Incredible take. “Pride flags were allowed when Democrats controlled the House, and are disallowed now that they don’t. Ergo, there is no point giving them the House.”
Democrats wouldn’t shut down the government to save Ukraine from Russia - if you’re fine with that but want them to shut down the government over Pride flags, I dunno what to tell you.
It is but it’s also deeply sad and it tells you that these people don’t actually care about the issues they’re complaining about at all. It’s just “what can I find today to attack democrats for to get likes from edgelords”
Because shutting down the government is stupid and counterproductive and would be MORE counterproductive b/c the "liberal" media will absolutely say it's all Dems fault given a single chance.
"The bad guys came to power and used it against us because too many people smugly didn't vote for enough allies, so I'm gonna smugly blame the allies and not vote for them" - a genius amongst us
But even more so, what is the minority supposed to even be doing here? A government shutdown is a threat with no leverage, the same wing of the opposition party that wants the flag down wants a government shutdown! They've been dying for a chance to blame the Democrats for the economic fallout!
Sometimes, Presidents have to take questionable actions to Save the country .. Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt for instance ...Trump is on the other side of that dangerous path...he wants to Destroy America and what it stands for because Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un said they liked him..Vote Biden.
at least the Pride flags thing is a compromise Democrats participated in. when someone reacts to something done entirely by Republicans with rage about the Democrats, my block finger gets itchy
And the Pride flag thing was just reported out as something Biden had done, so understandable people would believe it. I wish there was a way to pause this app and shout out corrected info, like on a schoolyard.
Blue States have passed trans protections and guaranteed youth trans care. Red States have done that opposite. Blue States have passed laws that forbid repatriation of trans youth to red States. The GOP tried to ban gender care in this budget deal, Biden got it down to a temporary flag ban overseas.
I found him. I'm mad too but there are other more important things to fight the Dems about like KOSA and Cortez Masto tanking one of Biden's Muslim judicial nominees.
Not much. But also not my point. It’s easy to mock extreme reactions when you haven’t been one of the most sustained targets of the right wing hate machine.
Maybe before doing that consider why people might be quite pissed and that it might not ultimately be all about the immediate situation.
Sustained action from the right wing hate machine ekes out a win. Yes, that's a reason to be pissed, but mostly at the right wing hate machine, which is delighted to have you pissed off at Biden. (It's difficult to play defense against a relentless opponent; some shots get through.)
Biden could talk to the Attorney General he appointed and use that bully pulpit he was elected to.
So far he’s promised to have our back but it’s mostly just a promise.
I can do math. I’ll vote for Biden but not with any enthusiasm beyond not supporting the people who want to just kill us.
I spent much of my childhood being beaten repeatedly, harassed, neglected because gay-hating people perceived me as gay. I spent a lifetime drowning in PTSD from it, it ruined my life.
Sorry I'm not getting worked up over something this fucking trivial.
I don’t give a damn about this particular thing. It is the string of things that has lead up to “pride flags are banned from embassies is actually a win” that infuriates me.
Literally no one is saying it a win.
We are saying it not the end of the world, and it will hardly last the year.
Sometimes you have to take a small step back to take a step forward. That's what this is.
I'm starting to get a bit suspicious of allies whose idea of dealing with any new situation is to find a spot on our foot we haven't shot ourselves in yet and blasting away.
My understanding is this only applies to the main flagpole of the embassy. They can still have pride displays that are much more visible than just a flag on a pole.
