As expected, Jon Cryer comes out on top here. (‘They hate inflation. They hate riots and they hate Black women. And they hate trans people,’ Cryer said.)
[Maher on the second Trump government] It’s like a Marvel movie. This gang is coming to shake things up.
Goodness gracious.
Edit: effort to quote sensible people more, added Cryer quotation.
I actually think both Maher and Cryer have good points.
And no, not all republicans hate black women and trans people. There are black women who are republicans and there are trans people who are republicans.
The election shows that. Dems, and Lemmy, are clueless to that. Now they are learning the hard lesson of it.
Everything Cryer said applies to Bill Maher.
‘I warned everybody about Trump, and then I warned them that I warned them about what would get him reelected, which was stupid wokeness, which is what got him reelected,’ Maher said.
Do you think that’s accurate?
I think the news media gave so much damned coverage to and amplified the MAGA/GOP fight to discriminate against trans folks it seemed like that’s all anyone was talking about.
I didn’t see nearly as much coverage on things that Dems were doing to help the American people. Like creating jobs and doing more than any other piece of legislation to address climate change with the Inflation Reduction Act. Getting the wealthy to pay what they owed in taxes by funding the IRS. Saving consumers billions with the Consumer Protection Bureau… And on
Instead the so-called-left corporate news media talked about how outrageous the GOP shotbags are and spent forever talking about the misnamed “woke” stuff in a brilliant move to avoid talking about climate change and the bullshit corporate takeover of government and ever worse income inequality and the ways to improve lives of all US citizens and beyond
Yes, I do. And I think Lemmy needs to come to terms with it.
It’s not just Republicans that are tired of “woke policies.” The election shows that. Lemmy and Reddit are just huge echo-chambers on the subject. People from both sides of the aisle are sick of the woke BS.
Can you give some specific examples of “woke BS” that Democrats pushed during the election?
If you don’t know about the controversies of being “woke” or not, then there’s not much I can do to help. Thanks.
Ah, so a vague boogy man to criticise the Democrats with when there’s no specific complaint. Got it.
And the fucking Democrats lost against Trump. Trump of all people! Both the electoral AND the popular vote. And the Senate and the House.
You got your fucking asses handed to you. And it wasn’t just Republicans who did that. You don’t lose all of that unless Dems vote for Trump and/or don’t vote at all because they are disgusted with the Dem party.
Did you get that, too? lmao
You guys lost all of it. All. Of. It. Got it?
Thanks, friend! :)
I was asking about the “woke BS”. What does any of your screaming and ranting here have to do with “woke BS”?
That’s an interesting position to take considering how close the election was, but I think it’s also telling considering all that you said prior to Trump’s election and the inconsistencies therein.
You are a contrarian. Nothing more. There’s no wit or wisdom behind that.
Good luck.
but I think it’s also telling considering all that you said prior to Trump’s election and the inconsistencies therein.
What did I say prior to Trump’s election that contradicts what I say now? The only thing I was wrong about was thinking Biden would win despite Trump rising in the polls—an opinion many accused me of being insincere about at the time anyway.
I didn’t vote for Biden or Trump, just like I said I wouldn’t.
I said Trump was a moron, and he is. I said Biden was a moron, and he is. I said that dems were denying (and hiding) his mental decline. And they were. (And I was called a paid russian asset for doing that.)
I posted news articles saying that Trump was moving ahead in the polls, and he was. (And I was called a paid russian asset for doing that.)
I said I was going to vote third party, and I did. I said I was a socialist, and I still am. (And I was called a paid russian asset for doing that.)
I said Lemmy (especially .world) was an echo-chamber, and it is. My post/comment history from that time is still up: https://lemmy.world/u/universalmonk
And since you seem to remember me from those times, you’ll also recall how many claimed I was a paid Russian asset and insisted I would vanish right after the election. Yet, here I am. And still not a russian asset. :)
Thanks, friend!
