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[–] btbt@hexbear.net 78 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

This email kind of confirms the idea that liberalism is built upon nothing but liberals’ insatiable desire to feel intellectually and morally superior to everyone around them

[–] TemutheeChallahmet@hexbear.net 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah they need that feeling of intellectual elevation at all costs, it's why they hate simplifying their pitch to the American public in any way even if it would win them popular support, and love to cite technicalities to shut down people's hopes for Dem leaders to do anything.

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Somebody literally asks them to campaign at them and they roll their eyes and tell you to read their website because they love homework.

[–] TemutheeChallahmet@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's just terrible UX anyway, to link to the general website and not directly to your policy page.

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

It's terrible if you actually care about people looking at your policy page.

It's perfect if your goals is to make somebody scroll past a donation link to get to your policy page.

[–] Droplet@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is how people who think they are the Adults in the Room talk.

[–] elpaso@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

These people always have fucked family lives and do everything to hide it. Every time.

Be a normal person and do drugs like the rest of us.

[–] pumpchilienthusiast@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago

they were literally the grade school kids who would remind the teacher about assigning homework

[–] iie@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

gotta justify capitalism as meritocracy somehow

[–] yoink@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

fascism does love in-group/out-group dynamics that are taken as self-evident

[–] context@hexbear.net 62 points 1 year ago (2 children)

yeah my phone's been ringing non stop with all the podcasters trying to reach me

[–] Florn@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago

They talked a big game about parasocial relationships, but now that Biden lost they've shown that they really do want to be my friends.

Too late now!

[–] citrussy_capybara@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago

they crave context

[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 61 points 1 year ago (2 children)

omg the list of accomplishments on their website 😂

Rallying the World in Support of Ukraine

Since the start of Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, President Biden has rallied the world to stand with Ukraine, defend democracy, and stand up to autocracy.

unprovoked

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago

didn't even call it full-scale!

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ukraine was just sitting there, minding it's own business trying to genocide Russians and inviting hostile American bases and nuclear weapons inside when out of the blue Russia attacked them!

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The way most non-tankies cannot or refuse to understand spheres of influence, encirclement, what it means to have intermediate nuclear missiles along your borders, just staggers me. As long as it's their team westphalian sovereignty is inviolable.

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

They understand it when the other guys are doing it though. They understand that Russia flying planes right next to their airspace is a threat. They understand that China pushing out western capital in Africa is threat. They also understand that the USSR was threathening the evil empire by stationin nukes in Cuba, although they are militantly uncurious about what made the USSR and Cuba make that decision.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol are they actually mad they got ratio'd on Twitter by those podcast nerds?

[–] TemutheeChallahmet@hexbear.net 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah either Obama or David Axelrod forced the Pod Jons to issue semi-apologies.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago

Cowards should've doubled down.

I guess all that sweet sweet neoliberal blood money's just too hard to kick

[–] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

Doubt it was Axelrod. He was saying it was a disaster as a pundit immediately afterwards.

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 46 points 1 year ago

My panicked aunt, Thomas Friedman of the New York Times.

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

smuglord hey kid, don't trust your lying eyes or those of seemingly everyone around you

[–] pumpchilienthusiast@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

this is our final, most essential command

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

he did not have a stroke on stage and shit himself. he did not. he did not.

[–] PaX@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

self-important Podcasters

Holy fuck lmao rent-free

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

they're not even talking about chapo-boys, they mean the Pod Johns, the most in-the-pocket blue boosters around.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What did the pod johns do that has them so salty I missed it

[–] Runcible@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe one of them pointed out Biden was president now when he said that if he was re-elected he would reinstate roe v wade

[–] TemutheeChallahmet@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That was actually Pod Damn America's Jake Flores, the Pod John response was that Biden's debate performance was a "fucking disaster," which drew insane ire from their listeners and the staffers who feed them guests.

[–] TemutheeChallahmet@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Oof. Yeah they have lost the lanyards which is really something. Every single nyt article now just is filled with calls for his resignation. And all they're talking about is how the donors are reacting. Amazing really.

I do hope he drops if nothing else because this shit is just sad. Even trump feels bad for the guy. Watching them weekend at Bernie's this corpse for six months and then losing every single swing state will be devoid of all joy, not even schadenfreude.

[–] save_vs_death@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago

who would you believe, us, or your lying eyes

[–] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Literally just hello citizen! Here are your government set talking points. Be sure to propagandize your friends and family! And remember: if they don't come around to them, they may be an undesirable or Russian stooge and it's your duty to report them (to Reddit).

[–] Krono@lemmy.today 14 points 1 year ago

Sending the party-approved talking points directly to their bluemaga followers is a pretty good tactic, ngl

[–] banana_havoc@lemm.ee 36 points 1 year ago

This party has its head so far in the sand they can probably see the metropolis of the ancient mole civilization.

[–] LeZero@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We need those machines we need those machines we need those machines

[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

more of a Certain Dog

hahaha

they capitalized "Podcasters"

[–] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Listing "panicked aunt, MAGA uncle" is subtle misogyny

[–] itappearsthat@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

eh maybe, men in the US being right wing is a real phenomenon. take a look at some electoral maps if only men voted. also on a personal level this is a thing my hetero women friends hate about dating.

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

I don't think that is just an American phenomenon, men tends to be more right-wing than women. Men are swine.

[–] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

"Panicked" is basically synonymous with hysterical. Just a bad look to lead off with "hysterical woman"

[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago

partiotism Delude yourself and delude everyone around you

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago

At some level you must admire these wankers' commitment to the bit. Genocide Joe is super-Jesus and if reality veers it's ugly head in there and tries to convince them otherwise then reality itself is wrong.

[–] M68040@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

It's like they expect people to act like they want to win for them. The indifference and inflexibility are exasperating.

[–] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

self-important Podcasters*

*newest fad liberty-weeping

[–] betelgeuse@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

Uh oh your astute observations just got 5 pinocchios!

[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago