• Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    10·
    1 day ago

    This person is making a valid point. The amount of power given to a president just for winning more votes than the opponent - not even getting more than 50% of the eligible voting population - is pretty large.

    Of course, they use this point to support kamala harris, so it is made moot.

  • x87_floatingpoint [he/him, it/its]@hexbear.netEnglish
    76·
    2 days ago

    We are many, we are angry and we are right

    Then do something? All the lib officials have surrendered and say they’ll peacefully hand over the power. What does this guy want to do now, Jan 6 reenactment but lib? That would have my support TBH, let them fight sit-back-and-enjoy

    • Infamousblt [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      48·
      2 days ago

      They are doing something. They’re crying and moaning on Twitter while they wait in the drive though for their Starbucks! What more could you ask of them!

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      371·
      2 days ago

      Then do something?

      I just realized that post-election - I haven’t seen a single Bluesky post about any nuts-and-bolts efforts on stuff like voter outreach or voter registration. The libs entire worldview is ya gotta Vote(!) and then after the election - email your congresspeople to “keep the pressure on”. It’s going to be pretty funny when DC libs start strategically doing their norm of compromising in advance and doing nothing of importance to throw sand in the gears. And no amount of email is going to change that.

      -–

      Ninja edit

      Hell, libs could even post about improving reading comprehension and literacy to serve as a bulwark for democracy. The average American reads at a sixth grade level. But libs would rather repost something from The Bulwark which is a right-wing concern troll site co-created by Bill Fucking Kristol.

      • Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        24·
        2 days ago

        My mom is a fucking Turbo Lib and whenever I bring up something that could throw Trump in prison and remove him from office, her response is “That’s not the proper procedure,” or “We can’t resort to violence,” or whatever reason she can think of for Democrats to do nothing.

        MLK didn’t miss with Letter from a Birmingham Jail.

        • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
          141·
          2 days ago

          “That’s not the proper procedure,”

          Libs can really go off the deep end about procedure. It’s so sad. Self-aggrandizement link - this my comment - https://hexbear.net/comment/5666718

          ta;dc (too annoying; didn’t click) - The Bluesky OP says…

          Donald Trump cannot take any oath of office until he is granted amnesty for breaking the last one he swore. That’s just straight up in the Constitution. 2/3 of each House.

          And they are full BlueAnon. They’re going to post about this every day.

          I’m going to be reposting my thread about Trump and Section 3 amnesty every day with quotes, evidence, and a call to action everyday because it is that important…

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    50·
    2 days ago

    then consider like half the people who could vote didn’t for either. and that doesnt count the people excluded from voting, and you might start to realize you two Red Team vs. Blue Team are in the minority squabbling over petty distinctions without a material difference.

    so who has the numbers? the people who find you both pointless.

  • roux [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    44·
    2 days ago

    You know what, maybe my writing doesn’t suck all that much.

    But really, what the fuck analogy is this? “You think we are screwed? Well, have you considered screw sizes? Didn’t think so…”

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      31·
      2 days ago

      I forgot all about that guy and his keys! I googled.

      ‘I admit I was wrong’: Allan Lichtman explains why his election prediction failed

      • Lichtman attributed the inaccurate prediction to factors like disdain for the Biden administration and Harris’ late campaign start.

      • Despite the miss, Lichtman stands by his “13 Keys to the White House” system, emphasizing its long-term accuracy.

      • He also criticized Nate Silver’s polling-based prediction model, suggesting it relied heavily on chance.

      Buy my book! It will help you predict a coin flip. Perhaps wrongly but still…!

      This made me laugh.

      “I don’t think I called any (keys) wrong,” Lichtman said. “The contest key was rendered problematic by what went on by the Democratic Party but I don’t think you can say I called it wrong except for in retrospect. At the time it was the more reasonable call.”

      I’m stealing “render problematic” and “[My logic was not wrong]” and “I don’t think you can say I called it wrong except [in] retrospect”.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      71·
      2 days ago

      Rainman starts counting a visual representation of the vote where each vote is a toothpick. He begins counting Kamala’s 74,563,603 votes but he suddenly stops at 8,713 and he starts yelling - “TOO MANY! TOO MANY! NO NO! UNDERWEAR ON THE HIGHWAY…”

  • elpaso [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    just don’t care about being nice anymore

    Yeah because scolding the shit out of people to vote for your party with ass ideas helps convince people to vote for you. It’s like a child having a temper tantrum because they didn’t get their present. They will do ANYTHING but attempt policies that actually help people.

    People don’t interact with politicians, they interact with their supporters. Acting like an ass convinces no one to vote for you.