Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have condemned a raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as “deeply disturbing” and accused the Trump administration of a “rogue abuse of power” just weeks ahead of November’s midterm elections.

Let’s see if they do anything besides strong words and maybe some paddles.

  • kreskin@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    but you’re saying if it’s a non-socialist Democrat versus a Republican, you want the Republican to win

    We’re saying if its fascist or fascist-lite, we’ll select neither in order to pressure fascist-lite to do better. And if the Dems still dont wanna then they can lose. Its the only way to prerssure them. We cant play chicken we have to give them real consequences.

    • edible_funk@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      19 days ago

      So you’ll accelerate the fascism to punish the significantly empirically less fascist group? Sound fuckin logic there brainiac. So you want fascism. You’re a fascist accelerationist.

      • kreskin@lemmy.world
        01·
        19 days ago

        I sure am, but I do hope the dems leadership pulls their heads out of their arses before the system immolates, but I’m not going to stand around while the government oils the gears of our half assed democracy with the blood of innocents. If it literally takes blood to continue, then it needs to end. You’re just whining because you are so sure the blood wont be yours-- when you shouldnt be sure. Thats ghoulish, bud. And a tad evil and short sighted. But you do you.

        • berno@lemmy.world
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          19 days ago

          The Dems will stand around with their dicks in their hands while the whole thing implodes. There’s no common sense in that tent

    • NekoKoneko@lemmy.world
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      19 days ago

      Sorry, but that doesn’t really make sense. Here are your options:

      You don’t vote at all, or vote third party: If you totally sit out the vote, you are having no effect, or are voting for the status quo by omission.

      You vote republican: You are voting for the worst outcome.

      You vote democrat: You are voting harm reduction.

      Now to be clear:

      1. “Harm reduction” is not just about you. It’s about LGBTQ people, it’s about people who are on ACA who will die due to continued cuts, it’s about immigrants who are going to be abused. Even if you think the democrats are “fascism-lite” (which I think is severely reductionist), you are severely downplaying, to the point that it mirrors GOP lack of empathy, the harms others are experiencing due to your refusal to vote for harm reduction.

      2. In the primary, please, please vote for the most progressive person you can find, and let corporate democrats eat all the dicks. But in the general, please don’t just think of yourself and your emotional response of “screw them all!” Because “them all” includes your allies.

      P.S.: Also, what is the point of downvoting good faith discussion? It really is not nice.