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@semperfitrex.bsky.social

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Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 6h

Leftist policies don't work if you don't implement them.

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 6h

"The fascist betrayed me and kept murdering civilians no matter how hard I tried to work with him" is not the exoneration you might expect it to be.

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 6h

This outcome seems like a great reason to be mad that Joe Biden ever tried to work with Netanyahu, and even more angry that the Democratic Party, which is staffed by people who knew what happened, is still very pro-Israel.

Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 17h

This. And this again.

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 6h

Kaepernick kneeling was a decade ago.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 6h

They have not repeatedly done that. They have done tiny fractions of that, while the right worked far harder and more effectively to undermine the lives of working Americans.

If what you're giving isn't even enough to offset what the other side takes away, you can't expect much loyalty.

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 6h

So voters are too stupid to know what Democrats did, but they also know what Democrats did and hate them for it, which is why Democrats ran a campaign which focused on three things they did, which they didn't run on?

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 6h

I had an argument with a boss recently that came down to me saying "your actions are sending a completely different message than you're telling me", and them going "no, just listen to what I'm saying, actions can't carry messages."

I guess that is a more common viewpoint than I thought.

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 7h

I literally never saw any of this talked about during the campaign. It was all unity and generic economic messaging.

Along with "Trump is a threat to democracy", which was true, but Democrats undercut the message completely through their actions.

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 7h

All of those were comparably minor fixes.while things did not get dramatically worse (as they will now), they didn't improve much for the regular person.

Everywhere I've been, the life of the lower class has not improved. That's important.

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 7h

What were the crazy left-wing positions we need to drop from 2024?

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 7h

It's painfully obvious, and yet...

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 7h

Then I guess we should get pumped for plenty more 2016 and 2024 elections.

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 7h

People are going to support authoritarian solutions to problems once democratic solutions keep failing.

Democratic solutions are failing constantly, but people still want their problems dealt with. 🤷‍♂️

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 7h

We've tried empty crowd baiting before, and it doesn't work. The falseness of the party to the rank and file is both obvious, and at this point, insulting.

It might be time to look at what the left-leaning American public wants, and actually look to delivering some of it.

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 7h

If your message is consistently notresonating with voters, it might be time to start asking why, rather than castigating everyone as moronic rubes.

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 7h

I'm pretty damn elitist, but after a certain point even I can see that blaming the voters for your party's failures is a way to deflect blame and avoid reforms.

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 7h

If the problem is the voters, and it's a problem that we can't fix through party reform, then we're screwed regardless.

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 7h

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 7h

What concerns me is that anger is a good motivator, but if that anger is just left to be channeled in unproductive directions, it can lead to exhaustion and apathy.

We can't afford for the anti-fascist movement to become apathetic.

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 8h

I support No Kings, and hope there's a bunch of people who join up. Republicans need to be challenged in any way they can be.

But people should be prepared for the unfortunate possibility that it doesn't do anything. What then?

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 8h

I support No Kings, and hope there's a bunch of people who join up. Republicans need to be challenged in any way they can be.

But people should be prepared for the unfortunate possibility that it doesn't do anything. What then?

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 8h

It's a way to remember which game it goes to.

Whenever most people see a Cybertruck, the immediate response is "no thanks."

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 8h

The word of the day is "resilience."

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 20h

That's ultimately it. Even the best writers have to make a paycheck, but guys like Sanderson and Wendig will end up on the proverbial Goodwill shelves, if not just in the trash.

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 20h

But yes, if there's one thing that unites so much of American media, it's a demand that they be taken seriously, regardless of the quality of their work.

Fuss @semperfitrex.bsky.social · 20h

Well, I would *never* accuse most people of being shallow thinkers looking more for narratives that agree with them than with anything remotely artistic or challenging.

That's definitely not something I would say!