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Sorry, but this does not place enough blame on those that didn't vote (about 90 million people). I will hold responsible anyone with a heartbeat who did not vot

Sorry, but this does not place enough blame on those that didn't vote (about 90 million people). I will hold responsible anyone with a heartbeat who did not vote at all in 2024.

jordanpg 1y ago
But Kamala Harris was not perfect in every respect. In fact, she had several policy preferences that don't align perfectly with my own. In a lot of ways, she was just like Trump. Also, she was not a very good public speaker. /s
- max51 1y ago
  When she tried to run in the primary in 2020, she was last place and considered a joke candidate. If even the Democrats don't like her, do you expect republicans to be charmed by her and switch sides?
  - kagakuninja 1y ago
    We hoped that the party of law and order, of Christian morality would not re-elect a convicted rapist, convicted financial fraudster, serial adulterer, pathelogical liar and instigator of America's first coup attempt. Even Liz Cheney was supporting Harris. This wasn't about "charm", it was about saving democracy. And now we are fucked...
  - 8note 1y ago
    she did get a whole ton of votes from people that didnt want trump in again.
    - phendrenad2 1y ago
      Ah but how many of them were protest votes because they didn't think Trump went far enough?
  - int_19h 1y ago
    Against Trump second term? Absolutely, it shouldn't even have been a contest for anyone with a modicum of common sense.
Terr_ 1y ago
Lately I've noticed a social trend, where whomever you critique for The Current Mess, someone else is afraid that indirectly lifts justified blame from another group. Maybe that just reflects how we humans have limited capacity for attention and outrage, and there's too much to fix at once. For example, the split between: 1. The willfully-culpable Republican party. 2. The inept/uninspiring Democratic party. 3. The lazy/clueless non-voters. I'm not sure how to solve that problem... maybe arguing over prioritization is necessary. ________ P.S.: For something more-actionable, how about this: Many problems exist, individual humans aren't built to consider them all simultaneously and coequally, be kind to well-meaning allies that are focusing on a particular piece.

Sorry, but this does not place enough blame on those that didn't vote (about 90 million people). I will hold responsible anyone with a heartbeat who did not vote at all in 2024.

jordanpg 1y ago

But Kamala Harris was not perfect in every respect. In fact, she had several policy preferences that don't align perfectly with my own. In a lot of ways, she was just like Trump. Also, she was not a very good public speaker. /s

max51 1y ago
When she tried to run in the primary in 2020, she was last place and considered a joke candidate. If even the Democrats don't like her, do you expect republicans to be charmed by her and switch sides?
- kagakuninja 1y ago
  We hoped that the party of law and order, of Christian morality would not re-elect a convicted rapist, convicted financial fraudster, serial adulterer, pathelogical liar and instigator of America's first coup attempt. Even Liz Cheney was supporting Harris. This wasn't about "charm", it was about saving democracy. And now we are fucked...
- 8note 1y ago
  she did get a whole ton of votes from people that didnt want trump in again.
  - phendrenad2 1y ago
    Ah but how many of them were protest votes because they didn't think Trump went far enough?
- int_19h 1y ago
  Against Trump second term? Absolutely, it shouldn't even have been a contest for anyone with a modicum of common sense.

Terr_ 1y ago

Lately I've noticed a social trend, where whomever you critique for The Current Mess, someone else is afraid that indirectly lifts justified blame from another group. Maybe that just reflects how we humans have limited capacity for attention and outrage, and there's too much to fix at once. For example, the split between: 1. The willfully-culpable Republican party. 2. The inept/uninspiring Democratic party. 3. The lazy/clueless non-voters. I'm not sure how to solve that problem... maybe arguing over prioritization is necessary. ________ P.S.: For something more-actionable, how about this: Many problems exist, individual humans aren't built to consider them all simultaneously and coequally, be kind to well-meaning allies that are focusing on a particular piece.