cardiganstarlet
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It’s a complete lack of critical analysis skills coupled with rightwing victim mentality.
Hopefully Biden’s speech on the anniversary is strong but I won’t hold my breath. Can the republicans just be called fascists at this point?
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On 12/30/2021 at 1:54 AM, KalamazooJay said:
I think liberals/progressives have become a party that governs according to what a minority of people are saying on Twitter. They've become OBSESSED with social justice to a fault and listen to the loudest voices on social media versus the voices that need to be heard on Main Street. Bernie was successful because we was talking about ECONOMIC JUSTICE which resonates far more with working class voters than worrying about pronouns, labels, #MeToo, BLM, or any of the rest of this nonsense that the Democrats have signed onto.
I'm not saying racial inequality isn't important, it absolutely is. But I work closely with MANY members of our community here in the city I live in. Black leaders aren't worried about taking a Black woman off of a syrup bottle. Latino leaders aren't worried about being called Latnix. LGTBQ leaders aren't worried about adding another fucking color to their flag. People on a local level are worried about their schools, they don't WANT their police defunded - just reformed, they WANT some kind of FAIR border security, they want their infrastructure fixed, affordable housing, and the list goes on and on.
The point is, working class people of ALL colors are generally concerned about the same things. But liberals continue to box people in, label them, and segregate them by sex, race, class, education level, and sexual preference. And I am - along with MANY center left people - are really fucking tired of it.
Politics is about 50 + 1. It's about winning elections. And if liberals continue to talk like 'The Squad' does, they're going to be in the minority for a long, long, long time after next years elections.
I guess this is the problem when issues are boiled down to culture wars. So incredibly toxic while real and important issues like healthcare, education, wealth inequality and the climate get pushed aside for yet another election cycle.
I'm not American but I love visiting and it’s terrifying watching their system unravel. It’s been a long time coming and is far more complex than my post obviously. Sadly similar situations can be seen in the UK and Australia - coincidently where the poisonous hand of Murdoch media has also been gaslighting people for decades.
50+1 is a pretty blunt assessment but ultimately you’re right. Enacting real change though requires so much more but there are very few politicians willing to walk the walk when it comes to long term vision.
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On 12/28/2021 at 9:52 AM, KalamazooJay said:
But it's not like I'm enjoying much progressives are putting out there.
Just genuinely curious about what it is within the progressive agenda that doesn’t work for you? Asking respectfully!
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2 hours ago, Creepy Insane Person said:
You don’t see the druggies lurking around the cbd starting trouble :0
i have to be on a look out when walking through the cbd, especially on Elizabeth street near Flinder station, where Subway and that 24 hour Donut place next to Coles is.
I think presuming that those less fortunate than you and are possibly in need of some sort of social/health welfare are ‘druggies’ is a bit of an unhelpful attitude.
Crime can happen anywhere obviously but Sydney and Melbourne CBDs are hardly downtown Kabul.
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15 hours ago, Jazzy Jan said:
This is off topic but why do Sydney love Vile Kyle and Jackie O ? He is so offensive and idiotic and she just agrees and enables him. The rest of Australia hate them but they rate so well in Sydney. It is a mystery to so many.
I wish I knew the answer to that. Utterly perplexing. It was the same with Alan Jones. People tune in to listen in droves and agree with everything they say.
I don’t want to sound like a snob but it’s hard not to question people’s intelligence at times.
Please explain to me how and why you find this entertaining and the gospel truth?
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Such a boys club pick. And yes, the man is a career conservative who is a fervent catholic and doesn’t even believe in contraception. BUT THE ECONOMY!
The false narrative of our LNP being economic warriors wins again.
I wasn’t a fan of Gladys but the personality cult that surrounds her is unbelievable here in Sydney. I’m astounded by the amount of gay men who stan for her, that’s what you get with Murdoch media and her unedifying appearances on the Kyle & Jackie O radio show. It seems pseudo intellectual when they say they like her without having any concept that she was the leader of the Conservative party and under investigation for corruption, but this is the scary world we live in.
The same people don’t seem to question why a right wing woman who is unmarried and childless is considered ‘independent’ but someone like Julia Gillard had her partners sexuality questioned, was called ‘heartless’ for not having children, and indeed her own leadership abilities were called into question for the very reason she never had children.
Anyhow rant over!
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Just had my second jab today. Had covid arm and some trippy dreams with the first shot, so hoping for the same smooth sailing second time around.
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22 hours ago, San said:
He's such a dick.
The worst.
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I’m in Sydney so have been back in lockdown for a little while now. There were people out protesting today in the city against lockdowns citing ‘government control’ and I couldn’t eye roll any harder. Public health restrictions is not government overreach - government control is the systematic defunding of services like health and education, tax breaks for the wealthy while people on benefits starve, and denying any rise in superannuation (pension funds in Australia) while politicians take home an obscene amount of money. The Murdoch rot is well and truly here.
I have no children, live alone, and am able to work from home so I really can’t complain. I do have to say that I’m missing physical hugs though. And thanks to these pseudo intellectuals today out in mass, the lockdown will only be further extended if our cases spike.
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On 7/16/2021 at 1:18 PM, LSD said:
If it wasn’t so scary, this would be hilarious parody.
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Still waiting for mine as I’m part of the botched Australian roll out. I’m under 40 but have been able to secure my first Pfizer mid August.
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7 hours ago, LSD said:
I hope that yellow star works well for her when she can’t breathe in intensive care.
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I find it interesting that someone like Cummings who helped gaslight a nation to achieve Brexit is now doing the same to his former ‘friends’. Unsurprising when they’re all such bottom feeders.
He’ll obviously do and say anything to complete an agenda.
Not that I believe a word Boris says either. I don’t think any of them are going anywhere though sadly.
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Ouch! How can she talk?
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I never really understand why people who have enough money for major surgeries don’t just get a personal trainer to work on parts of yourself that can be changed through exercise. Obviously Jessica has an addiction to surgery/body dysmorphia so I mean this more in general sense.
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4 hours ago, Kim said:
I'm not the best person to answer this as I'm in Scotland where Labour have been wiped off the political landscape but from what I gather the more left wing of the party aren't happy that he's such a centrist (leaning right) and that his solution to regain working class seats lost in the last election is to emulate the Tories rather than offer up a progressive alternative. Meanwhile they're going nowhere in the polls and are just really ineffective opposition.
Their latest wheeze was a leaked strategy document all about focusing on patriotism, the UK flag, veterans, 'traditional values' etc to win back voters, which doesn't exactly ignite the young, BAME etc.
Starmer doesn't really get attacked at all from the msm as he's not a threat to the status quo like Corbyn. If anything, he just gets ignored.
Ok thanks... so he sounds like a Blairite.
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On 2/3/2021 at 3:04 AM, Kim said:
Politics Joe are great at those parodies! Here's their latest about useless Labour and their ageing Ken doll leader -
I don’t live in the UK but what is the consensus about Kier Starmer? On paper we he sounds okay (and surely anything is better than the tories) but obviously that’s no indication. Do the press attack him as much as Corbyn was?
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1 hour ago, nightcutter said:
JESUS!
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On 1/22/2021 at 12:15 PM, Jazzy Jan said:
So many Mentally ill and paranoid people have been led a merry dance by these dangerous groups. I think in the future, becoming “ addicted “ to believing outrageous conspiracy theories will be both listed as a mental illness and a form of addiction. I am not defending them but they are clearly unhinged.
I agree with you. I’ve noticed the people in my life who have an addictive type of personality really go down this rabbit hole and drink the kool aid. Couple that with a variety of environmental factors and it just compounds it.
I used to make jokes about these type of voters having a chemical imbalance but now I’m not so sure it’s a joke anymore.
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3 hours ago, LSD said:
There really must be a chemical imbalance for someone to be constantly persuaded by right wing propaganda.
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On 10/26/2020 at 4:08 PM, Jazzy Jan said:
Victoria is opening up again tomorrow after a long lockdown.
So proud of our state. No new cases.
I’m so happy for Victoria...!
I’m in NSW, hopefully we Aussies are on the track towards eradication. I feel superficial saying this but I miss dancing in clubs.My heart goes out to my euro friends.
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On 9/4/2020 at 6:43 PM, Jazzy Jan said:
How low can Boris and his cronies go. Australia’s ex PM Tony Abbott being the front runner as the “trade advisor” for Brexit. He recently advised that all nations should stop lockdowns and let nature take it’s course with elderly people. He campaigned against same sex marriage, is a passionate climate change denier and a well known misogynist.
Another white middle aged man being rewarded for his prior and established incompetence by the boys club. Take as old as time sadly.
Hes literally the worst.
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From the Guardian:
Concern is growing that a woefully inadequate health system will leave Malawi unable to cope when Covid-19 arrives.
In Malawi only 20 people a day can be tested for the virus, and there are just 25 intensive care unit beds and seven ventilators in the country of more than 18 million people, John Vidal reports in this piece for the Guardian.
Since February, however, the government has been racing to curb Covid’s arrival.
It has wheeled out a £24m preparedness plan, suspended international flights, banned weddings and gatherings of more than 100 people, closed schools and universities, and is making anyone arriving from Europe, China, or the US self-isolate.
According to the ministry of health, 4,603 people who have entered the country in the past few weeks are “under surveillance”.
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On 3/9/2020 at 7:47 PM, Plaything said:
Dark Ballet needed more time to breathe and would have worked better as a 6 minutes epic. The vocals effects on Batuka will never not be annoying..which is a real shame because otherwise it’s a great song.
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New war in Europe, courtesy of Putin
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There’s evidence of a lot of disinformation in this thread. It’s perplexing to read.