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When will we learn - "both sides" isn't something that THEY actually believe (they believe in winning, however/whatever it takes, and they are quite aware of how different that makes them from us - in fact they despise us for that), it is troll-bait meant for us to get distracted, taking time to respond to it rather than move forward with whatever ACTUALLY NEEDS DOING.
I'm a big believer in the "both sides" theory. Stick with me here.
One side is a trash can fire. They do some fucked up shit.
The other is the Springfield Tire Fire.
Both sides suck, but one side sucks so bad that there's no way to ever fix it.
This is a fallacy. You're either one of them or they've got you snowed with that nonsense.
It is very much in no way a fallacy of any kind to point out that the Democrats are also not on the positive side of history.
Or do you think nicknames like Genocide Joe go down well in history?
Note that saying something negative about Democrats says literally nothing in support of Republicans. THAT would be a fallacy.
My dad used to say, even back into the Reagan era, "even the worst Democrat is better than the best Republican." Meaning that even the Democrats that were totally corrupt pieces of shit would at least be more likely to move the country further to the left and no Republican ever would.
And that's still true. I'd like to see Bob Menendez thrown out on his ass, but I'll take another 49 of him over one more Susan Collins because at least Menendez votes like he gives a shit.
I dunno, GWB was an actual progressive, who increased funding for food banks and schooling - historically those being liberal agendas. Ofc being incompetent, he screwed everything up and basically just gave money away to testing companies over the advice of sth like every educator in the country, but at least the mouth noises that he made sounded nice, at the time, so there's that? :-P
Edit: /s btw - you really have to strain hard to ignore the genocide to get my point.
I agree they are the lesser of two evils, clear as day. It's just important to remember that they are not saviors.
Especially if you don't make six figures or more.
Oh no, definitely not saviors. They are centrist at best and arguably center-right. They're also, unfortunately, our only hope at stopping a dictatorship.
Six figures ain't the line anymore and hasn't been for a while. If your household income is $100,000 in a lot of places you're still living paycheck to paycheck. They ain't working for those people because there's no immediate money to be made helping the middle class.