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Discussion in 'Politics Forum' started by Melody Bot, Oct 20, 2024.

  1. St. Nate

    LGBTQ Supporter (Lets Go Bomb TelAviv Quickly) Prestigious

    but i want a one party state of leftists!
     
  2. Brother Beck

    Trusted Supporter

    I think you are right

    I'm struggling this morning without coffee or alcohol or cigarettes
     
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  3. sophos34

    Prestigious Supporter

    I don’t think they’re in this thread
     
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  4. Importer/Exporter

    he’ll live forever in the sound of broken glass Supporter

    I went to check on a friend’s cat last night after people left our apartment watching the results, and i smoked a cigarette and listened to Tom Waits on their porch. Felt good.
     
  5. domotime2

    Great Googly Moogly Supporter

    They are but could be afraid to speak up. I don't post in this thread for a reason.
     
  6. David87

    Prestigious Prestigious

    There is it's just....very ugly and possibly violent. Basically flooding all the meetings, protesting them, being as rowdy as humanly possible until they give up their posts and call for elections.

    It won't be successful right away because you'll get the party loyalists that know how to do the jobs quit them out of "solidarity" with their old bosses. But it is possible...it'd just take a lot of organization and sustained action.



    This post may or may not be influenced by me reading a book with many chapters about the actions being taken by colonists in the lead up to the Revolutionary War lol
     
  7. sophos34

    Prestigious Supporter

    I mean same but I think we have a better chance of trump converting to Islam and swearing in on the Quran
     
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  8. dylan

    Better Luck Next Time Supporter

    Yup! Guess who that came from? Democrats
     
  9. sophos34

    Prestigious Supporter

    The first rowdy protest at a meeting is going to be put down swiftly and violently and the movement will die
     
  10. theagentcoma

    yeah good okay Prestigious

  11. David87

    Prestigious Prestigious

    Well yeah that's the problem, that it dies when something like that happens. The successful movements in our history met that violence with even more protests, either peacefully (Civil rights for the most part) or...not so peacefully (labor). There could be a metaphorical "body count" to it, if not a real one.

    That being said, I can't see protests at Dem Party meetings getting THAT out of hand. Police escorts and stuff for sure, some police violence if the protestors push through them, but yeah I don't think we'd get pullman strike levels of violence, at least not right away. If it persisted for months without change, then yeah I could see frustrations boil over for sure.
     
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  12. Brother Beck

    Trusted Supporter

    did Harris win a single battleground?
     
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  14. LuigiPeppercorn

    Trusted Prestigious

    if Minnesota was a battleground, then Minnesota. if not, no
     


  15. learning nothing and doubling down is so on brand :crylaugh:
     
  16. Richter915

    Trusted Prestigious

    There it is folks. The centrist position of "I'd love change but only if I have to do absolutely nothing and no one gets hurt"

    Wish I was privileged enough to be as lazy as the average Democrat.
     
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  17. Leftandleaving

    I will be okay. everything Supporter

    The Democratic Party is far more amenable to the far right than the left at all. This campaign itself proved it
     
  18. sophos34

    Prestigious Supporter

    if you’re in alterac valley stay in alterac valley the resources haven’t dried up yet!!!


    sorry for the world of warcraft posting
     
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  19. ComedownMachine

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    Biden still would have lost overall but I feel like he would have got more votes than Harris
     
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  20. lol time to bring back slightly cringe tweets
     
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  21. Leftandleaving

    I will be okay. everything Supporter

    Nah I don’t think so
     
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  22. drek or kek

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  23. Halitosis Jones

    Howdy y'all! Supporter

    This is making the rounds on Florida IG

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  24. dylan

    Better Luck Next Time Supporter

    Maybe I’m hope pilled right now, but it’s actually more likely to be far more boring than that. Depending on where you are, you could show up and run for a local officer seat (chair, secretary, treasurer, etc) and win with about 20-50 votes at your next local democratic chapter election. Just come to meetings, offer people something different, and speak up at meeting about needing change, and this is the opportune time to make it happen.

    same with the tea party and trumpers, they ran local candidates and coordinated getting crazies into city councils and school districts and other seats by showing up despite party leaders trying to shut down them taking over.
     
  25. sophos34

    Prestigious Supporter

    lol this thing would’ve been called at 8 eastern on the dot if Biden had stayed in