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Is it the Democrats fault? Or the fault of the extreme Maga? (I really don't want to visit right wing media sites to see.)

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

They're saying it's the Democrats fault because the should have saved McCarthy from himself

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apparently he failed some promises including a 72 hour window to read bills.

Heres the post on /r/conservative https://old.reddit.com/r/Conservative/comments/16z32d3/breaking_the_us_house_has_voted_to_remove_kevin/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's funny how conservatives are like "It's bad when government do thing".

I just want to take each and every one of them, shake then vigorously to reroll every neuronal connection and yell at them "COULD YOU PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT ALL THAT FASCISM THE REPUBLICANS ARE DOING? YOUR PARTY IS ACTIVELY ENDANGERING MY LIFE!"

I think it would be more honest if they said "I don't want the government to be involved if the end product is against my belief system."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not all of them are like that. They recognize a government is necessary, but when the government gets involved everywhere it starts to become a hassle. People govern themselves in small pockets and I think a lot of republicans like the idea that people will continue to do that. Yes, some of them are bred from hate, but not most.

Also, if they get upset with “government do thing” they cannot possibly be fascist as that necessarily requires a large central governance. I’d argue that putting more policies in place is more fascist and Democrats do much more of that sort of thing.

Now just for personal curiosity, how are they actively endangering your life? Endangering I can agree with, but "actively" I’m curious

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Also, if they get upset with “government do thing” they cannot possibly be fascist as that necessarily requires a large central governance. I’d argue that putting more policies in place is more fascist and Democrats do much more of that sort of thing.

They can be fascist. They don't need to regulate quite literally everything, just which kind of people are allowed and which they want to get rid of. I hoped that was clear when i suggested that republicans don't want the government to be involved if the outcome produces an undesired outcome. Like kids being aware of racism, that LGBT people are not monsters, the american history being flawed in order to not repeat mistakes etc.

Now just for personal curiosity, how are they actively endangering your life? Endangering I can agree with, but "actively" I’m curious

Simple. They spread anti-trans rhetoric which has proven to be so infectious, it arrived in germany and starts to endanger me and other trans peoples lives. And not only trans people, but also other LGBT peoples lives, drag queens and even other leftists who aren't part of the LGBTQIA+ demographic. Basically their whole culture war schtick.

You know, in germany self-ID was on the table. All the talking points against the law and us trans people in general (because trying to prevent self-ID is not enough) started years ago in the US. Luckily self-ID passed but many concessions were made to account for right-wing talking points, no matter how little basis they have in reality.

Violence surrounding the CSD also increased. I was lucky this year but other people weren't. I will keep going but i worry that i might not be lucky next year if the culture war rhetoric keeps spreading and getting more radical in germany.

Of course there are a few steps between the GOP, FOX, Daily Wire and me but they flung their shit far enough so that i could notice its impact.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow. Just swallow whatever weird media bubble pride you have and go look at the right wing media sites. You can use a VPN if you’re worried about getting right wing recommendations from google or something.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, if it’s ads that’s one thing, but getting your news from one demographic of news provides far too much confirmation bias

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is a very fair point..

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Who cares. Try to get your head out of the game. Fuck 'em all.