#Bernie Bros

[erebusvincent]

She’s got the bros.

[razziecat]

“I disagree with Kamala’s position on the war in Gaza. How can I vote fo...

[evilmark999]

"Hey, Bernie Bros and Black Women, I'm going to hacksplain to everyone why your two selfish groups were foremost examples of why Trump got elected his first go around." And align "perfectly" my ass! I was there...

Please STOP taking all blue voters for granted! Clinton characterized Bernie as do-nothing and, like you, expected everyone to simply vote for her and in MUCH the same fashion that Conservatives simply fall in line...

Biden did a MUCH better job with his messaging to ALL voters not already firmly committed to him...

Stop lecturing like Hilary. Be more welcoming like Joe. You win WITH people!

You’re seriously still blaming Trump on “Bernie Bros”? Time for democrats to start taking responsibility for putting up shitty candidates and deflecting blame toward everyone else, for once

Trump was elected by a very narrow margin. And there was a ton of polling and data crunching and statistical modeling going on during and after the election, so we actually know what the factors that tipped the needle Trump's direction are.

One of the biggies is leftists who thought Hilary was insufficiently far left. If every leftist who loved Bernie and disliked Hilary because she wasn't perfect enough had held their nose and voted for Hilary, Trump would have lost. They're not the only demographic that's true of; there are a number of others who, if they had turned out in force, would have turned the tide of the election. For example, if a higher percentage of Black women had voted, Trump would also have lost. You know what the difference is between your average Bernie Bro and your average Black woman? Your average Bernie Bro is white and thus a hell of a lot less likely to have his vote suppressed. He is a hell of a lot more likely to find it easy to vote. This is not me saying this because I don't like them, or because I think Hillary was a perfect candidate. This is me saying that when you look at the actual numbers, leftist ideologues who refused to vote for a candidate who was not their perfect choice was one of the main reasons Trump got four years in the White House.

In general, regardless of the candidates involved, if 55% of American adults vote in a national election, the Republican wins in a landslide. If 60% of American adults vote, the Republican wins by a bare margin. If 65% of American adults vote, the Democrat wins by a bare margin. If 70% of American adults vote, the Democrat wins by a landslide. If 75% of American adults voted--and voted regularly in every election--the Republican party would cease to be a significant force in American politics.

This has been known for decades. Republicans will show up and vote no matter what; a very high percentage of Democrats and left-leaning voters will only show up if the candidate in question is perfectly in line with their views. That's why we have a Congress that is dominated by Republicans despite most of the country not liking them, and that's why we have most of the political problems that they do. By waiting for a political candidate who is good enough, you are directly ceding power to the people who are making the world worse.

Elections are decided by the people who show up. If you do not show up to vote, your vote does not get counted. If politicians want to get re-elected, they have to listen to the people who will vote for them. If they try to listen to the people who don't regularly vote, they are far more likely to lose re-election than if they listen to the people who show up every election. And conservatives show up every election. If liberals and leftists changed our voting habits and voted in every single election--voted for the furthest left candidate in the primary, and whoever got the Democratic nomination in the general election--we would prove ourselves to be a voting bloc worth listening to and the party would move left in response.

You want a candidate who perfectly fits your vision and ideals for what America should be? That doesn't happen in a vacuum. That takes work, and the most basic level of that work is showing up to vote now and every time there's an election to vote in.

[ravenkings]

[babybabymerrychristmas]

some white liberal about to expose their racism for the world to see: NO, no, no, NO, no see this election doesn't actually say anything about how racist people are. kamala harris lost because she was an exceptionally terrible candidate to run. like, she did not tap dance hard enough for the white voters and they felt "excluded" by her campaign. why???? it's definitely not racism. she just didn't focus on the concerns of the "working class people" enough. it was NOT racism. you know who they should have ran instead of her? bern-

[shoyoackerman]

Just finished watching godzilla x kong the new empire. Tell me why I was more entertained by nonhumans who couldn’t speak than the actual humans with boring ass, lame ass, predictable dialogue.

The only exceptions being Bernie and Trapper who were my favourites.

anyway, make a two hour film with just Godzilla and Kong fighting each other like frenemies who are unwilling to admit they lowkey like one another.

can’t forget skar king, bro had that whole anime villain pose during his introduction. Lowkey loved his character, wish he had more screen time to commit more crimes.

anyway, was much more enjoyable than I expected. 10/10 with the exception of getting face blasted by weed as soon as I walked outta the cinema (I vibe with those that do it, but not around kids)

And I will never admit to remembering every godzilla thirst edit bc than I have to admit the unbearable truth (I’m a monsterfu-)

Also maybe bc it’s been a good minute but I did not understand the plot point with the girl from skull island. I don’t understand why she was able to do what she did. Was confused and they rlly didn’t touch into that. So unless it was revealed in the previous movies and I just don’t remember. 1/10 for writing

[ringneckedpheasant]

the disparity in the level of class/political consciousness between my coworkers at my old store & my new one is crazy

[countesspetofi]

Can I go down to the DMV and get eight years taken off my age, because APPARENTLY it's FUCKING 2016 ALL OVER AGAIN.

I'm FUCKING sorry the Democratic candidate isn't FUCKING perfect enough for you fucking, FUCKING CRYBABIES.

If there was another viable candidate with the delegates and the numbers to take Trump down, don't you FUCKING think they would have come forward by now? Don't you think Joe would RATHER spend the next four FUCKING years relaxing in his backyard? Here's a hint for you fuckers: that candidate DOES NOT EXIST! And even if they did, it's too late to switch horses! WE ARE MIDSTREAM, BITCHES! Crank up the Tammy Wynette and STAND BY YOUR FUCKING MAN!

Don't you FUCKING ASSHOLES do this to me again, because my FUCKING heart can't take it. And I'm not talking any Romantic-era metaphor for sadness here; I'm talking about my LITERAL circulatory system and stress-induced myocardial ischemia, and I don't know if the treatment for that will be covered under a second Trump administration.

[strilondism]

in the 2024 election alpha rose wrote in oglogoth & alpha dave wrote in marianne williamson. unfortunately they split the democratic vote, resulting in icp presidency

[11x13kyle]

stan was a bernie bro but only in theory. he would put bernie’s posts on his instagram story and caption them with “✊❤️” which is basically nothing but his fans loved it so much that he went through a phase of really caring about voting like he posted pictures of himself at the polls during the primaries with the sticker on his forehead with a whole paragraph about how voting is, like, super important to do. but he got bored of this by the time the generals rolled around and didn’t show up to the polls because he once again no longer believed in voting.

[carrcrashhearts]

The vibe of the internet has been feeling very progressive era of the mid 2010’s and I’m here for it

[mikyapixie]

21 years ago today Looney Tunes: Back in Action released in theaters!!!

I don’t care what anyone says this movie was funny!!!😆😆😆

[randomnameless]

I thought Indech was more similar to Bernie?

I know Seteth mentions it to Bernie in their support but -

We're talking about someone who welcomes people in his abode by playing a "game" where he throws infinite ghost reinforcements at them in a fog of war map - and calls this "having fun meddling with humans".

Also, while Seteth says Indech hid in the bottom of a Lake, the Indech we meet isn't hiding at all, but plays and welcomes humans so for his supposed shyness, well, maybe he got better in 1k years, or the devs forgot what they wrote...

In a way, Indech's excentricities remind me of Hanneman while he is also (even if we only have 8 lines about him) his own character.

So, hc wise, Indech is the brother who threw young!Rhea in a pond to teach her how to swim (Sothis had to fetch after a few hours since Indech forgot to pick her up) and the brother whose idea of training was "playing catch", aka shooting arrows at his students and expecting them to catch them, to work on their reflexes.

Needless to say, early adrestians ditched his training to follow Saint Cichol's classes instead.

[ravenkings]

this probably isn't an original take but i do kind of feel like a lot of the continued resentment of bernie dead-enders towards mainstream dems as well as their seeming sympathy to MAGA is that in 2016, they attempted what essentially amounted to an outside takeover of the democratic party like MAGA did with the republican party, but with the main difference being that the MAGA takeover succeeded and they were able to remake the republican party in their own image whereas the bernie bros failed bc mainstream dems didn't bend the knee, so now the ~~DNC~~ or whatever is the target of most of their ire bc they feel like they were not bestowed what they see as their rightful mandate

[butchlifeguard]

i do have to say that that one post really hurt tumblrs perception of what a redneck is. most of them are not 'left leaning to some degree.' and we have to acknowledge thats fine they still deserve basic human rights

[uncivildiscourse]

Vintage 2016 Photoshop I did for the election out of the Clash at Demonhead videogame box art (1989)