The funny thing is that there are plenty of plain old liberals that I like and respect? But crucially they don't pull the kind of shit that I complain about.
I was literally subtweeting you. Not JUST you, but I was complaining about several posters I had seen recently and that included SPECIFICALLY you. You, specifically and personally, are part of the problem because you cannot behave for five minutes to stop the fascism you supposedly care about.
Liberals keep being like, "If only those stupid leftists who I despise would form a coalition with us we'd wipe the floor with the far right" and I am begging you...
look - I'm receptive to both "no, it's gotta be him" arguments and "he's gotta step aside" arguments. not to be wishy-washy but both arguments have merit. "then we do a tourney" is OTOH flatly hilarious. yeah that'll go great. there will much much unity in the wake of the electoral deathmatch
I can only attribute Biden's bump in the polls to people hearing about the media and donor class freak out and thinking the media and donor class are dipshits.
Like, on the one hand, Project 2025 is a bunch of ridiculous wishlist items and even with Trump, a lot of them are still absurd. But on the other hand, we've absolutely seen that conservatives can go, "Yeah, no, I still support X" and then vote to take X away from themselves.
In 2020 we were told Biden's age didn't matter, we just had to suck it up for one election to oust Trump, because Biden wasn't going to run again anyway. Then a week ago, after skipping a real primary to push Biden through again they realized he was old.
The older I get the more convinced I am that the people who tell us that we need to shut up and listen to the adults in the room who know best are, in fact, the adults in the room.
regardless of what happens with the nomination, i will say this generation of dems--biden, pelosi, shumer, durbin, clyburn--have kindled a deep-seated hatred in me for them and their leadership, which is quite a feat given that i'm a lifelong dem who's voted, volunteered, and donated for 24 years
Yes, fears that you won't be attractive enough is gender dysphoria, but I should also note, it's also just patriarchy? Like, do I feel super attractive? Not particularly. I remember feeling a lot better about myself when I first transitioned, but like, I'm 44 now?? That was nearly 10 years ago?
I don't want to pick on that one guy but why would Labour protect trans people if when they fuck trans people over, they win? Even if it wasn't what CAUSED the win, it's enough to know that fucking over trans people won't cost them anything.
When we criticize Biden's policies we're accused of shitting on him and costing him the election then the exact same dudes freak out about his age, which has been a known quantity the entire time!
The TERF argument relies entirely on secret, unprovable assertions. As long as everyone else is a secret pervert, they can be discounted. They deny it? That's exactly what a secret pervert WOULD say.
The thread she's responding to isn't particularly helpful either.
I think the reason some men are criticizing TERFs is because trans people can already access bathrooms and women's shelters and we don't see them committing sexual assault!
TERFs are lying; that's why they're being criticized.
Once you buy the idea that biology is destiny and that your worth, your morality, your place in society is immutable, then you're pretty fucked when it comes to examining and deconstructing power structures.
What I'm saying is that transphobia rots brains.
Oh, good the Twin Cities Alamo Drafthouse is coming back. It was a schlep (and not as nice as the LA one, unfortunately) but man, it was a nicer theater than the others...
Jesus christ people, you need to understand that, "Don't worry, even if it all goes to shit, it'll be better in a few decades or centuries" isn't particularly fucking motivating.
As a general rule, once the number of people who'd have to die to significantly improve your political system (we'll call it a Bullet Number) dips into the single digits, things are going badly.
