TimmyDeanSausage

I’m really not sure what you’re trying to say…

Allegedly.

Don’t worry everyone! The US is definitely not invading Venezuela for their oil reserves. We definitely learned from the latest couple of times we did that. We’re just holding onto their oil tankers for totally… helpful… reasons…

It’s more complicated than that. There’s massive gerrymandering, voter suppression, and straight up fraud. I won’t say the popular vote was stolen, because the investigation is ongoing, but there’s credible mounting evidence, unlike Trump’s claims following the 2020 election. Then, ultimately, the electoral college picks for us. We’re not governed for the people, by the people. The majority of Americans have to deal with this, while living in an end-stage-capitalist cage, and we get to read constant insults from ignorant people around the world who can’t see fascism for the cancer it is. It’s on the rise everywhere. Probably in your country as well. Are you responsible for the rise of fascism in your country, or is it the morons actually voting for it?

Lol. Yeah. I don’t like the sensation of things be attached to my face and I move a lot in my sleep, so I wake up with the mask stretched across my face in uncomfortable ways.

Nope. I travel for work quite a bit, stay in a lot of hotels. The bathroom door is a shitty sliding door far more often than a regular door. It’s one of the many things I hate about hotels now. All the little leds on the various detectors that light the room and flash all night is the thing that really gets me though. I keep a roll of gaff tape in my travel kit so I can tape all the lights, the shitty curtains, and whatever else I have to tape to make it dark enough to sleep in.

Mazda’s are often overlooked. They’re very reliable and nice to drive. As a hobbyist/sometimes-professional mechanic, I’ve seen plenty with 300k+ miles on em and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the three Mazdas I’ve owned.

You can also get a used toyota and use aftermarket parts for repairs. Timken, Aisen, Denso, and NGK (among others) are all OEM suppliers, so you can buy the exact same parts from them for less.

I get that that’s still not great but, damn, that sounds nice.

The covid era credits make my marketplace plan actually affordable. I’m glad democrats are putting up a fight to keep them.

It’s all about what you value. Healthcare and food for the poorest citizens? That’s waste. Private jets, overpriced office furniture and 5 star meals everyday? All necessary when what we value is transferring as much wealth as possible from the peasant class to the robber baron class.

Thing is, I’m a white guy and I know how these motherfuckers talk when they think they are in a safe space.

Same! I have the added pleasure of being a big, bearded, “straight-passing” gay man. I get to have really fun moments were the Republicans around me say despicable things about gays, I tell them I’m actually gay, then they trip all over themselves to explain how they’re actually totally cool with the gays. I call them out for being racist when that happens too. Making them uncomfortable by calmly shining light on their own words is one of my favorite group activities.

It’s all part of the left’s heinous GGI policies. No one is safe.

I will deepthroat whatever I want.

No, I’m saying a percentage of leftists helped Trump win because they succumbed to propaganda. IMO, the leftists that opted out of voting for Harris don’t get to pretend like they did it to help Palestine. Trump getting back into office is, and was always going to be worse for Palestine. Seeing as you’re willing to put words into my mouth, this is the only response you’re going to get from me. Not interested in conversing with rage-fueled teenagers.

All of that makes sense. I was citing a documentary I watched on YT years ago, which, I believe, was citing an author that traveled Germany after the war. Your explanation is definitely what was going on haha

Until Hitler… self-hitlered…, most Germans had no idea they even had concentration camps or that genocide was being done in their name. They thought they were winning the war, and they saw the infrastructure/economic improvements and thought Hitler was doing a great job. One would hope everything being actively video recorded/ reported this time would make a difference but, if my experience with my MAGA family is indicative of what’s happening with the rest of the MAGAts, they’re just as ignorant. I forced my fiance’s newsmax-addicted grandma to watch a video of ICE beating a woman, in front of her small child, while they were kidnapping her husband, and Mema hasn’t said shit about politics since. She was genuinely shocked.

No, unfortunately, the amount of people protesting during the election wasn’t enough. If we had protests like the anti-ice/no-kings protests, with a Harris administration at the helm, it might make a difference. The real pressure, however, would come from the recent gathering at the UN and the (very late) release of the UN’s independent commission that found that Isreal is, in fact, committing genocide in Palestine. UK and Spain formally recognizing Palestine’s statehood would’ve likely had a huge impact, especially now that 145 countries have joined them. There would also be considerable pressure being applied by democratic congressmen/congresswomen because every single one of them would be in danger of losing their seats if there’s no action on the progressing genocide. Things are a little more complicated for the people leading the governments of the world. Unfortunately, We The People, have to work a little harder to get want we want from our government, and that’s not going to change overnight. IMO, the people who sat out the election don’t get to call themselves the “pro-palestine” movement. By not voting, they may have made their voices heard, but in the worst way possible, given that the result was Trump winning the election. That outcome is objectively worse for everyone affected by the genocide in Palestine, and every minority in the US.

You may not want to acknowledge that you (if you didn’t vote for Harris) contributed to Trump getting back into office. But, it doesn’t matter how you feel. Your feelings don’t change the way political machinations work. Longterm strategy and effort is what changes that. Everyone that didn’t vote chose the short-term, shortsighted strategy, and look where it got us.

Ok. Good chat.

I’m not defending her. I’m trying to make the point that she has, and will respond if there’s enough political pressure. That’s all I’ve been saying. Yes, she has demonstrated that she wants the public to believe that she values human lives. I would take a politician that does that over one that does nothing but create chaos. I never said she’s actually a good person. Stop putting words in my mouth and try to understand what I’m saying before you respond.

Right. She doesn’t deserve that kind of respect. But, surely we can recognize that she’s also not openly authoritarian, like he other option we were given. I don’t pay attention to her, or any politician, outside of what they are currently doing while they’re in office or what they did while they were in office and are running for another term. I’m not sure what point you’re trying to communicate.