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The Democrats are not protectors, they're not heroes, they're not martyrs. The Democrat party is not a revolutionary party, they're a party of people who generally liked things the way they were between roughly 1980 and 2016. They're the party of people who did very well for themselves during that period, and as a result they have a lot to lose. They're not going to risk all that they've gained, to fight for someone else's vision of a theoretically better society.
You do realize what the Uvalde cops are famous for right? They arrested parents that tried to get into the school to save their kids. They stopped one of their own from trying to enter the classroom to save his wife.
Democrats want to stop Trump, using a corrupt system, with one arm tied behind their backs, while using the other one to finger wag at ANYONE not following the norms that no longer exist.
Democrats want to stop Trump
Perhaps, but not enough to metaphorically go rushing into a school where there's an active shooter, putting their lives at risk.
Well fuckin said! That is exactly right!
Isn't the 1980s mostly Reagan whom we and democrats alike quite hated for nearly everything?
The Democrats didn't hate Reagan enough to not continue with his neoliberal policies once they got back into office in 1992. In fact, the neoliberal era really started in the late 70s when the Democrat Jimmy Carter was in office.
What did Carter do?
1993
Democrats are the party of controlled opposition. Do you hate Republicans and want a reasonable chance for the opposition to win? Vote Democrat! What's that, you want progressive policies like parental tax credits, universal health care, or regulated housing prices? Tough shit, our corporate overlords say no. Vote for us anyway though to keep a stagnant government or else watch Republicans bring a sledgehammer to its foundations! The DNC desperately needs an overhaul in its leadership.
What are you talking about, clearly The Blue Party of Business and Capitalism is the enemy of The Red Party of Business and Capitalism. Haven't you seen their brand messaging?
I prefer to think of the Democrats/neoliberals as AIDS and Republicans/fascists as pneumonia. It's the pneumonia that kills you, but it's the AIDS that has to be addressed if you want to survive. Establishment Democrats sap our ability to fight off fascism, and now fascism has come for us.
It depends on if the Uvalde cops were being paid NOT to go into the school
…and the American people are the citizens of Uvalde safe in their homes watching it live on their screens.
I'd like to see Democrats doing a whole fuck more, but this is a shit analogy.
I think that's a perfect analogy.
I feel this applies to the current relationship between US and EU as well. Dear EU, step the fuck up!
Oh haven't you heard? They've scheduled an appointment to pick a date for a meeting where they'll sit down to deliberate about a twelve-pronged approach to build towards consensus about using stern words. Keeping my fingers crossed.
That is the truth.
Yesss...the propaganda is working.