there is such a strong current in this country to make throwing people who are less powerful than you away or under the bus a "way of life" that means being successful, beautiful, and good. but the truth is... it isn't any of those things. and some people are so mad about it.
― Joses Chrust (map), Monday, 1 February 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
I can only hope all this person's zoomer students answer back with "who care" memes
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Monday, 1 February 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
steeling my self for the "actually..? it's kinda lowkey racist and misogynist to support AOC in her primary attempt against Chuck Schumer" takes. because they are coming and there's nothing you can do about it
― Washington Generals D-League affiliate (will), Monday, 1 February 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
Is it not good enough for you for AOC to be a Representative? Why do you demand that she take on the duties of Senator as well? Why do you want to let the old white man off easy?
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Monday, 1 February 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtJqV3vU4AMZLAA?format=jpg&name=smallJANETš YELLENš DOESN'Tš OWEš YOUš ANYTHINGš
― superdeep borehole (harbl), Monday, 1 February 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link
just going to leave this one here
https://t.co/xl4WhkzxO2 pic.twitter.com/ySixFpN0BR— Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) February 1, 2021
― Joses Chrust (map), Monday, 1 February 2021 17:33 (three years ago) link
the replies mostly suck, i already regret leaving that one here
― Joses Chrust (map), Monday, 1 February 2021 17:35 (three years ago) link
there is such a strong current in this country to make throwing people who are less powerful than you away or under the bus a "way of life" that means being successful, beautiful, and good. but the truth is... it isn't any of those things. and some people are so mad about it.ā Joses Chrust (map), Monday, February 1, 2021 12:19 PM (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
ā Joses Chrust (map), Monday, February 1, 2021 12:19 PM (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
bingo. people don't like bernie because he uses his platform to draw attention to issues he thinks are important. he seems to care more about the people in america facing eviction than he does about the pomp and circumstance of the presidency, and this is baffling to people.
― treeship., Monday, 1 February 2021 17:42 (three years ago) link
"monochromatic ensembles of pure power" would get you blocked by a findom for trying too hard
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 1 February 2021 17:51 (three years ago) link
i'm amazed that ppl find dressing for the weather so disrespectful
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 1 February 2021 17:59 (three years ago) link
"monochromatic ensembles of pure power"? has this person never seen how Louis XIV dressed, or just about every monarch or potentate since time began?
― Compromise isn't a principle, it's a method (Aimless), Monday, 1 February 2021 17:59 (three years ago) link
"monochromatic ensembles of pure power"
excellent Information Society song
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 February 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link
I think there are people who genuinely and earnestly conflate wokeness with having a multiethnic ruling class. Stealing attention from Kamala getting to be a boss in her power outfit (and also the same old white guy we've had for decades getting to be a bigger boss) is a high crime, even if it's not the doing of the person stealing the attention.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 1 February 2021 18:08 (three years ago) link
Thing is
The hyperattn paid to bernie memes for two days after does seem noteworthy in some ways
Just not in this way
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Monday, 1 February 2021 18:11 (three years ago) link
noteworthy in part to the extent that the typical high-church trappings/fanfare of the inauguration this year seemed more obviously putting lipstick on a pig...that image of Bernie p neatly pointed that up
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 1 February 2021 18:16 (three years ago) link
i'm not getting dressed up for this horseshit
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 1 February 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
Not reading the SF Chronicle op ed. Sounds bad.
― āBigā Don Abernathy, Monday, 1 February 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
That's wise. If you told me it was a parody I'd believe you
― rob, Monday, 1 February 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link
he was dressed up though! he had on black pants, socks and shoes. just not a cashmere overcoat or w/e. "it is unfathomably powerful to wear sensible clothing that is not too showy" is just insane and sort of betrays the hand of "i love to do whatever it takes to appear powerful for i will always feel like i never have enough of it."
― Joses Chrust (map), Monday, 1 February 2021 18:25 (three years ago) link
I donāt feel represented unless someone is wearing Dior Nikes.
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Monday, 1 February 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link
Even putting aside the fact that Bernie was arguably the most proactive among Dem leaders in having helped GOTV to beat the republicans in this last election, the last thing we need are think pieces about how he dresses or w/e with everything going on right now.
― āBigā Don Abernathy, Monday, 1 February 2021 19:02 (three years ago) link
*among the most proactive
― āBigā Don Abernathy, Monday, 1 February 2021 19:03 (three years ago) link
otm, seems especially unnecessarily DIVISIVE (that word the center hates) at a time when Bernie memes are actually BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER and helping us HEAL
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 1 February 2021 20:50 (three years ago) link
these people only understand semiotics, and that barely. anything real--like the fact that people are suffering and they want a shot at a decent life for themselves and their family--just flies over their heads, which is why bernie always mystified them.
― treeship., Monday, 1 February 2021 20:58 (three years ago) link
i thought the pt of the bernie memes was that he looked cute
― flopson, Monday, 1 February 2021 21:09 (three years ago) link
agree with that. the first one i saw, with just the original photo and "disdainful rescue greyhound" as the caption, is still my favorite.
― Joses Chrust (map), Monday, 1 February 2021 21:12 (three years ago) link
a disdainful rescue greyhound pic.twitter.com/UvmMDPaAkN— Liz Crash (@AsFarce) January 20, 2021
my greyhound does fold his paws exactly like that
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Monday, 1 February 2021 21:32 (three years ago) link
How much are op-ed sections just attempting to fund themselves thru hateclicks from promoting the most clueless professional-class courtier-wannabes anybody can find?
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 22:15 (three years ago) link
a not insignifcant portion for sure. jia tolentino really nails this in her book, mostly talking about bari weiss and other professional trolls but the same can apply to any belief system
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 2 February 2021 22:18 (three years ago) link
bernie is a fucking cop
My amendment to #BackTheBlue and defend, not defund, the police passed the Senate overwhelmingly tonight by vote of 100-0— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) February 5, 2021
― Left, Friday, 5 February 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
how are you going to have a socialist police state without police?
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 5 February 2021 17:36 (three years ago) link
what was the amendment? i canāt find anything about it.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 5 February 2021 18:42 (three years ago) link
https://www.congress.gov/amendment/117th-congress/senate-amendment/558
― Left, Friday, 5 February 2021 18:47 (three years ago) link
Bernie was making the jerking off motion when he voted aye so it doesn't count.
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Friday, 5 February 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
Left can you explain to us what this means To establish a deficit-neutral fund relating to funding the police.
― superdeep borehole (harbl), Friday, 5 February 2021 18:55 (three years ago) link
some right wing bullshit
― Left, Friday, 5 February 2021 18:58 (three years ago) link
anyone care to defend this
― Left, Friday, 5 February 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link
maybe just read the thread title and take it up somewhere else
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 5 February 2021 19:00 (three years ago) link
Heās not in favor of police abolition. I think this became known during his recent presidential campaign.
― āBigā Don Abernathy, Friday, 5 February 2021 19:12 (three years ago) link
exactly. bernie's never talked about abolition, and i'm not sure he's ever said "defund"? (correct me if i'm wrong)
and that's why he was my compromise candidate
― Washington Generals D-League affiliate (will), Friday, 5 February 2021 19:16 (three years ago) link
Bernie being to the right of the people most invested in the āBernie projectā on a variety of issues is not news.
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Friday, 5 February 2021 19:17 (three years ago) link
Wait til you find out about defense budget votes!!!
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Friday, 5 February 2021 19:18 (three years ago) link
Or this bad non-vote.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/05/bernie-sanders-absent-as-anti-surveillance-senate-amendment-fails.html
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Friday, 5 February 2021 19:19 (three years ago) link
social democrats fucking love cops. in the UK we just had half a decade of the leftmost opposition leader ever instigating a pig-funding arms race with the far right. I sympathise with critical support to some extent but it rarely seems to be critical enough
― Left, Friday, 5 February 2021 19:27 (three years ago) link
He spoke on police abolition but it was conflated with defunding in the way the question was framed to him. But there are activists who drew a distinction between the two things and others who who didnāt. However the way he talked about āredefiningā what the job is though went further than the way possibilities of reform are usually discussed by politicians at that level.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/bernie-sanders-is-not-done-fighting
― āBigā Don Abernathy, Friday, 5 February 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
i've learned so much today. sounds like this bernie sanders guy is never going to be president unless he shapes up.
― superdeep borehole (harbl), Friday, 5 February 2021 20:01 (three years ago) link
Isnāt this amendment just trolling bullshit designed to either enable attack ads or sow division on the left? Isnāt almost all defund the police activism focused on local governments and city councils? What is this amendment even going to do?
― JoeStork, Friday, 5 February 2021 20:04 (three years ago) link
#defundthecapitolpolice
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 5 February 2021 21:21 (three years ago) link
Most right-wing riots can be resolved with social workers
Or psychiatrists. "Is Antifa here in the room with us now, Bill?"
― baelien (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 5 February 2021 23:09 (three years ago) link