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Still think the important issue is who's "butthurt" eh? That's why the country is doomed. The problem with finding a liberal candidate supported by the base is that memes can't run for President. Just go back to scrolling on your phone and keep telling yourself none of what MAGA is doing is your fault.
edit: I'm gonna expand a little for people who keep saying Harris was a bad candidate who didn't get the support of "the base". She got 75 million fucking votes, Trump just got 2.3 million more. The "base" voted for her just fine, it was the FRINGE who didn't.
The way reality works is that you never get everything you want, and you often have to make the least bad choice available. Refusing to vote so you can maintain your own moral purity makes you the dumbass.
The way reality works is that Dems run bad candidates and lose to Trump, twice.
Saying Harris was a bad candidate or that the Dems ran a bad campaign is objectively bullshit. When election day came she was second only to Obama in her rise in popularity, and doing it in only a few months is objectively amazing. But Trump's win can't be the fault of people who refused to vote for her because they focused on the Israel/Gaza issue and ignored every other fucking issue, can it? Naw, you were just being ethically pure. And how'd that work out for Palestinians? Really swooped in and saved the day there! I'm sure all the people getting deported would also want to thank you for being so ethical. Way to go! So would everybody who's gonna die because they won't be able to pay for their meds. And the ones who are losing their science jobs. And science itself - science is fucking STOKED that you have such pristine morals. Way to go!!!
I don’t think you understand what objectively means. She objectively lost.
Ok, take out "objectively" and read the rest of the comment.
If you actually think I like Trump there's no point even trying to talk to you. Sorry if any of these words are too big.
How did refusing to enable genocide work out? Palestine doing okay now? How about the people getting deported from the US and/or thrown into cages? Or the ones who will die because they won't be able to pay for their meds? Or all the other people getting fucked by MAGA. The warm glow of moral purity must be comforting.
Lecturing on morality, ending with throw molotov cocktails. Nope.