• abbotsbury@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Is Trump not an existential threat to democracy? We saw all the laws passed in Republican states in 2020 to further restrict voting after he lost, which was merely a continuation of Republican behavior.

    Both sides are not the same, one has done and plans to do more harm than the other.

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      Is Trump not an existential threat to democracy?

      Not so existential that anyone would actually advocate shooting him. But that’s what makes the rhetoric so dizzying. You’d think “ending democracy” would be on par with anything Al Awlaki or Qasem Soleimani was up to. And look how we treated them.

      Both sides are not the same

      No. If this had been a shot at Biden, you’d have sitting Reps openly cheering.

      But the contradiction is driving people nuts regardless.

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        that anyone would actually advocate shooting him

        Is that popular advocacy? I mostly see people saying they are unsympathetic because of Trump’s violent rhetoric; a “reap what you sow” mentality.

        But the contradiction is driving people nuts regardless.

        What contradiction?

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      Democrats are still complicit as the ratchet mechanism to keep us from moving even an inch to the left as both parties march further right in lockstep service to corporate interests.

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          Ask Palestinians how they feel. Dems have 3 bills being pushed right now to kneecap leftist organizations.

          They’re disenfranchising plenty, it just hasn’t affected you yet.