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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 2m

Her joy has been seen as inauthentic, her passion has been misconstrued as arrogance. I’ve seen white dude politicians behave the same way in similar scenarios and not catch nearly the same amount of ire or contempt as her.

Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 6m

I don’t defend Kamala Harris because I stan for her. I’ve criticized her on multiple occasions for not being strong enough on a variety of policies. The issue I have is that she gets a unique, visceral vitriol you don’t see other Democratic politicians get.
And it DOES have to do with her identity.

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 1h

Really thought those steak bites were gonna be something different. Never had anything more disgusting in my life.

HERbron James 🐐 @meekayelah.bsky.social · 13h

Y’all. What the fuck is this.

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 2h

Don’t ever let conservatives claim to have the moral high ground over you when this is their foundation. They won’t condemn this because they’re cowards.

Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 17h

One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 1d

Dude, that’s Columns.

Columbus is that company that made games like Street Fighter and Dino Crisis.

Adrian C. Jackson @adriancjax.blacksky.app · 1d

Dude, that’s Columbo.

Columbus is a match-three puzzle video game, released in 1990 for the Sega Genesis; a precursor to the widely popular Candy Crush decades later.

MH @be-like-mike.bsky.social · 1d

Nah bro that's cumulus. They talking about that old detective show from the 70s

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 1d

Heckling her out of contempt does what, exactly? I would get if she had any ability to affect policy. But she doesn’t. Yes, her book tour is regarding her failed campaign…but it is to give context to her attempt to run as president while being a private citizen.

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 1d

She is, in the appropriate definition of the term, a private citizen. She has no political power at the moment. Her role as vice president has received far more scrutiny and criticism than virtually anyone else to fill that role, with the possible exception of Dick Cheney.

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 1d

There are many people who fail to run for office, and even more who fail given far more time than her to put together a functioning campaign. And yet despite it all she seems to have far more ire than most of those figures. To pretend her identity has literally nothing to with it is disingenuous.

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 1d

I’m also alarmed at how leftists are trying to rehabilitate Marjorie Taylor Greene—an antisemitic, transphobic, homophobic, hateful dipshit—all because she paid lip service to a suffering group of people, ignoring her blatant reasons for doing so.

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not trying to sound selfish or downplay what is going on in the Middle East, nor will I claim that Democratic politicians have been terrific on the issue. But it is frustrating when people have legitimate concerns about how conservatives will affect their lives here and you go “BUT GAZA!”

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 1d

Civil rights are being attacked at alarming speed, white supremacists are literally making our laws, the highest court in the land is compromised by religious zealots using it to implement a theocracy, gun violence is escalating…it’s so much right now.

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 1d

As an addendum to this, I want to say something and I don’t want to come off as dismissive: dealing with the genocide in Gaza is extremely high priority. But it is not the ONLY issue and there are things we are dealing with inside the nation that will have ramifications for years to come.

Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t wanna come off as a Harris stan, but she is literally a private citizen. That means she doesn’t have to show grace to people that only want to harass and heckle her. Black women are always expected to show more grace to everyone despite how they’re treated.

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t wanna come off as a Harris stan, but she is literally a private citizen. That means she doesn’t have to show grace to people that only want to harass and heckle her. Black women are always expected to show more grace to everyone despite how they’re treated.

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 2d

Did you just really come to my page with antisemitic nonsense? Like I said, criticism of Harris is warranted. But I don’t take kindly to antisemitic BS. You’re in the wrong place for that.

Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 2d

She has no political power right now and it feels like the goal is just to sort of bully her to feel good about themselves. Politicians—including Harris—should be criticized. I’ve criticized her. But there is a unique vitriol for her and I think we know exactly why.

Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 2d

You know what? Good for her. I have my issues with Harris but at this point what is the point of paying for an event to yell at her, specifically? I’ve yet to see anyone show this much ire for a former vice president except *maybe* Dick Cheney. Just feels like a ton of unnecessary ire.

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 3d

Harris slams protestor during book tour.

“You want to talk about legacy? Let’s talk about the legacy of mass deportations, of not voting, and Donald Trump.”

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 3d

Something similar happened with the Rocky movies. The first two were excellent character dramas then it turned into just “a boxing movie” for III and IV. We don’t talk about V. Balboa did a good job re-railing the series, though.

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 3d

It’s nuts - the first movie is such a good commentary on how soldiers are used by the government but aren’t given real support after they are no longer needed. Then it just turned into an action franchise so suddenly.

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 3d

So many people were praising this evil dipshit because she wasn’t a raving maniac for like five minutes. Here’s your comrade being an antisemitic fool, which is why she criticizes Israel. She doesn’t care about Palestinians.

Also, Christ is King is usually an antisemitic nod, along with “shekels.”

Tweet from Marjorie Taylor Greene that says:

No bar codes on me.
I’ll never take 30 shekels.
I’m America only! (American flag)
And Christ is King! (Cross emoji, heart emoji)

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t see why people refuse to look at the things she says through that lens. She’s talking about how Kirk was becoming anti-Israel and that’s why he died when, coupled with all of her other talking points, is basically her saying “The Jews killed my best friend!”

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 3d

He meant rules regarding age of consent laws, more than like.

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 3d

Too many people hear a white person saying basic shit and think they’re the next fucking MLK. She’s hasn’t become benevolent all of a sudden. Wild how people hear her pay lip service to Palestinians and think it means she’s becoming a leftist icon or something.

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 3d

Marjorie Taylor Greene is an evil and cruel person who has openly spouted antisemitic, racist, and transphobic talking points. She isn’t having a come to Jesus moment. She’s just mad that she isn’t considered as Trump’s lieutenant like she used to be. You don’t have to hand it to her.

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 4d

Policy isn’t the only thing that matters. Some people just want to see people get hurt. It’s why you have maniacs who see a literal fucking priest being attacked and say “I voted for this” to the applause of similar-minded maniacs.

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Dante @pacmanface.bsky.social · 4d

Republicans will never do that, and even if Dems somehow did do that a plurality of Americans are bloodthirsty, stupid, and mean psychopaths who celebrate death so no. even if you made people’s lives better too many people want to see suffering.

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 4d

either one of these political parties figure out that all they have to do is make peoples lives better and theyll have a trifecta for the next 500 years

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