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[–] DudleyMason@lemmy.ml 5 points 18 hours ago

Cool. Then the Ohio Dems can suck an unwashed ass.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Infringing on free politcal speech is one of those few truly bipartisan issues, along with separating kids from their parents, protecting and participating in kid fucking, going after whistleblowers, allowing law enforcement to have no accountability and free reign to do whatever they want, and of course, supporting and sponsoring genocide against anyone israel says is scary or amalek this week.

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Wait what? How would dems ban criticism? Full internet control?

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 points 20 hours ago

Sternly written letter?

[–] Rivermoonwolf@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Every day I hope the Democrats grow a pair and do better, and every day they not only find the bottom of the pit but proceed to start digging.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

The people digging that hole arent going anywhere. Our tent needs to have some rules, or we need to toss people out when they wont align. "Big tent" hasnt been working. Things like genocide, allowing birth control and womens right to choose, universal human rights, etc arent negotiable and if people dont like that they can get tossed from the tent and lose that D near their name. Right now the "D" means next to nothing.

You'll never get better from neo-liberals. They are essentially mercenaries for change, if you want something to change they have to be paid first or find a way to monetize it so they can make a buck off it.

[–] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 day ago

Streisand effect goes brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

Just one more reason why I left Ohio, and why I'll never live there again. Absolute shit hole.

Seems there's always a line with the holders of conservative values of how far they'll go. Used to be it was black people, then it was gay people, now it's trans people.

[–] Blibly@lemmy.world 133 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Banning criticism is nazi shit and so is transphobia. Fuck these assholes

[–] BadmanDan@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You’d be surprised how much Ohions prefer this

[–] Blibly@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

I'm not surprised but I also think most people with these ideas don't actually believe them. They've been fed a line of bullshit about people with differences being their enemies. It should be our job to push back on it.

We should NOT pander to regressive bigoted bullshit for a crumb of power. It doesn't even work! These weak democrats sell out their people and lose the election anyway because they're spineless wimps. They don't stand for shit and that's why they lose. Shame on them.

[–] BadmanDan@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

I 100% agree. Dems don’t have to do this. Kamala literally gained more white support than Biden, Hillary and Obama 2012. Suburban White voters aren’t fleeing over trans stuff the way the media is trying to portray it.

But they’re winning the messaging battle.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago

“Banning criticism”???

FFFFffffuuuuuuuuuuuck that.

[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 57 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good! The LAST thing we Want is to Listen to our Constituents!

-Democrats who DONT UNDERSTAND why they Keep Losing to Socialists!

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“We can’t be the party of pronouns!”

Then what, the fuck, are you? Certainly not the party of the working class.

[–] Blibly@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

And why CAN'T we be the party of pronouns? What the fuck is wrong with respecting people's identities and pushing for positive change. I've had enough of this regressive bullshit from these losers.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Blibly@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Then we eat the donors. I've had enough

[–] Quokka@quokk.au 18 points 1 day ago

Time to make Donor Kebabs

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[–] Triumph@fedia.io 26 points 1 day ago

Barbra Streisand has entered the chat.

[–] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

We don't call them the Texas of the Midwest for nothing.

[–] volore@scribe.disroot.org 20 points 1 day ago (3 children)

We do? I've been calling Ohio "the Florida of the North". Mostly because "Ohio Man" and "Florida Man" may as well be the same person in a different hat, "Texas Man" is his own distinct brand of batshit.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Floridians refer to Ohio as North Alabama.

[–] volore@scribe.disroot.org 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

well I suppose that one moniker, that with which we refer to the parts ~~the light doesn't touch~~ known as Pennsyltucky, sounds positively delightful by comparison then

I can tell you I'd definitely rather be in Pennsyltucky than North Alabama, but neither one is what I would call particularly enthralling tourist destinations nor hidden gems among the hills. Unless you count Deliverance or Children of the Corn as a hidden gem, which, I mean fair to you, great films, not how I'd want to spend a weekend.

And now, just to really fuck with you: Ohio has breached containment. Ohio is in the Vice Presidency, and will be at the wheel if Trump dies. You may have realized this already, but if you haven't, if that doesn't make you shiver a bit, I don't know what will. I am very ready for the Trump state funeral, I am very much not ready for The Adventures of Couch-Loving Ohio Man With the Nuclear Football.

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[–] tigermountain@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Can the democrats stop worrying about shit like this and actually govern?

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