The canary has been screaming its lungs out since Bill Clinton introduced his racist anti-immigrant bill in 1997, but both Republicans and Democrats have not only ignored its cries, but hastened its situation. Both parties have created this. Don’t think this won’t affect us all.
What everyone else said.
I’m also going to gently mention that Rule 2: “No defending oppressive systems or organizations” includes defending the Democratic Party, since this is a well-known and well-documented example of a destructive, genocidal, racist, and anti-queer organization, by any metric.
Democrats and Republicans are on one side, the side opposed to anyone seeking communities based on compassion and equity.
Ok I guess this is not* the place for me.
Or maybe it’s just the place for you. It’s important to identify our mutual enemies so we can work to remove them and dismantle their systems.
Why would someone side with someone who enabled their enemies through inaction and propaganda in the first place because of a delusional belief in some grand fucking revolution? “We cranked the difficulty level up to max, now join us in the fight!”
If Democrats were on the same side as Republicans they’d not have to have worried about being lynched by a MAGA mob on Jan. 6th.
Many democratic officials are greedy morons, but they are not the same as republicans, who are all just pure evil morons. Republican officials would gladly watch democratic officials be tortured to death.
I wouldn’t even describe republicans as all materially greedy! Some of them are completely fueled by an ideology of hate and spite. No (ideological) greed necessary. The suffering is the point, not the money.