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queermunist ,
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We write to urge the Department of Justice

When the Department of Justice doesn’t do anything, what then?

TrismegistusMx ,
@TrismegistusMx@lemmy.world avatar

More performative inaction and stalling until the Republicans can take over again.

givesomefucks ,

If the entire Dem party was as proactive as AOC something might happen, but they’re not.

So until progressives are in power of the party, they can’t really do anything except “perform” and raise awareness.

Why do you seem to blame the people who are trying instead of the ones who won’t even do that?

queermunist ,
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And what is the plan to put progressives into power? Beg people to vote? The same failed strategy of my entire fucking life?

AOC has a platform. There are millions of people who are ready to march on her command. She could use that instead of writing letters.

givesomefucks ,

AOC has a platform. There are millions of people who are ready to march on her command. She could use that instead of writing letters.

It sounds like you’re saying she should pull a trump?

Or you greatly overestimate how much a peaceful protest would change the minds of Clearance Thomas or the “moderates” running the Dem party…

I mean, she’s literally using her platform right now

queermunist ,
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She’s not calling for protest. She’s not calling on her supporters to rise up and target McCarthy or Thomas. That’s what she should be doing.

Do everything she can to stress for nonviolent resistance, of course, but our greatest enemies are just men. They have addresses, friends and family, business interests, investments, properties, vocal and financial supporters, and many other targets that are very vulnerable to collective action. I certainly don’t want overenthusiastic people with guns to storm the Capital or anything like that!

givesomefucks ,

On a completely unrelated note:

Anyone else have recommendations for an instance that doesn’t federate with lemmygrad or lemmy.ml?

This shit is getting old

queermunist ,
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Libs can’t stand having their echo chambers violated lol

givesomefucks ,

Nah, but there’s always the block button…

Although from your profile it seems like you get banned pretty often and I’ll have to block you again later.

queermunist ,
@queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

If I’ve ever been banned from anything I have never noticed lol

The nice thing about the block feature is you won’t reflexively downvote everything I post because you won’t see it 🙃

Alteon ,

Oh please, everyone likes to think they are above this. Your leftist community is no different. I made a single comment unknowingly in lemmygrad and was accused of being a colonialist for being a social Democrat. They used racial slurs against me, they accused me of saying things I never said, and acted like I was the evil that invaded their space. They didn’t block me, but holy fuck were they a toxic cesspit of leftist rage because I wasn’t “left” enough.

You want social change that doesn’t end in anarchy and countless deaths, societal change needs to happen slowly and they couldn’t find reason in that. They want/expect some sort of paradigm shift and anyone that doesn’t fight for this is “the enemy”.

Fuck them entirely and communist horse they rode in on.

queermunist ,
@queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

Cracker is not a slur lol

Alteon ,

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_(term)

Seriously? We’re cherry picking what’s considered a slur? When I get called out for the color of my skin, how is that not considered a racial slur? That literally as dumb as saying black people can’t be racist. Come on now…are you being serious?

queermunist ,
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You can’t be racist against white people.

Alteon ,

Institutional Racism? Yeah, I can probably agree with you there. But racism towards one individual? No, you are flat out wrong. By redefining what “racism” is, you don’t get to just give yourself a free pass on racial slurs and insults. It’s not okay for people to do it to you, and fuck you if you think it’s okay to do it to other people. A big fuck you.

Defining “racism” as being determined primarily by systemic power as a whole is odd, to say the least, and creates even more odd assumptions. Does that mean if a minority non-white population gains a controlling, majority power in the US, that white people are no longer racist in the US? Yeah, that sounds kinda retarded, don’t it? Can a Hispanic person be racist to a black person? Or is there some sort of grading formula that determines what’s okay and not okay to you?

The definition of racism by the dictionary: *Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, **typically *one that is a minority or marginalized.

By that very definition, your usage of “cracker” is every bit as “racist” as calling any other ethnicity any other racial, derogatory word. And your community is not doing itself any favors when you single out people that are somewhat supportive of your view points.

It must awfully convenient when you just get to pick your own meaning and interpretations on words.

queermunist ,
@queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

Racism is inherently institutional my dude.

No one is oppressing crackers. Grow up.

Alteon ,

No, it really isn’t. There’s institutional racism, or racism built into laws and rulings, and systemic racism that’s built into traditions, beliefs, and opinions.

I’m going by the standard definition and your going by whatever it is that leftists would like to define things as. Then again we’re arguing semantics. I’ll never think that it’s okay for you guys to be derogatory, discriminateling assholes just because I’m white, just like I’ll never think it’s okay for literally anyone else to discriminate against any other ethnicity.

queermunist ,
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Whiteness has to be abolished, not coddled. It’s not an ethnicity; there are white ethnicities but whiteness, itself, is an artificial construction of colonialism. It was literally invented to justify slavery and genocide, to stop race mixing, and to enable superexploitation of nonwhite peoples.

You have never thought seriously about racism or what it is or where it comes from or why it’s bad. Grow up.

Alteon ,

It’s frustrating when you see someone doing a fantastic job of pushing the party further to the left, and doing everything they can to be a voice of reason and logic when there seems to be so little and then seeing someone like you going, “They aren’t doing enough.” Mate, what are YOU doing?

queermunist ,
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I’m a stupid worthless loser, what the fuck can I do besides whine on the internet?

She hasn’t pushed the Party anywhere. The voters did that! She just obeys.

pinkdrunkenelephants ,

Why would you want any Democrat doing that after going on and on about January 6th?

queermunist ,
@queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

nonviolent resistance

pinkdrunkenelephants ,

That’s what Trump and his cult claim they were doing 🤦

Now any politician calling for any sort of action besides voting are going to look like him, and remind people of that. It’s all about perception.

queermunist ,
@queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

Reality matters more than perception.

And yes, the fascists will perceive it as the same as Jan 6th, but who cares what they think?

xtr0n ,

Calling for , encouraging and even organizing a peaceful protest isn’t “pulling a Trump “. Encouraging people to physically harm others to prevent vote counting and the peaceful transfer of power is what Trump did. Please don’t conflate legitimate protests with insurrection and attempted coups.

ivanafterall ,

There are millions of people who will march on AOC's command!?!?

queermunist ,
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If she went on live television and called for mass protest, she could get millions of people to act in cities all across the country.

Maybe it wouldn’t be millions right away, but so many people are just waiting for the Call to Action from their leaders.

xtr0n ,

I don’t know if the progressives within the DNC could really mobilize a multi million person protest but if they could organize a general strike then that would get shit done. I’ve heard that if about 10% of workers strike then that has enough impact on the investor class to actually have leverage. Of course, the US isn’t France and the average person has no union, no savings and no access to a social safety net, so I’m not holding my breath.

adespoton ,

Why not both?

TrismegistusMx ,
@TrismegistusMx@lemmy.world avatar

Why do you assume they’re trying? They share a tax bracket with Republicans, not you.

givesomefucks ,

House reps make like 175k to maintain a primary residence (for her NYC) and one in DC…

She’s not broke, but she’s not crazy rich either.

And I’m confused, if she was rich, why would her pushing for wealth equality be bad?

TrismegistusMx ,
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It’s not bad, it’s performative. It’s an act, like Nancy Pelosi kneeling with an African scarf. Meaningless, ineffective action that prevents effective and meaningful action.

Ubermeisters ,

They can request a hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee or the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss the matter, or they can attempt to introduce new legislation which creates an independent committee to investigate.

queermunist ,
@queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

I don’t think the Senate has authority over the Court. That’s purely in the purview of the House, which is controlled by the fascist party and so requests and letters are a dead end. It’s gotta be something more aggressive than that.

Ubermeisters ,

we can always just eat them

queermunist ,
@queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

Old people are full of heavy metals, forever chemicals, and sometimes prions. No thanks.

macabrett ,
@macabrett@hexbear.net avatar

we must transfer the lead from their brains to our bodies

xtr0n ,

If only the Democrats had the will to expand the house with a simple majority, back when they had the majority. Given how many people there are in left leaning states and cities, it’s absurd that the current GOP should ever be able to take the house. But, as usual , the only party that isn’t completely fascist seem incapable (or unwilling) to do what it takes to secure any power for the people they supposedly represent. We needed to expand the house and expand the Supreme Court ages ago.

pinkdrunkenelephants ,

Overthrow them

silent_water ,
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senate has the authority to pack the courts, assuming the president cooperates. of course neither branch will consider that in the name of @Civility

Civility ,

🥰

Patches ,

We will return to Bush era programming and put them officially O N N O T I C E

eestileib ,

Merrick Garland’s cowardly ass would probably suppress any attempt to investigate Thomas. He wants back to those cushy FedSoc retreats.

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