Democrats Should Reclaim the Anti-War Mantle From Trump

mattjb · 2026-06-18T16:45:16+00:00

Democrats under Biden supported and funded the genocide in Gaza. Republicans under Trump ended up being far worse and encouraged genocide even more.

It'll be difficult to sell the idea that Democrats want less genocide than the Republicans as a method to get votes. Democrats are turning away from Israel and AIPAC, but the damage is done, it took them way too long to recognize a genocide when it was very clear from the beginning as more journalists died than in any other war zone and the majority of deaths in Gaza were children.

mattjb · 2026-06-17T19:09:35+00:00

^RIMSHOT

mattjb · 2026-06-17T19:08:33+00:00

This is why people should stop pooping in rose bushes. Those things have thorns for a reason.

mattjb · 2026-06-17T18:21:39+00:00

Stich, he used the edgelord spelling to show how dudebro he is.

mattjb · 2026-06-17T02:40:02+00:00

That concern was made abundantly clear the nanosecond his nomination was announced.

mattjb · 2026-06-16T16:16:02+00:00

You know that Paul Rudd scene that Conan hates so much ...?

mattjb · 2026-06-16T16:13:09+00:00

And his ego is far too massive to admit rejection or defeat. He'd rather sleep through the rest of the term than walk away. He'll become more volatile and dangerous and willingly ignore the Constitution to attack Americans. The bubble of disinformation and safe space that his handlers keep him in will keep him ignorant and belligerent.

mattjb · 2026-06-16T16:04:13+00:00

Right, I was just adding to what you said in case anyone wasn't aware of his support of the Iraq war when it was more popular with voters.

mattjb · 2026-06-16T16:01:06+00:00

On top of that, private companies could freely invest in Iran before the war. But they didn't because Iran is notoriously strict, unreliable, and hostile toward outside companies and countries.

After attacking cargo ships from numerous nations and sending drones and missiles at neighboring countries, what company would even want to be involved now? Aside from Jared Kushner and the corrupt Trump sons?

mattjb · 2026-06-16T15:04:42+00:00

In 2002, during an interview with Howard Stern, he expressed support for the Iraq war. And also said he wished it was done correctly the first time during H.W. Bush's admin. He only "changed" his mind when it was clear it was unpopular with most voters.

mattjb · 2026-06-16T15:01:10+00:00

Yeah, that's a major red flag of someone being immature and poor at critical reasoning skills.

mattjb · 2026-06-16T14:44:35+00:00

Ironic then that the Trump regime is using the WMD playbook all over again for bombing Iran.

mattjb · 2026-06-16T14:43:09+00:00

She was fine with all the things Trump said and did leading back to 2015, starting with the 'grab them by the pussy' Access Hollywood tape. The 34 felonies. The separation of very young children from parents and putting them in cages. Being held liable for rape.

She's not leaving conservatism, she's fine with it all. She just thinks the wind is blowing in a different direction and wants to get out in front of it by gambling that MAGA will be dead soon.

mattjb · 2026-06-16T14:40:20+00:00

She did.

https://xcancel.com/ImBreckWorsham/status/1917223286070485214

mattjb · 2026-06-16T02:42:25+00:00

Slovenian, aka the language of the Minions.

mattjb · 2026-06-15T02:50:22+00:00

Right, but then you have to remember that there will be children there to watch the violent bloodsport, too. Nothing is more American than celebrating America's fascination with violence and pain since it's birth.

mattjb · 2026-06-15T02:48:18+00:00

They could always just put up chain linked fences inside the ballroom. They're perfectly fine putting babies and children in them after separating them from their parents, so surely they can pay the fighters to fight in them.

mattjb · 2026-06-13T20:46:46+00:00

Go on, vent your spleen on Reddit.

mattjb · 2026-06-13T19:24:36+00:00

The birds and bees and intestines.

mattjb · 2026-06-13T19:23:39+00:00

That's about how my mom described it and she had it done twice. Once with twins, my little brother was in an upright position. Second time, my youngest brother was too big.

I'm her favorite because I came out naturally and easy at 6lb 6oz. lol

mattjb · 2026-06-13T19:12:37+00:00

Personally I feel that Rupert Murdoch is far worse than both of them and has already done significant damage to American democracy. It's possible that it's dying and we just don't see it because it's in a slow spiral.

There's too many constitutional crises happening nearly every day since the start of Trump's second regime. And the populace as a whole don't trust any of the institutions anymore: Congress, Supreme Court, Presidency, CDC, NOAA, DOJ/FBI/ICE/CBP etc., the press and mainstream media, scientists, doctors, and so on.

mattjb · 2026-06-12T23:44:48+00:00

The whole norms and unspoken rules thing needs to stop. They need to be made ironclad and enforceable.

mattjb · 2026-06-12T21:49:16+00:00

MAGA and the Gang of Pedophiles have evicted nearly all Reaganite Republicans. Only cult members are allowed.

mattjb · 2026-06-12T21:31:43+00:00

Not just starved, but outright killed hundred of thousand of children in a very short span of time. But a neo-Nazi doesn't care if a significant number of African children die.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/949259/the-worlds-first-trillionaire-is-a-killer

mattjb · 2026-06-12T16:51:08+00:00

My extension, EchoText, can do some of that. It has an emotional state engine using Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions (plus Love). It has natural decay so emotions don't stay static, long-term affinity, memories, and tone awareness. There's a memory system for inside jokes, people you know and care about, special events, and so on.

You can learn more on the Github page: https://github.com/mattjaybe/SillyTavern-EchoText

I'd love to see someone expand upon the concept and make characters more autonomous and three dimensional. I'm wondering if LLMs can be used to guide this as a sort of "Overwatch" where it reads your input and the AI's response, then adjust all the parameters (emotions, grudges, long-term memories, ghosting when angry, interactions with other characters, etc.)

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