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submitted 8 months ago by jhymesba@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

While rebutting another post here on Lemmy, I ran into this. This says exactly what I want to say.

I am not a friend of Biden's Administration. I think they drug their feet over a variety of things ranging from holding Trump and his goons accountable for January 6th through rulemaking on issues like OTC Birth Control and abortion rights, and yes, I think he's too quick to please big business. But then I remember what the alternative is, and ... well, disappointed in Biden or not, I'm voting for him. Because my wife is a Black bisexual goth woman, four strikes under Team Pepe's tent. And I have my own strikes for marrying her as a White dude, and respecting her right to not have kids since she doesn't want them is another strike against me. And I care about my Non-Christian, Gay, Transgender, and Minority friends, and will never willingly subject them to Team Pepe.

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[-] shikitohno@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Well, there's the whole "Republicans are going to overturn Roe v Wade, vote for us so we'll protect your rights" bit they've been coasting on for 30 years that they did fuck all about the entire time. That's the crying wolf. They had chances to do so, and chose not to.

[-] capital@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

That's... Not what crying wolf is. That would be warning people that electing Trump would affect abortion rights and get them more SCOTUS seats and then that NOT happening. Except it's exactly what happened. We cried wolf and there was a wolf...

I think you're delusional if you think even Dems had the majority required to make that into law in the past 30 years.

[-] shikitohno@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You're being rather obtuse here, the Democrats have been crying wolf over Republican attempts to overturn Roe v Wade for decades and did nothing to prevent it, this isn't an issue that only popped up for Hilary's campaign in 2016. What a surprise that it actually gets through and done when people have already been desensitized to Dems saying "Watch out, they'll take away your right to an abortion, but if you vote for us, we'll protect it!" and nobody actually believes they'll do anything about it beyond say "Watch, the Republicans are coming for your right to abortion!" They could literally win every seat in the House and Senate, and they'd probably still sit on their hands so they could campaign on it again in a few years rather than settle the matter.

I gave you two examples within the last 30 years where they had the numbers to remove the filibuster and enact legislation. Those are just times when they had a sizeable enough margin, they could have passed the legislation in spite of idiots like Manchin and Lieberman.

[-] capital@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Your continued misuse of the parable notwithstanding, I think you believe more Dems would have supported it than actually would have. Those chances go down the further back you go.

Dems are not a monolith.

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