We aren't even in 2024 yet but r/politics has already gone "You gotta vote for Biden!" mode.
We aren't even in 2024 yet but r/politics has already gone "You gotta vote for Biden!" mode.
Fetterman: I'll Never Understand Progressives Who Won't Support Biden
Sen. John Fetterman has a message for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party: get in line behind President Joe Biden.
"Get behind Joe Biden's policies, or you're gonna get behind Trump's policies," said the Pennsylvania Democrat.
Fetterman made the remarks during a sit-down with reporters in his Senate office on Tuesday, answering questions with the help of a tablet that displays an instant transcript of reporters' spoken questions. He continues to recover from an auditory processing disorder caused by a stroke that happened during the 2022 campaign.
To illustrate his point, Fetterman hearkened back to his own support for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign as the mayor of Braddock, even after he had supported Sen. Bernie Sanders during the primary.
"In 2016, you know, I was a surrogate for Senator Clinton. And it's just like, you have a choice," said Fetterman. "And if you don't get behind Senator Clinton, you know, you are voting for Trump. And that's exactly what happened in Pennsylvania, and it's devastating."
If I were Biden I would simply be a better president
no more half measures walter
This strike is gonna really hurt his momentum.
Somehow this is the second best person in the Senate.
The word "progressive" in the US is like the word "middle class" - it hardly means anything.
Remember folks, Progress, just means "marginally better".
And I'll never understand how progressives could vote to break a strike, John, but that's who you've thrown your hat in with
The H A R M R E D U C T I O N
are already wiggling around here, too.Thanks, federated guests!
Harm reduction i say as I lift a comically large anvil above the white house
500,000 dead Ukrainians is harm reduction?
that's okay John, I don't see how a progressive can support Israel like you do so we can call it even.
The problem is unlike Hillary, we've seen the results of Biden's policies; he crushed trump in deportations, police funding, military expansion, strike breaking and even fuckin oil and drilling lol
Then theres the whole radio silence on abortion rights, keeping trump's tax breaks, arming nazis in Ukraine and letting covid benefits expire, but those are things libs will give him points for
By any objective measure Biden is worse than Trump, except maybe in personal sexual assault cases
lmao fuck voting in national elections under these monstrous conditions, all the moral signaling about why voting for Trump is wrong applies even more to Biden
Hey now, there's an election coming up within the next two years, this isn't the time for debate.
Yeah but at least he wasn't boorish about it
Can anybody confirm if the /r/politics circlejerks are even real people? For a good 4 years I never met anyone who fit the /r/politics vibe outside of that subreddit.
Like I'm trying to emphasize that for 4 years, no notable user in a niche subreddit, nobody on Discord, nobody on other forums, no real life colleague or family member ever actively engaged with that subreddit. The place was always weird.
i have, i met them playing bar trivia. they always wanted me on their team because the host always asked super niche music and sports questions that i knew the answers to but they also would always try to pick fights with me in between rounds about politics. it didn't bother me much bc i would just get drunk and lightly bully them over it.
It's regional.
I think some locations, like NYC, DC, and significant portions of the west coast are where you'll find /r/politics enlightened centrists. The lattermost I can confirm for myself.
Can anybody confirm if the /r/politics circlejerks are even real people?
Real DNC flaks. Reddit has been controlled opposition since the '00s.
I still remember when they posted some airforce base as one of the most reddit addicted cities in 2013. Here's an archive of that in fact!
90% of those posters must either live in DC or work directly in party politics around the US.
I've seen someone read that sub on the train once. If I had no social awareness I would have asked them about it lol.
She's not on reddit, buy my partner's grandma buys her talking points at the same store for sure.
I saw those posts immediately after 2022 midterms. Can't wait for Biden to lose and the entire Dem establishment and the media will blame the left for it.
Excited to hear how Trans People Should Have Voted Harder as we get another round of street protests and cop killings.
The libs have convinced me, in my next local election I will vote for Joe Biden
I don't live in the US
Joe Biden, Premier of (Australian State)
getting the cookers going by telling them the only way to vote out Daniel Andrews is to vote for Joe Biden
Joe biden for mayor of Rome!
Walking over to a bunch of Vatican cardinals with a
sticker.
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Get behind austerity Neoliberalism or you're getting behind austerity Neoliberalism
Its always funny how ranked choice voting is never a topic of discussion when the duopoly tries to fearmonger the spoiler effect.
It is talked about, at least on r/politics. Most of the commenters think that will solve American politics, lmao
"You can choose the lash, or you can chose the lash with spikes on it. Good things aren't possible now kneel!"
US “progressives”: Yes master
I think it's maybe 2 lashes with the same number of spikes. Just with spikes made of slightly different metals.
"You see, this formulation of steel can hold an edge much better than the steel you can get over the counter that I used for my first torture whip"
RES reminded me that the redditor who posted it, TheExtremistModerate, is a fan of the Iron Front.
The Iron Front (German: Eiserne Front) was a German paramilitary organization in the Weimar Republic which consisted of social democrats, trade unionists, and democratic socialists. Its main goal was to defend social liberalism and democracy and freedom against totalitarian ideologies on the far-right and far-left.
TheExtremistModerate, is a fan of the Iron Front
It was a trending meme back when /r/Communism and the other leftist subs weren't entirely de-moderated and neutered/banned by admins. Not shocked to see he got in on the party.
But the whole "Which side would you Stan in 1930s Germany?" was already horribly cringe and gross. Just a bunch of armchair dweebs fantasizing of a time and place when hunting your neighbors for support was socially acceptable.
totalitarianism/authoritarianism ww2 both-sidesing really matured into the ideology we see today in the post-war years... i wonder how exactly they presented it then? the idea that communists took marching orders from moscow is prewar but i don't think 'totalitarian' and horseshoe theory was there yet. i mean the spanish & french did red-liberal united fronts contemporaneous with Three Arrows
I was a fan of that too.
When I was 9.
Every election it's the leftists' turn to compromise to avoid total disaster. When is the libs' turn to compromise and vote in somebody remotely left-wing or be blamed for a Trump victory?
Never
Hillary Clinton would have carpet bombed Syria. She expressly stated she was going to No Fly Zone them and in private conversations said Libya was a model for how to toppled Assad.
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how could she have done that? i mean without starting a war with russia and immolating us all. that's what restrained Trump too, he loved bombing Syria when he did, he didn't actually have a friendlier disposition on that front
It’s HER TURN to start WWIII
I will never vote in this country ever again.I will not vote for Biden because that motherfucker still owes me $600.
He owes me even more in student loans he promised to forgive and then failed to do so.
He promised $2000 checks sent out immediately. To me that means he needs to send me a single $2000 dollar check, not some weird combination of checks. As far as I'm concerned he still owes me $2000.
Wait. Why do you think progressives wouldn't want to support him, John?
"Get behind Joe Biden's policies, or you're gonna get behind Trump's policies,"
It's so blatant how literally all they have is "Vote Biden or else"
But don't you know that not doing the thing and doing the thing are the same?
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it's funny because unlike almost everything else in this stupid world (e.g., living through environmental collapse, pay taxes in exchange for virtually nothing except imperialism and corporate subsidies, drink water full of microplastics and PFAS, eat poisoned food, ) not voting for Biden actually is the one thing I do not have to do my dude
Of course he would never understand, hes part of the problem.
scolding people into voting for someone is sure to work
this time
Some people understand that acting entitled to things which aren't yours only gets you negative responses.
But some people are bourgeois fucks who were rasied by "the help" under the instructions that they should give them anything they demand and it shows.
Presidential elections are useless unless you live in a swing state
Thank your almighty founding fathers for that one, libs
Yup unless I wad my ballot up and throw it at Biden so hard he does my vote literally does not have any effect on federal elections.
If I was the tiebreaker in a swing state, I would especially vote 3rd party. Sucks to suck, Democrats.
We have the best democracy, don’t we folks
Good thing I’m not a progressive I am a motherfuckin TANKIE YALL
counterpoint: unlimited classicide of the first world bourgeoisie and their collaborators
Writing in "turbo guillotine" in every slot on my ballot
When is it ever the “right time” to stop worshipping at the altar of the blue D?
Maybe we should hear from somebody who does understand then.
But it will be way funnier if Trump wins
Not for minorities who will be more victimized: women who need abortions, trans people, immigrants, non-Christians, black people, etc.
Guys, we just have to
harder!hearing just vote gives me psychic damage every time
has Biden cured cancer yet, this is a very important campaign promise he made
In what world, if that world was ending, would you pick Joe. If things were this dire why would you pick Harris. The only worse option would be to run Hillary's dumb ass again.
Cut the guy some slack. He's had multiple strokes, he can't be expected to understand everything.
These "progressives" think that when they have changed the names of things they have changed the things themselves.
Remember, it is never a party or candidate's job to have an appealing platform or try to make people want to vote for them. There is a default party that is always owed your votes as long as you aren't convinced to vote for the other party.
