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[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago

Here's how that will play out:

Democrats want to take the "moral high ground", so they pass the torch to the republicans.

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Nope, they are already talking about finding a dem to fill the seat

https://xcancel.com/wvdemocrats/status/1877091928430219490

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

WV is Joe Manchin country so my hopes for an actual Dem of the people is very low.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 6 points 5 days ago

Mankind is barely able to look beyond the benefit of their direct offspring, much less future generations, and often, not even that far. It will always be a race to the bottom as long as being immoral yields immediate benefits at the cost of long-term good.

There are moral, long-term thinking people, but these often lose battles to immoral short-term thinkers since they tend to not be willing to sacrifice "the moral high ground," lest they become no better than their opponents.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago
[-] sxan@midwest.social 4 points 5 days ago

So... if I start a nuclear war... and wipe out the entire human race... I'm the most moral person because I've reduced the number of killers in the world to zero, forever?

[-] mrslt@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

I'm no ethicist, but I can't argue with the logic.

[-] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 5 days ago

We often hear about Dems going Rep, but this is one of the very few times I hear about the reverse.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago

Why like a picture of a post and not the article?

And then you provide a link to the post, also instead of the article?

Just...

Why?

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 27 points 6 days ago

Story's main headline doesn't really capture the gist very well, and this post gave a much better summary

I added the direct link of the story to the body

[-] irish_link@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago

Gonna own the libs by making sure it’s their party that is associated with my arrest…doh!

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

Man, Steven Seagal is really going through some stuff, isn't he?

[-] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

More than you may realize.

[-] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 13 points 5 days ago

'They play stupid games, they are getting stupid awards … I have only begun … and won’t stop. I had a vision to destroy them from the angel of Moroni.'

100% guarantee that he's Mormon, and likely some version of a Mormon fundamentalist (...as if regular Mormonism wasn't crazy enough). "Angel of Moroni" is a dead giveaway.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Angel of moronism for him if he actually did what the article states.

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 10 points 6 days ago

I didn't see in the article if it said why he switched parties. Was it just because the other magats were being mean?

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Might be so that the news reported him as a terrorist Democrat?

[-] vikingr@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Lmao this is dope. Mormonism doing good for once.

[-] rekabis@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Okay, this… is hilarious.

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