I respect your decision although I agree with my comrades, you did nothing wrong. The news mega is the main reason I come to this site. Much appreciation. Glad you will be sticking around or I would have to beg harder.
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I don’t know if i’m off base here. I’m not an insider or power poster. But it seems like you have had to navigate some of the site’s let’s say cultural changes along the way and you are (somewhat ironically) not a very political person. I mean that in the bestest possible way. The takeaway is you did great at it. And you come across as honest, fair and trustworthy.
Just from memory, US citizens in the US are supposed to have free movement (no papers) according to the constitution unless it’s within 100 miles of a border, and like 75 percent of the population lives within this “exception” zone.
I’ll add to this that those mass immigration raids - like in meat packaging business etc - are (technically) illegal because they catch up and detain US citizens unlawfully, without a warrant (see 4th amendment). But no-one with any power gives a shit.
When I was young and dumb and a lib, I thought the liberals and the civil libertarians should align on this issue.
edit 15 seconds after posting: changed one word and also want to clarify part of my point here is you cannot tell a documented person from an undocumented and it’s illegal to request proof, except the state (country) has made its own loopholes and even changed the law in places (ie Texas’ “show me your papers” law)
My 2 cents: I think a big part of what caused the blow-up was Mod/Admin messaging that the dunk comms were toxic due to cis-het- white he/hims. Many POC and trans people found this offensive (and racist, transphobic amd misogynistic in its own right). From what I understand TC69 did not start this and was not even involved in the comms-change decision making, but she added some fire to the already burning flames by coming on strong with the snarky banning spree. There were some unintended mis-communications and certainly mis-steps.
Ha. At least it’s not the other SNL alum that did the last one and who I really don’t like. Prob only because I knew too much about her super lib antics and I don’t like her comedy sensibilities.
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With the Dems having become Republican Lite, people of that political persuasion will just pick real Republicans. Left-libs will be seeking something new. People who hate-voted for Trump are looking for change too. It seems the Democratic party implosion will leave a power vacuum and an opportunity. How do we leftists take advantage of that beyond “read theory”, organize and “adopt a Lib” as one Hexbear put it ITT. Those are all important but how could this play out? What is even possible given the anemic state of the left in the US. Broad stroke thoughts?
(If there is a better thread or comm for this question I can move it.)
Half of the site tags are dunking on dumb comments from libs from other instances, no? That’s fine with me but seems inconsistent. Should I not use the word dunk? (Sincere question.)
I don’t have a direct answer and I am not this demographic. But today I was thinking about how amazing I felt for about one week in 2020 before Bernie was ratfucked. Hope and solidarity is a hell of a drug. Imagine how it feels to be part of an actual revolutionary movement. So we need to do the work and organize it.
Disclaimer, I know Bernie is a Western chauvinist but i didn’t fully grasp that then and it’s not about him anyway.
There’s also “third party voters (of the left variety) are immature babies who don’t understand how things work in the real world. They are why we have Trump. Well, let’s see how that works out for them.”
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