#I fucking hate politics :/

[the-catmans-offical-2]

It just got so fucking bad jfc. If I'm even more inactive than usual then I'm dealing with the stupid fucking shit that is America.

That being said, I will still try and be active here. To have some normalcy and to act as a safe space for those that need it.

Everyone who's also in America - stay safe, get what you need to get to protect yourselves and please for the love of fuck don't hurt yourselves or anything; Everyone in everywhere stay safe really.

[astridlikesmythology]

Oh my fucking God, i hate politics. The fear and dread I feel as a lesbian woman right now is to much.

[hallaburger]

yeah. you know what? yes.

i fucking hate it, and you fucking hate it, but it's true. because you know what the alternatives are. we got just a taste of them with trump. things can–and will–get so much worse if we don't keep this useless and terrible old man in the white house. it sucks, it hurts, it's an awful and brutal thing to have to do, and i don't want to do it any more than you do. but we have no choice.

trump or desantis will lead this country to its own destruction. if either of them gets elected, i genuinely fear the worst. there could be actual, real nuclear war, because the other candidates would be all too eager to press that button. and if we somehow survive that? they'll give fuel to everyone who owns a gun and thinks that another person doesn't deserve to live based on their race, or gender, or sexuality, or religion.

i'm scared enough as it is. i can endure another term of biden if i must. you should seriously–seriously–ask yourself why you won't consider doing the same.

"lesser evil"

[luigicat117]

I couldn't have said it better myself.

[stil-lindigo]

they're burning ballots in the US now btw. in case you wanted to know where things are at.

Edit: to clarify, locations mentioned are Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon. This news story does not involve Canada.

Important info: Context: Dropbox location was Fisher's Landing Transit Center near Southeast 162nd Avenue Hundreds of ballots lost, voters should contact the Clark Auditor ASAP Clark Auditor contact info: clark.wa.gov/auditor (Washington voters) can confirm your ballot was received on: vote.wa.gov (Oregon voters) can confirm your ballot was received on: sos.oregon.gov General Ballot tracker: voteamerica.org/ballot-tracker

[simplegenius042]

Oh look, another faceless empty blog with bot behaviour going onto the political reblogs and reposts of popular and well-regarded individuals, officials posts, official footage, official recordings and news given by people who are suffering in the country itself, all to spread misinformation, doubt, fearmongering and blatant lies in the comment section.

Oh whatever will I do-

Block!

[hostess-of-horror]

sleepless midnight vent below

What happened to my home?

A country that was proud of its freedom, of its accomplishments, of its people... now filled with divided strangers.

I hated being divided. I hate having to listen to every news channel, every agenda, every lecture or statement or comment, regardless of political party. I hate needing to not discuss certain things with my online friends, and if we do, I hate going through my past trauma afterwards. I hate being given the choice between one or the other, and no matter which one I choose, I cannot win. Choose this - make your family proud and lose your friends; choose that - keep your friends and let your parents down.

I've been told over and over again that there's a right and wrong choice. I've been given the same old talk, the same old agenda, the same old bullshit. And when I do make my choice, it's out of obligation. I do it for my family, at the risk of losing every single friend I have gained on this site. And I have been told by them that they would never abandon them for such things, yet deep down inside my mind and heart, I fear those promising words would be less so if I told them.

I've lost friends to all of this. I've had friends accuse me of being a shitty person for my beliefs, or at the very least, treat me like I'm just ignorant. More times than not I feel like an impostor - a traitor, almost. My family tells me that everything that is going on right now is important and I should pay attention, but I have already seen enough. I know the world is on fire, people are at war, riots and crimes fill city streets, families are losing their jobs, education, and money, and social media is a fucking cesspool of media illiteracy!

As much as I want to leave everything behind, I can't. It's all around me, around us all... and we do need money bad, after all.

All I want is peace. It's a naive thing to ask, but I just want peace. I understand that there are nasty, horrible people out there, but I want peace. The kind of peace where everyone sees everyone as individuals, not groups. No pointing fingers, no cancelling, no labels, no categorizing, nothing! The kind of peace where everyone is almost friends with everyone. Where hatred is forgotten, where judgment is a lost art, and where forgiveness is power.

But a part of me fears the worst.

[the-least-undefinable-ordinal]

I just got a youtube ad saying a certain anti-socialism presidential candidate is "a fan of one of our last dictators" (won't even dignify that batshit insane statement with a rebuttal), I checked the advertisers and it was paid by SinoInteractive Digital Marketing, a company from Hong Kong.

I don't think I have ever felt this much hatred for other people, the leftists in my country love to fill their mouths with talk of national sovereignty but are more than willing to have the elections be tampered with, as long as it's in favour of the Correct Party™. These people don't give a shit about democracy, I hope they are someday lucky enough to be part of the 50% of our population who can't afford to eat more than two meals per day.

They then have the audacity to call anyone who disagrees with them "neo-fascists" and "extreme right" when they don't have any moral qualms about doing anything that may further their political goals.

I think democracy is a flawed system precisely because a non trivial portion of any given population is comprised of morons and power hungry people who will resort to anything to convince those morons to vote for them. Even then I wouldn't tamper with democracy because in a society where the people in power aren't (nominally) chosen by a majority, there is no argument against overthrowing them with indiscriminate violence.

Ironically, I have been radicalized more by these far-left ads than any argument in favour of their opposition, I wish them a very socialist famine.

[paranormeow7]

reblog if you’re an illegal alien going in for transgender surgery in prison

[inkskinned]

one of the things that's the most fucking frustrating for me about arguing with climate change deniers is the sheer fucking scope of how much it matters. sweating in my father's car, thinking about how it's the "hottest summer so far," every summer. and there's this deep, roiling rage that comes over me, every time.

the stakes are wrong, is the thing. that's part of what makes it not an actual debate: the other side isn't coming to the table with anything to fucking lose.

like okay. i am obviously pro gun control. but there is a basic human part of me that can understand and empathize with someone who says, "i'm worried that would lead to the law-abiding citizens being punished while criminals now essentially have a superpower." i don't agree, but i can tell the stakes for them are also very high.

but let's say the science is wrong and i'm wrong and the visible reality is wrong and every climate disaster refugee is wrong. let's say you're right, humans aren't causing it or it's not happening or whatever else. let's just say that, for fun.

so we spend hundreds of millions of dollars making the earth cleaner, and then it turns out we didn't need to do that. oops! we cleaned the earth. our children grow up with skies full of more butterflies and bees. lawns are taken over with rich local biodiversity. we don't cry over our electric bills anymore. and, if you're staunchly capitalist and i need to speak ROI with you - we've created so many jobs in developing sectors and we have exciting new investment opportunities.

i am reminded of kodak, and how they did not make "the switch" to digital photography; how within 20 years kodak was no longer a household brand. do we, as a nation, feel comfortable watching as the world makes "the switch" while we ride the laurels of oil? this boggles me. i have heard so much propaganda about how america cannot "fall behind" other countries, but in this crucial sector - the one that could actually influence our own monopolies - suddenly we turn the other cheek. but maybe you're right! maybe it will collapse like just another silicone valley dream. but isn't that the crux of capitalism? that some economies will peter out eventually?

but let's say you're right, and i'm wrong, and we stopped fracking for no good reason. that they re-seed quarries. that we tear down unused corporate-owned buildings or at least repurpose them for communities. that we make an effort, and that effort doesn't really help. what happens then? what are the stakes. what have we lost, and what have we gained?

sometimes we take our cars through a car wash and then later, it rains. "oh," we laugh to ourselves. we gripe about it over coffee with our coworkers. what a shame! but we are also aware: the car is cleaner. is that what you are worried about? that you'll make the effort but things will resolve naturally? that it will just be "a waste"?

and what i'm right. what if we're already seeing people lose their houses and their lives. what if it is happening everywhere, not just in coastal towns or equatorial countries you don't care about. what if i'm right and you're wrong but you're yelling and rich and powerful. so we ignore all of the bellwethers and all of the indicators and all of the sirens. what if we say - well, if it happens, it's fate.

nevermind. you wouldn't even wear a mask, anyway. i know what happens when you see disaster. you think the disaster will flinch if you just shout louder. that you can toss enough lives into the storm for the storm to recognize your sacrifice and balk. you argue because it feels good to stand up against "the liberals" even when the situation should not be political. you are busy crying for jesus with a bullhorn while i am trying to usher people into a shelter. you've already locked the doors, even on the church.

the stakes are skewed. you think this is some intellectual "debate" to win, some funny banter. you fuel up your huge unmuddied truck and say suck it to every citizen of that shitbird state california. serves them right for voting blue!

and the rest of us are terrified of the entire fucking environment collapsing.

[myopicry]

lurking in radfem spaces has really changed my entire view of most mainstream internet spaces because once you realize just how censored women's voices and feminist thought are on these sites, and how much porn and misogynistic values are defended, you can't unsee it.

how anyone can bear to participate in an online space where porn, of all things, is lauded as the bastion of "self-expression" and yet any woman slightly critical of popular cultural opinions is demonized is wild, especially when a lot of that porn is a) violent and misogynistic b) often accessible by minors c) gross and shallow d) myriad of other reasons far better writers have probably described

fuck I'm just so tired. seeking rationality online is just opening a pandora's box of garbage and seeing the reflection of how bleak the social hegemony has become.

[uncanny-tranny]

This might seem like an "old man yells at cloud" situation, but it's just wild growing up and being told how dangerous distracted driving is - how, at highway speeds, you can traverse the length of a football field (100 yards, 91 meters) in a matter of seconds - how one split second sending a text while driving could result in a potential fatal crash, and then getting on the road as a driver and being surrounded by billboards. Their entire purpose is to catch one's attention, so they're lining major roads, which tend to be highways. How is it that you're told how important it is to never be distracted while driving, but still being advertised to?

At best, this type of advertising is an eyesore to pedestrians and motorists and a general waste of electricity to light it, and at worst, it is an active danger considering they are there to advertise and therefore, must catch people's attention.

I'm not even against advertising in theory, but this particular mode bothers me so much and I hate how pervasive it is - especially in large cities or highways.

[nientedal]

What progress at home has biden enacted? What policies of his show that he is making progress that prove he is actually different than trump?

I like to pretend I have faith in humanity, so I'll answer as if you're asking this in good faith.

Biden's DEA has lifted restrictions on telehealth prescriptions to make appointments and assistance more accessible.

He put a funding package into place to help unhoused people get access to mental and physical healthcare, as well as short-term and long-term housing.

He has attempted and is still attempting to get student debt relief through - this was blocked by Republican judges appointed by Trump, but he's still working on it.

Infrastructure repair - his administration has budgeted funds to actually fix some severely-damaged and frequently-traveled bridges.

Trying to expand access to healthcare to include undocumented immigrants who came to the USA as children (Dreamers) under the Affordable Care Act. Support for Navigator programs and outreach has also been increased.

He has vetoed Republican-led bills that were attempting to overturn environmental protections - one that would have forbidden investment fund managers to consider climate change in their portfolios (I have two degrees in accounting and this is actually huge), and another that would have overturned restrictions on agricultural runoff into our waterways.

He and his administration worked for ages to get rail workers paid sick days.

This is just some of what he's been doing. Meanwhile, Trump and other Republicans want to criminalize the lives of LGBT people like you and me. They want to eliminate no-fault divorce and force births that will kill parents or devastate them financially. They have stated flat out that they want to install a military dictatorship in the USA. They attempted to put that in motion on January 6th, 2021. They failed once. They will do better next time.

One party wants to house the homeless and expand social safety nets, while the other one wants to criminalize homelessness. One of them wants a future in which I might be able to vote to change how much of a war machine my country is, while the other one wants to eliminate my ability to vote entirely. Those are not the same. Those literally are opposites.

At the end of the day, all you and I can do is choose to do the least amount of harm possible. You and I cannot choose to do no harm. This is the USA, we sell war, you and I cannot choose to do no harm. I wish we could, my god do I wish we could, but that is not an option. So we grieve for the harm we couldn't eliminate and work to minimize the harm that is done. Despite all the crap they support, Democrats are the minimum amount of harm right now. Acting like they aren't is exactly what brought us to an election where our options are a future where we are either wading in blood or drowning in it.

Not voting for Biden will not help Palestine. Not voting for Biden will guarantee a Republican president who will make the situation in Palestine WORSE. AND it'll hurt a lot of other places as well, both at home and abroad, because Republicans are about business and the USA is in the business of war! And I would very much like that to change someday! I would very much like to someday be able to choose to do no harm! And I know what I have to do to try for that future, so what are YOU going to do? There is no standing off to the side in this. If you aren't helping pull, you're the dead weight we're pulling. Are you going to dig your feet into the mud and blood and drown us there? Or are you going to get the fuck off your ass, grit your teeth, and help us pull free?

[morganaspendragonss]

gonna be real, i literally don't give a shit whether charlie dies or not. he's only going to be replaced by his bald son and the monarchy will continue as it always has.

what i do care about is how this is going to be all over the news for the foreseeable even though tens of thousands of people are dying in a genocide our government is helping to fund, how people in our own country are suffering because of the cost of living crisis and the tories practically trying to tear the nhs (and many other public services) down.

and if he does die? we'll have to watch as this 'no money for the nhs' is funnelled into another state funeral and coronation. forgive me if i don't participate in the celebrations

[irenespring]

Really I think nothing shouts "my first Presidential election as a politically active person was 2016" more than the fact that when I feel hope and excitement for the future (possible President Harris) for more than five minutes I immediately get a crushing, all-consuming anxiety of "feeling this positive emotion now is going to make it so much worse when the worst thing possible happens" to the extent that I'll probably need my break-glass-in-case-of-emergency anxiety medication.

[johnbitchsociety]

I feel like both internet liberals and leftists have a tendency to reverse-Great Man Theory Ronald Reagan at the expense of any insight into the history of his policies or the conservative movement that led up to him.