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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I kept saying since last year Biden was throwing away his campaign but noooooooo, its the voters who are wrong.

[–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Yeah people still don't get it. It's sad.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

Wahhh, they didn't cater directly to me for literally no reason as I'm not part of any significant voting bloc. Why would they personally attack me like that?

Anything to absolve yourself of the consequences for your stupid decision, right? Pathetic.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

If they're too insignificant to listen to, they're too insignificant to blame.

[–] dukeofdummies@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

... what makes you think they didn't vote for Kamala? I rolled through their last posts, nothing screams Trump.

... do you assume that because they criticized the democrats, they must be some form of evil? Why are you so gung-ho on defending the campaign. It really could've been a vastly better campaign, in so many ways.

Why are people not allowed to criticize the democratic party for botching this so badly?

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

do you assume that because they criticized the democrats, they must be some form of evil?

People are doing it now to Ozma, mgl, VikingHippie, Ensign Crab, and others.

Logical criticism = aiding the enemy

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

People are doing it now to Ozma, mgl, VikingHippie, Ensign Crab, and others.

Now? As though there has been some sort of pause.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

Always have, its just non-stop. It's a "now" as in "constant" not "now" as in new.

Sorry for being unclear.

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

significant voting bloc

loses every single swing state

Yeah no I'm sure we were a pissant minority made up of 5 people. There's just no possible way the uncommitted movement actually contained a significant amount of Democrat constituents.

[–] Count042@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Wahhh, they didn't cater directly to me for literally no reason as I'm not part of any significant voting bloc. Why would they personally attack me like that?

That's a lot of interesting ways to avoid saying the Democratic party, through the mechanisms of the US government, directly funded, gave intelligence to, aided and supported a terrorist government committing the first live steamed genocide.

Maybe you didn't pay attention. Maybe you weren't aware that was happening.

But it was.

And others were paying attention.

You don't get to fake quote someone like that and not mention the word Genocide without everyone knowing you are intentionally avoiding the word, and why.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world -3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Damn, genocide, huh. Good thing you showed them genociders what's what, now there will be no genocides at all

[–] Count042@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Did I?

You don't know how I voted.

People everywhere were pointing out what an insane political tactic backing it was, along with the fact that it was certain to cost the Democrats the election.

Accusing people that point out that what they said would happen did happen of being the cause of the failure of the DNC is some of the weirdest Stockholm syndrome shit I've seen.

All to protect the people responsible for the current situation.

[–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

You don't know how I voted.

It's not an issue, they can just make it up. You see, everyone is stupid when you imagine that they have a stupid position and ignore any evidence to the contrary.

In that spirit, I'm pretty sure the person you're talking to just took a shit on their ballot. So really this is all their fault.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world -4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

calls themselves core voters

don't vote

[–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Sorry, did I miss something and the democrats actually won? No? Then they were pretty fucking important it seems.

[–] Fades@lemmy.world -1 points 4 days ago

And those ignored core voter issues were?