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I would argue that 'win at all cost' is played by both parties. It's a form of 'the ends justify the means' and I really wish that people of both parties unders

I would argue that 'win at all cost' is played by both parties. It's a form of 'the ends justify the means' and I really wish that people of both parties understood the long-term implications of that approach.

macintux 2y ago
Democrats encourage their fellow elected officials to step down when convicted of crimes. They notoriously don’t encourage a mob to attack the Capitol to interfere with counting of the electoral ballots. And they haven’t spent the last 4 years undermining confidence in the election system. There are plenty of faults in the Democratic party, but “both sides” is a tired and inaccurate trope.
- mistermann 2y ago
  I think it is funny to watch how people on a programming forum think "democracy" is a decent enough designed system. It is very interesting how the manner in which people think changes when the topic changes, and also how we focus only on the flaws in intelligence of the supposedly dumbest among us. > There are plenty of faults in the Democratic party, but “both sides” is a tired and inaccurate trope. Only if the claim is both sides are identically bad, which is rarely the case. It is amazing how simple memes (and boy, does our culture run on them) can inject bugs into cognition.
- blasphemers 2y ago
  The Democrats have yet to remove or seriously call for Senator Menendez to resign for serious corruption and obvious crimes while the Republicans removed Santos for campaign lies knowing a Democrat would replace him.
  - kagakuninja 2y ago
    Bullshit. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-democratic-senators-baldwin-tester-call-menendezs-resignation-2023-09-26/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-democratic-senators-bald...
  - amanaplanacanal 2y ago
    I think some of that is just the different norms in the senate vs the house. The senate is very much about decorum and tradition, whereas the house is more of a free for all.
- neverartful 2y ago
  Denying that Democrats play 'the ends justify the means' is blatantly dishonest.

macintux 2y ago

Democrats encourage their fellow elected officials to step down when convicted of crimes. They notoriously don’t encourage a mob to attack the Capitol to interfere with counting of the electoral ballots. And they haven’t spent the last 4 years undermining confidence in the election system. There are plenty of faults in the Democratic party, but “both sides” is a tired and inaccurate trope.

mistermann 2y ago
I think it is funny to watch how people on a programming forum think "democracy" is a decent enough designed system. It is very interesting how the manner in which people think changes when the topic changes, and also how we focus only on the flaws in intelligence of the supposedly dumbest among us. > There are plenty of faults in the Democratic party, but “both sides” is a tired and inaccurate trope. Only if the claim is both sides are identically bad, which is rarely the case. It is amazing how simple memes (and boy, does our culture run on them) can inject bugs into cognition.
blasphemers 2y ago
The Democrats have yet to remove or seriously call for Senator Menendez to resign for serious corruption and obvious crimes while the Republicans removed Santos for campaign lies knowing a Democrat would replace him.
- kagakuninja 2y ago
  Bullshit. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-democratic-senators-baldwin-tester-call-menendezs-resignation-2023-09-26/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-democratic-senators-bald...
- amanaplanacanal 2y ago
  I think some of that is just the different norms in the senate vs the house. The senate is very much about decorum and tradition, whereas the house is more of a free for all.
neverartful 2y ago
Denying that Democrats play 'the ends justify the means' is blatantly dishonest.