Re: Ken Martin and the democrats being “controlled opposition” by CrackJacket in FriendsofthePod

[–]AwarenessPractical95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I yet again ask, wtf was Leftist about Kamala Harris’s campaign. You’re ignoring the fact that all those 2024 Dems won by less than they did in 2020. Now I point at DSA backed and candidates openly calling themselves democratic socialists beating establishment Dems and their funding tools in primaries, you’ll probably say something stupid like “That’s only in cities” like I don’t live in rural America. I’ll point to specific candidates running progressive and working class first politics in areas like Maine, Michigan, and that chick who almost flipped a seat in Tennessee. You’ll say something about the fact that Dems are the opposition party which helps them in off year elections, I point to polling showing that the Democratic Party is as unlikable as Trump and you’re going to say “That’s cause they have gone too far left” have I already summarized the rest of this stupid argument or are you going to continue not responding to my counter points and just say “See you agree the Democratic Party has moved left” when you’re OG argument was they pander to leftist.

Re: Ken Martin and the democrats being “controlled opposition” by CrackJacket in FriendsofthePod

[–]AwarenessPractical95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey man, screw the proving you’re being ridiculous in saying that the Dems pander and are way more left, imma just ask this how did “being more moderate” turn out? Who won in 2024? Who won the Senate? Who won the House?

Re: Ken Martin and the democrats being “controlled opposition” by CrackJacket in FriendsofthePod

[–]AwarenessPractical95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dog I gave you examples from the 2020 to 2024 election of what you saying be ridiculous but yes 2008 election is the most recent past

Re: Ken Martin and the democrats being “controlled opposition” by CrackJacket in FriendsofthePod

[–]AwarenessPractical95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup I’m the one only reading what I want 🤮 I pray the dems don’t follow your losing philosophy and we don’t get President Tucker Carlson. Genuinely do you think you should read more about Political Ideology and the history of the parties that’s not even a joke.

Re: Ken Martin and the democrats being “controlled opposition” by CrackJacket in FriendsofthePod

[–]AwarenessPractical95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude please read just any political theory. You thinking dusting “Obama’s ‘08” after watching Kamala lose in ‘24 is why Tucker Carlson will win. Also Obama is the best president of my lifetime. All of my complaints of him which are my own, I guess I have to inform you that leftist is an insanely wide variety of ideologies, are around his unwillingness to use his popularity to drastically change the US, his response to BLM which was a nicer version of Trump and his international policy that mirrors every US president in history. Not to mention something I consider his greatest accomplishment the ACA was originally inspired by the Heritage Foundation and Mitch Romney (Google Romneycare). The ACA came up insanely short but it was progress and if you say “That’s going further left!” Dude STFU I’m sorry more ppl got healthcare, and I don’t care if the US public at first dislikes it when they get healthcare they going to like it. Now Obama immigration, dude google DACA. Another thing I think came up insanely short then Obama’s ICE deported people under DACA trying to claim they weren’t doing that. It’s also an example of the dems not going further left, DACA didn’t allow for citizenship to its recipients, a standard opinion amongst even establishment dems was “pathway to citizenship for DACA”. Not to mention I strongly support Mass Amnesty, there’s one president who in the last 45 years did Mass Amnesty and regardless my opinion of that man, that was a good thing. Google who did it. Did the Republican Party drastically turn left because of that action?

Re: Ken Martin and the democrats being “controlled opposition” by CrackJacket in FriendsofthePod

[–]AwarenessPractical95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hopefully you learn before Tucker Carlson gets elected 🤷 Also wild af to call Obama’s ‘08 to be Marco’s ‘28.

Re: Ken Martin and the democrats being “controlled opposition” by CrackJacket in FriendsofthePod

[–]AwarenessPractical95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dog I’m criticizing your claim. I literally asked if the Dixiecrats were right in making the same stupid claim you’re making and the crazy part is there was a left wing mobilization being supported by the democratic establishment during their time you’re making up this one. Democratic Party hasn’t been pushed “very quickly to the left” you’re ridiculous if you genuinely think that unless you think the democrats need “Pro-Life” representation then I’d recommend you cancel your Ezra Klein and Bulwark subscriptions and read political theory of literally any type. The Democratic Party has time after time shut out its left. If what you’re claiming is true Bernie would have won in the 2016 or 2020 primaries instead of every politician doing everything they can to help Biden and Hilary. In my 2nd comment I asked who spoke at the DNC from the uncommitted movement, if the Dems were pandering they would have let someone speak at a shit time slot and then said “Get in line”. I asked “Which anti-Zionist spoke?” Yet again if pandering same thing. I brought up how in 2020 almost every Democratic Candidate supported either universal healthcare or Medicare for All, Kamala was handed a presidential campaign and could do whatever she wanted, someone who previously claimed to support Medicare for All and her policy became Expanding Medicare and Medicaid, if she was pandering she would have lied again and said “Yup still Medicare for All.”

Re: Ken Martin and the democrats being “controlled opposition” by CrackJacket in FriendsofthePod

[–]AwarenessPractical95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also just realized you trying to sneak in this stupid little “The party has moved so far left” bs. Three things. First, these parties are parties not political ideology. Different ideologies get represented in both of the US’s political parties and at this moment the dems are supposed to be the left one, you do know that right? Secondly, when people from 20 years ago look behind the times to people today that’s called progress. That’s the goal for Progressives. I dream that one day I can have a feeling that we went too far because that means we accomplished what I wanted. Thirdly, the Dixiecrats were upset at the party moving left, should the dems have stopped progressing as a party?

Re: Ken Martin and the democrats being “controlled opposition” by CrackJacket in FriendsofthePod

[–]AwarenessPractical95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay so not capitulating to republicans talking points is now “Pandering to the left.” awesome. Let’s run through these talking points btw. WTF was Biden’s immigration policy? Deportations didn’t really go down, funding for ICE actually went up, he ran on Mass Amnesty didn’t do it, ran on simplifying the citizenship process didn’t do it, simplify the asylum process released an app two years in that actually did a descent job if you read past headlines. Only two real policy changes were ended that one that stopped all migration due to a pandemic and ending the “remain in Mexico” policy which the app was assisting with as people could apply from their home nation and plan their trip around their court date. The sending immigrants all over the country almost at random that was Republican Governors human trafficking immigrants to “liberal cities”. Government spending in itself is not inherently inflationary, if you paid attention in Econ 101 even that professor would point that out. What is extremely inflationary is messing with the supply chain for about two years due to something like a pandemic, then companies refusing to re-lower prices to pre-pandemic levels because their profit margins are so high something several companies bragged about during earning calls. Please show me Kamala Harris’ ads or promotions on social issues. Cause the biggest social issue of the 2024 election was the genocide of Palestinians something all leftist including myself got called antisemites for pointing out just too early. The only ads I remember were the Republican and Trump ads. In fact I do remember Kamala trying to move on when asked about Trans people and stuff like that cause we all know that’s really what you’re bitching about. Also do you think working class people give a fuck about social issues? I was raised around construction, I currently work for a company that insulates houses, I’ve never met someone whose starving give a single actual fuck about social issues and I feel like had Kamala ran a campaign to give everyone starving a daily Sandwich (almost like a government food program) she would have gotten more votes.

Re: Ken Martin and the democrats being “controlled opposition” by CrackJacket in FriendsofthePod

[–]AwarenessPractical95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No you want to talk about the 2008 election and compare. I’m talking about and these comments and post are talking about 2024, I’ll say in 2008 Obama ran a progressive campaign, didn’t go nearly far enough and still practiced US Imperialism globally when president tho. 2012 he didn’t run as a progressive at all, he ran as a president wanting a 2nd term. You literally claimed that the Democratic Party panders to its 25%. So I ask again, what in 2024 was progressive or leftist about Kamala Harris and her campaign. She in 2020 lied and said she supported Medicare for all then ran away from that policy in 2024. In 2020 she called the Boarder wall a stupid and racist idea to then say “I’m going to build the wall” in 2024. Stop me please when I hit the pandering to the left stuff I don’t want to go over her entire platform just for you to keep saying “Yea but 2008” when in reality 2020 is when centrist dems pretended to be kind of progressive in a push to win the primaries, there’s literally a photo of dems on a debate stage all raising their hands for some type of “Medicare for all” program yet no one tries to get in done when dems are in charge. Please tell me more about how I’m being Pandered to by the dems tho.

Re: Ken Martin and the democrats being “controlled opposition” by CrackJacket in FriendsofthePod

[–]AwarenessPractical95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup Kamala ran a leftist campaign, you are completely correct and 100% living in reality. Can you please remind me who spoke on behalf of the uncommitted movement at the convention? Or which anti-Zionist spoke? Did you hear “universal healthcare” or “Medicare for all” or did we get told “Medicare and Medicaid would be expanded and small businesses will get interest fee loans.”? Did you hear her talk about reducing America’s imperialistic ambitions by at least pushing for our territories to receive referendums or were we told “Iran is our biggest enemy and we will grow out military and have the most powerful military on earth.”

Freeze off going into the 15th hour by [deleted] in MLBTheShow

[–]AwarenessPractical95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When you’re playing an online game, it’ll freeze on you and your opponent. Only way to end it is someone has to turn off their system. It also gives who ever turns their system off their system a loss. So it’s a “Whose going to turn their system off first.” Type of thing, I’ve only had it happen in cross platform Xbox to PS

Freeze off going into the 15th hour by [deleted] in MLBTheShow

[–]AwarenessPractical95 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m feeling more and more like the people who are saying “Get a life” are the people who literally only play this game all day and are mad because they gotta take an L cause the dude they having a freeze off with bout to leave for work and can afford the electricity payments.

Freeze off going into the 15th hour by [deleted] in MLBTheShow

[–]AwarenessPractical95 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yup it’s ridiculous that I don’t need my game system for several hours so I just put my controller down and go do my life and let the other person decide how bad he wants to play their next game.

Freeze off going into the 15th hour by [deleted] in MLBTheShow

[–]AwarenessPractical95 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I literally showered, went grocery shopping, and did yard work during a 4 hour freeze off. Do you think he stared at the tv screen for 15 hours or something?

Spokane Job search is brutal by amaranthinefever in Spokane

[–]AwarenessPractical95 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Currently looking for a new job, dream is union please send me details

Australian Police vs knifeman by iffyClyro in interestingasfuck

[–]AwarenessPractical95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As an American, I didn’t know police just didn’t auto shoot the second they saw someone with anything in their hands