Thunderbird4

@Thunderbird4@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨South Afruleca⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Could you kick up the 4d3d3d3?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the US really have no instruments in case a newly elected president immediatelly and openly exposes he's a nazi?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dude just can’t run/be on a ballot.

  We tried that. The states, ostensibly, run federal elections independently of the federal government and decide who goes on the ballots. Colorado, Illinois, and Maine removed trump from their 2024 ballots on the grounds that he was ineligible under the 14th amendment. SCOTUS struck it down saying that the states (who, again, are supposed to have authority to run and administer federal elections within their territory) do not have the authority to enforce the insurrection clause of the 14th amendment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta Censors #Democrat when searched for⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, I’d rather push them into embracing actual, full on nazi symbology. Believe it or not, the majority of the American public do not see republicans as nazis. The sooner they look like it, the sooner the last plausible deniability falls, and the sooner the “cheaper eggs,” “voted for the economy” idiots have to face the realities of their decisions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ghost jobs are wreaking havoc on tech workers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And if they force the applicants to fill out the salary requirements portion of the application, they get data they can use to argue against raises as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Never give up⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People always forget about the lurkers. Most people with less-informed, more impressionable views on a given topic aren’t posting and debating, they’re reading and learning (despite the unfortunate exceptions). Seeing some wacko extremist nonsense or voter suppression tactic go unchallenged by a more reasonable argument may be enough to sway a not-yet-fanatic in the wrong direction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You're in the right place⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Turns out it’s just a canoe rental place that’s named “Laundromat Bingo Tanning Notary.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty low, actually. Viking _Hippie is actually a pretty legit Lemmy contributor, despite having some utter garbage takes on American politics and making occasionally disingenuous arguments for them, as above. Pretty sure he’s Danish though, not Russian.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And Obama broke the legal Occupy Wall Street and killed civilians in Yemen with drone strikes. So he takes the title instead? “Most progressive” is a comparative qualification, and he does not need to BE a progressive to take the title.

  While I agree that the strike shouldn’t have been broken and that the rail workers should have the right to stop as much work as they control in order to make their demands heard, Biden also became the first president to walk a picket line during that strike and ultimately got the rail workers a deal that their unions all were reportedly happy with. He may not be everything you want, but he IS the most pro-union president of my lifetime. Again, not a high bar to clear. Recognize progress when it happens, even if it’s not your dream come true.

  Furthermore, with all the terrifying examples of actual rising fascism that surround us right now, don’t muddy the waters with BS like that. It just makes you look like a troll.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Reagan, HW Bush, Clinton, W Bush, Obama, Trump. Take your pick.

  “Most progressive” is not a high bar to clear. It’s a reasonably fair claim that Biden has been more progressive than Obama, and definitely isn’t outrageous enough to justify ranting about crack smoking and traumatic brain damage.