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In interview, Beshear says he received calls about McConnell 'suggesting he's passed'
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And yet here you are just posting away on social media.
Tell you what buddy, how about you go ahead and do what you just asked others to do. Go ahead, run into that hospital like a scientology speedrunner and take that picture of a dead McConnell. Put that money where your pretty little mouth is there you big, burly, freedom fighting keyboard warrior.
I'll wait right here.
I didn't say you needed to do it.
so what you're saying though is that what I'm doing is useless........
I'll wait for an answer
Yes, I am saying is that what you're currently doing is useless and even furthermore I'm saying that you need to do it since you're the one full of bluster and vigor in calling for others to do what you are too afraid to do yourself.
Lead by example and show that true leadership, take charge of the movement, and run into that hospital and take that picture. Prove that you aren't just a useless, cowardly lefists and put that money where your pretty little, boisterous, mouth is and do that glorious speed run of that hospital to show us how useless the rest of us are and that your are the true and righteous leader of the left!
Nah I'm good. I'm going to downvote and move on. That'll teach you right? Right? Do you feel the power of 1 downvotes righteous condemnation. See how that moral thrashing has impacted you and the world you exist in. It's not a total waste of time. You're not proving my point at all. In fact i might just go start my own off shoot of lemmy, delete my account here because I don't want lemmy getting paid or becoming popular. Then I'll post all day over there. Totally not wasting my time or interfering with your time or energy.
Just like how republicans back on reddit or Facebook or Twitter learned their lesson when we moved here and left them with every other fence sitting voter
Please?
how would that affect you?
QoL improvement.
Right. Thank you. That's my point. Why are we giving nazis QoL improvements. Full circle here.
Me leaving you alone to go start my own fuck ass website only serves to improve your situation. Unless I do something special with my site. If i don't and I just recreate a smaller fuck ass version of the big site, then I'm just improving the reach and engagement for the nazi I left alone and limiting my own.
I know. That's why I asked nicely.
Good, you made my point. Which is weird since you came here in disagreement
That's awesome that you're going to build your own lemmy instance, with blackjack and hookers even!
I wish you the best in becoming the glorious leader of the left that you strive to be in your new and shiny instance of lemmy full of people who are going to be willing to run into hospitals to take pictures of dead people!
Godspeed you bold, beautiful, glorious go getter that will surly guide the next generation of bold, beautiful, glorious leftists that will do what needs to be done to make sure that someone will run into those hospitals that this country truly needs!
In fact! Forget the instance!
Enjoy your time here pretending to be smarter than your racist uncle and grandmother whose beat your group into the ground for the past 15 years. Both IRL and digitally. You think you'll ever be honest with yourself that maybe you need to do something other than give up ground at every battle?
Wait, why are you still posting here and haven't deleted your account? Haven't you started your own lemmy server yet? Started your revolution to show poor little ol' me that you're the smart one here? That you're going to the catalyst of change in America? To lead those hospital runners? To be the Smrtest leftist in the world?
Looking forward to seeing your bold, wonderful, beautiful, glorious, intelligent movement take hold and flourish, showing me how dumb I, my grandmother, my racist uncle really are!
Can't wait!
You're clearly the smartest. Like what are you still doing here.
Other than proving my point in multiple ways
You would have to make one first. But all you're doing is waving your dick in the wind.
Try being more useful than performative.
You sound like a dude who's favorite bar got taken over by Nazis, but he keeps going believing he's going to influence any sort of outcome.
What does that make you
Someone who's not on x, for instance.
Because when I walk into a bar and see it is full of Nazis I turn around and walk the other way.
Can you think of any other beer halls that people left nazis to their own devices?
I don’t want to be a party to any nazi hangouts. Not certain why that is difficult.
Is it easier to stop 5 nazis or 10 million?
It's not a nazi hangout. It's a space that nazis use to spread nazi propaganda. You leaving is contributing to their goals.
There is nothing you can argue that makes sense that leaving and ignoring is the correct approach.
If your garden gets weeds, do they go away if you go to another garden. No they grow until they take over both gardens. It's much easier to stop when you have 2sqft of weeds to deal with vs 200sqft
Twitter is 100% a Nazi hangout. I have no need to wade into that filth. Go for it. Have fun.
So you support nazis being able to communicate any lie or propaganda to the people in your life, uncontested. You're supportive of raising a whole new generation on only things that nazis see as issues?
I don't. The site should be shut down. I just refuse to hang out with them.
Again, you hang out with the Nazis. I'll pass.
That's fine. Nobody is forcing you too. But you can't tell me that collectively when we all do the same thing that it doesn't end up making the situation worse. We're walking away from a kitchen fire.
That is my point. People here have made a choice and avoid admitting the consequences
No, we are walking out of a building that is on fire. There is a difference.
No you're not. That's the point I'm trying to make. You just moved to another room. What goes on there will 100% still affect you. It'll show up with coworkers. It'll show up at family dinners. It'll show up next election cycle when they have much greater engagement and capture. They convinced you all to leave so they could burn everything down. You never left the building you just moved out of the room. My point is that was foolish. That's it. You're just delaying something that is easier to fight when it first crops up. We're being ignorant to that at a time when bring ignorant to this is costing us greatly.
Man, you don't need to keep flailing around. Hang out with he Nazis. You seem to have some sort of attachment to them and their safe spaces.
I don't fucking care at this point that you just want to argue. Have at it. Fucking useless comment like this is a waste of your time
I mean, cool. Have fun with your Nazi friends. I'm certain you will save twitter.
Nazi convinced you to fuck off and you did. Say whatever you want but enjoy the corner they put you in.
How did I fuck off again? Lol.
I thought you were going to hang out with your twitter and The_Donald friends again?
You sound like a big scary man. XD
You only insulted people and encouraged raiding a hospital.
I don't support nazis or people who help them
That would be you.
Trying to blame and demoralize activists for not doing enough while not actually acting on your beliefs makes you a sympathizer and a coward.
Lmao you're not activist. You'd have to be active. Reading your daily post and commenting "these people suck" is not activism.
Me pointing it out is demoralizing because it should be. In the past decade you people have giving up more victories to people you consider morons and you think i should be here playing along like that's OK.
You're given a Ferrari of an application and instead you treat it like the most boring version of the big platforms. Wake the fuck up
Being out there in the world and actively spreading ideas, engaging and growing is activism. You lot are wilting.
I'm tired of saying its OK to disengage because you lot just don't like it. This is like voting. If you're not actively participating then you're giving the opposition power and you're a part of the problem. You're not forced to do anything but i shouldn't be forced to play along like that's OK when so many here also try to post about MAGA and their bullshit.
Trump is about to pull some bullshit with elections. What channels have any of you created to fight back? Or are you just going to stand in a fucking street again. I'm not playing this game anymore where I have to play polite like you're people doing the bare minimum are not part of contributing to his success.
While you were whining on the internet I was knocking on doors as part of the largest turnout for GOTV in my county, today in 98 degree weather.
So yeah, I'm active. I have yet to see you talk about the wonderful organizing, community buding, and resistance efforts you're taking part in.
Just ignore him. He is a Nazi sympathizer, hence his mocking you for giving a shit and doing something about the problems.
He seems to think that getting cuddly with fascists is somehow the answer to fascism.
Oooooo you knocked on fucking doors while people were eating dinner. Is this 1937?
Meanwhile some racist 67 year old used Facebook to reach 1 million viewers and explain to them that Trans people are mentally ill rapists.
So you spoke to maybe 300 people while you burned 1500 calories, spend 12 hours of your free time, $50 in gas, and energy to reach .003% of what that racist did in 30 minutes.
So explain to me how that math works. See that problem now. Do you see exactly what I'm talking about yet. The reason the left are losing is because they think your methods are the ones that win political victories while they are using modern methods using a fraction of the energy and time. Their activism wins every time. Until we admit it, we'll continue to lose in this Markov chain where the end result is our eradication and their growth.
Brother you don't know what we're all doing in our private lives. We get on here to discuss. What the fuck is anybody supposed to be able to do on Lemmy? We are here to avoid the craziness out there and have a space for ourselves. I am involved in activism. I am involved in a couple programs locally. People are getting organized man. You are mad because you're at home doing nothing but insulting people.
So you're involved in activism like what? Obviously don't doxxx yourself but types of things do you do?