@harrisonjaime If you cared about fixing the house you’d leave politics. You are stupid, incompetent, and unpopular, you’re not capable of helping Dems win
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Darby Stintserton
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Darby Stintserton
@darbystintsert
Literally a political science professor
columbia, missouri Beigetreten Nisan 2023
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Every damn day on this app I see folks who get more enjoyment out of pissing on their own house than actually building it, fixing it, and making it stronger. And yeah dammit it is f-ing exhausting.
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one of the bizarre things i've noticed with centrist democrats is their refusal to even acknowledge the party is in disarray right now. chuck schumer just voted against 80 percent of his caucus in support of israel! that's not the left's fault!
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@ValeriePennin @Wilson__Valdez Try re-reading the convo
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The Bernie/Left people go out of their way to be absolute assholes to other Dems (rather than build bridges) and then when they get less than 50% of the vote, react even more belligerently and claim it was some "Establishment" conspiracy.
Bernie 2020 was the perfect example of that. They just acted like they were owed all the Warren voters and did nothing to build any support beyond their 'base'.
Politics & Poll Tracker 📡@PollTracker2024
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) booed and heckled at the Michigan Democratic Party convention. Stevens is seeking the Democratic nomination for US Senate in Michigan. Source: Bridge Michigan Video credit: @JordynHermani
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@ValeriePennin @Wilson__Valdez You’re responding to the wrong person
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@darbystintsert @Wilson__Valdez Yeah we should start shaming you then.
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Actually I respect Bahai bc they’re the most realistic and based in kindness
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I personally don’t respect any religion or faith bc faith (belief without proof) is obvious degeneracy and detrimental to human development individually and communally
But I do respect people’s right to their religion and faith. Israel’s behavior is subhuman
Michael Haynes 🇻🇦@MLJHaynes
JUST IN: Cardinal Pizzaballa & Catholic leaders in Holy Land state their “profound indignation & unreserved condemnation of the desecration of a representation of Jesus Crucified by an Israeli soldier in a Lebanese village.” Pizzaballa adds: “This act constitutes a grave affront to the Christian faith and adds to other reported incidents of desecration of Christian symbols by IDF soldiers in southern Lebanon. It further reveals a disturbing failure in moral and human formation, wherein even the most elementary reverence for the sacred and for the dignity of others has been gravely compromised. The Assembly calls for immediate and decisive disciplinary action, a credible process of accountability, and clear assurances that such conduct will neither be tolerated nor repeated. Yet even in the face of such offense, the Cross remains unassailable in its meaning. As Saint Paul the Apostle declares, “far be it from me to glory except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Gal 6:14). For believers, the Cross endures as a source of dignity, hope, and redemption, and as a summons to overcome violence through sacrificial love. It is precisely in this light that the Church continues to proclaim that true peace cannot be born of violence, but must remain, in the words of Pope Leo XIV, “unarmed… a peace that calls to ‘put [the] sword back into its sheath.’” For this reason, the Assembly renews, with urgency, its call to bring to an end the war that has tormented this region for far too long, and to embrace a path where peace is witnessed in restraint, dialogue, responsibility, and reverence for the sacred and for every human life.”
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@vertassss @PPagedown2012 @HotSotin @kaiser_kenny You are too stupid to be allowed to talk politics. You are a cancer
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@darbystintsert @PPagedown2012 @HotSotin @kaiser_kenny They voted to Putin, they paid tax to Putin. They could vote to Davankov 2024, or vote to Yavlinskiy 2018, but they didn't. If you think they have no choice, then they can move to EU or China, or join Ukraine army, but they didn't. Just like those in Hiroshima, not innocent
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Crimea is Ukraine
Kharkiv is Ukraine
Luhansk is Ukraine
Donetsk is Ukraine
Zaporizhzhia is Ukraine
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some libs have really had their minds and hearts destroyed by democratic leadership. "electability" is not the reason to vote for someone. why are you voting for someone you don't like, in a *primary* election?
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@vertassss @PPagedown2012 @HotSotin @kaiser_kenny The Russian people didn’t do that either LMFAO you think Russia is a democracy? Get fucking real
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@darbystintsert @PPagedown2012 @HotSotin @kaiser_kenny The Ukrainian people did not elect a government that invades other countries, their racists are not in power, but the Russians have done so many times. Their democratically elected governments have invaded Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine. They also murdered thousands in Chechen
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@Wilson__Valdez Anybody that votes based on personal animus and not policy is a child who needs to be shamed into acting like a normal person
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It would be really easy to not be total dicks to people who probably agree with you on 80-90% of things but that's a bridge too far for these guys.
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@vertassss @PPagedown2012 @HotSotin @kaiser_kenny Ukraine isn’t moral either LMFAO. Should we liquidate all Ukrainians bc they’re racist pieces of shit?
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@darbystintsert @PPagedown2012 @HotSotin @kaiser_kenny Yes and no, when the international order begins to crumble, you no longer need to maintain moral standards toward immoral nations.
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@Harry38245838 @PPagedown2012 @HotSotin @kaiser_kenny Nobody said they were, you asked what the belief was based on, so I answered. Don’t respond again until you learn to read, thanks
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@darbystintsert @PPagedown2012 @HotSotin @kaiser_kenny You may not believe it but foreign polls done on illegally occupied land.... are not democratic referendums.
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@darbystintsert @PPagedown2012 @HotSotin @kaiser_kenny 'The people there want to be russian'?
Based on what exactly??
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Visegrád 24@visegrad24
Igor Girkin (Strelkov) talking openly how about how the Crimean regional authorities didn’t want to separate from Ukraine so Girkin and other Russian soldiers forced them to vote for it under gunpoint. Via @KremlinTrolls
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@Synshie2 @NordicRest @adamjohnsonCHI @_Almaqah @RoKhanna Many of them do see it that way, hence why they’re trying to re-militarize. But how they see it is irrelevant, it’s the reality
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@darbystintsert @NordicRest @adamjohnsonCHI @_Almaqah @RoKhanna I don’t think the Japanese see it that way. And regardless, they certainly seem to be better off than either Gaza or the West Bank.
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Two issues here:
1) Block The Bombs does have a partial embargo and that’s good but again @RoKhanna uses the J Street/Netanyahu-approved “funding” frame. The demand is **full embargo**, not just ending “aid”. don’t let this PR pivot become normalized -> therealnews.com/j-streets-mili…
This Week@ThisWeekABC
Following the Senate Democratic vote to halt military equipment sales to Israel, Rep. Ro Khanna addressed the party’s position: “We're a party that believes in two states in peace. But let me tell you what we're not for. We're not for aid to Israel. They've got a $45 billion defense budget. Why are we giving them money?” abcnews.com/Politics
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@NordicRest @adamjohnsonCHI @_Almaqah @RoKhanna Japan currently remains constitutionally forbidden from having more than a token military, because the US nuked them until they agreed to that.
Is Japan not a state?
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Just immediately negotiating down your pro-m4a position to a “pro public option” position lol. Centrists can’t even imagine stuff without conceding to the right wing.
Stardust@tweetsfromstar
@GeorgyPorg5m9c Plenty of Dems support universal healthcare, I'm personally pro m4a or at the very least, pro public option. That's not why he's a tankie.
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This is because liberals do not stand for anything 🤷🏻♂️ You adopt leftist positions once the writing is on the wall and then use these hard won civil rights as collateral against the Republicans winning. This is why none of these new rights have been enshrined when they could have.
Hutch@hutchinson
People conflate “not being left enough” with “not standing for anything.” We can look to dems at the state level and what national dems did with trifectas to see what the party has been about. More health care, abortion rights, pro-labor policies, voter protections, etc etc.
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@CDonnick1 idk about "just a box", but his skillset & value is definitely maximized there. Unless you're a perfect versatile prospect, the box role is much more impactful than what traditionally would be considered a Free Safety. The more snaps he gets in the box the better. Not limited tho
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We're being very weird about Caleb Downs guys (tbf I think it is entirely possible the NFL is also needlessly weird about him and overthink him too, but...)
The amount of "he's just a box safety or nickel" takes I've seen are very very alarming.
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