Tippy

Just because you were ignorant and bought the propaganda doesn't mean everyone has. The US has always been an imperialist bully built on rampant capitalism, nationalism, and a misguided self-image of being exceptional. Instead of whining and incorrectly projecting that everyone was as gullible as you, perhaps you should focus on asking others to help you understand the US and its place globally in history, so you are less susceptible to more propaganda.

If even a fraction of the general US population was willing or capable of recognizing the reality of what the US is and has done, we'd be much better equipped to deal with the situation we're in. Instead, most choose to get indignant if you even dare to suggest they may be or were the bad guy at any moment ever.

"Fascism is hot and empowering when they have boobies haha"

You're a fucking moron

As much as I wish it were the case, this is not even close to the only dem I've spoken to who is brainwashed into thinking that anything truly left, like much of the world outside of the US, could never work in reality. Suggesting it means you voted 100% for Trump or Stein, and if you say you didn't you are lying. You can agree with them on damn near every social policy under the sun and provide metrics from progressive nations on their successes, and they'll refuse to accept that anyone could possibly be more progressive than them, despite literal mountains of easily verifiable evidence.

I think unfortunately many people are just very politically ignorant and have no desire to even begin to question the US process or try anything different. The US is simply the best at everything. Europe and their crazy whacko ideas may as well be an alien planet and not worth thinking about.

Of course this isn't all people, some shift is happening (as long as its not called socialism, generally), but in my personal experience leftist ideas pretty much get you locked out of any discussion. I typically get smug "Oh its so cute you're in your socialist phase, you'll grow out of it and understand politics like me" treatment.

I had a lib tell me the other day that democratic socialists are actually a secret SpecOp branch of the Tea Party tasked with infiltrating the dem party and undermining the efforts of patriots like Jeffries and Schumer, and that it is a blatant lie and MAGA propaganda that countries left of US dems exist and are functional. Europe has apparently been a warzone since WWII because they're taken over by socialist terror organizations. I was then blocked for linking to the Wikipedia article for Democratic Socialism.

I think breaking the blue tribe propaganda is going to be one hell of an uphill battle, unfortunately. A lot of dems align on policies with leftists, at least socially, but once you use the trigger words, their programming activates and freak the fuck out and call you a MAGA plant despite all evidence to the contrary.

Because of people like you ripping the reins back and saying people ready to stop this madness are wrong, we do not have the unity needed to start effective resistance conflict. We can't fight how we need to, because too many of you exist who are ready to throw us to the wolves if we try.

You are deluding yourself thinking that fascists understand anything but violence, that they will have empathy or pity for you if you act helpless enough for long enough. Meanwhile, people like the man in this article have real, tangible suffering that is all too easy for you to ignore, because you have never experienced it yourself

This is already a dark scenario and things are getting worse without getting better. We hit that magical 3.5% protest number a few months ago and here we are. The dictator just announced more troop deployments, stating that Portland, a major metro area filled woth normal people doing nothing wrong, is an active warzone taken over by terrorists and that the military can use full force to murder civilians in an attempt genocide the "others" in society.

You are refusing to grasp the reality of the situation. When enough people do what you are doing, it normalizes fascism.

Everyone wishes violence doesn't exist. No one wants to live through fascism or face the possibility of dying early in war. But refusing to prepare for those things when they are at your doorstep, and encouraging others to do the same, is dangerous and harmful.

So do you believe this 79 year old used violence and this was the result? My guess was he tried to be peaceful and naive, like you, and guess what? ICE laughed because they got an easy target.

You are also in these comments saying people can't provide an example of violence being used to stop fascism. Guess whatever passed for a school where you're from didn't teach you about allied forces spending years successfully beating back fascism. To be fair it was a very little known movement called World War Two. People like you not being taught what that sacrifice meant are the reason we are here.

Violence is a tool. It is neither good or bad. Looking at one group using violence to terrorize and harm innocents, and another group using it against THOSE people to stop it, and saying they're both equally bad is so incredibly absurd that it is obvious you are not arguing in good faith and instead siding with the first group but pretending to be neutral.

Waaaah waaah fox news told me all lefties are soft and scared and easy to bully, they aren't allowed to say mean things about US, this is bullshit I'm going to hide under mommies skirt

All the leftists I know watched ol kirky get aerated on repeat and MST3K'd that shit. Guess we're just tougher and less empathetic than your pansy republican ass, just like he would've wanted

What do we do about the murder of thousands by using AI to refuse medical care, and instead funnel the profits to shareholder portfolios?

Ah yes, Bush, the paragon of antifascism

This comment was satire, right?

So to sum up:

1. You think punishing immigrants will fix issues caused by capitalists somehow, don't worry about it they deserve it anyways

2. Whatever sciences you dislike (you keep saying social sciences, which I assume is a dogwhistle for anything you consider woke as you won't give specifics) are fake, but you can't prove it, just google it bro, you'll find the truth

3. You believe the fascist regime is doing a lot of things right

But it's us leftists that argue in bad faith and have no ideology, and are wrong for opposing things like fascism.

Thanks for playing.

🤷 try glasses