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Cake day: February 27th, 2024

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  • that wasn’t my point, and i am not defending the Republicans. maybe that’s what people thought I was saying that I got downvoted? (not complaining, this just shows there are shortcomings in how i communicate my ideas).

    of course it’s deeply disturbing that they are embracing this label. and it’s all good that we can look at this at laugh at our enemies, think they are weird, or whatever. maybe i am a pessimist, but i am worried that this isn’t going to change anyone’s minds. the right wingers will look at this post and say “look at those dumb leftist, they just can’t understand sarcasm” and move on.

    you say this can change the minds of fence-sitters, obviously i don’t have any data to support or discredit that, so genuine question: have you seen anyone’s mind being changed by this?








  • I think you are missing the forest for the trees here. Had we elected Kamala, we would have thwarted MAGA, there is no doubt about that. But the MAGA voter base still exists, the socio-economic circumstances that allowed Trump to be elected in our timeline would still exist. Things like that don’t just pop up overnight, it takes decades and generations, and they sure as hell won’t go away easily. Do you think if Democrats were elected, they will correctly recognize the problem and try to solve it?

    (Also, to leave no doubt, personally I vote blue no matter who. But I also at the same time think that won’t really matter in the end.)