• @eksb@programming.dev
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    381 month ago

    “Democrats are not doing enough to encourage people to vote for Democrats.” is a warning, not a threat.

    People who make and post memes like this seem to think that the people complaining about conservative Democrats and pointing out problems in the party are not voting for Democrats. I think they largely wrong about that. We are voting for all Democrats all the time, but warning you that your messaging sucks and you are not going to get the turnout you need. It is not our fault we were correct.

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod
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      211 month ago

      Wrong! ANY criticism of the party means you’re a secret maga Russian plant. The democrats are perfect and don’t need to improve in any way!

      /s

    • @PugJesus@lemmy.world
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      21 month ago

      People who make and post memes like this seem to think that the people complaining about conservative Democrats and pointing out problems in the party are not voting for Democrats. I think they largely wrong about that. We are voting for all Democrats all the time, but warning you that your messaging sucks and you are not going to get the turnout you need. It is not our fault we were correct.

      This is true in the general population, but I just feel the need to point out that folks who explicitly weren’t voting for Dems, as well as folks who were indistinguishable from MAGA talking points, were very prominent on Lemmy, which is part of the reason why you see a lot of this soreness still.

    • @finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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      01 month ago

      You’re not promoting the party, it doesn’t matter how much you vote for them if you actively dissuade others from doing the same.

    • @Zexks@lemmy.world
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      -41 month ago

      The whole genocide joe Gaza bullshit proves this wrong. There were plenty of ‘protest’ votes this round. But their protest issues were stupid because trump had worse direction on all of them but for whatever reason that was ignored and everyone focused on Harris and Biden. As if trump wasn’t just waiting to glass the whole place and turn it into a resort or golf course already.

      • @DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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        -11 month ago

        for whatever reason that was ignored and everyone focused on Harris and Biden.

        It’s because Democrats have always been held to higher standards. Because we expect nothing from Republicans, because Republicans never deliver. Ever. So now all our expectations rest on Democrats and when you place all your expectations on one thing, it will always fail to live up.

        So Democrats have to be flawless while Republicans get to literally be lawless.

        Pretty stupid country we’ve got here. Signing our democracy away because one party can’t be perfect.

        • @bishbosh@lemm.ee
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          101 month ago

          Democrats have to be flawless

          They really don’t and the fact that you don’t see that is why the blindness of the dems lead to their failure.

        • @njm1314@lemmy.world
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          Man being anti-genicide isn’t the bar for flawless buddy. The bar is way higher than that. Flawless is not what you use to describe something that everyone should be except fucking war criminals.

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      -41 month ago

      It is not our fault we were correct.

      No. It’s your fault you’re not doing anything about it.

      Create a community for every state and win the midterms (where applicable). Start there.