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"Dems/Left reaction to David Hogg's comments shows how we are cooked."


  

          

I hate Bill Maher by the way so the fact he embraces Hogg's comment is not a plus but look how his words are characterized in the tweet then actually watch what he says.

https://x.com/Fly_Sistah/status/1921333897519923456

He isn't really even talking about young men specifically, he says by the end young people in general.

And look at these reactions?

https://x.com/Mel_Ankoly/status/1921245937592139786

Search his name on twitter and its the majority of the reaction.

When did Dems get so weirded out by the mention of sex?!?




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Shallow take from David and Bill
May 12th 2025
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getting laid and having fun doesn't sound like a good platform
May 12th 2025
2
He's talking about insecure men
May 12th 2025
4
      yeah.. Dems aren’t getting bros who want to treat women like hoes
May 12th 2025
6
Maher is not a leftist.
May 12th 2025
3
That last line felt like Maher’s people wrote it for him
May 12th 2025
5
my only problem with it is the pandering
May 13th 2025
7
We are cooked ? What ?
May 13th 2025
8
he sounded like Ferris Buehler at a pep rally
May 13th 2025
9
lol
May 13th 2025
10
in 2025 I do think Dems come off as the more uptight party.
May 13th 2025
11
      uptight about attacks on the constitution and kidnapping immigrants?
May 13th 2025
13
      Exactly
May 13th 2025
15
      More uptight ? What ?
May 13th 2025
16
      i wouldnt say uptight, just lame as hell
May 14th 2025
20
           if “they are eating the cats and dogs” doesn’t lose an election
May 14th 2025
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                If Dems think like you, that there is nothing we can do...
May 14th 2025
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                Don't try to run AOC in 2028.
May 14th 2025
53
                cmon man don't let your Harris fandom blind you here
May 14th 2025
40
                     HR is the comparison
May 14th 2025
48
                     tf are you talking about? Stop rewriting history
May 14th 2025
54
Hogg and Democrats entering into separation phase - The Independent
May 13th 2025
12
the issue is not sex but the narrative that Dems should center white men
May 13th 2025
14
not that I ever had faith in white men in the Dem party
May 14th 2025
17
JB Pritzker has been killing it
May 14th 2025
30
      I loathe this Billionaire class of politicians
May 14th 2025
33
      FDR was a class traitor
May 14th 2025
43
you cant just disregard them completely though
May 14th 2025
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      come on now lol
May 14th 2025
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      i acknowledge this. read my post again
May 14th 2025
60
           and my point is you can't fight psychopaths with psychopaths
May 15th 2025
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                Repubs says something crazy and they decipher what he meant to say
May 15th 2025
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      this sounds so ridiculous I believe it.
May 14th 2025
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           i put it in a very basic way
May 14th 2025
59
                basically the DNC is too diverse..
May 15th 2025
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That aint nothing but an incel with a tie.
May 14th 2025
18
nah.. these young dudes aint fucking like that
May 14th 2025
19
      young dudes (lets say 23 and under) are just confused mostly
May 14th 2025
21
      Sounds like incels
May 14th 2025
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           yeah.. being told you can’t treat woken like shit
May 14th 2025
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           Yeah that's what's going on. Men are turning into Incels because
May 14th 2025
28
           you think they are born this way buddy?
May 14th 2025
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           Man I don't know anything about Incels. All I'm saying is what Hogg sai...
May 14th 2025
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                people need to be real here and touch grass
May 14th 2025
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           Republicans don't want to teach sex ed
May 14th 2025
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           Exactly
May 14th 2025
29
                thing is.. 99.9% of these dudes don’t want to hear truth
May 14th 2025
34
                     I agree
May 14th 2025
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                     RE: thing is.. 99.9% of these dudes don’t want to hear truth
May 14th 2025
46
           they're not incels yet they just have bad information and frameworks
May 14th 2025
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                But whats the other side?
May 14th 2025
47
                     the other side is hearing them first
May 14th 2025
58
                          But how many Gen Z men do you know like that?
May 15th 2025
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      In this swipe left/right nation?
May 14th 2025
45
           those dating apps are ruining mens self esteem
May 14th 2025
52
           RE: those dating apps are ruining mens self esteem
May 15th 2025
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           i dont think it i know it to be true
May 14th 2025
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                RE: i dont think it i know it to be true
May 15th 2025
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                     ma’am.. how old are you? lmao
May 15th 2025
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                     Has the club disappeared?
May 17th 2025
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                     nah, it's true that younger people are having less sex.
May 16th 2025
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                          some of them get offended if called
May 16th 2025
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                          and EVERYTHING ends up being a deal breaker or red flag.
May 16th 2025
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                          So is it just the guys staying dry?
May 17th 2025
100
                               you're focusing too much on incels.
May 18th 2025
101
                                    What about the rise in STIs/STDs?
May 19th 2025
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                                         Some STI’s tripled.. in folks over 65.
May 19th 2025
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                                              you beat me to it lol but yep, alladat.
May 19th 2025
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                                              Yet 15-24 yr olds still make up 50% of STI cases
May 20th 2025
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                                                   yes , they're having sex. just not as much as their parents and grands.
May 20th 2025
108
I agree.
May 14th 2025
25
Yeah, a lot of yall sound bizarro/deranged/fringed to me. Dude said...
May 14th 2025
39
this right here has me more concerned than anything
May 14th 2025
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      RE: this right here has me more concerned than anything
May 14th 2025
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I listened to the rest. I see no issue with anything he said
May 14th 2025
42
Regardless of what people think of Hogg (I've never been a fan)
May 14th 2025
44
What about a third party?
Jun 03rd 2025
188
Yall tripping.. What did Biden do to tap in to the youth?
May 14th 2025
51
Biden had Shyne Po calling him Uncle Joe. The Breakfast Club was under
May 14th 2025
55
Joe also said you aint Black if you dont vote for him
May 15th 2025
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Your point is, you don't need male votes, just run a male for office?
May 15th 2025
66
      Walz shows they kinda suck at "white guy" right now too
May 15th 2025
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      Walz was soft af.
May 15th 2025
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           seems he let handlers take over
May 15th 2025
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      my point is trying to identify how Dems missed on young white males
May 15th 2025
69
           If your point is poltiics is easier for white guys than duh.
May 15th 2025
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                i think they are weeding him out
May 15th 2025
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                That's almost undoubtedly what's happening.
May 15th 2025
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                Obama wasn’t white
May 15th 2025
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                     Obama was gifted on a level that most aren't though
May 15th 2025
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                     the fact that Hilldawg and Kamala have to be perfect
May 16th 2025
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                          it's something most people are just not good at
May 16th 2025
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                               Obama is definately charismatic
May 19th 2025
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                                    I mean Trump did lose to Biden
May 19th 2025
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                                         AOC vs Vance would mean the AOC dancing clip would run nonstop
May 28th 2025
130
                     too much anti-CRT/DEI/Woke. any Black man (not Barry) wouldn't win 2024 ...
May 16th 2025
81
Kind of ironic that you would use a bit from Bill Maher’s show
May 15th 2025
78
worth mentioning that David is lying about the voting situation
May 16th 2025
80
FACTS about age of elected officials (re: Fuck HOGG's argument)
May 16th 2025
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people have been complaining about age for a while now
May 16th 2025
85
"SOME PEOPLE" have - and they get loud
May 16th 2025
92
      I'm trying to say it's vibes more than anything
May 16th 2025
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           you seem more focused on vibes
May 23rd 2025
113
                Dems are actively trying to buy a "Liberal Joe Rogan" rn
May 23rd 2025
116
old heads need to go but the vibes shit I agree with
May 16th 2025
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      a lot of folks definitel voted for their feelings instead of facts.
May 16th 2025
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           Didn't even end up voting for themselves, it turns out.
May 16th 2025
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           unfortunately, for all of us.
May 16th 2025
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                No doubt.
May 16th 2025
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           they voted for racism and demagoguery
May 16th 2025
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                yup
May 16th 2025
91
                Yep.
May 16th 2025
95
The last 8 congress members to die in office were all Dems
May 22nd 2025
109
the bill that passed this week fails if enough dems were alive
May 23rd 2025
114
      ain't nobody cheering this on, stop that shit
May 23rd 2025
115
           nah, vote them out is not a sound strategy
May 24th 2025
120
           Exactly. The old heads have all the influence and reach
May 27th 2025
126
           ^^^ this is why democrats lose
May 29th 2025
140
Green Party
May 23rd 2025
110
Now that’s power!
May 23rd 2025
111
LOL
May 24th 2025
117
for what purpose?
Jun 03rd 2025
170
Hogg on the Breakfast club this morning
May 23rd 2025
112
white cis male-hood done right lol
May 24th 2025
118
But why?
May 27th 2025
124
      Who would you have booked instead?
May 29th 2025
142
Yall are not cooked.
May 24th 2025
119
Is there a cute term for black Maga?
May 25th 2025
121
      Bla-GA ?
May 26th 2025
122
           NAGAs.
May 26th 2025
123
                Lol
May 27th 2025
125
                YES!!! - Marv Albert
May 27th 2025
127
                perfect.
May 27th 2025
128
                lulz
May 28th 2025
133
.
May 28th 2025
129
Dems spent $20 Mill meeting to study how to speak to men
May 28th 2025
131
same people who thought Walz talking about his truck
May 28th 2025
132
“If they come in my house they are getting shot” - Kamala
May 28th 2025
134
I forgot about the whole bragging on her glock thing
May 28th 2025
135
Walz is the only one who figured out an effective strategy in '24...
May 28th 2025
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      ngl I thought the "weird" thing was prob gonna wear thin
May 28th 2025
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      I felt like “weird” was the only bullet in the chamber.
May 29th 2025
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           They didn't really "need" any other bullets tho
Jun 02nd 2025
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      ^^^^^^^^^^ still cannot believe that.
May 29th 2025
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      the fact that there is no accountability for consultants
May 29th 2025
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           ^^^^^^^^^
May 29th 2025
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           lol
May 29th 2025
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           fwiw she's said she's not in charge of 'bringing men back' to the dems
May 29th 2025
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                did she really say its because she is losing weight?
May 30th 2025
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                     she said they made it a point to post pics from when she was fatter
May 30th 2025
147
           America is where rich white folks fail upwards
Jun 02nd 2025
152
                All day
Jun 02nd 2025
154
                     If America held people accountable for failure Trump wouldn’t be in of...
Jun 02nd 2025
157
                          True indeed
Jun 02nd 2025
158
What did they man on the panel suggest?
Jun 01st 2025
148
here is the link, it is at 1:45
Jun 01st 2025
149
      HE SAID IT - he said one of the code words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Jun 02nd 2025
153
           Did you watch the video ?
Jun 02nd 2025
155
           handle has been off the handle for years.. lol
Jun 02nd 2025
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           I watched it
Jun 02nd 2025
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                Watch it again
Jun 02nd 2025
165
                     that mfr started typing before the video started.. lol
Jun 03rd 2025
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                          lol
Jun 03rd 2025
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           well your way isn't working
Jun 02nd 2025
159
                Dem supporters need a study on online discussions
Jun 03rd 2025
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                     they gonna study your study (c)
Jun 03rd 2025
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while I agree they shouldn't be studying folks and making this process
Jun 01st 2025
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      def wont reach everyone
Jun 01st 2025
151
Dems could sweep every election....
Jun 02nd 2025
161
Cubans and other immigrants voted for their own deportation
Jun 02nd 2025
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I have been meaning to post for a while how no one cares about policy
Jun 02nd 2025
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      don't care about policy? or don't know?
Jun 02nd 2025
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           Yes. If folks cared about the minimizing the death of Palestinians
Jun 03rd 2025
169
                Thank You
Jun 03rd 2025
172
                word
Jun 03rd 2025
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                     yes.. voting green party, purple party or a write-in does NOTHING
Jun 03rd 2025
181
                Biden was weak and feeble???
Jun 03rd 2025
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                many prefer to act morally superior
Jun 03rd 2025
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                     prefer to 'act morally superior' ?
Jun 03rd 2025
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                          Do you want things to be better or worse for Palestinians?
Jun 03rd 2025
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                               Are you involved with any pro-Palestine campaigns??
Jun 03rd 2025
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                               Nope
Jun 03rd 2025
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                                    nope
Jun 03rd 2025
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                                         normalizing fascism is helping the most fascist mfer win
Jun 03rd 2025
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                                              fascism is fascism
Jun 03rd 2025
183
                                                   this part is diabolical lol
Jun 03rd 2025
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                                                        when I was on tour in college a promoter gave a list of places not to st...
Jun 03rd 2025
186
                                                        What is projection for $500?
Jun 03rd 2025
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                                                        I am doing a ton of reading for a political education class
Jun 03rd 2025
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                                                        cmon why do you guys play dumb
Jun 04th 2025
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                                                             It's right there in the line lol
Jun 04th 2025
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                                                                  He loves labeling people
Jun 05th 2025
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                                                                  I'm visiting Harper's Ferry this afternoon
Jun 05th 2025
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                                                                       I've lost hope in discovering some hidden humanity in zionists
Jun 11th 2025
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                               oh snap did Kamala say she would be different and we all missed it?
Jun 04th 2025
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                                    What ?
Jun 04th 2025
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Please forget trying to persuade far-left people.
Jun 03rd 2025
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lulz
Jun 03rd 2025
191
if they can't admit that Trump is generally worse than Kamala or Biden
Jun 04th 2025
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      Exactly
Jun 04th 2025
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Biden press secretary is no longer a Dem and has a book
Jun 05th 2025
199
yeah didn't see this one coming
Jun 05th 2025
201
Wait. She a repug ? Or just not a dem ?
Jun 05th 2025
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Independent
Jun 05th 2025
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She's being consistent though.
Jun 10th 2025
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      What ?
Jun 10th 2025
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      consistent as in fight on that lie?
Jun 10th 2025
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      lmao.. I swear
Jun 10th 2025
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Are we still pretending Kamala would be just as bad as Trump?
Jun 09th 2025
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She would be WORSE according to NAGA’s
Jun 11th 2025
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lolol @ naga's being part of this convo
Jun 11th 2025
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      real talk, I don’t think I ever met a barber who didn’t have bad tak...
Jun 11th 2025
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           LMAO
Jun 11th 2025
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                lol
Jun 11th 2025
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people who said that will never say they were wrong
Jun 11th 2025
215

handle
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1. "Shallow take from David and Bill"
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Sounds like RFK Jr. but for frat boy pussy culture.

Also see his comments that he thinks diversity is overrated - just let the people who are good at it do it - and wow they happen to mainly be men!!

We've been here before - and it was stupid.

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2. "getting laid and having fun doesn't sound like a good platform"
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also i'm confused about what he's talking about in the beginning. what are people judging the young people for? what can't they say that they feel they are on eggshells?

i agree with need to concentrate on affordable housing and fair wages which I think is what he is getting at.

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4. "He's talking about insecure men"
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>also i'm confused about what he's talking about in the
>beginning. what are people judging the young people for? what
>can't they say that they feel they are on eggshells?

They agree with Joe Rogan on almost everything - so getting laid, doing dope, talking conspiracy theories, and how the SELF MADE Man is king and poor people are shunned by god.

It's that TOXIC culture they are defending - maybe Hogg just likes 1 part of it - maybe he loves it all except guns.

And that men have to have sex and if they aren't it's someone else's fault - the 'prudes' and - but Especially - the stuck up women!!

It'd be nice if he said it.

>i agree with need to concentrate on affordable housing and
>fair wages which I think is what he is getting at.

Is he? Because he never says that. It'd be nice if he said it.

Because the Republicans are not implementing those policies.

If GETTING LAID trumps anything else then he's right - we need members of the Alpha Betas frat Stan Gable, Adam Price , and Roger Latimer to run the DNC. (Ogre is out - he had "too much empathy.")

He's 25 and he doesn't sound like the future - he sounds like the past.

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6. "yeah.. Dems aren’t getting bros who want to treat women like hoes"
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those dudes are more concerned with owning the libs than defending people’s rights and having empathy for other people.

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3. "Maher is not a leftist."
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He plays one on TV, but he's a conservative at heart, he just has a few issues (mainly due to personal interest) that he doesn't agree with them on.

Trust and believe if Conservatives drop the 'culture war' - he'll be voting Republicon.

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5. "That last line felt like Maher’s people wrote it for him"
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but I also have to remind yall social media is where people go to be miserable

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7. "my only problem with it is the pandering "
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he's just doing what Gavin Newsom is doing, because they recognized a vibe shift.

I don't really have an issue with what he said, its more that i dont believe he believes it... OR he does believe it and his previous role as one of the young lib scolds he's complaining about was the act

Either way it comes off phony. If dems really want to make inroads with the Rogan/Andrew Schulz set theyre gonna need a new face

  

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8. "We are cooked ? What ?"
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Sex wasn't the only thing he mentioned.


"the democrats have become the 'judgmental party' and the two parties have 'switch places" - Hogg

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9. "he sounded like Ferris Buehler at a pep rally"
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a fucking Nerds reboot

all that was needed was the hot blonde running onstage to hug him.


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10. "lol"
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11. "in 2025 I do think Dems come off as the more uptight party. "
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And I don't know how much it sways elections.

But Obama was the cooler candidate. Same with Bill Clinton.


No saying Trump seems cool. But he doesn't come off as uptight.

My point is more about the reaction to what he said rather than what he said. Folks can disagree with him. But read some the reactions and you would think the dude is diddy.


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13. "uptight about attacks on the constitution and kidnapping immigrants? "
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I mean.. wtf is there to be happy about these days politically?

lmao at saying the GOP is less uptight when those fucks are mad at diversity, inclusion and is breaking up families for the fuck of it.

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15. "Exactly "
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"lmao at saying the GOP is less uptight when those fucks are mad at diversity, inclusion and is breaking up families for the fuck of it."


^^^^^^^^ This right here

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16. "More uptight ? What ?"
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>No saying Trump seems cool. But he doesn't come off as
>uptight.


Trump is a nut. They're eating the dogs, They're eating the cats !!!!

plus the stupid dance and the non stop garbage coming from him. They are worse then uptight.


>My point is more about the reaction to what he said rather
>than what he said. Folks can disagree with him. But read
>some the reactions and you would think the dude is diddy.
>


I did read some reactions and here is a good one

He is not Diddy, but Hogg sounds like the MAGA cult in this tunnel vision interview.

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/5/10/2321657/-Hoggs-Maher-interview

Hogg said, the democrats have become the “judgmental party” and the two parties have “switch places” that’s the bit I’m concerned with for that’s the bit that sounds like right wing talking points to me.

I will remind David Hogg that it is not the democratic party judging people. If I recall correctly, it was Republicans who attacked AOC for dancing, Harris for laughing, LGBTQIA folks for existing, Drag Queens for reading books. It is the Republicans who are banning books from Black authors, LGBTQIA authors, books about civil rights, and even banning words in some states. Hell, they have scrubbed the word diversity and respect from some sites. It is not the Democratic party removing anything (pictures/books/achievements) to dark from every existing institution in the US even artifacts in Museums.

It is not the Democrats judging breast-feeding mothers, or the sexual activities of non-straight people. It is not the Democrats judging how people (women) dress. It is not the Democrats firings Generals and other elected officials for a trans person. It is not Democrats planning to ban porn. It is not Democrats taking down the image of a plane because the name of a plane was “Gay” (edited, the plane was named after the pilot’s mother Enola Gay)

People like Hogg need to learn that asking people to mind their language when it comes to marginalized groups may be a judgment call, but it’s like asking a bully to stop bullying. Not all judgment calls are created equal. Asking to stop using the N word, is not the same as banning trans folks from the armed forces.

It is not the Democrats who are reviving the stigmatization of the neurodivergent community. Or demonizing the immigrant communities. No David Hogg, the Democrats are not the judgmental party, for that you need to look to the right. Asking people not to insult others, intentionally or not, is not the same as restricting or erasing their rights.

It is not Democrats judging women for having abortions or living their lives. It is not Democrats thinking women shouldn’t vote or work. It is Republicans.

And it is beyond ironic, that as you sit there judging the democratic party and encouraging others to do so, you have the audacity to call them judgmental because you’re being asked to consider people’s feelings when you talk, and at the same time giving a pass to the republican party by saying they are more laid back simply because they have revived hated and bigotry in speech. It is beyond disturbing in one who would see himself as an upcoming leader of the left and the progressive party to ignore all the judgment calls coming from the right as they are being put down into laws!

Now if being able to say the N word, the C word, the R word or any of those other words is more important to the youth of the United States than their rights being stripped away, I have misjudged the youth of this country.



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20. "i wouldnt say uptight, just lame as hell"
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they want to tone police everything instead of getting shit done

and they refuse to meet the game where it's at. the republicans are playing dirty. it's past time to respond in kind.

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24. "if “they are eating the cats and dogs” doesn’t lose an election"
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and storming the capital doesn’t lose an election

there is nothing you can do.

we wont even get into voter suppression.

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38. "If Dems think like you, that there is nothing we can do..."
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then you have to agree we are cooked right?

How can we not be cooked if you think there is nothing we could have done better next go round?



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53. "Don't try to run AOC in 2028. "
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Sure, she is more qualified and would make a great President but this country has shown they will elect a fucking criminal over a highly educated woman.


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40. "cmon man don't let your Harris fandom blind you here"
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I wouldn't call Democrats uptight as much I would compare them to the HR Department. They teach you how to use respectful language and feel good about things while the company fucks you. Like, at first you think HR is on your side, but then you realize they are there to keep you in check.

Or..."lame as hell" isn't far off.


Bottom line is that Democrats have prioritized language, norms, institutions, tradition, etc far more than actually getting shit done.

Storming the capital didn't lose the election because Democrats slow walked that shit to look respectful and honor the 'sacredness' of the DOJ.

Look what they have prioritized over the years above actually delivering on things- slow walking the Trump conviction, bowing down to the parliamentarian, etc. They even became a party that is equally pro-war. Like, do ya'll not remember what made Obama popular in the first place?

Its weird seeing you parrot Dem party excuses. You can't run a "I wouldn't change a thing!" campaign in the middle of all this shit.

"Trump bad, our institutions are good/sacred"- weather you guys like it or not just isn't enough to win an election. So is the plan to just give up?

  

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48. "HR is the comparison "
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but these conversations all go the same way. "WhyTF are you focusing on this when trump is doing X"

as the tent continues to shrink

  

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54. "tf are you talking about? Stop rewriting history"
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Kamala wasn't elected. She was given 100 days to win after Biden shit himself.

I was a fan of Kamala when up against Trump. Damn near no one on here was pushing for Kamala in 2020.

The plan isn't to give up and damn sure isn't to woo young white assholes with liquor and pussy.

Part of the reason Obama won was because Sarah Palin popped up out of nowhere.

Trump beat 2 women.

Seems pretty obvious to me what you have to do to win the next election. Just run a dude and the chances go up. Stop trying to make history and run a white dude or almost white dude.

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12. "Hogg and Democrats entering into separation phase - The Independent"
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https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/parkland-survivor-david-hogg-ousted-132014456.html


The Independent

Parkland survivor David Hogg to be ousted from DNC following investigation into his election

Joe Sommerlad

Tue, May 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM EDT·4 min read



A Democratic National Committee panel has found that gun control activist David Hogg and a colleague were not properly elected to be among its five vice chairs earlier this year, paving the way for their removal.

Hogg, 25, rose to national prominence after surviving the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, 2018, and co-founding March for Our Lives.

He has since become a vocal political commentator, critical of President Donald Trump and the Democratic Party’s failure to earn the trust of the electorate.

Hogg made waves last month by announcing that his new organization, Leaders We Deserve, co-founded with Kevin Lata – the former campaign manager of Florida Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost, the first Gen-Z member of Congress – intends to support primary challengers to “out-of-touch, ineffective” House Democrats occupying safe congressional seats that, it believes, have not done enough to oppose the Trump administration.

In what has already been interpreted as an attack on that strategy, the DNC’s Credentials Committee on Monday upheld a complaint brought by Oklahoma activist Kalyn Free, who lost out on one of the vice chair positions in February 1’s elections and subsequently accused the DNC of breaking its own rules on gender diversity, potentially invalidating the elections of Hogg and Malcolm Kenyatta.

A full DNC vote will now be held on the committee’s findings, which could mean new elections being staged, with the same five candidates, including Hogg and Kenyatta, on the ballot once again.

“While this vote was based on how the DNC conducted its officers’ elections, which I had nothing to do with, it is also impossible to ignore the broader context of my work to reform the party which loomed large over this vote,” Hogg responded in a statement.

“I ran to be DNC Vice Chair to help make the Democratic Party better, not to defend an indefensible status quo that has caused voters in almost every demographic group to move away from us.

“The DNC has pledged to remove me, and this vote has provided an avenue to fast-track that effort.”

Kenyatta also reacted strongly, calling it “a slap in the face” and complaining that he had “worked a** off to get this role and have done the job every day since I’ve held it.”

He also rejected media framing of the ruling as an internal effort to oust Hogg, saying the story was not only about his colleague, “even though he clearly wants it to be.”

For his part, DNC Chairman Ken Martin said: “I am disappointed to learn that before I became chair, there was a procedural error in the February vice chair elections.


“The Credentials Committee has issued their recommendation, and I trust that the DNC members will carefully review the committee’s resolution and resolve this matter fairly.

“I thank all of our officers for their service, including Vice Chairs Kenyatta and Hogg, and look forward to continuing to work with them in their officer posts as this matter is resolved.”

Before Monday’s ruling, Martin had posted on X: “I am more committed than ever to introduce the slate of structural reforms that enshrine these values into the official rules of the Democratic Party. These reforms will require all party officers – including myself – to remain neutral in primaries.

“They will ensure no party official can abuse their position to tilt the outcome of an election. Whether you’re a challenger or an incumbent, 18 or 80, the rules must apply equally.

“Do I have opinions? Of course. But when you lead the institution tasked with calling the balls and strikes, you don’t get to also swing the bat.”

His thread could likewise be construed as a rebuke of Hogg, whose plans to put the heat under Democrats he considers complacent have ruffled the feathers of party elders, most notably Bill Clinton’s former strategist James Carville, who labelled him “a contemptible little twerp” in a NewsNation interview before changing his tune.

  

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14. "the issue is not sex but the narrative that Dems should center white men"
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I think it's great to get young blood, but understand this is a man who said we should ignore identity politics and focus on young men who just want to get laid.

All in all I give him 3 years before he goes the independent/green party/DSA route.

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17. "not that I ever had faith in white men in the Dem party"
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but Pete seems to be the only legit white dude with some balls but since he’s gay there is no way he can win a Presidential election even though he runs circles around the GOP.

Schumer, Newsome, Hogg, Fetterman and even the VP nominee all seem to be bitch made with some serious flaws once the light are on.

Is Shapiro an option or is he also compromised?

This Hogg kid aint ready and I wouldn’t be shocked if he was next to Stein in 3 years.

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30. "JB Pritzker has been killing it"
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Very surprising for a billionaire, but I think he's been the most vocal against the current administration with legislative bills passed to support his positions.

I like Pete a lot, a killer speaker, but him being gay is unfortunately going to be used against him. He's gotta get at least a term in an elected federal position before we can seriously talk about him as viable candidate.

Shapiro is a little too milquetoast for me, but he's fine. I think the Jewish thing will be used against him, these racists are unending in their hate. Horrible as this sounds, and I say this as a blackity black woman, we gotta go with an amiable married white guy.

I think ultimately it'll come down to Pritzker or Andy Beshear. While Pritzker is actually more progressive imo, Andy has been a bright spot in KY's otherwise extremely terrible state politics. He's likable and bland enough for your average fly over country white voter, plus with the added bonus of being from a blood red, good ole boy state.

I do agree that a lot of the other nationally known Democratic politicians have been shit, but there absolutely have been some stars emerging. Lauren Underwood, Chris Murphy, Melanie Stansbury, Mark Kelly. We not done yet.

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33. "I loathe this Billionaire class of politicians"
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not familiar with the Dem billionaire but heard he is making some noise


Of course being a Billionaire will be used against him by the GOP.

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43. "FDR was a class traitor"
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Pritzker and his team need to remind the purists of that as much as possible. That's one area where the left gets caught up in feel good bullshit that doesn't matter.

If Pritzker can win and deliver on things, who gives a shit about his money. And, again, FDR came from wealth.

I think Pete is scared and is waiting out for a potential VP nod. Not running for MI Senate defies logic unless you are confident you will lose. But at some point, if he wants to be pres, he has to win an actual tough election. Now that he sat out MI, I don't see that happening.

My prediction is that whatever juice Shapiro thinks he has will be gone in a few years.

Beshear's resume is interesting. I just wish he wasn't such a boring speaker.

  

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22. "you cant just disregard them completely though"
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if you saw the DNC. i watched that shit every day actually because my main discord is heavily into politics. it's no white people in this discord at all. and the primary thing that stuck out to us that the democratic party doesnt have a fly young* white guy w/ any real feature position

*young as in 35-50. young for politics

that is a MAJOR problem for the party. you can't just write that demo off wholesale like they have.

now you can say, well the Republican white guys are all lame and fake as hell. but at least they put somebody up there to fill that role.

at some point you have to meet the people where they are at and tell them what they want to hear just to get their attention. then you build from there.

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31. "come on now lol"
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Who's the fly young guy in the Republicans? The rapist Matt Gaetz? The cousin fucker Madison Cawthorn? Literal demon Stephen Miller? No, they're all losers.

Even if we look beyond them to 'influncers' like Rogan, Tate, Schulz, Peterson none of these men are cool or fly (at least to my female born in the 80s eyes lol). They're all liars and most are straight up psychopaths whose goal is to push the narrative that men, especially white men, are the most oppressed people in America. We can meet young men without making them out to be the ultimate societal victims, as if they're the only fucking people suffering in today's economy.

I don't disagree that we should tailor our messages to our audiences, but if it means straight up lying then we need to figure something else out.



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60. "i acknowledge this. read my post again"
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>now you can say, well the Republican white guys are all lame
>and fake as hell. but at least they put somebody up there to
>fill that role.

we KNOW they're lame criminals. but the Dems aren't even trying to combat it with an alternative to demonstrate that. and if it's a lie then we gotta fight on that lie. but we still have to fight.

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67. "and my point is you can't fight psychopaths with psychopaths "
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I'm not even saying that the Dems have responded correctly, but I am saying we're not going to win the cult of personality against people who can say anything with no consequence while Dems have to show complete perfection.

And actually thinking about it you mention there's no young white male stars, but Pete Buttigieg has been making the rounds (successfully) for months, but I'm sure he won't count cause he's gay.

I will be perfectly honest and say I don't know what the answer is. I think the bigger issue is going to be combating the right wing propaganda machine, because if one side is telling you you're the victim and everyone else is 'winning', no amount of working class heros can tell you otherwise.

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72. "Repubs says something crazy and they decipher what he meant to say"
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Dems stutter once or laugh too long and its “unstable, drunk, etc”

to call one side laid back and fun when they are accusing Black and Brown people of being the worst people on earth and the reason their lives are fucked is wild..

I have a friend who admitted he was for Trump because Kamala wasn’t saying anything. But he isn’t for ICE breaking up families or for chaos and market manipulation.

WTF were you for?

The truth is obvious.. he doesn’t trust a woman as President.

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36. "this sounds so ridiculous I believe it. "
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a group chat asking where are the fly white dudes? wtf

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59. "i put it in a very basic way"
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but if you could look at the DNC and not realize "oh shit there is MASSIVE gap here in demo appeal" then idk what to tell you.

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64. "basically the DNC is too diverse.. "
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because I watched the DNC and seen every demo represented.

I guess they need a white bros section next time? lol

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18. "That aint nothing but an incel with a tie."
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Trump is like a loud mouth shit talking 80’s WWF wrestler thats been fully displayed as the bad guy yet he has fans for all the foul ignant shit he says that makes them go red in the face and chuckle or they’re mentally delayed enough to think he’s the real deal.

That incel makes no sense at all. Young men and women are still having sex, probably more now especially with the poly folks. The incel just wants to spike cups at the frat party and drag some poor girl off to an unoccupied room and not have to worry about his future as a promised white man afterward.

  

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19. "nah.. these young dudes aint fucking like that"
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for every poly dude fucking 3 women there are prolly a 1,000 dudes bone dry blaming women for their deserted dicks.

these dudes playing video games and blaming women for their lack of sex

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21. "young dudes (lets say 23 and under) are just confused mostly"
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because all they have mostly ever known through their adolescence is a barrage of "men suck" liberal female messaging

don't talk to a woman at her job
don't talk to a woman at the grocery store
dont approach a woman at the gym
man vs the bear
etc etc

all men are bad but you can't say "not me, i've never done the bad stuff yall are complaining about" because then you are not being empathetic

it also doesnt help that this age group of young men had to spend 18 months or so w/o real social interaction and development because of the lockdowns

personally i'm around them daily because they make up most of the gym population. and they just truly have no idea how to approach it, and are trying to figure it out, given what they have endured narratively.

so of course large amounts of them are going to go right and listen to the folks that promote and praise them for masculinity and "being a man" even if it's toxic.

some of the kids we are able to get through to and give em a little more balance and nuance mentally. just my view from being in the field w/ it.

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23. "Sounds like incels"
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but it explains the Rogan Tate thing.

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26. "yeah.. being told you can’t treat woken like shit"
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shouldn’t crush your whole world

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28. "Yeah that's what's going on. Men are turning into Incels because "
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they are being told they can't treat women like shit. SMH.



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32. "you think they are born this way buddy? "
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50. "Man I don't know anything about Incels. All I'm saying is what Hogg sai..."
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doesn't make someone an incel.

And the views that Brooklynwhat is talking about are super common and if you think those views makes someone an incel and shouldn't be in the dem party, then the tent will be too small to win elections.






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57. "people need to be real here and touch grass"
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>doesn't make someone an incel.
>
>And the views that Brooklynwhat is talking about are super
>common and if you think those views makes someone an incel and
>shouldn't be in the dem party, then the tent will be too small
>to win elections.
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you would think folks would know from dealing with women that feelings > facts and that invalidating how folks feel will never be a winning solution.

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37. "Republicans don't want to teach sex ed"
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they want to ban books that mentions sex.

they want to ban abortions, plan b, the pill... if women get pregnant, republicans are like "well you shouldn't be having sex!" they say this for even married women.

I don't understand how Democrats are the prudes.

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29. "Exactly"
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34. "thing is.. 99.9% of these dudes don’t want to hear truth"
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they want confirmation of their shitty views.

Had a guy at work tell me Canada’s healthcare is bad because he knew a guy online who told him he got real high off weed and they wouldn’t treat him at the hospital.

That was his proof.

When I repeated what he said and told him it was the dumbest fucking example I have ever heard he doubled down on it.

He also said we need a dictator like Putin because 4 or 8 years isn’t enough time to get shit done.

How do you get thru to white dudes this fucking dumb who think they are the smartest one’s in the room and they are only being held back because they are straight white men and not because they are dumb as fuck?


and we have to remember white people want to say the N word JUST because they are told they can’t say it. Feeling oppressed and shit because they can’t be misogynist or racist… how the hell do you win them over?


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35. "I agree "
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I knew they were dumb but this is another level.

It's insane and ridiculous to say or think we need a dictator.

I read something where the author wrote a piece about using different

tactics to get through to them, but I don't believe anything will work.


What you posted proved that.

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46. "RE: thing is.. 99.9% of these dudes don’t want to hear truth"
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Sounds like mental illness gone untreated or mild retardation hidden behind a screen. Either way they dumb af.

  

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27. "they're not incels yet they just have bad information and frameworks"
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which is how they become incels. it can be corrected if you catch it and give them the other side.

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47. "But whats the other side?"
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Especially to some lost brat thats been raised on ‘you’re my special boy’ and thinks everything should just go their way?

Even if you did some dystopian type of boy/girl pairing from birth, they are going to be exactly what they are.

Also there are still plenty of young women thats down for whatever, however and with whoever, much more now than the young women in the 80’s/90’s so all that angst about just wanting to have sex and fun is some bs.

  

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58. "the other side is hearing them first"
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you might not like what they have to say but you have to start by hearing them because they will usually tell you what they really want by telling you what they THINK they want. which is mostly just to be successful professionally, respected by men and loved by women at the end of the day.

but that's harder than just telling folks you're wrong, youre a deplorable and casting them out like liberals do.

nobody said it was going to be easy but we (unfortunately) have to put in the hard yards on this instead of just conceding that X amount of the population is lost.

really this sounds corny but it reminds me of the quote from the Black Panther movie. The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel it's warmth.

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65. "But how many Gen Z men do you know like that?"
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Thinking of all the 18&older young men I know, sons, cousins, students etc and very few are having this problem of not finding a wife, girlfriend or sneakylink. But I dont think its a matter of politics but as with everything else online its highlighted to seem like a super big thing.

Also not all young women are subscribing to the ‘bear/man’ diatribe. I have yet to see relationships fall off or any heterosexual woman to swear off men because of it.

Who are these young men that really feel like they cant have sex and fun? What is their common hang up cause it cant be all young women.

  

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45. "In this swipe left/right nation?"
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You really think thats the case? Seems like its even more easier to hookup especially with hookup apps and sites, and prostitution is still a big business.

  

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52. "those dating apps are ruining mens self esteem"
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the rejection rates are sky high for men.

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62. "RE: those dating apps are ruining mens self esteem"
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Some women’s too.

It’s probably more of an issue with them playing out of their league. Use to be a time when folks knew they were ugly but knew how to balance it with game or charm. But thats also part of knowing your strengths and weaknesses and taking responsibility which most ‘everybody gets a trophy’ babies don't get?

  

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56. "i dont think it i know it to be true"
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statistically and anecdotally. Gen Z is a lot more conservative sexually and socially than previous gens. Add in 18 months of social isolation and stagnation as well.

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63. "RE: i dont think it i know it to be true"
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I would think Gen X was more reserved given the AIDs epidemic and our hook-up apps being party lines. There was also more stigmas placed on young women for having sex less than 3-4 dates and dudes stayed blabbing about their conquest and knocking young women for having sex with them.

Now days it seems semi-hippie times but with a plethora of labels for whatever sexual connection they agree to participate in.

  

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71. "ma’am.. how old are you? lmao"
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Gen X was OUT IN THESE STREETS and at CLUBS getting it in.


In college.. everybody was fucking.

I think your views are a bit skewed. If we had 90’s clubbing AND dating apps it would’ve been a problem for real but I think you have a skewed view of these dating apps.

A lot of dudes on their getting no swipes.

At least at the club you could have on a fresh pair and some smell good. Even if you swung and missed you were in the game at the club.



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99. "Has the club disappeared?"
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We had the clubs, hs, college and party lines. They have those plus countless apps.
So how they not getting it on more than Gen X is baffling to me.

Dudes who werent fucking in the 90’s are likely the same type of dudes staying dry in the 2020’s. They just have more ways to group up and publicly complain about it vs putting the work in to step up their game.

  

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82. "nah, it's true that younger people are having less sex."
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it doesn't appear that way because of media and entertainment, but that's one reason the the birth rates have gone down.

gen x was outside outside from teens to early 40's for some. we were making babies in high school. I wasn't but you know what I mean lol. how many grandparents do you personally know that are your age?

these internet kids are staying in the house, being helicopter parented. if they're out, it's usually with adult supervision. then when they finally get some freedom as adults, they're awkward and some don't know how to be actual adults in behavior.

not to mention, women are making choices in how they deal/don't deal with men. getting married later in life. having babies later in life. or doing neither at all. this is not to blame women but to point out that women have more choices and are exercising them.

add in less in person time. they do a lot of sexting but not as much sex. dating has become about texting in place of spending time with some on a date. they don't even like talking on the phone as much as previous generations did. the internet has been a great connector and an even better disconnector.

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84. "some of them get offended if called"
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I’ve seen post on IG asking if its a deal breaker.

what???

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93. "and EVERYTHING ends up being a deal breaker or red flag."
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just making it more tricky to make connections.

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100. "So is it just the guys staying dry?"
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I know a number of grandparents my age. But lack of teen preg or having kids is not a sign of no sex. The morning after pill and other contraceptives are in action, however stds have risen. So fucking is very much going on.

It’s giving a me too revenge of the nerds feel. A few actual nerds arent getting any and protest and now a slew of others jump on with their gripes because they feel they cant get what they want when they want, even if their want is to steal some coochie.

Also that helicopter parenting has no leeway once kids enter middle school. Some of these 5th graders are doing way too much these days. The push for non-gender bathrooms in schools exposed a lot. The kids in hs are a little more frightening, you’d think they had kids and bills at home cause they so serious, and the way these youngins are down for whatever, sexy red will never run out of content or fans.

Thats not to say a number of awkward guys arent dry but I dont think its as big as displayed and in some ways its their cries have been confiscated by others.

  

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101. "you're focusing too much on incels. "
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they're the loud minority. they might be on some revenge or blame somebody else for the lack of options with women. that's not solely who I'm talking about.

as a whole, younger folks are not doing things like gen x or prior generations. men and women aren't getting busy like that.

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/young-people-less-sex-than-parents-did-at-their-age-generational-shift-asexual/

there are always exceptions, but that more so proves what's happening. they're just not as engaged with other folks as they're elders were.

helicoptering does not end at middle school lol. sure there's a bit more freedom for some, but kids are typically being supervised and generally in the house more. that got more shit to do like playing games, texting, all over social media, watching netflix.

otherwise if they have after school activities, they are occupied for a good bit of the day.

agree that contraceptives have helped reduce the number of babies, but it's also because are not having as much sex.

as they reach adulthood, they're staying home longer. another sexually limiting factor. getting married later as well.

yeah, there's still fucking just not like before. they're also drinking less.







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102. "What about the rise in STIs/STDs?"
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Its much higher than in the 90’s

  

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103. "Some STI’s tripled.. in folks over 65. "
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STI’s are up because of ignorance in state education in classrooms.

Also, I think screening and reporting is better than before.

but it doesn’t mean there is more fucking, I think those strands have gotten stronger.

I also think porn being easily available has made it harder to have sex. Back in our day we had VHS tapes and magazines and you had to work hard to find times to watch it without being caught. Now its way too easy to have it at your fingertips.

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106. "you beat me to it lol but yep, alladat."
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the old heads are getting busy.

one more thing to add. condom usage is down for teens and old heads.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/condom-use-declining-younger-generations/

less condoms, more infections.

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107. "Yet 15-24 yr olds still make up 50% of STI cases"
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The seniors sexual activities just made the number even bigger, but for 50% of young folks means they are still having sex too.

  

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108. "yes , they're having sex. just not as much as their parents and grands. "
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That age group is also using condoms less. As you mentioned, there are other forms of bc and dudes are just slanging raw meats. So you'll get higher rates of disease.

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25. "I agree. "
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Too many different types of people flying under one banner.

Too many people readily assuming a victim stance. Is that what it's all about?

Too many poor conversationalists & debaters who resort to name calling online.

extreme pressure, along with high temperature, is crucial for the formation of diamonds

  

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39. "Yeah, a lot of yall sound bizarro/deranged/fringed to me. Dude said..."
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his exact words (as transcribed by Grok):

"Right now, what I think happened last election is, younger men, they would rather vote for somebody who feels like, even if they don’t completely agree, they don’t feel judged by, than somebody who they do agree they feel like they have to walk on eggshells around constantly because they are going be judged or ostracized and excommunicated. What's interesting about this moment it seems the two parties in some senses have flipped where, Republicans used to be judgmental assholes, And since many Democrats, despite us coming from the right place of wanting to do the right thing, we've created a culture where if you say wrong thing your excommunicated and that's not how human beings work. Nobody is perfect.....



This first part. Yeah I think there is tons to disagree with and unpack and like Handle said, I can see someone saying it's a "Shallow" take. Nevermind as a guy, I hear a lot of guys say things like this and Trump did way better than expected among men of all races but yeah, if folks want o completely dismiss it, sure. I guess reasonable people can do that.

Then he goes into this...


"but what we have to figure out how to bring people back in and work towards the bigger goal of advancing the future of this country and helping, young people especially, get by. So they can focus on their lives and, ya know, getting with a woman or something like that instead of how are they going to pay their rent, for example, or how are they are working their two jobs. YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON, WHICH IS, HOW TO GET LAID AND GO HAVE FUN"


What in God's name are yall disagreeing with in this statement? What about this makes him an incel?

I mean folks are lacking basic reading comprehension school because where in this does he say that he is having a hard time having sex? Or young people in general are having a hard time having sex (though the data does show sex is way down among young people)?

Or even that he is just talking about men? Dude says "YOung People" over an over?

Where does he say center white men and focus on young men who just want to get laid?

Folks are reading a lot more into this than he actually said and bringing there on set of assumptions and baggage but look at exactly what he said and tell me exactly what's problematic?

If the Party's stance that this statement is indicative of being an Incel and there is no room in the party for a guy like David Hogg, then there are simply not enough people under the tent to win elections. Hence, we are cooked.

The deep irony is that folks are 1000% making his point in the first paragraph by reacting to what he said where it became necessary for him to step down from his role.

I can get being so strident about sh*t like this before the election and if Kamala had won. But we lost. So some soul searching is in order and there has to be some thought about what the party could do better.

If the thought that there is nothing that can be done better, then we will continue to lose.









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41. "this right here has me more concerned than anything"
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>
>I can get being so strident about sh*t like this before the
>election and if Kamala had won. But we lost. So some soul
>searching is in order and there has to be some thought about
>what the party could do better.
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>If the thought that there is nothing that can be done better,
>then we will continue to lose.
>

The absolute refusal by many to self reflect on what could have gone better.

Its not about Hogg- I haven't even been keeping up with this shit. (Though I do think its funny that a lot of the same people who screamed for years that the DNC is powerless and just raises money are now very passionate about who has power as a vice char)

But a lot of dems, their consultants/strategist, cheer leaders, and even regular voters like Legs are coming across like they are just plugging their ears, closing their eyes, and saying "this isn't fair" like toddlers.

Real talk? Democrats haven't offered a national vision since 2008. I'm not even saying it needs to be leftist or progressive or whatever- but what do democrats want to actually do? "GOP bad" isn't working. "We must protect our institutions!" certainly isn't working.

Since 2012 the move has been "the republicans are bad". It worked once for an incumbent who also happened to be an incredible politician running against a fucking dweeb.

And it worked once when there was a raging pandemic and bodies were literally piling up in meat trucks and shit.

You can't keep running a pearl-clutching campaigns with abstract shit like "save democracy!"...especially when you didn't hold dude accountable.

But so many just chalking it up to "welp, what can you do" is enraging to me. And very concerning. Because if democrats don't figure shit out...and the economy doesn't collapse...what is president Vance going to be like?

  

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49. "RE: this right here has me more concerned than anything"
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This right here: ‘
You can't keep running a pearl-clutching campaigns with abstract shit like "save democracy!"...especially when you didn't hold dude accountable.’

They allowing a lot if bs and trying to keep a kumbya attitude which is highly fucked up. Like a parent reading their paper unbothered as a child attempts to set fire to the window curtains.

  

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42. "I listened to the rest. I see no issue with anything he said"
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The go get laid came off too try-hard bit the rest was fine

most was about the social safety net

the fact that this was controversial.. yeah dems are fucked

  

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44. "Regardless of what people think of Hogg (I've never been a fan)"
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The fact is that those are the kinds of voters you'll need to sway and persuade to join your big tent. The last time the Dems truly had an expansive big tent was during the Obama movement (Stadiq referenced 2008 which I think is also a good bookmark) - and the party was winning, persuading, and welcoming all types of voters into its tent.

Since then? It's squandered considerable demographic advantages and indeed has become a far more insular, elitist, and divided party where there have been some peculiar litmus tests of who can be the standard bearers.

And yes - there has been a concerted effort to not court and relate to male voters - particularly the younger generation - and the party made the gamble that this was essentially one expendable demo that they didn't need to win national elections. They were wrong. It's not that the party needs to cater and "center" men - it just needs to not make them feel like they have no home in the Democratic Party. In my state, the Dem party almost only has women and/or gay men in positions of power. It's great that these groups are getting shine and opportunity to wield power, but it's also created an environment where historically Dem straight men haven't felt part of the tent, and have either sat out elections or just defected to the GOP (who despite their trash party have actually done some recruiting over the past electoral cycles). Meanwhile Dems still can't run an autopsy and self reflect on why they're getting destroyed.

Even fairly talented political figures like Andrew Yang, Bernie Sanders - and even the Tulsi/RFK's of the world all wanted to be Dems, and ran as Dems in national elections, only to be met with scathing maligning and denigration - almost forcing those figures to be at odds with the party, and in RFK's case, he was instrumental in shifting the election to Trump with his considerable independent influence. Dems spent millions upon millions to oust him from ballots and pissed him off enough to join Trump, resulting in a historic sweep of the swing states.

This is just simply not how a party should operate that's seeking to expand its tent.
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188. "What about a third party?"
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Could it get us back on track?

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51. "Yall tripping.. What did Biden do to tap in to the youth? "
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NOT A DAMN THING!!!

This is what I hate about politics. People talk like shit is OVER after losing an election and then 4 years later we get results that declare the other side is in for some tough sledding.

Need I remind everyone that Biden won in 2020 and then came out looking like a FUCKING ZOMBIE after the first debate. Kamala had 100 days.

and both Trump victories were against women. So MAYBE, just MAYBE, trying to run a woman isn't the move for President. Sorry ladies, I know its fucked up but we elected a Black President named BARACK HUESSIEN OBAMA. It's all the proof you need to know that it ain't about getting young white males.


Run a half ass white dude and win. Hell, PA voted for Fetterman and that fool was stroked out and didn't even wear a suit.





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55. "Biden had Shyne Po calling him Uncle Joe. The Breakfast Club was under "
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the wing even after he violated. I remember Drink Champs promoting him. He had an ad with top battle rappers when battle rap was bubbling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxAJl_NF2Dg

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61. "Joe also said you aint Black if you dont vote for him"
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like I said..

just run a man for president and the odds increase dramatically.

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66. "Your point is, you don't need male votes, just run a male for office?"
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But isn't the benefit of running a male candidate, is you get male voters?

I am actually with you on the first part, I want the next President canidadate to be a Southern White Hetero Male who maaaybe has an ethnic wife and served in the military and ran a business but whatever.

But you not making the connection of why running a white dude with a pulse works, which is, which voters does it help get?


Male voters.



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68. "Walz shows they kinda suck at &quot;white guy&quot; right now too"
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A few weeks ago he was talking about how he can 'code talk' to white guys. How he can talk about guns and watching football and working on his truck, and the weird thing is I'm sure he does do all those things but the way he's constantly taking about it is so unnatural, it makes him look like an "average white guy" a bunch of Harvard kids made in a lab


  

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70. "Walz was soft af. "
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his debate style was awful

ole “awwe shucks, JD is a swell guy” ass nigga

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76. "seems he let handlers take over"
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I didn't necessarily mind the whole goofy sitcom dad thing, but he needed to also show some balls. He let Vance run him in the debate

I know everyone thinks he should have kept calling the right wing "weird" i think that would have worn thin eventually, but at least it was something

Everyone knows why he was chosen (same reason Obama needed Joe), but the constant hammering of ooh look I'm just a regular white guy only got worse

I mean what was this South Park shit?
https://x.com/BrentScher/status/1844851284047778115?t=ZcHTh6xwEQSTub4whhb5bA&s=19

  

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69. "my point is trying to identify how Dems missed on young white males"
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because lets be real, that is what this is really about since yall are talking about males feeling like they are villains for using certain words.. all that is wasted energy.

If you run a male, and yes.. a white male is the best bet, you have a great chance of winning those voters.

because you can have a man and a woman saying the same exact thing on stage and somehow her suit, laugh, who she fucked 20 years ago or how she got cheated on and stayed is a liability.

I’m saying its not the language or the message. Its the sex of the candidate that “trumps” all

Michelle Obama wants kids to eat healthy its communism, RFK says it in the worst voice possible and all a sudden it makes perfect sense.

Its not the message, its the messenger.

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73. "If your point is poltiics is easier for white guys than duh. "
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Of course, the messenger matters. My point though, is why are we killing our White Male messengers when you acknowledge we need them to win?

I care about winning. Weeding out the David Hoggs from the party is not the winning strategy.


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74. "i think they are weeding him out"
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because he threatened to primary incumbents. which they should but you know these geriatrics don't want to let go of their seats.

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75. "That's almost undoubtedly what's happening."
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77. "Obama wasn’t white"
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I’m saying the easiest way to beat the GOP is a man at the top of the ticket.

that’s it.

we dont have to change all the branding and fake like we are macho macho men either.

just be normal.

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79. "Obama was gifted on a level that most aren't though"
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It's hard to just only sum it up to gender (but cant overall dismiss it either)

Hillary and Kamala had impressive resumes and weren't great in the interview

Obama had a light resume but sold himself... there aren't many men who could have pulled off what he did

Hillary had massive baggage, and the Bernie phenomenon damaged her

Kamala had to deal with multiple forms of bigotry, a tiny runway, coming out of an unpopular administration, but she also struggled answering any question she didn't have a canned answer to, including something as basic as what she'd do differently from Biden. Maybe it wouldn't have mattered if she was 'perfect'... we'll never really know, but I think most people know that had Joe stepped aside earlier and Dems had a real primary, that she wouldn't have been the nominee

  

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97. "the fact that Hilldawg and Kamala have to be perfect "
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while Trump can say ANYTHING and get the benefit proves my point.

its wild how these women had to prove so much with their resumes whole Trump said “grab em by the pussy” and evangelicals looked the other way.

Seriously, and no shade to you.

But how in the fuck can anyone not see the obvious. Of course these women had flaws but cmon man.. the GOP can pee on the crowd and gain votes. Shit is insane.

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98. "it's something most people are just not good at"
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Hillary has acknowledged she doesn't have the gifts Bill and Barack have. Shes more of a policy nerd. I don't know how Kamala views her skillset. Most acknowledged in 2020 she wasn't great at this sort of thing.

Mayor Pete has that "it" factor imo , but it's a big risk to beleive his sexuality won't severely hinder him. The weird part about that is 10 years ago, it would be far less of a factor, but I think all the trans/gender debates will tie in too much, and it's gonna get messy

Michelle has it too, but she wants no parts, and im sure at least in part because of the point you're raising

Barack being able to overcome his race, lack of experience (and his name, in the same decade as 9/11 and iraq) just speaks to how good he was at this shit

And yeah Trump can throw feces and piss on the flag but there's no one in his own party, regardless of gender, social class, experince, military background that can bring him down either

  

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104. "Obama is definately charismatic "
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>Barack being able to overcome his race, lack of experience
>(and his name, in the same decade as 9/11 and iraq) just
>speaks to how good he was at this shit
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You're definitely not wrong about Obama being a top tier showman when it comes to politics, but something I'm wondering looking back at his two national runs; how much did it help that he ran against two relatively weak Republican nominees in McCain and Romney?

I suppose this is easy to saw since both guys lost, but IMO neither was meant to run for the executive office.

This is going off an a tangent, but I morbidly wonder how well Obama was do against Trump since like Obama, Trump seemingly has appeal outside of his political aspects and both seemingly relate to folks on a personal level, for better or for worse.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

  

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105. "I mean Trump did lose to Biden"
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And 2016 Biden would have destroyed Trump. I think obama would make light work of him

And while I dont think Hillary or Kamala were strong candidates (politically), to leg's point i struggle to think of what female could beat him. He seems specifically difficult for women to run against.

Take someone like Liz Warren who if she was ruining against an old school stuffy republican would look like the populist, but against Trump she's the uptight school teacher scold, and he's the fun class clown.

AOC has that Obama thing in terms of charisma, youth and looks, but the way a lot of the country worried Obama as too radical, he spent a lot of time trying to dispell that and talking about bringing people together, while AOC is more of a firebrand who likes to mix it up. plus we're also living in a different time. She can be practical but shes not interested in that whole "let's turn it down' Biden shit. She's probably right, but she's also to left of most of the country imo

But AOC vs Vance would be interesting.. it all depends on how fucked we are by then

  

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130. "AOC vs Vance would mean the AOC dancing clip would run nonstop"
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on paper she should win in a landslide but this country is fucked up.

She would lose

and people would claim everything but sexism as the reason why

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81. "too much anti-CRT/DEI/Woke. any Black man (not Barry) wouldn't win 2024 ..."
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And if Bill Clinton didn't start showing his ass back in the 08 election, HRC probably would've won.

Joe got away with his bullshit, because Black folks weren't going to let some dumb as comments get Trump elected.We were like this motherfucker better get the George Floyd Act passed and pulled the lever in the voter's booth.

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78. "Kind of ironic that you would use a bit from Bill Maher’s show"
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on courting the youth vote to illustrate why Dems are “cooked.” Maher shits on the younger generation any chance he gets. He’s extremely condescending towards them. I generally find Maher mildly engaging and sometimes witty and insightful. I respect his willingness to call out bullshit on both sides. However, he’s stubbornly ignorant on some topics - what he considers”woke” culture, colleges, public education, anything gender/LGBQT related. He’s also low-key very dismissive of racism. I’m not saying I 100% disagree with him, but more often than not he repeats the same tired bs. He just seems set in his ways and unable to do any research bc it will go against the narrative he seems married to. His whole dinner with Trump thing was a terrible look. The same guy who spends the past decade roasting Trump has the audacity to chastise his fans when they rightfully question his motives. Oh, Trump is charming in person? Well gee, he must be a great guy who has our best interests at heart! It lacked self-awareness.

I digress though. I’m kind of tired of the whole “Dems need to do some soul searching” bit. Nah, the powers that be just need to get back to their roots and allow a free and wholly democratic process to pick their nominees. That would be a huge first step. Apathy and a learned hopelessness has riddled the party. A staggering high number of eligible voters sat out despite this being billed as one of the most important elections of our lifetime. That’s depressing.

Maybe the party could try ranked choice in the next election so it’s not so much of a ‘my guy or no one mentality’ come November’28. Also, stop gaslighting us on things we can all see abundantly clear. Biden was ghost throughput much of his presidency and did a pathetic job of promoting his policies/plans.

  

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80. "worth mentioning that David is lying about the voting situation "
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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5302200-malcolm-kenyatta-david-hogg-dnc-vice-chair-election-redo/

Maybe he does want to change things for the better, but he's coming off as very untrustworthy and unlikable, which is line with what he said on Bill's show.

If we need more engagement from young voters Maxwell Frost is a much better option or even the two state representatives that got kicked out of Tennessee's state house.

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83. "FACTS about age of elected officials (re: Fuck HOGG's argument)"
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I don't get this, because it's not like Trump (who won) isn't OLD AS FUCK.

Trump is older than any person to be *elected* president. Joe Biden was 78 years, 61 days on his first day in office in 2021, and Trump was 78 years, 220 days when in 2025.

The Youngest Dem Congressman (D-FL) is 28 and 3 years younger than the youngest Republican. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_Frost

The youngest senator is Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is 38 is a Dem too.

The oldest Senator Charles E. Grassley at 89 (R-IA) is a Republican.

The oldest Congressman is a Dem, and so is the second oldest, but the third is a Republican and the difference between them all is less than 1 year.

Bernie Sanders is the second oldest Senator and the 'youth' don't seem to mind.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/01/16/age-and-generation-in-the-119th-congress-somewhat-younger-with-fewer-boomers-and-more-gen-xers/

For this congress: (https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/01/16/age-and-generation-in-the-119th-congress-somewhat-younger-with-fewer-boomers-and-more-gen-xers/)

In the House, the 30 newly elected first-time Republican representatives skew a bit older than their 31 Democratic counterparts: The median age of freshmen House Republicans is 51.7, compared with 50.2 for first-time Democrats in that chamber.

Overall, the median age of House Democrats is 57.6, while the median age of House Republicans is 57.5.

In the Senate, the median age of all Democrats is 66.0, a bit higher than the median for Republicans (64.5).

Hogg is living on VIBES - these old folks tsk tsk too much and I just want to focus on getting LAID. So I'll vote Republican because of...... POLICIES??

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Are Republicans focused on improving housing, or medicine, or wealth - or lowering prices? I don't think so.

But the CON MAN at the head of the party sure is slick with the vibes - you know he won't mind if you start talking about getting laid - but AOC might SNAP YOU FUCKING HEAD OFF with a tsk tsk.

He's about vibes and so is Maher and Theo Von and Rogan and all the other dumb fucks out there.

So the vibes are good but the policies?? Well -who pays attention to policies??

I know what he is doing targeting members of his own party because of vibes - and because they are old - not policies - and that's why he's being an asshole who is unfit for leadership.



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85. "people have been complaining about age for a while now"
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way before Hogg.

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92. ""SOME PEOPLE" have - and they get loud"
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But then why do they go vote for OLD PEOPLE on the other side??

Maybe age isn't really important to folks or you'd see much younger people on both sides.

It's like I hear "I want a phone that has 5 days of battery even if it is thick" and then someone makes that phone and no one buys it.

David Hogg might care about age --some - but it's not why bros went to Trump - they went to Trump and the republicans for easy lies.

Lies about transgender athletes stealing all the medals from hard working defenseless girls!!! Lies about "What do you have to lose??!?!?!"

It seems like it's not really the issue - and getting rid of 'old people' can also lead you to get rid of your best and/or most experienced people.

(Being old an incumbent does not mean they should always support you - but it ALSO doesn't mean you're *necessarily* a problem.)

FFS Trump's closest advisor is spouting about getting rid of Habeas Corpus - is that something that should be focuses on more than someone's age??

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96. "I'm trying to say it's vibes more than anything"
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I know some people just want a change - so get rid out the bums and get new people with fresh ideas.

That's vibe because it'd not talking about the quality of change or the kind of ideas.

The right's slick with the lies, and then they pardon the insurrectionists, start deporting babies and want to suspend habeas corpus so they can imprison and deport and one for any reason.

It is a change - just a real bad one.

But they had the vibes - anti-immigrant and pro white.

And somehow these bros STILL can't get laid!! And not all stress about life was wiped away!

(I'm to the left of Bernie in my heart - but I don't see a way to vibe this America over there. I do see that Trump won with less than 50% of the popular vote.

Hell Hillary got MILLIONS MORE OF VOTES and the next day I see how unpopular she was and how she should have gone away. Vibes.

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113. "you seem more focused on vibes"
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>I know some people just want a change - so get rid out the
>bums and get new people with fresh ideas.

Certainly part of it, yep. You can't run a campaign on "nothing will change except I'll put a Republican in my cabinet" when the guy you replaced is historically unpopular.




>
>That's vibe because it'd not talking about the quality of
>change or the kind of ideas.

Of course. But the issue is that Democrats have no ideas- no platform, no agenda- that they would like to enact.

Its just "Trump/GOP bad" and "institutions good"


>
>The right's slick with the lies, and then they pardon the
>insurrectionists, start deporting babies and want to suspend
>habeas corpus so they can imprison and deport and one for any
>reason.
>
>It is a change - just a real bad one.

Right. So why didn't Democrats offer better change?

>
>But they had the vibes - anti-immigrant and pro white.

What did democrats have?

>
>And somehow these bros STILL can't get laid!! And not all
>stress about life was wiped away!
>
>(I'm to the left of Bernie in my heart - but I don't see a way
>to vibe this America over there. I do see that Trump won with
>less than 50% of the popular vote.

I think everyone on the left/Democrats have gotten sucked into thinking this is left vs moderate.

It isn't.

Its that Democrats haven't offered the country a bold vision of change to make their lives better since 2008.

Not even a moderate one.




>
>Hell Hillary got MILLIONS MORE OF VOTES and the next day I see
>how unpopular she was and how she should have gone away.
>Vibes.

She fucking lost. Still hanging on to the popular vote win nearly 10 years later is some sad, loser shit- and why democrats continue to lose elections they should win.

But lets move it forward-

What does it say that Kamala lost the EC, every swing state, AND the popular vote??

And anyone who just chalks that up to racism/sexism is contributing to the loser shit.

Merikkka was racist in 08.


Democrats need to offer change. They need to stop being civics teachers and celebrity avatars.

Just offer voters...something.

  

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116. "Dems are actively trying to buy a "Liberal Joe Rogan" rn"
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It doesn't work that way. They're more lost than ever
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/us/politics/democrats-influencers-trump.html

Its why I never got hyped during election season about how much money got raised

  

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86. "old heads need to go but the vibes shit I agree with"
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which is why hearing “I didn’t think he would do THAT” is some bullshit.

You knew, you just ignored it or you were so focused on owning the libs that you refused to heed the warnings that were made over and over and over again.

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87. "a lot of folks definitel voted for their feelings instead of facts."
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they voted for themselves instead of the good of the people/country.

Y'all buy those labels, I was born supreme

  

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88. "Didn't even end up voting for themselves, it turns out."
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>they voted for themselves instead of the good of the people/country.

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90. "unfortunately, for all of us."
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Y'all buy those labels, I was born supreme

  

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94. "No doubt."
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89. "they voted for racism and demagoguery"
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109. "The last 8 congress members to die in office were all Dems"
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I did not know this..

https://www.businessinsider.com/8-members-congress-died-office-democrats-2025-5


Eight sitting members of Congress have died since November 2022.
Every single one of them was a Democrat.
The party has been wrestling with age and gerontocracy for years.
In the last two and a half years, eight sitting members of the House or Senate have died in office. Every time, it's been a Democrat.

Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, died on Wednesday at 75, after a battle with esophageal cancer.

He's the third House Democrat to die in the last three months. If Democrats had gained a narrow 1 or 2-seat majority in 2024, they would have lost it by now.


Dianne Feinstein, history-making senator, dies at 90
The streak of Democratic deaths could just be something of a coincidence. After all, there are plenty of elderly and diminished Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill, including former Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

But Democrats do tend to be older than Republicans, on average. A report from FiscalNote found that in the last Congress, the average House Democrat was six years older than the average House Republican, while the gap was seven years in he upper chamber.

There are some potential structural reasons for this as well, including the seniority system, which Democrats tend to employ more than Republicans.


The deaths are just another data point in a long-running conversation that's been raging within the Democratic Party for years about age and gerontocracy, which culminated last year in President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the presidential race after a disastrous debate performance.

Since then, Democrats in particular have been taking age more seriously, including when it comes to who's serving in important committee positions. Connolly notably beat back a challenge from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York in December for the Oversight position he's now vacated.

Here's the full list of Democratic lawmakers who have died in office since November 2022:

Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia
Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona
Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas
Rep. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas
Rep. Donald Payne of New Jersey
Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California
Rep. Donald McEachin of Virginia

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114. "the bill that passed this week fails if enough dems were alive"
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I know Handle is in here crunching numbers to self soothe but these old motherfuckers have to go.


And this has been a particularly BAD issue for Dems and therefore the country.

RBG hung on too long and fucked the country.

Biden hung on too long and fucked the party and country.


Etc etc.


You don't see that happening on the other side. And also, who gives a fuck what is happening on the other side?

Our side is hanging on too long while Blue MAGA cheers them on and the country ends up worse off for it.

  

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115. "ain't nobody cheering this on, stop that shit"
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I have said and I will continue to say if you have a problem with the people in office, vote them out. The easiest way to fix this, yet leftists and other online complainers can't be bothered to do the bare minimum to change who's in office.

On average, the annual turnout for primaries countrywide is about 20%. In 2024 in my state the turnout was 13% for the primaries. 13%!!!!

It's not the Dems forcing people to stay home, it's not Nancy Pelosi forcing you to not vote, it's the people who constantly complain about the Democrats having such terrible people in office then refuse to do anything about it who are allowing older incumbents to stay in office.

Don't say anything about Dems or Blue Maga or old politicians unless you can commit your people to do more than complain online and actually start voting to change who they disagree with politically.

__________________________________________

Maybe there are two types of people in the world: those who favor humans over ideology, and those who favor ideology over humans. I prefer humans to ideology, but right now the ideologues are winning.

  

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120. "nah, vote them out is not a sound strategy "
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too much money invested in these old heads.

if they truly wanted the party to win they would step down or pass the torch. Its selfish when you know you have a solid block of old ass voters who will vote for you know matter what.

pass that shit!!

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126. "Exactly. The old heads have all the influence and reach"
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>too much money invested in these old heads.
>
>if they truly wanted the party to win they would step down or
>pass the torch. Its selfish when you know you have a solid
>block of old ass voters who will vote for you know matter
>what.
>
>pass that shit!!
>

No one is saying don't vote, but this goes beyond that.
They care deeply about the prestige the position carries and aren't interested in a fair fight. Their influential "friends" will always assist in planting seeds of doubt regarding new blood.
If they truly cared they'd be willing to promote/assist a more capable leader, but they want to hold that spot and enjoy the prestige, connections, fancy dinner parties etc.

extreme pressure, along with high temperature, is crucial for the formation of diamonds

  

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140. "^^^ this is why democrats lose "
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Its okay to ask more of your public servants. Its okay to ask/demand if they are pushing 80 fucking years old and/or have terminal cancer to not run.

It isn't just "well stop complaining and vote"

You know that.

And you know like I know there is a ton of money/power/etc behind incumbents to just "vote them all out"

You really think those of us asking these old geezers to not run again are in the wrong? lol

Again, the big beautiful bill passed because enough dems in the house dropped dead in office.

If that makes you more mad at me than those selfish narcisstic fucks then do you I guess.

But blue maga's reflexive habit of blaming abstract leftist voters rather than a handful of wealthy individuals hanging on to power is a big reason Dems have no incentive to change. They know enough of ya'll will still donate, still volunteer, still be good employees no matter what the fuck they do.

  

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110. "Green Party"
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all day

www.instagram.com/schemeofthings

  

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111. "Now that’s power! "
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117. "LOL"
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___________________

Mar-A-Lago delenda est

  

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170. "for what purpose?"
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“So back we go to these questions — friendship, character… ethics.”

  

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112. "Hogg on the Breakfast club this morning"
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https://youtu.be/BRGei4j6VXY?si=biAcr3OKjD1LTR-J

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118. "white cis male-hood done right lol"
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"i do more for both our communities than you'll ever know." - Heinz
"But rest assured, in my luxurious house built on the backs of people darker than me, I am sipping fine scotch and scoffing at how stupid you are." - bshelly

  

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124. "But why?"
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Of all the young politicians and talking heads, why him?

  

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142. "Who would you have booked instead?"
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R.I.P. Loud But Wrong Guy
Dec 29th 2009 - Dec 17th 2017

  

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119. "Yall are not cooked."
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Those are russian bots and unserious MAGA clowns.

Continue what you are doing and your "base" shows up en masse during mid-term elections. Yall got this keep up everything you arr doing.

No empathy for white misery (c) BDot

"root for everybody black haters say that's crazy, wow..."

  

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121. "Is there a cute term for black Maga?"
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Is it just Q-Anon?

Or has someone coined a spiffy name like the fake "Blue Maga" they throw around?

You know the ones here --posting anti-immigrant as pro black - or anti-trans as 'pro woman' and anti-woman as 'common sense?"

Because I don't think it's Russian bots here - I think its people who fell for Russian bots (and the first defense is 'No - you feel for a BLUE BOT!")

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122. "Bla-GA ?"
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kinda has a ring to it

R.I.P. Loud But Wrong Guy
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123. "NAGAs."
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use at your own risk.

Y'all buy those labels, I was born supreme

  

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125. "Lol"
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127. "YES!!! - Marv Albert"
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128. "perfect."
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133. "lulz"
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129. "."
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Wrong post

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131. "Dems spent $20 Mill meeting to study how to speak to men"
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I wish I could find the clip because a Black man on a panel called them out perfectly.

Just go out and talk to actual people instead of chilling in a 5 star hotel talking to each other.

2026 is a layup and Dems about to fuck it up.

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132. "same people who thought Walz talking about his truck"
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and speaking in football metaphors would be a lock

or that hispanic voters would fall all over themselves when they saw Tim Caine speak Spanish

Ultimate bubble people.

  

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134. "“If they come in my house they are getting shot” - Kamala"
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yeah.. these mfers are so detached its scary

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135. "I forgot about the whole bragging on her glock thing"
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Dems trying to impress Republicans never works. Kerry was a decorated combat veteran, while Bush was a cheerleader, but he had to do a hunting photo shoot to try and prove he wasn't a liberal pussy. Even Obama had a gun photo op at one point.

2019 she had to run away from the whole "she's a cop" tag when the candidates were trying to out-progressive each other. So they had to have her overcorrcect

It's how someone like Trump is seen as genuine whIle lying more than anyone alive. But people know no one is telling him what to say, and if they are he's def not listening

Stop listening to these ivy league bubble consultants

  

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136. "Walz is the only one who figured out an effective strategy in '24..."
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...by calling Republicans weird. It was true, and it bugged the shit out of them. And it was popular and catching on. So, naturally, the Democrat consultants told them it wasn't playing well in their focus groups and it was wrong to try and divide people. So they told Walz to stop saying it and start treating Vance like a serious politician. We saw how well that worked out.

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137. "ngl I thought the "weird" thing was prob gonna wear thin"
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but i agree, they dumped it completely, and it was far more effective than the whole "i speak jive" to white men strategy.

Like im sure he does do the things he kept going on about (coaching, trucks, hunting), but the try-hard way he constantly talked about it made it feel like it was an act

Goofy sitcom dad who was willing to talk shit was fine

  

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141. "I felt like “weird” was the only bullet in the chamber. "
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once they played that hand they had nothing to follow it up

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160. "They didn't really "need" any other bullets tho"
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It's not like Trump came to the table with a bunch of fresh ideas leading up to the election. It was the same old shit. I think hammering them on their weirdness could well have paid off.

Shit, I know it's local, but the Democratic candidate just won the mayorial race in conservative-ass Omaha. And they did so running on a campaign of, "While the current mayor is obsessed with peeping into the bathroom, we're trying to help you." You can build a national strategy around that.

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138. "^^^^^^^^^^ still cannot believe that."
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>RE: Walz is the only one who figured out an effective strategy in '24...
>...by calling Republicans weird. It was true, and it bugged
>the shit out of them. And it was popular and catching on. So,
>naturally, the Democrat consultants told them it wasn't
>playing well in their focus groups and it was wrong to try and
>divide people. So they told Walz to stop saying it and start
>treating Vance like a serious politician. We saw how well that
>worked out.

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139. "the fact that there is no accountability for consultants"
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really reinforces my feeling lately that it is all a grift.

I can't think of many professions where you are allowed to lose/fail/underperform so much and keep getting rehired at higher rates.

People forget people were so happy with the Kamala change (not Joe) and the Walz pick that she had a nice bump in the polls and was actually leading at one point. Trump was nervous and complaining that the Dems cheated, etc.


Then her campaign started and the consultants/Biden people took over the messaging. No change from Biden. No light between them. Drop the Weird stuff. Play nice at the debate. Brag about your glock. Tour the country with Liz Cheney. Etc etc.

Raise a billion dollars and lose every sing swing state + the popular vote. You would think anyone who came up with that strategy would be sent into space.

Nope. Still around. Holding lavish weekend strategy sessions with top Dems. Etc.

Gen Z moved right this past election. Think about that...young people moving right...And the Dems just put the consultant who was in charge of Gen Z outreach in charge of male outreach. (She's a woman)

https://x.com/muckrakingmedia/status/1928129313460867111


If you fail at something, you shouldn't get promoted. But that doesn't apply to Democrat consultants.

They tell these old geezers what they want to hear and cash their checks.

Its telling that outside of a few outspoken individuals, there has been no major shift in Democrat messaging. No leadership. No plan. Nothing.

Consultants are still getting paid though.


  

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143. "^^^^^^^^^"
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>RE: the fact that there is no accountability for consultants
>really reinforces my feeling lately that it is all a grift.
>
>I can't think of many professions where you are allowed to
>lose/fail/underperform so much and keep getting rehired at
>higher rates.
>
>People forget people were so happy with the Kamala change (not
>Joe) and the Walz pick that she had a nice bump in the polls
>and was actually leading at one point. Trump was nervous and
>complaining that the Dems cheated, etc.
>
>
>Then her campaign started and the consultants/Biden people
>took over the messaging. No change from Biden. No light
>between them. Drop the Weird stuff. Play nice at the debate.
> Brag about your glock. Tour the country with Liz Cheney.
>Etc etc.
>
>Raise a billion dollars and lose every sing swing state + the
>popular vote. You would think anyone who came up with that
>strategy would be sent into space.
>
>Nope. Still around. Holding lavish weekend strategy sessions
>with top Dems. Etc.
>
>Gen Z moved right this past election. Think about
>that...young people moving right...And the Dems just put the
>consultant who was in charge of Gen Z outreach in charge of
>male outreach. (She's a woman)
>
>https://x.com/muckrakingmedia/status/1928129313460867111
>
>
>If you fail at something, you shouldn't get promoted. But
>that doesn't apply to Democrat consultants.
>
>They tell these old geezers what they want to hear and cash
>their checks.
>
>Its telling that outside of a few outspoken individuals, there
>has been no major shift in Democrat messaging. No leadership.
> No plan. Nothing.
>
>Consultants are still getting paid though.
>
>
>

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144. "lol"
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>Gen Z moved right this past election. Think about
>that...young people moving right...And the Dems just put the
>consultant who was in charge of Gen Z outreach in charge of
>male outreach. (She's a woman)
>
>https://x.com/muckrakingmedia/status/1928129313460867111

  

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145. "fwiw she's said she's not in charge of 'bringing men back' to the dems"
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That it was Just something Trump Jr and them decided to run with because of how she looks (or looked because she's losing weight)


>>Gen Z moved right this past election. Think about
>>that...young people moving right...And the Dems just put the
>>consultant who was in charge of Gen Z outreach in charge of
>>male outreach. (She's a woman)
>>
>>https://x.com/muckrakingmedia/status/1928129313460867111
>

  

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146. "did she really say its because she is losing weight? "
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at least she has a sense of humor

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147. "she said they made it a point to post pics from when she was fatter"
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reminds me of how when fox and them post pics of AOC her mouth is open and it looks like she's yelling

  

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152. "America is where rich white folks fail upwards"
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Golden parachutes and contract buyouts and shit

so I’m not surprised one bit they can fuck up an election and get more money for the next one.

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154. "All day"
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157. "If America held people accountable for failure Trump wouldn’t be in of..."
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158. "True indeed"
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148. "What did they man on the panel suggest?"
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Do you have a link?

Did he just say "DEMS HAVE A PROBLEM!!!!!!!!"?

Or did he give actual feedback?

Because how do you get 'men' who Trump/Republicans got by:

1)Lying to them
2)Making them feel like their MANHOOD has been TAKEN by LIBS, LGBTQ, Feminists, Political correctness, and possibly the jews?
3)Playing Ice-Cube's "This is a man's world" but removing the part where Yo-Yo says "It wouldn't be a damn thing without a woman's touch?"
4)Tell them that the 'others' are eating cats and dogs.
5)Saying that taxing all foreigners living abroad will solve their problems?
6)Telling them that waste, and fraud - mainly by the 'poors' but also by 'the elites' is why 'the country is in debt?"

Did he have any suggestions?



Some of the people who were bamboozled by the lie that "Both sides are the same" MIGHT be gettable, but I can't think of any campaign to talk to them wouldn't be weaponized by bad actors - and most of these people can easily be swayed back to apathy.

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149. "here is the link, it is at 1:45"
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https://youtu.be/jr7S_SnW3O4

and its not about getting Trump voters.. its about how to reach young male voters and working class voters.

He keeps it real.” If you want to communicate with people.. GO FIND THEM AND TALK TO THEM. Sitting in a hotel trying to figure out how to do it is a waste of time and comes off as elitist”

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153. "HE SAID IT - he said one of the code words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..."
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>He keeps it real.” If you want to communicate with people..
>GO FIND THEM AND TALK TO THEM. Sitting in a hotel trying to
>figure out how to do it is a waste of time and comes off as
>elitist”


Someone's got to figure a way out how to get that guy to get a feeling near his groin when being talked to - the REPUBLCIANS do that with lies - overtly, stupid lies. (Is that keeping it real?)

It's a tough spot - people ONLY care about how they feel - they completely and utterly always ignore policy (with the smallest exception of it a policy is actively making them feel targeted at the very moment you ask them about it) and can only focus on the last thing people ask them about.


> how to reach young male voters
David Hogg's suggestion: Tell them they are great and promise to get them laid!!

This guys solution:
Don't try to do everything you can - from simultaneously doing voter outreach AND conducting studies in ELITE HOTELS and --just only go out and be common and talk to people and somehow that'll fix it.

Also: He has no suggestions for DEMS other than that.

It's fucking meaningless.

And it is a real problem.

Because there are elites - like the richest man on the planet - pumping in hundreds of millions of dollars and lying in obvious ways. None of these motherfuckers seem real offended about that, just that someone's trying to figure out an answer to a problem.

Crossing fingers for THE GREEN PARTY to really figure it out and take over and solve everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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155. "Did you watch the video ?"
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>
>This guys solution:
>Don't try to do everything you can - from simultaneously doing
>voter outreach AND conducting studies in ELITE HOTELS and
>--just only go out and be common and talk to people and
>somehow that'll fix it.
>
>Also: He has no suggestions for DEMS other than that.
>


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156. "handle has been off the handle for years.. lol"
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bet he didn’t even watch the video

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163. "I watched it"
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He said "We've been accused of being elitist. What do we do now??'

And he said at 2:59 "FIND ANSWERS!" Talk to the "folks in the streets." and "Amplify those stories."

He's just saying" Figure it out! Go on the street and figure it out - not in a HOTEL!!!!!!!!!"

Third person says "Talk about price of groceries, not what the DC bubble is saying!!"

Maybe that's it - maybe actual policy and the actual record don't matter. Just vibes.

Do you think the democratic party is capable of only 1 thing - renting hotel rooms????

How did any of you get one actionable item from any of that blathering they did on that newscast??

Suggest ANYTHING actionable (and if possible near a Doubletree) - I dare you.

He didn't say anything.

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165. "Watch it again"
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>He said "We've been accused of being elitist. What do we do
>now??'
>

ok

>And he said at 2:59 "FIND ANSWERS!" Talk to the "folks in the
>streets." and "Amplify those stories."
>

yep

>He's just saying" Figure it out! Go on the street and figure
>it out - not in a HOTEL!!!!!!!!!"
>

and....

>Third person says "Talk about price of groceries, not what the
>DC bubble is saying!!"
>


you left this part out

"BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THESE
3:20
STREETS. THERE ARE REALLY GOOD
3:22
EXAMPLES OF HOW PEOPLE HAVE
3:24
TAUGHT EACH OTHER, MINISTERED TO
3:26
EACH OTHER, CLOTHED AND FED EACH
3:28
OTHER. BECAUSE PARTICULARLY IN
3:29
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY,
3:30
WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THAT. SO
3:32
AMPLIFY THOSE STORIES. BUT
3:34
INSTEAD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HELD UP
3:35
AT HOTELS TALKING TO EACH OTHER.


>Maybe that's it - maybe actual policy and the actual record
>don't matter. Just vibes.


I didn't hear him dismiss the "actual record" and policy. Do you have a time stamp for that ?

>Do you think the democratic party is capable of only 1 thing -
>renting hotel rooms????
>

No, I believe the democratic party can do more then one thing, but if it is not working does that help ?

>How did any of you get one actionable item from any of that
>blathering they did on that newscast??
>

We don't have blinders on and we are not using tunnel vision.

Do you believe the Democrats are Beyond reproach ?


>Suggest ANYTHING actionable (and if possible near a
>Doubletree) - I dare you.
>
>He didn't say anything.

So every thing he said was just blather including the part about the African American community ? Nobody can do anything or get something out of what he said, right ?

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167. "that mfr started typing before the video started.. lol"
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he aint watch shit. He read one word I typed and went on one of his unhinged rants

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168. "lol"
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159. "well your way isn't working "
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the whole see someone criticizing the dems. run in with cap locks loaded and berate on them who they need to be talking about instead, and stop being right wing dupes, shut the fuck up and fall in line thing.

It's not working

  

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171. "Dem supporters need a study on online discussions"
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and how to communicate with people

cause this dude is not helping AT ALL

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184. "they gonna study your study (c)"
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https://youtu.be/SnHLfwDPt-k?si=OocuPE6n3Da5WzEe

  

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150. "while I agree they shouldn't be studying folks and making this process"
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an experiment, I'm not convinced they can reach the everyday person in some parts of the country.

https://youtu.be/az9Ol86E37k?si=YvExmGqIKwl20BPJ

this guy may be losing his job because of trump but gives him a good grade.

the other guy is talking about dudes kissing as if that'll be gone because of trump. a talking point that likely has no bearing on his daily life.

how can you reach folks like that who don't seem to be as concerned about the rights of everyone or seem to be ok with the current path despite shit falling apart in their own lives?

they'd rather not vote that vote for dems.

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151. "def wont reach everyone"
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but I think a study on how to talk to people is a waste of time and money.

I know Obama was gifted but the guy got out there and knocked on doors in rural areas and talked and LISTENED to people.

Dems make it harder than it has to be.

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161. "Dems could sweep every election...."
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...if they took on a policy that was:

anti-genocide/proxy wars
$25/hr minimum wage
universal health care


if they seriously pushed for those....they'd sweep in nearly every election, local and national.....but they are just as pro-corporatism and pro-war as the Repubs, so they'll never do it.

instead they'll paint MAGA as the lone evil boogieman....even though they essentially advocate for the same end goals. they are more subtle about it and use kinder rhetoric.

Democrats and Republicans are just two wings of the same beast.

but since I'm not parroting neo-liberal talking points, I'm prob just a 'russian bot'

beep bop boop.



  

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162. "Cubans and other immigrants voted for their own deportation"
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I’m not sure most voters give a fuck about voting for things that will help them.

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164. "I have been meaning to post for a while how no one cares about policy"
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As soon as Trump won, his voters deemed the economy to be in good shape. Turns out that's what happens when your president is in office.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/11/07/your-view-of-the-economy-depends-on-whether-your-party-controls-the-white-house/

We had a policy that halved child poverty very recently, not only did people not fight to keep it, but most people can't name it.

Pro-Palestine folks help elect a President who was absolutely going to make the lives of Palestinians worse.

We finally figured out some reforms that dramatically improve the education of disadvantaged black kid,s and no one really wants to pursue it because it comes from two unpopular sources, Charter Schools and modeling after Mississippi.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/unlearning-democrats-answer-on-charter-schools.html

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166. "don't care about policy? or don't know? "
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are you talking about the Child Tax Credit which did cut child poverty in half....buuuuuuuut expired in 2022, with little pushback from Biden and Dems and poverty rates skyrocketed again.

The argument that Pro-Palestine folks helped elect Trump is baseless and dismissive....if you want to frame it that way, one could easily say that Pro-Genocide Democrats helped get him elected as well.

Biden staffers have now admitted there was never any attempt from his admin for a cease fire...Israel called his presidency a 'gift from god' because they never imagined they'd be able to continue their assault for as long as they have been.

Are we really going to make the argument of a 'less-worse genocide'?

Biden said he'd veto any bill that guaranteed universal health care.

Biden used the Senate Parliamentarian ruling as the reason why they couldn't raise minimum wage

Biden increased funding of the police, pentagon and ICE to record levels.


deportations were higher under Biden than Trump's first term.

He declared covid "over" so that all public health funding could be cut and turned to private sector for profit.

Kamala said she wouldn't change any of her policies as President.


So I don't think that people don't care about policy.....I think many people don't have a clear understanding of them....or they are so intrenched in Blue vs Red ideology, they don't see that both parties are operating with a lot of the same agenda.



  

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169. "Yes. If folks cared about the minimizing the death of Palestinians"
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and cared about ethnic clensing of Palestinians, they would have done more to make sure Trump wasn't elected.

Biden didn't do enough because he was weak and feeble, but Trump actively gave the greenlight to wipe Palestinians off the map, as long as it didn't take too long.

Not caring about policy is not caring the number of Palestinians ultimately die because wanting to protest is more important. Not caring about policy is this folks actively protesting Democrats and progressives and not taking it to the Trump administration which now controls all the levers of government policy.

>
>are you talking about the Child Tax Credit which did cut child
>poverty in half....buuuuuuuut expired in 2022, with little
>pushback from Biden and Dems and poverty rates skyrocketed
>again.
>
>The argument that Pro-Palestine folks helped elect Trump is
>baseless and dismissive....if you want to frame it that way,
>one could easily say that Pro-Genocide Democrats helped get
>him elected as well.
>
>Biden staffers have now admitted there was never any attempt
>from his admin for a cease fire...Israel called his presidency
>a 'gift from god' because they never imagined they'd be able
>to continue their assault for as long as they have been.
>
>Are we really going to make the argument of a 'less-worse
>genocide'?
>
>Biden said he'd veto any bill that guaranteed universal health
>care.
>
>Biden used the Senate Parliamentarian ruling as the reason why
>they couldn't raise minimum wage
>
>Biden increased funding of the police, pentagon and ICE to
>record levels.
>
>
>deportations were higher under Biden than Trump's first term.
>
>He declared covid "over" so that all public health funding
>could be cut and turned to private sector for profit.
>
>Kamala said she wouldn't change any of her policies as
>President.
>
>
>So I don't think that people don't care about policy.....I
>think many people don't have a clear understanding of
>them....or they are so intrenched in Blue vs Red ideology,
>they don't see that both parties are operating with a lot of
>the same agenda.
>
>
>
>


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172. "Thank You"
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this idea that staying home and punishing Dems by letting Trump win is some hustling backwards shit.

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173. "word"
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so not voting for Genocide blue team is 'staying home'?
and voting for key principals is 'punishing Dems'?


the original poster is right, Dems are cooked.
how long before folks start to look at the side-effects of bootlicking neo-liberal and status quo talking points?


  

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181. "yes.. voting green party, purple party or a write-in does NOTHING"
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for Palestinians.

Look, I’m against war, genocide, police states and anything else you want to throw out there that harms people but I know damn well things won’t be any better with Trump and them in office for 4 years.

Now, if your green parties or write-in’s actually did anything besides play spoiler I would see your point but until that happens you might as well stay home.

Biden was trash on this war but Trump and them are hot trash on fire and they want to enrich themselves with Gaza hotels and shit.

I had more faith in Kamala than Trump or any of the 3rd and 4th parties yall voted for.

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174. "Biden was weak and feeble???"
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this genocide is fully on him.....

even Israel didn't think they would get the greenlight to push their attacks beyond six weeks.

this genocide wouldn't be possible without Biden....who once said that if "Israeal didn't exist, the United States would invent an Israel to protect their interests in the region."

https://mondoweiss.net/2025/05/biden-staffers-admit-what-we-all-knew-white-house-lied-about-ceasefire-efforts/


You see Matt Miller, Biden's press secretary admit that Israel has been conducting war crimes this whole time? he couldn't say it while he was on the payroll or speaking on behalf of the State Dept.

and claiming the genocide would be 'better' if Kamala had won is some heartless ish to say...the way some folks on here deflecting any critique of Biden feels exactly how MAGA folks are with Trump.


so yeah, Dems are cooked.





  

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175. "many prefer to act morally superior"
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instead of actually doing something that would help Palestinians. Like, i get that the dems aren't perfect but maybe when Republicans are in power you can spend some time criticising them instead of democrats.

ps not saying this to you personally

“So back we go to these questions — friendship, character… ethics.”

  

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176. "prefer to 'act morally superior' ? "
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there is this false trope that somehow if someone is critical of the Democrats, they are somehow unable to be critical of Republicans...


when someone is anti-genocide, anti-imperialism, and an abolitionist.....its quite easy to remain CONSISTENT in criticism and going after institutions no matter if they rep the donkey or elephant logo.

This red vs blue battle is like a sports rivalry mixed with reality TV.

should we stay more loyal to our core values? or a party?

perhaps some hold Democrats to a higher standard because they claim to care about human rights, justice and inclusion....so there is an attempt to speak some truth to power.


how did Nazi Germany rise to power ?
look into how the liberal party in Germany responded during those times.


this fascism we are seeing today is a group project.




  

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177. "Do you want things to be better or worse for Palestinians?"
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It would be better for them if you voted for Kamala, plain and simple.

“So back we go to these questions — friendship, character… ethics.”

  

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178. "Are you involved with any pro-Palestine campaigns??"
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Cause I haven’t heard that sentiment shared anywhere except for NYT op-ed and those outside of the movement.

You feel confident that you know what would be ‘better’ for Palestinians??

  

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179. "Nope"
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i have not read the NY Times op-ed. i am confident that removing a million Palestinians from their homeland and building a resort there isn't what's best for them. Do you think that is what's best for them? Do you think YOU know what's best for them?

“So back we go to these questions — friendship, character… ethics.”

  

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180. "nope"
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never said I knew what's best for them....but I do listen to countless orgs, mutual aid groups and go-fundme campaigns from people who are in Gaza or working directly with them.


and I haven't heard anyone say that voting for Biden/Harris would be the 'better' option....I have only heard that talking point from folks that feel like they have some sort of hubris that they voted righteously and attempt to shame voters for not voting blue.

if we need to split hairs as to which side would do a genocide 'better'....than we've gone so far off from the plot and says a lot about the demise of basic humanity and decency.


the pre-cursors to normalizing fascism.










  

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182. "normalizing fascism is helping the most fascist mfer win"
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congrats.. you did’t vote for Kamala because of Palestine.

Now we have ICE raids and kidnappings of kids and sending them to jails halfway around the world.

Medicaid being snatched from the poor
Fed departments GUTTED
DOE defunded
The most unqualified fucks we have ever seen in a presidential cabinet

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183. "fascism is fascism"
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you really think want to discuss who is the 'most/least' fascist MFer?

if someone is anti-fascist they are against ALL OF IT.
they wouldn't normalize or pacify the 'lesser' version



you know who appointed the current head of ICE??

it was Obama during his term in office. He even gave him an award for his service and said he's "very good at deporting people"

you know who increased funding for ICE and the police that are conducting these raids?

It was Biden, who famously said we need to "fund fund fund the police".

Biden conducted more deportations in his term than Trump in his first term.

You know who refused to even sign a bill for universal health care?

Yup, it was Biden....he said he'd veto any bill like that if it came across his desk.

RFK and MAGA are destroying public health....but Biden already set that in motion by declaring Covid 'over' and allowing a pandemic to be profitable and normalize eugenics and ableism.


So yeah, I didn't vote blue....and its not just because of Palestine, it was because of his policy on police, ICE, proxy wars, enabling eugenics and public health during an active pandemic, failing to raise minnimum wage.....etc.

what we are seeing now is a much crueler extension of the groundwork that the Biden administration laid down.



pledging loyalty to a party or candidate and overlooking key values and policy that doesn't align with our own? that sounds exactly like what I hear about what people say about Trump and his MAGA minions.

but if it makes folks feel better that they voted for the 'lesser-fascism' or the 'better-genocide'....then i think we really need to reflect on what people value and what they actually stand for.







  

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185. "this part is diabolical lol"
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>what we are seeing now is a much crueler extension of the
>groundwork that the Biden administration laid down.
>

Hell yeah bro none of this shit existed until Biden invented it

"police, ICE, proxy wars, enabling eugenics and public health during an active pandemic, failing to raise minnimum wage."

Maybe you can give more detail on the ENABLING EUGENICS AND PUBLIC HEALTH DURING AN ACTIVE PANDEMIC part as it pertains to Biden specifically dog??

Sometimes I read these responses a little closer and I don't know what part of the conspiracy spectrum you are on.

  

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186. "when I was on tour in college a promoter gave a list of places not to st..."
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dont get gas at BP because they fucked up the rain forest
dont get gas from Shell because of their history in South America
dont get gas from Texaco because
dont fet gas from Amaco because

finally I was like “how the fuck will we get home if we can’t stop anywhere?”

then he shrugged and started walked back to his dorm.

this is what dude reminds me of…

and yes, everything bad started under Biden and Obama.. and Clinton.



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187. "What is projection for $500? "
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when did I ever say that these things started with Biden??

like, be for fucking real.....cause responding like that comes across as you're either being disingenuous or lack basic reading comprehension.

Biden declared Covid 'over'....pulling public funding and resources. Basically those who don't have health coverage or already had health issues have been put at additional risk.

If you're really interested in learning more about it, this is a great book:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250796639/theviralunderclass/

or you can follow accounts of people who have been posting about the ongoing dangers of Covid and its long term effects.

https://www.instagram.com/luckytran?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

happy to share additional resources and accounts from health and community experts if you're ACTUALLY interested.


but you seem more interested in misrepresenting what I'm saying and more into trolling than actually listening to my points in any type of good faith.


I'm speaking from an anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism and anti-ableism
perspective....if you can't determine what 'conspiracy spectrum' that is....don't know what to tell ya.









  

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189. "I am doing a ton of reading for a political education class"
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So I'm ok with reading

I also look at things through a lens of anti-capitalism and anti-racism, so I dont have problem with your ideas, just your approach. I'm too old for the performative high road BS.

That being said, I had a lengthy response typed out but i opted to leave you to your opinions until I read the enabling eugenics part. That's sensationalist and the type of thing that can be weaponized by the right to smear programs that benefit marginalized communities as "tyranny of big government" while they let the free market continue to justify the agenda of white supremacy domestically and abroad.

If you were of the opinion that electoral politics is less valuable than violent, direct action i would respect it, but you should consider voting to minimize damage to vulnerable people before putting on your keffiyeh like a superactivist.

  

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192. "cmon why do you guys play dumb"
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>
>>what we are seeing now is a much crueler extension of the
>>groundwork that the Biden administration laid down.
>>
>
>Hell yeah bro none of this shit existed until Biden invented
>it

Dude isn't saying that. The window keeps moving right on all of these issues- because Dems let it happens when they have power.

The Biden admin was to the right of Reagan and Bush on Isreal- you don't think that gives room to Trump to move even further right?



>
>"police, ICE, proxy wars, enabling eugenics and public health
>during an active pandemic, failing to raise minnimum wage."
>
>Maybe you can give more detail on the ENABLING EUGENICS AND
>PUBLIC HEALTH DURING AN ACTIVE PANDEMIC part as it pertains to
>Biden specifically dog??

Put your critical thinking hat on. The Biden admin LIED and said the vax would stop transmission and sent everyone back to work with no additional protections. None. Zip.

To get the economy going.

Had Donald Trump done this, this place would have been on fire. But it was Uncle Joe so now folks play dumb as rocks when the subject is brought up.




>
>Sometimes I read these responses a little closer and I don't
>know what part of the conspiracy spectrum you are on.

I can't speak for dude, but I think a big fucking problem is assuming any criticism of Dems or comparison to the GOP is assumed to be a conspiracy.

Just take off your team's hat for a minute and think crtically.



  

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194. "It's right there in the line lol"
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>>
>>>what we are seeing now is a much crueler extension of the
>>>groundwork that the Biden administration laid down.
>>>
>>

this is an acknowledgment that out of the two real options, the one we ended up with is crueler than Biden's.

And to have limited that additional damage you would have had to swallow a pill that tasted bitter, but that was just too hard?

>>Hell yeah bro none of this shit existed until Biden invented
>>it

>Dude isn't saying that. The window keeps moving right on all
>of these issues- because Dems let it happens when they have
>power.

he didn't say Biden started it, and that's not what my response meant. It meant American policy does not start and end with the guy he is criticizing (more than the alternative, which is fuckin weird). You don't think it's strange that before the election, Palestine was the single issue with this poster, and now after the election has been shown to have very discernible negative consequences for everybody on the left, that this poster says "It's not just Palestine, it's x, y, and z"?

>The Biden admin was to the right of Reagan and Bush on Isreal-
>you don't think that gives room to Trump to move even further
>right?

There are arguments on both sides of whether Biden or Reagan was more lenient towards Israel, but the fact is despite the very different political climates, American policy is American policy on Israel, period. Under Trump reporting on the violence against Palestinians has been muzzled, but the genocide hasn't stopped, the war crimes haven't stopped, and you have the added dimension of further imperialist expansion floated as an investment opportunity. Bibi favors Trump. And let's not forget in Trump's first term he made a move that infuriated Palestine:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42274952


>
>Put your critical thinking hat on. The Biden admin LIED and
>said the vax would stop transmission and sent everyone back to
>work with no additional protections. None. Zip.
>
>To get the economy going.

OMG in a capitalist country workers are devalued and safety is sacrificed in the interest of keeping the machine going? I never thought of that.

Is being forced to report for work, disproportionately in blue collar industries with a higher percentage of workers of color the same as ENABLING EUGENICS?

It's not. And that's the type of shit that had me close to putting hands on a white man standing on the corner not two blocks from the hospital where they were stacking bodies during covid was preaching his covid conspiracy, anti-vax bullshit.


>Had Donald Trump done this, this place would have been on
>fire. But it was Uncle Joe so now folks play dumb as rocks
>when the subject is brought up.

Is this a joke? He did much worse than that.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/did-trump-kushner-ignore-blue-state-covid-19-testing-deaths-ncna1235707

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/trumps-war-on-blue-states-is-worse-than-previously-thought.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/07/trump-coronavirus-management-style-123465

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/3/13/21176535/trumps-worst-statements-coronavirus

>>
>>Sometimes I read these responses a little closer and I don't
>>know what part of the conspiracy spectrum you are on.
>
>I can't speak for dude, but I think a big fucking problem is
>assuming any criticism of Dems or comparison to the GOP is
>assumed to be a conspiracy.
>
>Just take off your team's hat for a minute and think
>crtically.


I'm not whatever a 'Biden Democrat' is and I'm only registered with the party to vote against the worst inclinations of this country's right political flank, which they do unfailingly, without exception. My own personal ideology I don't wear on my person as an article of clothing

  

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198. "He loves labeling people "
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I’m a Kamala lover because I voted for her and don’t place the L on her.

I blame Biden staying past his expiration date as the biggest culprit. Could he have done more? Sure, that is always the case. But he damn sure wasn’t bad enough for THIS to be the alternative.

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200. "I'm visiting Harper's Ferry this afternoon"
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> American policy is American
>policy on Israel, period.

I grew up in Maryland and then lived in DC for twelve years and I've never been. I think that's sad, but there's no time like the present I guess. I'm not a revolutionary or particularly brave or strong, but those failings have made me admire the people that understand the urgency of serious moral or material problems being intentionally located outside the boundaries of political solutions.

Can you unpack the implications of your sentence above further? I realize I've stripped it of it's immediate context but it's an alarming thing to read because it places the extermination of a captive people - and our direct, enthusiastic help - beyond the control of normal politics. So it was further surprising to see the rest of your post as an affirmation of conventional political activity. I think I want to put this in as flatly mechanistic a way as possible but I don't think that can be squared. Historically, when people can't solve problems with conventional political solutions they'll turn to unconventional ones like violence and sabotage and simple non-participation.

______________________________

"Walleye, a lot of things are going to go wrong in your life that technically aren't your fault. Always remember that this doesn't make you any less of an idiot"

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209. "I've lost hope in discovering some hidden humanity in zionists"
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It's a genocidal colonialist program, and we share that history as a country built on the erasure of Indigenous culture and history

So we will never be the good guys on this topic despite the shift in public opinion.

Public opinion may lead to a discernible change in US policy on Israel over the next decade or so, but clearly, no matter how unpopular support of the genocide is domestically, few politicians are willing to risk their careers with full-throated condemnation of Israel (RIP Bowman and Bush) because the pro-Israel lobby is too powerful (and vindictive)

I applaud anyone who takes action outside the voting booth in solidarity with Palestinian people, but voting Trump to spite Biden because of Palestine is just the worst possible approach

  

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193. "oh snap did Kamala say she would be different and we all missed it?"
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Because I can only remember her saying she'd be no different than Dark Brandon.

So voters took her at her word. And stayed the fuck home. And she lost every swing state. And the popular vote.


I know Trump has said horrible crazy things, but has he actually done that much worse on this issue than Biden/Kamala?


I get it, Trump is bad.


But you people surrender all of your political power by only asking the Democrats to say nicer things- rather than deliver. So democrats do exactly that- position themselves just 1 inch better than the other side and do some performative bullshit for black lives matter and ya'll eat it the fuck up.

Had Kamala laid out what she would do differently than your uncle Joe, she would have won.

So why are you more mad at sevencents and strangers in michigan than Kamala and the morons who ran her campaign?

Why aren't you more mad at your uncle joe for putting everyone in this position by being to the right of Ronald fucking Regan on Isreal?


And lastly I'm asking you to please for the love of the real makaveli to have some fucking empathy. The woman said "I'll be no different than Joe Biden" and you want people- especially relatives/friends/etc- who have seen dead kids and babies pulled from rubble to go line up to vote for her? And that is STILL your position after data has shown it was a MAJOR reason people didn't support her?

It is okay to ask more of democrats. I think at the bare minimum, its okay to ask them to take positions that would help them win fucking elections. Like...you know...explaining how a Harris admin would be different from an historically unpopular Biden administration. Trump really broke ya'll my goodness.

  

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197. "What ?"
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You think Kamala was going to do all of this

https://www.contrabandcamp.com/p/tracking-racism-the-trump-administration

if she won ?


You believe these people

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/03/democrats-young-men-study-00384370

would've vote for Kamala if she laid out what she would do different ?

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190. "Please forget trying to persuade far-left people."
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please


Even if the persuasion works - it'll only work for a little while.


Susan Sarandon the actress (Rocky Horror Picture show) said a trump election would cause the people's movement that would reshape USA. So...those far-left people who agree with that idea can see how much the people will start a movement that far-left people like. They can step up to lead the people at this moment.


That's what Susan Sarandon believed. So....she and Cornell West can see if that materializes.

  

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191. "lulz"
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195. "if they can't admit that Trump is generally worse than Kamala or Biden"
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there is no point in arguing with them.

“So back we go to these questions — friendship, character… ethics.”

  

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196. "Exactly"
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At this point, they have to prove they can get the public on board with their agenda since they see Dems as corrupt.


Stop acting like tussling with - reforming the Dems is worthwhile if the far-left is so far from Dems and the public will go for what Cornell West and Jill Stein will promote to the public.

  

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199. "Biden press secretary is no longer a Dem and has a book"
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this mfr lied to all of us about Biden being in tip top shape and now she trying to..

fuck it, get your money, I know the job is to spin and lie but cmon..

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201. "yeah didn't see this one coming"
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guess I assumed msnbc would be the move, but she saw those ratings

at least with Tapper he can say, look i got some stuff wrong, but wasn't she saying things like she cant keep up with biden, and sleepy joe is running circles around us? Lol

  

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202. "Wait. She a repug ? Or just not a dem ?"
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203. "Independent "
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205. "She's being consistent though. "
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She thought Biden never should have stepped down and is leaving the party to become an independent because of that.

Folks can say otherwise, but I am not 1000% certain Biden would have lost if he stayed in. I think in this country, a feeble old white guy might do better in an election.

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206. "What ?"
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>Folks can say otherwise, but I am not 1000% certain Biden
>would have lost if he stayed in. I think in this country, a
>feeble old white guy might do better in an election.
>


lmao

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207. "consistent as in fight on that lie?"
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is she sticking with there being no attempt to cover up his decline because there were no signs of decline?

that she couldn't keep up with him?

because if she couldn't keep up with biden she might need to see a doctor

  

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208. "lmao.. I swear"
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204. "Are we still pretending Kamala would be just as bad as Trump?"
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“So back we go to these questions — friendship, character… ethics.”

  

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210. "She would be WORSE according to NAGA’s"
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had a dude tell me he had no idea what Kamala stood for but Trump cut those checks.. and of course he added “I don’t support breaking up families” even tho that is exactly what that fool ran on.

NAGA’s make up all types of fairy tale bullshit to feel better about Trump winning

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211. "lolol @ naga's being part of this convo"
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but yeah, that's pretty close to the barbershop folks I heard earlier this year.

can't even have real conversations with some folks because their so deep in their lack of fact beliefs.

had a buddy of mine tell me he couldn't vote for Kamala and that dems need to do more to engage the non-voters.

me: did you vote?

him: no

me: have you ever voted?

him: no

me: so what can they do to get you to vote?

him: shrugs

Y'all buy those labels, I was born supreme

  

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212. "real talk, I don’t think I ever met a barber who didn’t have bad tak..."
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first off, my barbershop owner is from Cleveland and I’m from Pittsburgh so I knew it would be comedy

and second..

every barber.. and I mean EVERY SINGLE ONE of those niggas is always on the wrong side of every conversation.

so I went to a different barbershop when my barber was in a car accident. As soon as he started cutting my hair he says real low “how you feel about interracial dating? I think niggas how are against it are the real racist”

so I went back to my shop.

and my barber is my plug so its great.. but I don’t talk politics with them because they are all on some anti Dem shit even tho they can’t vote because of priors.

shit is like that ATL episode.

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213. "LMAO"
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>and my barber is my plug so its great.. but I don’t talk
>politics with them because they are all on some anti Dem shit
>even tho they can’t vote because of priors.

this shit hits lol

I told the story about about my man I cut off (who also was a barber) that tried to tell me he was anti-dem because the state he got locked up in was a blue state at the time


  

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214. "lol"
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they just be making stuff up.

nagas = hoteps = white supremacy

not really, but not far off.

Y'all buy those labels, I was born supreme

  

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215. "people who said that will never say they were wrong "
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evil is evil, something something neoliberals, etc....

when Jill Stein pops out of her rathole in 3 years, they'll vote for her again

  

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