• marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]@hexbear.net
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    What a fucked thing to say coming from someone who highlighted their Iowa ground game and reaching out to third shift latinos during the primary.

    Fuck you Bernie Sanders. Gaza was the last straw and this is rubbing salt in the wound.

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    -Denied that the ongoing genocide of Palestinians was a genocide

    -Defended warcriminal and toppenkof boy Planter

    -Using “defend the border” and acting like Biden wasnt just as bad for immigrants as Trump was in his first term, while praising Trump.

    AW YEAH, ITS MODERATE WING OF FASCISM TIMEwalter-yell

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        Ok, I should correct my statement as well. Biden was just as bad as Trump at the time of his presidency. He continued many of the same policies from Trump’s first term. He and the Democrats also continued to increase ICE funding. So Bernie saying Biden didn’t “secure our borders” is a gross mischaracterization of Biden’s xenophobic policies.

        Of course now Trump is now ratcheting up his racist/xenophobic policies and enforcement of those policies and is now worse than Biden and than he was in his first term. In the end though, this is all just part of a steady escalation from the two fascist USian parties.

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      Bernie outraged. “Look, it’s simply not enough that I can have a little fascism as a treat. I need as much fascism as I want whenever I want. This helps working people. Also - and this is very important - we are looking into getting shoes to those kids so that they don’t get burns on their feet from the very hot metal. Plus - if possible - bedding. Toilet access is being worked on as well. It’s important to remember your humanity.”

  • DogThatWentGorp [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    I mean like- i know already there’s plenty of Bernie saying imperialist brain fascist nonsense but you would think after however many years of campaigning against trump he wouldn’t say specifically this.

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      he wouldn’t say specifically this.

      It’s so weird. It’s impossible to know what’s going on his wackadoodle brain but my bet is something recently triggered him to go into a panicked, nonsensical, and perhaps permanent “democracy is on the line” mode. He wants the dems to lurch to the right and fast as possible because if they don’t - chaos will reign.

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        Solid read of the situation, yeah. It’s just so odd that’s his conclusion after running such an upset primary campaign off of popular support that wanted a leftward pull.

        Like, gramps, you of ALL people should have an understanding of how ineffective triangulation is right now. Let alone the moral delemma it makes.

        I guess if you steep a guy in an atmosphere of enough consultants they’ll marinate eventually. An actual pity.

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          Maybe he realized that soon enough Trump goons (ICE, DHS, whatever) are going to start murdering people on the street in broad daylight. And his epiphany didn’t lead to feelings of disgust and revulsion at the horror. Instead electoral brain kicked in he figured since the goons can’t be stopped anyway - the elections of 2026 and 2028 must be won at any cost. And the only way to do that is by getting republicans to vote democrat.

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    I’m so sick of this guy, honestly. I was a “bernie bro” (derogatory), so I can’t act like I don’t appreciate the doors he opened for me to improve my political understanding. However, he’s just worn his welcome in left wing politics at this point. He’s proved enough times that he thinks the status quo matters more stopping genocide. Any time I hear one of my lib friends bring him up as the bastion of socialism it makes me want to punch myself in the dick… Been really enjoying sharing this around to them to see how they react.