☭POLITICS☭: Election Season Hell

[itii]

Nov 6, 2024 1:08:16 GMT -5 Cholo Molester said:

itii please get in here and make a witty quip dude I’m actually on the brink of a panic attack and I need my comfort poster rn

I've spent the last 3 hours putting out small fires in fucking texas. I don't have anything funny or helpful to say. I do know what work is in front of me and what I'll do in the process.

I promise I'll always believe people who say what they are and never underestimate them again going forward

[tonguegrease]

Nov 6, 2024 1:52:26 GMT -5 solidsnake said:

Pretty insular and small of me to be having an existential moment right now, but I know my politics or at least the temperament through which I approach politics just aren’t shared by the average American. And that’s certainly true about my thoughts or preferences compared to many board is lifers as well. But the world seems that much lonelier now. I guess even for people who don’t generally desire or seek community, it’s nice to feel a shared belief or thread or purpose. There’s nobody in real life I’d say this to, and I guess it’s kinda pathetic to be posting it here now. But if I didn’t express it, I’d just hold on to it and the emptiness might just expand.

Pretty much the reason why I started posting more. To be able to connect with people on a common interest whether it's music, politics, etc. Like you said it may be pathetic, but at least we have everyone here on BIL to relate to and be friends with. It def helps with making the world feel less emptier. Just keep your head up and take care of yourself and the people you love because we're all in this same bullshit together for another four years, and hopefully not for much longer.

[killedbyboard]

There's going to be so much Monday morning quarterbacking of the Harris campaign. Tons of should have or could have arguments, but if you think this will result in the rise of a more progressive counter party, or that progressives will have a seat at the table going forward, or even that there will be a Reckoning on the left and that the party will shift in that direction, you're not reading the tea leaves correctly. There will be MAGA and the Republicans, i.e. Centrist Dems. You can just about guarantee Dems will never run another woman.

[bonerinsweatpants]

Gavin Newsom the secret winner for the Dems for 2028 nomination

[dmk]

If any of you can work remotely or even afford to move then just get the fuck out of there.

[xMOOKAIx]

Biden 2028 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[theywalkedinline]

Dana White on stage with Trump. Good Lord.

[Cholo Molester]

I’m actively working on my resume to go back to either tech or something safe like a marketing position at a major insurance company or hospital network.

[itii]

Nov 6, 2024 2:26:35 GMT -5 theywalkedinline said:

Dana White on stage with Trump. Good Lord.

Ask me which one I hope gets shot first

[orbit]

Trump already yapping about some inane shit, we're so back to 2016.

[dmk]

Shout out to the Nelk Boyz

[orbit]

Not the Adin Ross, Nelk Boys, Joe Rogan shout out, we're fucked fucked.

[slander]

That speech just made me wanna bin MMA as my favourite sport in one fell swoop

[theboobox]

Thanking podcasters and now I want to kms

[theywalkedinline]

Theo Von, the Nelk Boys and Joe Rogan just got thanked by Dana White at the Presidential victory speech. How is Idiocracy a stretch?

[theboobox]

Bobby stay away from the liquid gold

[SchlongConnery]

This is just some straight up unhinged Idiocracy shit.

[dmk]

You know I wasn't going to vote, but then I heard Trump on Bussin With The Boys and fuck man he made a lot of sense.

[theywalkedinline]

Bring on super covid.

[burp]

sad that kid missed

[BIL Security Team Alpha]

Here’s some insight into the average voter that really makes this all make so much more sense..

“Here are some context words before I write what I write: I voted for Harris. However, I don't mind the fact that Trump got elected, and I would've voted for any other Republican candidate. I know many of my friends and family would have done the same, and many did vote for Trump. PLEASE before you (or anyone reading this) have an emotional reaction to what I write, it's just how people's sentiments have changed and disregarding them and sticking your heads in the sand is exactly how Harris is getting blown out in the first place.

First, the Democratic platform just doesn't speak to me or anyone that I know. Sure, abortion is a hot topic issue, but it's just one issue and none of us are single-issue voters. Personally, it feels like Democrats want to just have everyone be in a "feel-good" state by just saying what they think voters want to hear, regarding equality, DEI, immigration, etc etc etc. You can think I'm a monster for saying this, but the fact is that many people agree that we can focus on ourselves before all these extra factors. Sure, of course I care about the wellbeing of a migrant family trying to smuggle themselves into the US and want them to be humanely treated, but how about my local struggling families? Why do they matter more or less? And if I had to choose, I would choose my already American neighbors and friends. And the fact is that we do in fact have to choose, money and attention isnt infinite. That's just ONE example of a hot topic (immigration) that I feel like Democrats are just going at from a completely wrong angle.

Second, it feels like the Democrats focus hard on tiny minorities of populations at the expense of attention of all the others. Just for one example, trans right. Now note that I'm not saying trans people don't deserve rights, but the way that they put these sorts of issues SO in your face and broadcasted when trans people literally make up less than half a percentage point of America is baffling. Why so much attention? To people voting for trump, they feel like they (rightfully, as they are not trans) it doesn't involve them, and thus all this attention and time, as these are zero-sum, are taking away from things that could help benefit them, AKA the majority of the US. Why should pandering to the small minority be what's the focus? Just from a math standpoint, it doesn't make sense for votes.

I could go on and on and on, but trump voters are not these monsters are rape lovers that many people think they are. And if anyone thinks so and wants to keep being blind to how terribly the democratic message speaks to average americans, then keep being surprised at the polls. Democrats lost the Senate, Presidency, and look to lose the house as well. Ask yourself, is it really everyone else that is going batshit? Some of the policies that are being pushed and asked about really are just too radical to be wanted by the majority of americans outside the bubble that is Reddit, and until many people here are willing to see that, these elections will continue to look like this.”

[Deleted]

Checked out around 10 and watched a Goofy Movie with my neighbor. What I miss?

[pisswizard]

About time the usa had an Australian in charge again (Rupert Murdoch)

[Deleted]

Damn I'm glad Neil Postman is dead so he doesn't have to witness this.

Nothing is more grotesque than ostensibly left leaning people gloating about this when every issue across the board is about to get worse. Have fun on the computer!

[Porch Honky]

Nov 6, 2024 3:07:27 GMT -5 @dogdickrussia said:

Damn I'm glad Neil Postman is dead so he doesn't have to witness this.

Nothing is more grotesque than ostensibly left leaning people gloating about this when every issue across the board is about to get worse. Have fun on the computer!

You've always been a fucking real one.

[Mr. Dingle Foot]

@dogmeat lied to us all

[amplifiedohms]

I've probably written and deleted 5 or 6 lengthy sincere posts and I just don't even know where to start. I will say this, and I've been saying it for years to anyone who will listen; if all of these leftist splinter parties going back to occupy put the same amount of effort as they do in their little weekend huddles into reforming the dnc from within, the party would look a lot different then it does now. All that cynicism and shit is delusional. Your protest vote(or lack there of) does nothing for suffering in Gaza, or migrants at the border, or LGBTQ, or women's right to choose. It's all very depressing and it makes me sad because I kind of always had it in my mind that America's youth will come of age and take the reins and sort out the mess that prior generations created. And then one day when my kids are grown we would return to this utopia (who's delusional now) but I literally cannot see myself ever coming back. I don't know what's gonna happen in the next few years but I'm certain it's the worst option available and with that said, if you need to get outta there and find yourself in europe, I got you BiL

[Deleted]

Just an update. A Goofy Movie holds up and has a great original soundtrack.

[average Mexican drywaller]

the fact that Trump won TWICE really blows my mind. Americans as a whole are an extremely ignorant and cruel people. The dumber everything gets the more I legitimately consider jumping ship. If this is the direction the country is heading in with enthusiastic glee things are well and truly fucked beyond repair

Also, I picked a bad time to be Mexican-American!

[xMOOKAIx]

Nov 6, 2024 3:34:20 GMT -5 average Mexican drywaller said:

the fact that Trump won TWICE really blows my mind. Americans as a whole are an extremely ignorant and cruel people. The dumber everything gets the more I legitimately consider jumping ship. If this is the direction the country is heading in with enthusiastic glee things are well and truly fucked beyond repair

Also, I picked a bad time to be Mexican-American!

he hasnt one yet mate hold your horses