• hydroptic@sopuli.xyzOP
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    2 months ago

    I’ve seen people say that Mamdani is a traitor because he didn’t denounce the NYPD after that snowball incident.

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      2 months ago

      Ex-New York Mayor Ed Koch put it so simply.

      “If you agree with me 51% of the time, vote for me. If you agree with me 100% of the time, see a psychiatrist.”

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        2 months ago

        Meanwhile, American leftists: “if I don’t agree with them 100% of the time they’re not a real leftist”

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          2 months ago

          actually it would be fucking nice if we could reach 50% agreement of the issues. too bad the establishment dems have more in common with republicans then their own base

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                2 months ago

                That is why you keep bringing up a single issue.

                Did your abstaining help Palestine in any way, shape or form? Because Trump has made it worse than whatever Kamela would have done.

                And your abstaining definitely made things worse for the rest outside of Palestine.

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                  I mean…if the democrats change their position and stop arming the genocide, then yes, it will have helped.

                  You say trump made it worse…I don’t see how; genocide is genocide…it was happening under Biden and it would have continued under Harris.

                  I didn’t make anything worse. The fascists did. Can you explain this ethical Rube Goldberg machine?

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            2 months ago

            They are alright and I wouldn’t mind seeing more people like them in our government. However, we have fundamentally different goals and major disagreements on policy that aren’t exactly reconciliable. I only said it would be nice to feel somewhat represented but I am aware that’s entirely unreasonable given my political agenda stands in direct contradiction to that of the people who run this country.

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              2 months ago

              Got it.

              Instead of looking at the world the way it actually is, and trying to do something helpful, you’ll dream about a perfect future.

              You’re like the guy who sees a house on fire and instead of grabbing a water bucket, goes into his basement to try and design a fireproof house.

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                2 months ago

                I actually do not know what you are talking about. The only statement I made here is that I feel unrepresented and wish it wasn’t that way. Where did you get the idea that I am politically uninvolved?