Balerion

Just say you're a conservative and go. "Progressives" like you are such cowards. You're so eager to slobber over politicians' boots and make up excuses for why they can't do anything good. I wish I could at least believe the DNC was paying you off, but I was one of you once, so I know full well you've just drunk the neoliberal Kool-Aid that hard. The people ready to jump down leftists' throats with "um, ackshually, it's physically impossible to do better than center-right austerity and authoritarianism" whenever we speak up have far more to do with why leftists have no power than any leftist "idealism." Throughout history, it's always been the lunatic radicals who made actual change, while the craven moderates fought them tooth and nail to preserve the intolerable status quo. Ever notice how conservatives are utterly unrestrained by all the things liberals insist are holding them back from making change? When MAGA wants something, they get it, no matter how unreasonable or flat-out absurd it is. But when the Democrats' base demands better of them, they wring their hands and lament how gosh golly gee, they'd love to make things better, but they can't because something something civility something something norms. If progressives fought like conservatives, we'd have fucking fully automated luxury gay space communism by now.

Remember how he ran on hope and change? How he presented himself as a progressive? Then how he failed to close Guantanamo, never even tried to codify abortion rights, didn't bother prosecuting the Bush administration for their war crimes, did a bunch of war crimes himself, and expanded the surveillance state? Because I do.

And like the other commenter said, he completely capitulated to the Republicans when they invented some bullshit about how outgoing presidents aren't supposed to appoint justices or whatever.

I'd say to pick something light-hearted that puts you in a good mood.

They aren't advocating to vote against Mamdani. They're pointing out that "blue no matter who" is almost exclusively applied to progressives who complain about establishment Dems. When it's the other way around, establishment Dems are quick to abandon their alleged principles and sabotage progressive candidates.

Jesus. You know it's bad when even a spineless centrist like Obama is calling them on their shit.

I'm 29. My opinion on my parents has not changed much since I was a kid. My dad has a lot of practical knowledge, but his worldview is pants-on-head stupid. My mom is a far better person than my dad, but her technical knowledge is limited.

I was so disappointed with Contra's response to the Israel/Palestine situation. Like, I understand her not wanting to make a video about it. That's one thing. But her whole "the left shouldn't have made anti-Zionism its primary position" thing is just appalling. Zionism is a fundamentally cruel ideology and should be fiercely opposed.

I know she's had controversies before, but I found most of the criticisms I heard of her to be pretty foolish (e.g. "How dare she advocating voting as well as doing other things?"). Perhaps I should have made an effort to look into those controversies more.

I journal pretty much at random. I want to do it, but I struggle a lot with habit-forming (ADHD), so it's not easy.

I tried intermittent fasting for like a year. The hunger never went away.

I went vegetarian 13 years ago. I lost a little weight in the beginning, then immediately gained it all back once I figured out what I liked. If being vegetarian makes you healthier, that's a skill issue, considering pizza and ice cream can be vegetarian.

Seriously, though, congrats.

Shitposting is generally meant to be amusing.

I want weed so good it makes me mistake an opossum for a cat.