Progressive Politics

Well, there is their family members who either ignore them or make fun of them behind their backs.

I wish someone named this effect. Maybe it is some variation the Overton Window overlaid with Dunning-Kreuger. But whatever it is it is pervasive. There are so many people I know that once you get them talking about it they absolutely are anti fascist, anti-Trump, anti-Republican. But they're not vocal. I think decent people are not vocal in general. They rightly feel that it is just common sense to work toward a society that has equity and treats people fairly and the idea that it takes work to maintain that is inconceivable. Like these fascist fuckers will figure it out if you give them enough time. Maybe that's just the way human civilization works... It has to get really bad for the majority of people before ordinary decent folks are forced into action. Maybe one more voting cycle will fix things, so just wait for the next election.

Their entire world is built around being the 'righteous asshole'.

In my town they would plaster their trucks with stickers, fly Trump and Confederate flags, then drive around blocking traffic and saying "Fuck You!" to the rest of the world. One good thing about Trump's $6 gas is it has them doing a lot less driving around lately.

I think you should tell her. Explicitly. Be very detailed about your feelings. Ignoring these things will not help.

Lmao taco bell lettuce. I do not support the women who support those men. Idc if they say they are different than him.

His wife (not Maga) has since approached us asking to get togethe

threesome material but prob not worth it lol

I wish them a socialist mayor, congressman, senator, or president, because actually seeing the benefits of it for themselves is what's going to create lasting change, not conservatism or ~~centrism~~ compassionate conservatism.

My parents would rather support this fascist piece of shit than have a relationship with their adult son. So that fucking sucks.

I wish mine would. I love her as a person, but she’s so headstrong about it. She’s hitched all these elements of her personality to it (faith, hobbies, community outside family, decorations). I feel like we’d need some sort of reverse Jan 6, like an event that’s so apparent & bad, not fakeable, but I cannot see anything sticking to Teflon right now.

Rubio & Miller’s recent comments suggest a deeper fracturing coming across America. It’s hard not to believe the worst is coming.

Doing fuck all about it? The people doing something about it you won't hear about.

You won't hear about any local resistance in another country. You won't hear about any local organization in another country. Hell even if someone was planning another assassination attempt, you wouldn't be hearing about it unless they were really stupid.

People are getting in ICE's face and filming their crimes at risk to ther lives for people they've never met.

Some of us are quite aware.

You're gonna keep inviting Trump into your country, he's gonna keep shaking hands with your leaders, and even if he kills all of us American citizens all at once in a state-sponsored massacre and you hear about it on the news, your country will not impose sanctions, and you'll see your leader shaking hands with him on television the following month.