#republicans and libertarians

[ivymarquis]

How am I supposed to go out into the world and attempt to date, knowing that John Price is a figment of our imaginations and not real. What is even the point

[odinsblog]

👉🏿 https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/15/elon-musk-trump-super-pac

[capitalism-and-analytics]

[vintageseawitch]

this cannot be said enough: even if you voted for trump in both 2016 & 2020, but you're voting for Harris/Walz this year, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME HERE. we need all the help we can get. if you've voted Republican for MULTIPLE decades but you plan on voting for Harris/Walz this year, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME HERE.

centrists, moderates, libertarians, liberals, conservatives, Democrats, Republicans, even if you consider yourself far left, no matter how you politically identify but plan to make sure trump doesn't win: YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME HERE.

PLEASE DON'T BE AN ERNST THÄLMANN. DON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT PROJECT 2025/AGENDA 47. you're ALL welcome here if you want to fight for our democracy. check your voter registration status often (as many times as possible) & vote early if you can. talk to friends, make a day of it. LET'S DO THIS!!

[angelx1992]

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

[uboat53]

Well, RFK Jr. is all but admitting his campaign was a ploy to help Trump win, Republican operatives are committing fraud to get Cornel West on the ballot in Arizona, Jill Stein is openly talking up her genuine love for Vladimir Putin, and the Libertarian Party is such a wreck that my most openly libertarian friend has stepped back from their organization.

Is it time to admit that there is no genuine third-party option in America anymore?

[maggylutz]

All the Liberals were calling Republicans extreme and violent, but now look at all the people wishing death upon those who voted for Trump.

[anturus]

Political apathy is a privilege reserved for people who aren’t constantly being attacked by politicians and their insane policies.

[she-is-ovarit]

The liberal culture of perpetually walking on eggshells, fearing that whatever you say might offend somebody, or (alternatively) feeling like you are always a victim to everybody's microaggressions is extremely unhealthy.

The conservative culture of perpetually being rude under the guise of "just saying it like it is", completely disregarding that what you say might offend somebody, or entering into conversations always on the defense is extremely unhealthy.

People in both left and right political groups who fit within these behavioral patterns seem to operate off of getting high from feeling righteousness.

These behavioral trends in both groups breed authoritarianism, paranoia, ignorance, aggression, ideological purity, and black and white thinking.

[odinsblog]

If you're on Twitter/X, you may have noticed a sudden stream of high-profile accounts heading for the exits. And no, it's not (just) about the election.

This exodus is thanks to a new Terms of Service document, which takes effect on November 15. Although the company isn't talking about it, the new ToS gives owner Elon Musk the right to use your tweets, photos and videos to train his AI bot, Grok.

The option to opt out of Grok training, something users currently have, may still exist in your settings the following day. But it also may not matter, legally speaking. Nothing about opting out is mentioned in the document you are required to sign. And it doesn't appear to make a difference if your account is locked: So far as this ToS is concerned, Grok gets to feed on it anyway.

Oh yes, and following free speech is no longer free. You'll be on the hook for $15,000 in damages if your account accesses more than a million tweets a day. Not even the hardest of hardcore Twitter junkies will reach that number, but many researchers do. For anyone who tracks hate speech on X, this will have a chilling effect. The Knight Institute for the First Amendment at Columbia University calls it a "disturbing move" for a supposed free-speech advocate.

Disagree with anything in this document, or any other changes going forward? According to the ToS, your only legal recourse is to fight the world's richest man in one court in rural Texas, many miles from X HQ in Austin. This happens to be a court where a judge who may still own a pile of Tesla stock has already given Musk favorable rulings.

Don't want Elon Musk to feed your feed to his pet AI? There is, alas, only one way out of it now: delete your account.

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[truthfultales]

[republicanidiots]

Republicans could have saved themselves this mess if they'd voted to not let Trump hold office again.

He would have whined and thrown a hissy fit but where was he gonna go? Instead, they've handcuffed themselves to him like he's a briefcase holding a bomb that keeps exploding.

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

[ancaporado]

Remember how republicans challenged a bunch of the 2020 shenanigans in court and a bunch of state and federal judges were basically like "go cry about it". If we were a remotely sane country their would be a joint observation team from outside parties to verify things this time around. Any irregularities and that county's clerk, the state's Secretary of State would all get put on trial. Frankly, if we're forced to share a political union with these 3rd world backwater, places that rig everything it would have warranted federal occupation if they were even remotely serious about convincing people that we have "free and fair" elections in this country.

See above. This women should have been tried and found guilty yesterday, instead they will drag it out and she'll get a slap on the wrist.

If republicans weren't controlled opposition they would have warrants for her arrest issued from each county sheriff at the least. Props on the Libertarian Party of Colorado for issuing a lawsuit, but it's not enough.

I mean fuck, if you really fuck with people's voting rights enough they will resort to armed conflict. This is the kinda shit that causes terrorism, if there's not even a façade of democracy people will use violence.