• Suavevillain@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Liberals: “There is no such thing as Blue MAGA.”

    Also Liberals: “Why aren’t you pledging your undying loyalty to Harris without question just like me?” 😡

    She had a very fair and reasonable take. Anyone should be skeptical and voting for Harris to Deny Trump is fine but that doesn’t mean there aren’t issues. People know the playbook by now material conditions and systematic issues won’t get addressed post election.

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      2 months ago

      Endorsing is not the same as undying loyalty. Seems obvious. But I guess it has to be stated clearly.

      I think it’s perfectly fine to criticize anybody who says they’ll do everything in their power to support LGBTQ+, and then refuse to endorse Harris (even though she basically has).

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        2 months ago

        She said she is still voting for her. I wouldn’t endorse someone active in genocide and who doesn’t match my values as well. I think she was fair and told people to think for themselves. It is good to see a celeb that isn’t a yes man for once.

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          I completely respect Gaza making people reluctant voters. But don’t tell me you’re doing everything in your power for LGBTQ+ if you’re not going to support the only candidate who supports those rights. Just don’t even mention it if you’re going to contradict it.

          Now, I only discovered who this person is this week (I heard one of her songs before all this stuff blew up). I don’t hate this person. My issues with her stance is about as minor as it can possibly be.

          I’m just a passive observer who is watching half the country vote for a megalomaniac, a sliver of ill informed cynics vote for a Russian stooge, and a bunch of otherwise rational Americans pretend they don’t STRONGLY side with one party of another on 95% of issues.

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            2 months ago

            I don’t think Trump should win. I also don’t think the status quo works for all Americans, and I would be skeptical of someone who recently bragged about Dick Cheney endorsements and seems to be shifting right on policy. Chappell wants voters to come to their own decision, and I think that best. Even Bernie said something similar of just don’t blindly listen to me if you think I’m wrong. It is healthy for democracy.

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              I watch enough cable news to know that they don’t take the extremism on the right seriously enough. And they’re too chicken shit to call it out 90% of the time because then they’ll look biased. They try to attack the left over literally anything to appear impartial.

              I pay attention to politics. And I notice the shit that happens that gets ignored.

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                I think it’s because the corporate media supports corporate status quo of corporate politicians on both sides.

                They manufacture culture wars when a real leftist starts to get their message out, for example the millionaire cable news hosts called out Bernie for having a million dollars after he wrote a New York Times best seller. lol, wtaf.

                That’s one small example, but the corporate cable news doesn’t want us to see past R good D bad, or vice versa.

                We actually have a lot more in common than we realize. Every body is pissed pff about money in politics, for example.

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                I think it’s because the corporate media supports corporate status quo of corporate politicians on both sides.

                They manufacture culture wars when a real leftist starts to get their message out, for example the millionaire cable news hosts called out Bernie for having a million dollars after he wrote a New York Times best seller. lol, wtaf.

                That’s one small example, but the corporate cable news doesn’t want us to see past R good D bad, or vice versa.

                We actually have a lot more in common than we realize. Every body is pissed pff about money in politics, for example.