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      Neoliberals are conservatives. That’s how we ended up here.

      Conservatism is fascism and it has infested both parties. Allowing conservatives to continue existing among us will always lead to fascism.

      Our push to the left must be merciless and unending. Normally, peace cannot cure fascism. We must accept that violence may be necessary to survive this.

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        Yup. When is the last time we saw dem leadership organize the party effectively, or release meaningful pushback to culture war rhetoric? It’s nada all the time with these clowns. Fucking Schumer and Jeffries apply all their efforts to serving billionaires and are happy to be unpopular as long as they get to lead the losing party. I’m sick to death of hearing how brilliantly Pelosi handled Republicans during her tenure— she literally fucking led us right to where we are now. Fuck anyone who serves billionaire interests.

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        Conservatism is not fascism. In no understanding of either definition could either be considered congruent with the other. Fascism is an extreme form of conservatism, as you’re well aware.

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            Was that someone who pushed back against your rhetoric? If so I’m happy to carry the mantle. The level of delusion required to think what you’re saying is okay should necessitate a fistful of anti-psychotics multiple times a day.

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              The normal people disagree with your defense of conservatism. Conservatives are pure evil and should be dealt with as such. Your insults only add to my motivation to erase them.

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                They’re only insults if they’re false statements. I’d sooner see you burned than most any conservative I actually know. Your inability to effect any real change in your everyday life and therefore feel the need to LARP political violence online is your own fault, not conservatives. Go volunteer at a local food pantry and save the world from reading more of your twisted delusions.

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                  Funny you would suggest that specific activity. I have donated my time at food pantries. Many, many times. One thing I’ve noticed there is a distinct lack of conservative volunteers.

                  Conservatives are biologically unable to experience empathy for others. This is why conservatives are almost never found giving their time to the vulnerable unless there is something in it for themselves (ex: church cred, entry to heaven, free food).

                  Conservatives’ inability to experience empathy is also why their relationships are so shallow. For example, a conservative male sees his family as his property. He loves his wife the way a teenager loves a sportscar. He cannot develop a deep personal affection for his wife because that requires empathy.

                  A conservative’s lack of ability to experience empathy is also why bigotry comes so easily to conservatives. It’s why genocide is so easily supported by conservatives. It’s why conservative policy so consistently harms the vulnerable.

                  If you are not a conservative, you really shouldn’t defend them. They will never humanize you. Never. They don’t even humanize each other. They simply can’t.

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                    I hope you know that every sentence you said about conservatives is just blatantly false and doesn’t do anything but paint you as completely unhinged. To be fair you already accomplished that so I guess it’s a moot point.

                    The statement that conservatives don’t experience empathy is genuinely among the dumbest things I’ve ever read. If you’re going to argue that the chance that some get some reward from good deeds, you’d better also not benefit at all from your good deeds. That includes feeling gratified. If you do get something out of it, and simply excuse it (as you should), but draw some arbitrary line to only include conservatives then you’re simply too immature and dysfunctional to participate in society.

                    Your insane views don’t do anything to critique conservatives, they only serve to show how dysfunctional your world view is. The left would be better off if you did the right thing and kept your thoughts to yourself.

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      They’re doing everything they can: talking about it. We voted them into the minority, they have no ability to do anything.

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        It’s amazing when the god-damned Nazis are the minority they sure accomplish a lot by stalling everything every way possible

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          Lol wtf does some random article from 2019 have to do with today?

          “Right now, Democrats have no power to do anything but talk about the thing that happened this week, and they are talking”

          “Well SEVEN YEARS AGO they criticized the lady they’re talking about now!! On a topic that ha nothing to do with her immigration status, which is currently being discussed. EVIIIL”

          Genuine question, not trying to be insulting: are you stupid?

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            I believe the point OP is trying to make is that they have no problem calling her out, but won’t come to her defense. Why? Because they actually answer to corporate interests, and what’s happening to her now doesn’t matter to those interests.

            If their corporate donors called them and expressed their concern, you better believe they would have a press conference and be all over the Sunday political bs shows talking about it.

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              But…they are. There are many Democrats, including minority speaker, calling this political persecution. OP is conveniently ignoring that, because it doesn’t fit their narrative.

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      Typical leftist bullshit.

      “Republicans are doing something bad so what are the Democrats doing without any power or majorities?”.

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        During the Uvalde shooting, did it not upset you that the police stood around doing nothing? Even as the minority party, the Democrats have some power they can exert. At the very least, they can make a big stink about the situation. When the Republicans inevitably obstruct them, the Dems can highlight how the Republicans are obstructing justice.

        Instead, what we’ve seen the Democratic party do time and time again is just sit on their hands, defeated. Rolling over like dogs, unwilling to even appear to care. Hiding away and hoping nobody notices them standing off to the side.

        Yes, obviously people are upset when the Republicans do something bad. They want the Republicans to be held to account. The people that should be holding them to account is the oppositional party and the Democrats aren’t doing that.

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          Omar does have people fighting on her side. As my Nation colleague John Nichols reports, she remains popular with her constituents in Minnesota, and the state’s Democratic Party has rallied to her side. House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries decried Trump’s “vile personal attacks” and the fact that Trump’s “violent mass deportation machine has descended upon the home of a duly elected Member of Congress and her family.” Even former Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was critical of Trump. In a post on X.com, Greene asked how “pretending to get ready to deport Ilhan Omar is going to bring gas down under $2, make health insurance freaking affordable, make a family’s weekly grocery bill make sense, and stop sending our beloved military off to fight for another fucking foreign war???”

          Greene’s pointed rebuke of Trump stands in sharp contrast to Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, who in the five days since the raid has yet to say one word in defense of Omar.

          https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/ilhan-omar-raid-trump-reaction/

          But there are people speaking up for her within the democrats and the media is right lit up about this right now.

          Your comparison to the Uvalde shooting is bullshit because the cops there not only didn’t do anything but they actively held people back who were trying to help too.

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            I agree that it is good that Jeffries is speaking out in defense of Omar, but I would argue that the only reason he is defending his progressive colleague is because he’s been recieving a bunch of pressure to do so. It is very obvious why the leader of the party is not defending Omar; it’s because of the progressive ideals she espouses.

            Leftists need to continue pressuring the Dems apparently for them to do the basics of their job. I see no reason why Jeffries would defend Omar without having experienced the pressure and criticism. He and the other Establishment Democrats in leadership positions have been actively sabotaging and holding back their progressive flank.

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              Don’t move the goalposts you compared the democrat’s reaction to the raid of Omar to be the same as the police response to Uvalde shooting.

              Which is bullshit.

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                Hakeem Jeffries saying, “This is bad y’all” is the same as police showing up to a shooting and playing Candy Crush on their phones. I want Hakeem Jeffries to pledge launching an investigation and using whatever power his party has, even if it ends in the president pardoning the people responsible. Just like I wanted the police to storm into the school and take down the shooter killing children. I want action being done.

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          They are doing something about it. They’re writing letters and complaining about it in the news.

          That’s all they can do, considering we voted them into the minority.

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            I want the ranking Dem member on every committee to conduct inquiries. Make a billion motions, cast votes, debate, whatever to result in some kind of legislative action. Hold formal proceedings, conduct investigations, subpoena people.

            I want the Democrats to launch Benghazi style investigations like the Republicans did that helped tank Hillary Clinton’s presidential run. The only difference being that there is actual wrongdoing here.

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              Well, it’s gonna take about 20-30 years to build up a media empire specifically designed to move democrat’s messaging into every single house in america first. That’s if people with communications degrees start becoming democrats.

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        This is focusing on legislative abilities and completely ignoring intent. Their silence on it is telling in and of itself. No condemnation? It’s free. Are we to believe that they have to have the house and Senate in order to speak? Real leaders speak up and build back their power. These people just sit there hoping to win the next election solely because the other party screwed up.

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          If you looked down the thread you’ll see democrats are speaking up for her.

          It’s still happening even if you aren’t paying attention.