigrate and abuse that class? Sure I do.
Just because it's creative and new doesn't mean we should allow it because then the sub will be filled with all kinds of creative new terms for other groups.
Sure thang bawss.
He did make it an issue an election ago. "vote for us and we'll do something".