Lmao western politics are a joke

  • adultswim_antifa [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Yea but it's dumber than that. Yesterday he posted

    In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party.

    But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.

    Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold … 🍿

    and today A SpaceX flight attendant said Elon Musk exposed himself and propositioned her for sex, documents show. The company paid $250,000 for her silence. And the editor says they contacted him for a comment shortly before Elon's twitter post.

    • Torenico [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      His brain on two-party system. "The kindness party", yeah, kindly bombing Iraq and Afghanistan amirite?

      • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        It's dumb, but that is 100% the democratic vibe. The republican vibe is tough (or mean) while the Dems vibe is nice (or weak).

        Most of US "politics" is reducible to this dichotomy

        • blight [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Did you ever really think carefully about the masterful dialectical logic that weaved the denominations of “the don’t be a pussy party” and “the don’t be an asshole party”? It is not a banal question of pussies vs. assholes; it is non-pussies vs non-assholes; the negation conveys something more than the simple inversion. What constitutes a pussy is entirely determined by the non-pussies, and conversely for the assholes. It is also interesting that the opposition is not pussy vs. dick, but pussy vs. asshole; the categories defy binary gender logic. Would “dick” be as appropriate for describing this antagonism? I am not convinced it would. For one, the asshole is capable of farting, the quintessential troll gesture. A dick can be used for similar purposes, but drawing attention to this would be much more disturbing. Trolling is meant to be disturbing, but not that disturbing. A dick would denote a much more dedicated and convinced orientation to politics that I don’t think the non-pussies possess, they are exactly that: non-, knee-jerk opposition to the pussy. They don’t even embrace their assholeness, how could they embrace dickiness? Furthermore, it was not the assholes that coined the term non-asshole, it was the non-assholes, who, for their own safety’s sake, might want to downplay any direct genital associations. As events develop, it would be interesting to see further research on where the rising category of “bussy” fits into and/or disrupts this entrenched dialectic.

        • Awoo [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          One is a monster that rips you apart with its claws and the other is a monster that rips you apart with its teeth.

      • InappropriateEmote [comrade/them, undecided]
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        3 years ago

        I think this really is it. He was so afraid of facing the dreaded "metoo, cancel culture" contingent because he's a fucking disgusting sexpest (on top of everything else repulsive about him) and this was a feeble way to try to deflect ahead of time. So now he can say "See! They're trying to get me canceled all because I said I said mean things about the dems and decided I'm switching teams!" It's too pathetic to not be true.

        • D3FNC [any]
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          3 years ago

          Imagine expecting billionaires, having built their empires on destroyed lives and stolen labor, to then somehow behave ethically in literally any part of their life. Of course he's harassed and assaulted women, the surprising thing is this was allowed to be reported.

    • VeganTendies [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Massive "a vegan was rude to me once, ergo vegans are wrong."

      Never seen CHUDs apologize for being rude to me, thus turning me into a leftist.

    • ComradeLove [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Hold up. He offered to buy her a horse? It literally sounds like he he bought a horse earlier that day and now was having buyer's remorse.