Just a very tall autistic man who likes flashlights, star wars, memes, free speech absolutism, net neutrality & the right to full bodily autonomy for all.

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    1 year ago

    I’ve said this many times. Republicans are bad…and democrats are just as bad, the only difference is what they pretend to care about. You might’ve seen a democrat promise good things, but not a single one of them has ever even tried to get any of those things done

    “BUT WE DON’T HAVE THE VOTES YET!”

    FDR didn’t have the votes either. He used his popularity to twist arms for the votes he needed. LBJ did the same thing. AOC and the squad could just as easily do that too, but they’ve wasted every opportunity they’ve had to pressure Pelosi and Schumer to do something.

    Oh by the way, remember why we couldn’t have a vote on medicare for all or raising wages because the current speaker Kevin McCarthy would become speaker? And then when the democrats did nothing at all McCarthy became speaker and the people got nothing?

    Did you know that a majority of republican voters want medicare for all once they understand what it is? “We need to go to the center and be against medicare for all to get votes from the other side”








  • The average person also doesn’t care about their own right to free speech or their right to bodily autonomy or agency over their own lives.

    There’s people out there that jumped at the chance to have an ID chip put under their skin and to have a QR code associated with all their identity info.

    People don’t realize the threat of centralized supreme authority that’s accountable to no one. And it’s really sad.

    I get downvoted for being in favor of free speech, because I bring up free speech rights whenever someone says something bigoted. If you don’t support the free speech rights of the people you hate the most then you’re against free speech. Censoring a bigot is only going to make them double down on their beliefs. But reaching out and having a civil conversation with a bigot can make them realize that the people they hate are going through the same problems they are.

    Everyone gets fucked on their taxes, everyone is getting a lower wage than what their employer could give, everyone is paying more rent than they should, everyone is paying a higher interest on their debts than they should.