He managed to pass some progressive bills in such a partisan environment.
No.
Congress was able to pass some bills that were a little progressive.
Biden just signed them instead of vetoing, which is something literally every other person with a D by their name would do.
Biden was very vocal about how changing anyone in congress’s mind on literally anything, so he doesn’t get to take credit like some magical.puppet master who made it happen.
And the bounceback after COVID…
How much of that was an executive action Biden made happen?
You can’t ignore it, you can’t pick it apart and expect people to listen. Even if they listen, now you’re spending all your time explaining.
What you is dismiss them quickly and broadly, then talk about what you would do.
They won’t waste time trying to talk policy, so they’re reduced to making the same insults and getting the same dismissals.
It makes them look “weak” and the more they fight back the crazier shit they have to make up. It’s a feedback loop.
Biden tried to do it, he just couldn’t string together enough words. Kamala can, but it’s not some master strategy, just the common sense response to the situation
Drake might have one Black parent, but he didn’t grow up in that culture.
Obama had one Black parent, but growing up in Hawaii back then isn’t anything like being Black anywhere else in America. That’s not my opinion, Obama spoke about how shocked he was coming to the mainland for college.
It makes no sense to talk about it genetically, because there are shockingly few differences between what we consider races in a genetic level.
The difference is the culture, not skin color, eye shape, or hair texture.
It’s just for the vast amount of human existence, the two went hand in hand. That’s not always true these days.
I’m not casting doubt on the statement, I’m saying people who care about hypocrisy wont listen to hypocrites.
And people who don’t care about hypocrisy are voting trump.
Don’t think of it as someone engaged in politics and informed of current events.
Think of it as the ~1/3 of Americans that almost never vote. They’re the ones who need to be convinced, and they’re not going to listen to one 80 year old currently in office say another 80 year old is too old.
If Pelosi believed that. She wouldn’t be in office.
It’s like when Republicans go after each other, they might occasionally say something true. Doesn’t make it untrue, but also no one should be listening to them.
now I’m just “white” and racists wouldn’t have a problem with me.
It won’t stay that way tho.
Pretty much the only time “slippery slope” is valid is when talking about fascists. They always lie about what they want and nothing will ever appease them.
You’re still “other” to them, just not the most vulnerable “other” which is who their target always is.
I think a big part of this is a lot of people still go by the “one drop” rule.
Which leads to people saying Kamala is the first Indian and Black VP for example.
Like, we call Obama the first Black president, but it’s more accurate to say the first mixed race president. And even then, we’re all “mixed race” to some degree.
But someone with parents of different races/cultures often deal with a lot of baggage because they can feel they’re not accepted by either side. Which is why I don’t see why we make a big deal about it on the left.
Just leave race out of it and when Republicans get racist (or any kind of bigotry) dismiss it just like Kamala did here.
She was born in 1940 and is running for re-election last I heard…
If she listened to doctors she’d have retired a decade ago.
It’s the same shit as when Biden said this stuff, they’re in a glass house and the only reason the walls are still standing is they’re too old to lift a rock.
She’s got a point, but the same point could be made about her, so it’s hard to take her seriously.
I think it is important to distinguish the innocent partner here
Then he can stop bitching that people are booing his partner who raped a fucking 12 year old.
Pick a lane, “no comment” or acknowledge what he did and ask for forgiveness.
This is literally the Dutch team complaining that people are booing, and refusing to acknowledge an incredibly valid reason why it’s happening.
Fuck em both.
Like you said, it’s a small population of players. Even if this guy was #1 in the Netherlands, if #2 thru 25 said they won’t play with a child rapist, the child rapist wouldn’t be on the team.
Don’t get me started on the poor kid whose life was never the same again, having all this trauma dredged up and shoved back in her face. There’s nothing about this that doesn’t suck.
You think she forgot till now?
You think she doesn’t know his name?
Why is the issue talking about how he’s a child rapist and not that the child rapist is in the goddamn Olympics?
Quick edit:
It’s shitty either way. He abandons his dream because of someone else’s actions; or he chases them and becomes collateral damage.
We don’t call people heroes for doing the right thing because it’s easy and sacrifice free.
But we do call people shit bags for doing the wrong thing for personal gain/glory.
Which is what we’re doing here.
Except you, you’re out here complaining people booed a guy who raped a 12 year old.
Headline so stupid I almost clicked to see wtf they were talking about…
Then I realized it’s op posting their own blog.