Is verbal harassment of police and such even a thing? What if he did shout 'fucking pigs' or whatever while he was videoing? To me that would change nothing - but would it?

provide evidence either way, but if this just is their typical Baghdad Bob propaganda, I

You don't say.

How the hell is it only 83% of Democrats?

IRL an opener like that receiving a response like that would probably be a sign that these two people are absolutely made for each other, IMO. They'd probably be a fantastic couple and wind up growing old together.

But are they ... ignoring the voices of progressives like Mamdani, Sanders, and AOC?

Almost certainly.

These motherfuckers never even learned what a prefix was in 4th grade.

the poorest most easily manipulated people

The people who would benefit the most from Democrat-championed social programs that they now label as "radical" and "socialist" you mean?*

*Which is not some blanket endorsement of Democrats. A lot of them are also out of touch, too conservative, and still trying to run the country like it's 1952. I'm eagerly awaiting the rise of a viable 3rd party (but after all these decades I'm not really holding my breath) or the implosion of the Democrats. I was aghast that Trump somehow pulled them right instead of left, but maybe it will result in an implosion from which Bernie, AOC, Jasmine Crockett and such can bring a phoenix out of the ashes.

Because that's what we were given to choose from.

Insert long, tired diatribe about FPTP voting and the US two party system here.

TL;DR: Third party votes were effectively a vote for Trump. And while I actually did not truly shame anyone for their vote (I hope) this was always true, and I do think folks shouldn't pretend it wasn't true. If you are going to make a principled vote in the name of sending a message, I think it's only reasonable to be honest about the effects of that decision.

This one would say all the things Harris would have done wrong are still better than all the things Trump is doing wrong. I'm not and have not been a fan of Harris. She's still not Trump.

Edit: While I actually did not truly shame anyone for their vote (I hope) it was always true that third party vote was going to help Trump get in, and I do think folks shouldn’t pretend it wasn’t true. If you are going to make a principled vote in the name of sending a message, I think it’s only reasonable to be honest about the effects of that decision.

Both sides are still not the same, IMO.

Dems suck, but not remotely to the same depth as Republicans.

I'd hold my nose and vote for Harris again if the election were tomorrow, and for the same reason as last time. (Gestures around)

Dems run the spectrum from conservative through milquetoast to leftist. The milquetoasts seem to win most of the time.

R is 100% bigot fascist authoritarians or people for whom those things are not a dealbreaker.