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[–] GriffithDidNothingWrong@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Republicans are the drunken father that comes home and beats you with his belt and Democrats are the mother that cries about it but keeps buying him beer. I get why you might like her better but the cycle of abuse doesn't stop until you grow the fuck up and start hitting back

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Right!!! Now who would you rather fight? Big strong sadistic dad or milquetoast mom?

[–] GriffithDidNothingWrong@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You don't get to pick one. They're both part of same problem. The sadist and the person who chooses to side with sadists both result in more sadism. Metaphors aside I don't think which geriatric bigot sits in the big fancy chair and signs the bills matters nearly to the extent you believe it does when they're the same bills. Having a democrat in the oval office just gives libs an excuse to look the other way while the stuff they don't like is going on.

I knocked on doors in poor areas for the Nader campaign when I still believed in electoralism and I heard the same answers constantly. Poor people don't vote not because they're ill informed but because they're well aware that it won't make a difference. They've long since learned that they don't have any friends in Washington.

When the day comes to start shoving people like you and me into boxcars the democratic party will wring their hands and weep big salty tears and go right back to cashing the checks they get from selling our teeth.

[–] RustyVenture@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Mom. That’s why I won’t be giving her part of my paycheck so she can go out and get more beer for dad. I’m fighting mom right now. She’s the one driving the car currently. Why would an appeal to “dad is worse” make me want to do anything but call mom an asshole and resist empowering her any chance I get? I get a lot of mileage out of forcing her to reckon with her behavior that she’s only apologetic for when she needs my support. Why the fuck would I reward that narcissistic shit?