• pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online
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    13 hours ago

    Your hypothetical situation regarding abortion is happening as we speak, and the democrats are fighting it. I’m not sure where you’ve been for the last year.

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      3 hours ago

      and the democrats are fighting it

      Yes, and I worry that they will keep fighting it from a further and further rightwards position, meaning rights are eroded while they position themselves.

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      13 hours ago

      In fact it’s one of the other major reasons why we need to vote democrat. RvW was overturned because SCOTUS is stacked with republicans. You want to prevent shit like that happening again, you need to vote so we can rebalance the courts.

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        11 hours ago

        The democrats have openly refused to pack the courts. How are they supposed to campaign if they don’t have Republicans to threaten us with?

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          3 hours ago

          The democrats have openly refused to pack the courts. How are they supposed to campaign if they don’t have Republicans to threaten us with?

          I used to think these kinds of comments were silly jokes. But, the more that the Dems just allow everything to slip rightwards, it seems like this is really their strategy, and I’m worried it’s not a joke.

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              8 hours ago

              yeah obviously moderate dems and DINOs like Manchin are never going to go for that. If that’s your bar for voting for democrats you’re being completely unrealistic.

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                5 hours ago

                Realistically, we’re going to have to demand the impossible if we want to solve climate change and half a dozen other major existential issues.

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                  3 hours ago

                  Realistically, we’re going to have to demand the impossible

                  What’s impossible is asking humans to work together for the good of all. Enough people think that such behaviour is treason that they will start a violent insurrection to stop it.

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                  7 hours ago

                  and how do you intend to “demand” that? if you mean withholding your vote until they cater to your specific view of the way things should be done you’re going to be waiting forever. and in the meantime republicans will keep fucking things up even worse.