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  • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    Libs are deadass hoping Trump pulls a voldemort and defeats himself by breaking a rule rather than dems actually defeating Trump fair and square.

    ...And then DeSantis wins in a landslide after Trump endorses him and #AvengeTrump goes viral.

    • Dolores [love/loves]
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      11 months ago

      rather than dems actually defeating Trump fair and square

      since when do we give a shit about fair play in bourgeois elections?

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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      11 months ago

      No, it is more hoping that the rule of law catches up to Trump before the election.

      But if you want DeSantis to win, I'm probably not going to be able to convince you otherwise.

      • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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        11 months ago

        Rule of law? Dude is walking around giving rallies. It took you dumbasses 2, 3 years? to actually get him sitting in a courtroom. The rule of law would’ve put him in front of a firing squad 48 hours after January 6, but we live in la la land where the instigator of a failed coup led by boat dealers get to play golf while we pay for his security.

        Your rule of law is a joke. Your party only wields power when it comes to undermining poor people. Otherwise the democrats would’ve banned the GOP and arrested every single one of their politicians. If you call them as undemocratic terrorists, then where is the rule of law when they get to stand next to you in the halls of power?

          • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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            11 months ago

            Being pedantic over words you clearly understand because you can’t defend your dogshit positions. Unfortunately you can’t take the Reddit out of the ex-Redditor

              • GinAndJucheM
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                11 months ago

                Which side of the brunch debate are you on? It matters deeply.

              • MayoPete [he/him, comrade/them]
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                11 months ago

                Hard to say because there's so many...

                Failing to protect women

                Failing to protect trans people

                Building the wall

                Kids are still in Cages

                Aiding a genocide in Gaza

                Stopping the rail strike

          • Sephitard9001 [he/him]
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            11 months ago

            thinks American elections matter and affect policy

            refuses to take responsibility for the existing rule of law

            thonk

      • Doubledee [comrade/them]
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        11 months ago

        Given the sclerotic and partisan nature of the US "rule of law" isn't it irresponsible of them to hope that the courts solve the problem for them instead of trying to run a convincing campaign for their side?

        • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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          11 months ago

          That assumes the legal option is the only one being pursued.

          There are tons of posts here calling out the political arguments that inflation is falling and the economy isn't in a recession as political propaganda that may be technically accurate but hide the suffering of common Americans and should therefore be treated as nothing but propaganda to be forgotten.

          • Doubledee [comrade/them]
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            11 months ago

            I'm not sure how that deals with the problem? Joe is deeply unpopular, people don't like him and whether you think it's fair or not people are not enjoying the way things are going right now. Doubling down on "voters feel wrong about how things are going and should vote for this unpopular old man" is not actually pursuing an electoral strategy.

            You suggested they were hoping the law would solve this problem, which is more coherent than suggesting that they're trying to campaign by calling everybody who dislikes their candidate (almost 2/3 of voters, last count) wrong over and over.

            • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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              11 months ago

              I suggested it was an option, but not the only one. Others believed that I was suggesting it was the only option.

              • Doubledee [comrade/them]
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                11 months ago

                Well I sure hope democracy isn't on the line. It would be pretty irresponsible to run your campaign this poorly if that was the case.

                      • Venus [she/her]
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                        11 months ago

                        Unless you and a few thousand friends are ready to pick up a gun yesterday, yeah. There's nothing you can do to affect whether or not Trump "happens." I know it sucks to feel powerless but you are powerless. That's the point of the way this country was built.

                          • Venus [she/her]
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                            11 months ago

                            No I do not, what is the point of the question?

                            • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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                              11 months ago

                              You brought up the threat of violence as a way to protect a political belief since, without the rule of a law, might makes right.

                              Therefore, if you want to protect your political beliefs, it would seem prudent for you to back up your political beliefs with the threat of violence.

                              If you are going to ask for an army to defend a political position, I would expect that you should be able to field an army to defend your political position. After all, might makes right, right?

                              • Venus [she/her]
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                                11 months ago

                                At no point did I say that might makes right. The US empire is extremely mighty, and also deeply evil and corrupt to the very core. What I said is that if you want to actually affect whether or not Trump becomes president, you will need to harness great might to do that. Whether you used that might for evil, such as to install a fascist dictator, or for good, such as to install a communist party, you would need that sort of might.

                                Voting does not accomplish any goal.

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              • MF_COOM [he/him]
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                11 months ago

                It would absolutely be funny watching libs spin and steam and blame again instead of ever asking if there's a good reason why people hate Democrats. That doesn't mean it's good, but it's definitely funny to watch y'all twist yourselves in knots trying desperately to ignore reality

                • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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                  11 months ago

                  No, it will be funny so it is good. It doesn't matter if one side is better than another if both sides are bad. So let the bad happen and hope the next election will bring a communist.

                  • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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                    11 months ago

                    No one here thinks your silly elections will bring anything but suffering. Go ahead and vote for Joe, but don’t come crying if he wins 50 million more votes than the GOP candidate and still loses because of the electoral college.

                  • Philosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]
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                    11 months ago

                    You clearly came here with an expectation about what we think, and what we actually think or say isn't about to dissuade you from that expectation.

                  • MF_COOM [he/him]
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                    11 months ago

                    I think I don't really understand your perspective here. Are you trying to tell me that because you can't find bad things funny that we can't either, so despite what we clearly say you're telling us actually we think it would be good if Desantis or Trump (or Biden) were president of the United States?

          • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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            11 months ago

            I think we got off on the wrong foot here. I'm not some kind of GOP cheerleader, I'm mostly making a joke about how infuriatingly lucky the GOP is, and part of it is that democrats are controlled opposition.

      • Adkml [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        It's taken 80 years but you're planning on it getting him in the next 11 months?