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Something that I realized about the fediverse is that you seem to be able to criticize the USA as a whole, but if you criticize the Democrats you get downvoted. Democrats suck they are not sacred cows (lemmy.ml)

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[+] Hikermick -11 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

The Democratic Party got wallopped in the last election because they stood up for marginalized. They got trounced in 2010 because they fought to provide access to healthcare to those who couldn't get it. Biden tried to forgive student loans and young people couldn't bother to show up to the pols in 2022. Lazy edge lord potheads don't show up to vote

[–] [email protected] 15 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

They lost in 2024 because they couldn't address the economy and kept sending billions to Israel as it was committing a very public genocide lol, not because they stood up for people.

[+] Hikermick -6 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah that's probably why the GOP ran non stop ads about transvestites playing in school sports.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

And when pushed on it, the Democrats backed off instead of defending them. This should have won them the election by your logic, but it didn't. Could it be your logic is flawed?

[–] pjwestin 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The largest plurality (29%) of people who voted for Biden in 2020 but stayed home in 2024 said that Gaza was their biggest reason for not voting. The Democrats aren't considering pulling their support for Israel, but they have been fighting internally over being less supportive trans people. The idea that they lost because they just wouldn't stop fighting for marginalized people is just not connected to reality, and it's very possible they'll be standing up for even less people by 2026.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Could you spare a link to that 29%? I'm curious

[–] pjwestin 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

This article covers it, but it unfortunately doesn't link to the actual poll. I first learned it from a news podcast, so I can't point you to the original source.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

That was enough to find a link to the poll. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago

Good lord, blueMAGA faithful really have taken leave from reality entirely