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Cantankerous Old Bastard

@venevidiexequi.bsky.social

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Soft interior of kindness and decency wrapped in sharp shards of idealism crushed by bitter reality. Resident of the Sane Republic of New England. Stop the centrist-leftist infighting already. Trump and MAGA are the only important fight.

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Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

WE are in agreement on that. So work your ass off in the primary for that. When that's over we come together or we all fall together.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

"sorry majority!! you'll take every single thing we demand and you'll like it. Don't you dare complain or we'll screw all of you even more!"

See how easy that was?

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

I've ignored a ton of posts. Most of them are the same tired bullshit that I dismiss.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

I'm sure that will make it all easier for you when the autocrats solidify their power and really shit on your rights.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

There aren't any. Not getting everything you want right away is not persecution. Do you not grasp that America moves infuriatingly slowly and you're contributing to that? Perhaps you can talk to your black and brown friends about it

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

Come back when you're able to post based on reality and not your feelings.

Dismissed.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

Yet you seem to completely ignore those who stayed home and the general undermining of Harris by our own flank who contributed to that or drove some to the fascist.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

in the primaries. That's how this works. Dammit, I hated supporting Hillary but the alternative was infinitely worse.

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Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

Fuck you. I'm not fine with anyone suffering. You're silly extrapolated bullshit ideas of what I'm fine with are a joke.

What is so damn hard about actively choosing candidates who doesn't agree wholeheartedly with you over someone who literally wants you out of society?

Fight your fights

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

There is no god. No one's asking you to act like sheep. We're asking you to act like a human being with basic critical thinking skills.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

When my friends' families stop being ripped apart maybe I'll take you seriously. Until then you are just another thread unraveling that tent.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

Sorry, calling out infighting is not engaging in it. Have a seat.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

What a bunch of solipsistic bullshit.

Bottom line: If you prefer enabling those who would crush trans people underfoot rather than put up with someone who does not meet your every political desire right away, then that's just some dumb shit of the highest order.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

Nope. Blame falls specifically on anyone who stayed home or worse, undermined the democrats no matter what their supposed idealistic stance was.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

"LOL" is where I write you off as a child, writing like a child. Bye.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

Telling every other marginalized group that you're going to screw them because you didn't get a perfect candidate is more fucked up.

Try again.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

Only after you tell them why you're willing to continue to let their families be torn apart.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

Oh, the blacks and hispanics you're throwing under the bus over a hissy fit? Spare me your false concern.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

I'm fully aware. I'm just not stupid enough to give power to those who would make them far worse as opposed to not making them better fast enough for you.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 14h

In the 1930s FDR was begged to support anti-lynching laws. Begged to support the Republicans in the Spanish Civil war. He interred Japanese Americans. All of these were dead wrong. And yet, America is infinitely better off because of him nonetheless.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 15h

I know full well it is not about sports and that is an easy one. But yes, I do think there is room for disagreement about how we approach treating children too. Just because someone does not fully align with your every expectation doesn't make them Nancy f'ng Mace.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 15h

Find me another subset of humanity in Bluesky that's constantly claiming they'll stay home instead of voting for someone that they don't like against Trump/MAGA. I'll be more than happy to replace that word.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 15h

Primaries. Learn about them before sounding dumb.

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Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 15h

Pretty ignorant world view to say that undermining Joe and Kamala didn't make things infinitely worse for Gazans.

Have a seat.

Cantankerous Old Bastard @venevidiexequi.bsky.social · 15h

After the primaries are over - yes. Without hesitation I will say I don't care as long as it is not Trump or MAGA. Why is that so hard to grasp? It is beyond stupid to say you will not support or vote for that person no matter who it is.

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