Chain collars are a bit much. Anybody who has ever seen them get surgically removed would probably never put them on their dogs.

I think VH’s response speaks well enough for itself.

You appear to have lost track of what thread you’re replying in? We already did this where you claimed nothing happened under DNC and I brought in a bigass list of things…

You having some memory issues?

I wanted the user to say clearly that they do not conflate democracy with fascism.

It says “Fascists claim to be saving democracy from communism” and that might initially seem like a benign statement, as is intended, but unfortunately it groups together democracy and fascism and draws a line of separation for communism.

Sadly a very large demographic of people on the fediverse, namely on hexbear, lemmy.ml, lemmygrad, and several conservative instances, believe that the “fascists” does not only apply to people like the GOP, AFD, or Reform UK but rather that all western politicians are a form of fascism and they believe that democracy has failed or never existed to begin with.

It’s kind of like how big tobacco started selling cigarettes to women by branding them as “torches of freedom” during the women’s suffrage movements, by getting people to associate what you want them to buy into with the things that they actually like you play a psychological trick. The opposite is true as well where you can get people to associate things they don’t like, fascism, to the thing you want them to doubt, democracy.

The DNC have not had more than 48 senators in 13 years. To bypass Republican filibusters require 60 and in order to bypass presidential veto requires 67. The last time the DNC were in a good position to raise minimum wage was 2014 and… oh look… Republican Filibuster.

I didn’t ask about your illuminati theories, dude.

I understood every word in a german meme!

You asked if somebody approved of the copy paste, implying that I require approval for statements I made.

lmfao

When presented with easily verifiable facts your response is to accuse the opponent of being some kind of plant or paid troll?

Nice counter-argument, you really made yourself look so sophisticated and honest just now. /s

You accuse me of avoidance, yet you refused to clarify. Sounds like I hit the nail on the head.

Personally I think the fascists have actually been quite open about their opposition to democracy. It’s kind of what makes them fascists.

I’m not sure if you’re claiming your opponents conflate fascism with democracy or if you yourself do. Pretty standard tankie stuff, explicitly being anti-democracy.

I never would have pegged cosmetic surgeons as being the morally responsible type.

Wow he protected LGBT servicemembers and yet they’re being thrown out of the military once again.

Your inability to connect cause and effect is astonishing.

That’s just Abe, he likes to check in on us once in a while.

A small nitpick, the government shutdown hasn’t been averted until the house votes on the bill which funds the government through September but only funds the DHS for two weeks. Funding officially ran out on the 30th of January. We might be in a shutdown and not even know it yet.

Also, if you care about campaign funding then the DNC are your dudes. The DNC platform includes reversing citizens united SCOTUS decision which requires a constitutional amendment meaning 60 votes. It would limit individual contributions and ban PAC money completely.

Directly below us in this thread is a list of things that the DNC did under the Biden admin because that user made the same exact bs claim that you did.

The song Worthless was basically a mass euthanasia video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcWeE3NMeBQ

The Biden Admin:

• reimplemented Obama era 72 hour holding limit for the ICE and a strict criminal-only focus

• expanded overtime pay eligibility to millions

• forgave $186 Billion of student loans despite constant pushback from Republican AGs and courts

• increased audits for the rich, which payed for itself and more

• allowed over-the-counter birth control to hit the markets

• pardoned thousands of marijuana convictions, commuting 2500+ sentences

• awarded $286 million for schools student mental health programs

• replaced more federal vehicle fleets with all electric

• expanded solar and wind power across the nation

• drafted new anti-redlining predatory mortgage regulations which went into effect in January

• a crackdown on hidden fees from service providers, ticket sellers, and banks

• forced Chinese companies to properly report SEC Filings in order to remain publicly tradeable

• expanded less carbon intensive farming practices in the USA

• expanded nature conservation and national parks more than any past president, including $4 Billion for the preservation of the shrinking Colorado River

• cut federal funding for career training programs which trap their students in more debt relative to their post-graduation earnings

• brokered a peace deal in the Congo

• strengthened alliance with Japan and South Korea over countering potential threats from China and North Korea

• funded medical research for things like cancer, countering the previous cuts by Republicans

• helped Class-A railroad workers to have industry-wide paid sick leave, albeit after he undercut their strike he still aided them in getting all of their demands in the following months

• literally penned the first and then only AI oversight and regulation with his AI Executive Order

• investigated grocery store price gouging and blocked mergers such as Krogers-Albertsons

• The Respect for Marriage Act which protects gay marriage

• protected LGBT+ Service Members and Veterans

• signed multiple executive orders protecting lgbt+ throughout the federal government including “prevent and combat discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation” and “advance equality for LGBTQI+ individuals”

• appointed the first openly LGBTQI+ Cabinet Secretary, White House Press Secretary, and White House Communications Director, the two first openly transgender people to ever be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and the first out lesbian to achieve the rank of Ambassador.

What the Biden Admin could not do without 60 votes:

• Public Option Healthcare identical to Germany’s

• A constitutional ammendment reversing Citizens United. The effect of this reversal is removing all PAC money from campaign funding and limiting individual contributions

• Reversing the GOP and Trump’s tax bill which had cut taxes for the rich. The GOP also raised taxes on the lowest bracket and most middle class.

There is one and only one party with a gun to your head and your complacency would allow them to keep their power.

It’s okay, but I don’t think Bill Gates has been proven to ever visit the island, so far. He’s done some shady shit for sure, but the island seems like a special kind of evil place reserved for people like Prince Andrew and Commerce Secretary Lutnick.

FR, earlier some dude tried to shame me in a comment section about something I said in a different comment section, I straight up replied with a link to it and a quote. Yesterday a dude threatened to dox me and I said “come and fight me”.

It’s almost like they expect us to reverse our statements and apologize or some shit. Nope. I say it again.