213
As much as I appreciate this proposal, now is not the time for more identity politics. Now it’s a fight for basic democracy, the rule of law and against corruption.
Get out there and DO SOMETHING, Democrats
this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2025
213 points (97.3% liked)
News
29047 readers
3941 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
If I had a nickel for every time a congressperson told me they introduced a new bill to address some issue, I’d be rich. In the age of Trump, people aren’t hoping their representatives are going to introduce dead on arrival legislation; they’re hoping their representatives will lead a national movement. We need people in the streets daily. We need occupy DC.
a little too late, how bout introducing something more effectively like limiting his ability to give out tariffs, or protecting voters from voter suppression.
Seems like some dems are starting to grow a spine and actually act like opposition. I doubt it'll last though.
That's great and all. But you seem to forget, "It's the economy stupid."
You lot need to join Bernie and AOC's campaign.
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Democrats spent a solid year supporting an ongoing genocide.
You no longer get to pretend to be good.
Tankies literally ally with the bad to fight the good. And perfect doesn't exist.
Anyone who is against fascism is an ally in the fight against fascism, no matter how flawed.
We can settle other differences by talking them out, but that can never be done with fascism because it only ever listens to painful consequences.
this is such a fucking waste of time and is nothing more than pandering bullshit. we don't want you to try to pass something that WON'T PASS and WON'T STOP FASCISM. please do something more. please do something that fucking matters.
nothing more than shore up some of thier dem elections in the futures, nothing more. its basically like republicans doing the opposite but it never passes in the senate too.
You are wanting people whose literal job is to legislate, which they were elected to do in order to represent the voice of their constituents on legislative matters, to stop trying to legislate in an effort to build legal walls to defend against fascism?
This is a case where we need the dog-and-pony show. We need everyone doing everything they can, especially the foundational things, so that later on no one can say "why didn't they just try the normal way and things wouldn't have been so difficult?"
Edit: we need our representatives to be doing more, I agree there, but I'm saying we need them do AT LEAST do their job, and we should probably be saying "Yes, and..." to them instead of just "you're doing it wrong."
Man I have to agree with OP. Do these things like a Dem version of Project 2025. Have an equality agenda when in power and actually make those changes. Fight facism now, because equality doesn't mean shit if everyone in power is facist. They are deporting US Citizens for God's sake.
please do something more. please do something that fucking matters.
Okay.
As members of Congress, what, exactly, should they be doing?
Obstruct. Filibuster. Gum up the works.
You are right. This current government is a "We the People" problem, not a "You the Politician" problem.
Get violent, break decorum. Yell. SCREAM! Tell the world that these fascist motherfuckers are throwing lives away. Do goddamn anything that will mean you have to fucking LOSE something for once in your fucking life. Our politicians live a life of luxury and convenience and you think them writing a bill that they know will fail is a fucking good deed. like honestly, fuck you, you fucking liberal piece of shit. you are half the reason we are in this mess in the first place.
Okay. So will breaking decorum, yelling, and screaming will 'pass' or stop fascism?
can you imagine the response from the general public if they saw our members of Congress literally fighting against fascism? it would be otherworldly and could help inspire millions of Americans to take up a genuine, true rebellion and fight. if these so-called antifascists in government are truly that then they need to physically prevent the fascists from being able to do their job. we elected them for that because we can't FUCKING do it, now can we? can you just go in there and stop it?
So, "They're pandering to the wrong people; I want them to pander by doing different useless symbolic actions."
About what I figured.
no no, you misunderstand me: i want AOC to literally beat the shit out of her coworkers in order to prevent Trump from sending another fucking child with cancer out of this country or a legal resident to El Salvador never to return
is that clear?
Okay, how will AOC 'beating the shit' out of GOP Congressmen stop ICE from deporting children?
oh it wouldn’t! see, that’s the cool part. i wasn’t saying that act alone would solve anything but that it would be a physical act carrying significant personal risk, which is something people haven’t seen from our politicians: personal risk. they have never stood to lose a goddamn thing.
i genuinely believe if our Congress was more violent and chaotic then more and more Americans would rally together and do something regarding the ICEs of our government
oh it wouldn’t!
So, “They’re pandering to the wrong people; I want them to pander by doing different useless symbolic actions.”
So you agree with my comment you originally objected to. Good. Glad we're in agreement.
no you dumb fuck: this is a physical act that carries a symbolic significance. it means something because it exchanged something. there was weight behind that symbolism. it wasn’t just pointless and empty like the criticism often expresses. good try though. just fuck off and say you’re a coward and violence isn’t the answer blah blah liberal nonsense fuck you.
no you dumb fuck: this is a physical act that carries a symbolic significance.
"My useless symbolic action will make the masses Rise Up(tm), while THEIR useless symbolic action won't!"
👏
just fuck off and say you’re a coward and violence isn’t the answer blah blah liberal nonsense fuck you.
Sorry that I find the idea that Congressmembers brawling will help our situation at all risible.
You want to use violence as the answer to this question, get real about it, not asking clerks and octogenarians to get into slapfights in the halls of Congress on your behalf in the strange hope that it'll cause a mass uprising wherein you won't have to lift a finger.
fuck you you fucking cunt. you are a coward in the face of fascism and i hope you get yours.
I remember constant complaints of "The Dems didn't even TRY anything, they should have proposed bills even if they knew it would fail!" before the second Trump presidency.
Now it seems the chorus has changed to "I can't believe they're trying something they know will fail!"
Curious.
Turns out that when they actually get a majority, they need to reintroduce and actually vote for bills, or they lose credibility.
Which is how you get people who realized in 2021 that your party is run by useless bums who only effectively represent the businesses exploiting us and of course netanyahu.
You want less cynicism, inspire less cynicism.
who the fuck was saying that other than your fellow coward-ass liberals?
The same kinds of Very Serious Leftists who are now saying spontaneous revolutionary action is the only solution that is acceptable.
no lmao