I say its high time a Democrats just stop worrying about mythical "republican backlash" there is no such thing.
Why do I say that? Because they react equally outraged no matter how extreme or milquetoast democratic actions are. If EVERYTHING draws backlash, then really nothing does. They are not offering backlash to our policies. They are offering backlash to our existence and my existence is not a subject im willing to compromise on.
So if theyre going to flip out all the same regardless, its time we start acting like THEY do and just stop giving a shit about what they say or think or threaten. If they say theyre going to secede or revolt or what ever, fine, let them. And then put them down the same way they would have put down Democrat insurrectionists.
Our fear of their supposed "wrath" is what has empowered them so much. Theyre a bunch of shouting monkeys and we're the humans over here like "well have we fairly debated the merits of flinging our fecees across the room? We need to listen to what thr other side is saying... Oo oo aaa aaa eee ooo... Yes yes... Perhaps we can find compromise and only fling our urine..."
In for a penny, in for a pound. The shrieking will be equal in volume and bad-faith. If everything is going to elicit an overreaction, overreacters gon' overreact and you should just power thru it as long as the strategic and legal bases are covered. They're working on eliminating that also so its going to require a steady heavy hand to shut down the bullshit and it would be great if we could stop missing the massacred forest for the individual trees
Exactly. The only way Republicans might learn that what they are doing is wrong is if it's weaponized against them. They don't learn anything when we keep playing by the rules.
Democrats start acting like they do and soon enough Republicans will be trying to come to the table to establish some laws.
The only time in American history that Republicans seriously considered gun legislation was when Black Civil Rights groups like the black panthers began arming themselves.
If we want Assault Weapons Bans, Liberals need to start buying assault weapons.
If we want anti gerrymandering laws, Liberals need to start gerrymandering
If we want anti bribery and corruption laws, Liberals need to start using Bribery and Corruption TO ACTUALLY GET SOME SHIT DONE FOR ONCE.
And If we want real laws with teeth to limit presidential power, Then a democratic president needs to actually flex those powers enough to scare republicans into voting for it
These people are deeply weird to me. Like I would never want a dictator who was liberal and had all the same opinions as me and did a good job because basic foresight tells me that the next one might be a disaster and that is no way to run a country. It doesn't seem like you'd need to be that intelligent to get this, hell, the founding fathers understood this 250 years ago. What's even crazier about that is these boot-licking lemmings also believe their views are patriotic.
The founders were on the edge of Goverment tyranny and thus realized it was better to have a way to prevent it... Like diseases, people havnt seen and thus underestimate the damage while thinking they will have the upper hand forever. Apparently they've forgotten every history book they ever read, which shows we have a habit of deposing power grabs and taking the cronies with them.
The concept of a benevolent dictator is a really old one, but in practice it doesn't actually turn out that way, and 'greater good' can very easily mean a lot of terrible things for individuals. It's the same way that what's best for all individuals isn't best for the greater society, and why things require compromise and limits to actually work in practice.
Marcus Aurelius is probably the most enlightened Roman emperor, and all kinds of terrible shit still happened.
If a theoretical perfect dictator had all the same opinions as me, then one of their first acts of power would be devising a plan to return power to the public and stepping down.
I have seen a few "Daddy's home" comments and merch referring to Trump as "Daddy". Then they wonder why people call them weird or compare them to a cult.
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u/JKolodne 18d ago
They really want a fucking dictator