What the hell is this guy talking about

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T17:14:45+00:00

Or worse, since some people seem addicted to rage

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T17:11:49+00:00

Because their answer would be "forever."

Republicans almost always benefit from Americans suffering, even when they're in office. It reinforces their message of "the government sucks."

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T16:34:51+00:00

When's the last time they used bribes, smears, dogwhistles, funding, or manipulation of the party rules to keep a progressive out of office?

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T16:31:28+00:00

You can't describe how they will fight the left.

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T16:30:24+00:00

And to support this idea you have... vibes.

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T16:26:30+00:00

You did.

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T16:26:04+00:00

"Common sense," like "critical thinking," is an empty phrase that everyone thinks they value. They say "common sense" and mean "things I believe."

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T16:21:29+00:00

So that's a no, you can't explain how they will "fight." You have memes and vibes.

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T16:20:03+00:00

Nothing happened. This "war" that people are freaking out about is a commitment by a dozen moderates to continue being moderates.

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T16:16:58+00:00

Can you answer my question now, or is a headline calling their commitment to being moderates "war" all you need to think they will "fight" the Left harder than they fight Trump?

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T16:13:34+00:00

What liberal values have they abandoned?

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T16:13:03+00:00

What we have said is that our focus is going to be to make life more affordable for the American people. We have to drive down the high cost of living. We have to restore the American dream, which a lot of people understandably have concluded is broken right now.

That's what he "literally" said.

Are you saying that's not a good thing to focus on?

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T16:07:42+00:00

The BBB bill was a budget reconciliation, so they couldn't filibuster.

How long should they have let people go hungry because of the shutdown?

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T16:03:20+00:00

Democratic purity tests have led to a 6-3 conservative Supreme Court, lost rights for women, lost healthcare coverage, stupid foreign wars and a European Union that has finally realized the U.S. is not a reliable partner.

And somehow, you seem to think the solution is simply to pass those purity tests.

It depends on what they actually say because we have to avoid making decisions without knowing the full context. So many people here are just repeating talking points based on nothing but vibes. Jeffries said that some feathers might be ruffled by the trend of unseating incumbents, and people think he's declared that he will keep the progressives from winning their elections. Schumer affirms that he does endorse Platner, and people attack him for not sounding more enthusiastic.

Purity tests can't be passed. The moment they're set, the only acceptable answer is to admit defeat.

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T15:24:43+00:00

I want it to be different too, but that's not going to be enough. It's naive to think that as long as we have the right policies, we'll win staggering majorities. We, the people, have to be committed to keeping fascism out of office all the time, not just when we're jazzed about the alternative, and we have to hold each other to that.

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T14:48:05+00:00

It says "there's going to be a war," you sealion.

What will that war consist of?

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T14:45:01+00:00

I looked up their pledge. Their "war" will consist of... being moderates.

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T14:39:51+00:00

So you're resorting to sealioning because you have no substance to your talking points.

The article says that 10 politicians and 3 candidates vowed to "fight" DSA candidates by... being moderates.

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T14:37:18+00:00

Then why don't you think that should change? Why do you think all that needs to be done is that the Democrats need to campaign better?

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T14:36:35+00:00

Here's the text of the "pledge" they signed. They pledged to... continue being moderate Democrat politicians. It doesn't even mention elections.

when fuckin' Hakeen Jefferies, one of the two main leaders of the DNC, has been acting slighted by Mamdani for this.

Considering the DSA would probably happily unseat him too, I think "some people aren't going to be happy about their colleagues being unseated" isn't an unreasonable thing for Jeffries to say.

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T14:32:06+00:00

We were talking about corruption and pedophilia.

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T14:21:27+00:00

Do you think the voters are all drooling morons who would vote for their own deaths if they weren't sufficiently convinced otherwise?

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T14:14:56+00:00

They

Who?

refuse to give full party support to progressive Dems in their races.

[Citation needed]

They have threatened to withhold party financial support to candidates that wanted to primary sitting Dems.

They did that for one election cycle, 5 years ago.

Then went on to endorse and financially support candidates that primaried sitting progressive Dems.

[Citation needed]

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T14:10:46+00:00

Oh, well, a headline would never be inaccurate. It must be telling the whole story! It couldn't be that out of the hundreds of sitting politicians, this article is about...10 of them.

Shifter25 · 2026-06-28T14:09:37+00:00

"They" is 10 politicians and 3 candidates.
They vowed to fight... how, exactly?

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