What the people who say that actually mean is, "I was on your sports team until you told me what your sports team stood for."

It's an "I voted Democrat because muh daddy voted Democrat and his daddy voted Democrat" situation. They were always Republicans, they just were too ignorant to pay attention and realize it.

I remember telling people to stop with the nice uncle Joe memes when he was vp. The dude is a huge proponent of the racist, murderous drug war. He's pushed legislations on that front that have caused mass incarnations and deaths, all because Joe is scared of drugs. His war also paved the way for police mineralization, civil asset forfeiture, and this view police have that they're an occupying army and we're all potential dangers.

He is not a good example of a left politician. But when I would say this, I would be downvoted, cause you're not allowed to criticize your own side I guess.

Agreed, I personally voted for Kamala Harris (early voting)

It's a shit situation to have the candidates we do, but unironically, thank you for making the choice that makes it less likely that millions will suffer needlessly. I'll be limping my ass down on election day to cast that same vote.

I mean, the ongoing Palestinian genocide is important, vile, and our support of its perpetrators a stain on our national soul.

It's just not an excuse to let fascists start an additional genocide here in the US. Without even stopping the ongoing Palestinian genocide.

Ehhh, the left is a big board idea. I wouldn't worry about it too much. It's a favorite trick of the fascist to pretend to be on the left.

that was a good one, XD

That makes sense, one for each of them, and two to span their differences whilst keeping the most extreme differences furthest apart (so 5 all up). Typical lefties, reproducing the parliamentary liberalism that society is currently based on.

I suspect if you put three conservatives in a room you'd either get one dead, one too scared to talk, and one covered in blood... Or, three far right loonies calling for the death of all gay people, who all just had their first gay experience and plan to keep that fact secret.

Conservatives, they'll either kill something or fuck it, and either way they're gonna lie about it later.

not fellow left-wingers - one way many people get pushed right is by watching right wing content that just shows lefties acting like idiots and then goes "omg look SJWs so dumb". So people get turned off from feminism or progressivism before they have a chance to actually engage with it. Then, there's only one direction to go when frustration sets in - right.

Just look at the amount of ragebait on (conventional) social media showing feminists or queer activists or woke people acting cringe. It's the first step of the right-wing pipeline.

The only people who rant about that stuff is the right wing

I'm straight but have lots of lgbtiq friends, and conversations like that never come up.

It's oddly enough the right wing who bring that conversation up constantly and exaggerate it

Same energy as born again Christians trying to convert me from atheism.

"I used to be you!"

No, you were a slightly less annoying version of you. You don't know me at all.