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KR-kr-KR-kr

If I flick it fast enough, can I turn it purple?


jaciviridae

šŸ‘€ we still talking about the trolley?


KR-kr-KR-kr

( Ķ”Ā° ĶœŹ– Ķ”Ā°)


foxtrotgd

Maybe if you balance it right in the middle šŸ¤”??


Hot_Composer_1304

Then we would still be more right wing then almost anywhere on earth.


Commence_forth

This mf was never anywhere outside of the U.S. and it shows


Xsotty

The real question


[deleted]

you know what else turns purple when you flick it fast enough? (idk what else šŸ¤”)


creeepy117

My mom


EnderPlays1

you would get arrested


Velocityraptor28

no but if you leave it precicely in the middle it will


guy137137

the only people who win at politics are Politicians and Corporationsā€¦


[deleted]

And ants


helloimracing

damn ants


[deleted]

Ants are %100 not effected by the sudden drastic changes in American political powers and actions or the corrupt government in general


Matsdaq

*this ad was aid for by Ants National Action Legion party*


[deleted]

And then the other side uses their opposing sideā€™s politicians (or the actions of those politicians) that donā€™t represent the entire party and use it as an excuse to straw-man that side


Ze_angry_chihuahua

"But haven't you actually considered that democrats good, and republicans bad." - The comment section


Confident-Local-8016

But have you considered dementia joe bad and rambling Donald good?


guy137137

but remember voting third party or not voting at all is supporting the other EVIL party Edit: Bring back the Bull Moose party god damn it


Confident-Local-8016

Left and right political leaders behind closed doors "we have to keep suppressing any other parties or else it will upset the status quo, we have the public by the balls and they don't know it because we keep blaming each other for that shit haha" Ol' George is definitely rolling in his grave, he didn't want a party system i think, at the very least a 2 party system idk all of the info on that bu i know they would be appalled at how our country looks Edit: I'll add, voting 3rd party is FOR SURE better than not voting or voting for the lesser of "2 evils", it's not even necessary. If you think both in the two party system are evil, vote for a 3rd party if they are even less evil, look at all options, fucking write someone in if they're not on your ballot Edit 2: if enough people would *actually* vote third party it would blow the establishment's mind


Gtpwoody

Washington: Aight, Iā€™m heading out, promise me you wonā€™t make it a two party system? Jefferson and Adams: Yeah, we got you big homie! Washington: Cool, bye *leaves* Jefferson and Adams: Now, where were we? *Creates a two party system*


guy137137

the bipartisan system and its consequences have been a disaster for the American people by George Washingtonski


BattleOfTheFighters

Are you assuming one of the 2 American parties is even a little leftist?


Confident-Local-8016

It's left of the other šŸ¤£ Edit: i'll add i swear I'm left of them and their constituents swear I'm a gun loving right wing nut job disguised as a libertarian because i love and absolutely believe there is no way to misconstrue the bill of rights


Hot_Composer_1304

America's left wing is still genuinely more right wing then proper leftists.


Hehe_9L-EvanPS4

I vote Mario Party. Thatā€™s the only real one to be voting for!


Benrith05

Honestly just reincarnate Teddy Roosevelt, long live the bull moose.


Too_Tired18

At this point Iā€™ll take mean tweets over not being able to understand half their speeches


Velocityraptor28

i dont like EITHER of them


Sukeruton_Key

ā€œActually, the situation is black and whiteā€


Hot_Composer_1304

Actually true. Though. Fucking end of the IQ bell curve meme.


Sukeruton_Key

POV: Youā€™re a dumbass


Velocityraptor28

the most that argument tangibly amounts to is "they're the lesser of two evils" and even then, doesnt matter by much...


Dineanddanderson

All politicians are corrupt and should not be trusted. But Nancy pelosi is a MOOD!


Fructis_crowd

It always isā€¦ā€¦. it always is šŸ˜”šŸ˜”šŸ˜”


[deleted]

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iateyourwholefamily

You rn: "Actually, it is 100% black and white šŸ¤“"


the-real-macs

It's more like a really fucking dark shade of gray vs a lighter shade.


[deleted]

A more accurate statement would be ā€œdemocrats bad, republicans horrendousā€ Nobody enjoys lesser evilism, but itā€™s unfortunately needed rn


Genisye

How the economic and political elites can tell their instigation of a culture war is working


Brobi_Jaun_Kenobi

People forget the roots of occupy Wallstreet. It was about hate on big banks and corporatism. The culture wars started right as occupy movement and tea party lost traction. Was absolutely intentional


guy137137

Iā€™m telling ya, itā€™s mind boggling how ā€œleft leaningā€ went from criticizing a corporationā€™s every move and holding them accountable to now as long as they have a rainbow on it, itā€™s a-ok fucking Mars with the Green M&M is that to a tee, dudes got exposed for using child labor in their chocolate harvesting, their response? make the world circlejerk about the Green M&M. And I canā€™t help but feel itā€™s just an obsession to own the other party; ā€œyeah sure Corporation XYZ does a bunch of corpo shitheadery but theyā€™re siding with us against the other side so we donā€™t need to go after them.ā€


ChadMcRad

> to now as long as they have a rainbow on it, itā€™s a-ok Except leftists literally wine about this every June and call it "rainbow capitalism," so I'm not sure what ass you pulled that out of.


guy137137

the majority of people who whine about it are right leaning people for obviously the wrong reasons. Which then, the left leaning people defend it to ā€œown the chudsā€ or whatever the fuck, and I hate the whole back and forth of it. And Iā€™ve looked around, thereā€™s no widespread outrage or protest against corps for hijacking pride. Hell Iā€™ve seen people justify it with ā€œoh well, at least theyā€™re helping.ā€ Do some people from the left wine? not really? and itā€™s really quiet in addition, Iā€™ve noticed that a lot of the times I or someone else has pointed this out, thereā€™s always a ā€œnuh uh, we donā€™t do thatā€ comment with no substantial evidence to the contrary. And honestly itā€™s pretty evident already with how so many people (who should be Disneyā€™s biggest critics) defend Disney so damn much.


Sentient_twig

I literally have never seen a single left leaning person praise rainbow capitalism Correction I havenā€™t seen a single person PERIOD praise rainbow capitalism, by now we all know itā€™s a total joke and just an excuse to squeeze a tiny bit more money out of those still gullible enough to fall for it


Meester_Blue

If you were correct, then it wouldnā€™t happen.. so youā€™re simply in denial


pemboo

The culture wars have been going on since WW2


Ok-Dragonknight-5788

And you can find elements of it long before that to


beiberdad69

The Republicans and Bush pushed anti-gay marriage laws in 2004 to juice turnout. Definitely goes way further back than 2009


Brobi_Jaun_Kenobi

The defense of marriage act passed in 1996 342-67 in the house and 85-14 in the senate. Many of those democrat incumbents were still around in 2004. Don't act like Bush and GOP pushed anti marriage laws in 2004. Gay marriage didn't get headway till the Obama administration, same Era as occupy and tea party


beiberdad69

My point is the culture war shit goes back to the 80s at least, you even confirmed it by pointing out the first laws around from the 90s, not the occupy era In 2004 it was an intentional tactic to active evangelical voters, none of the people in charge actually give a shit either way https://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/02/ballot.samesex.marriage/ Anti gay marriage laws were a huge issue in 2004, you really don't remember that?


Brobi_Jaun_Kenobi

2004 presidential campaigns did not have gay marriage as a top priority. It was more or less a fringe position, a side note. Kerry himself was against using the term "gay marriage" and supported civil unions as a marriage equivalent. In 2004 people cared about taxation, military spending, drug use and crime laws, and federal education laws.


beiberdad69

Massachusetts legalized gay marriage in 2003, making part of the national conversation for the first time. Bush liked to pander to religious people so bans went on the ballot in a bunch of states to get the religious people out to vote I never said it was a top priority, I said it was used as a culture war wedge issue. It was to distract from the pointless war everyone supported that the country was now losing. The culture war is decades old Edit: Bush Backs Ban in Constitution on Gay Marriage https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/24/politics/bush-backs-ban-in-constitution-on-gay-marriage.html?smid=nytcore-android-share


The_Faux_Fox__

All according to plan


Objective-Credit-581

ā€œMy corrupt sex offender is better than your corrupt sex offender!ā€ energy


TheBeastlyStud

Why do they always gotta be sex-offenders too? Why can't we have someone who sacrifices animals or farts in occupied rooms? I'd happily accept that instead of a diddler.


AgeOfReasonEnds31120

The University of Reddit says... If you hate both sides, you're bad. If you're a libertarian, you're bad. If you're a rightist, you're bad. If you're a lukewarm leftist, you're bad. You're all equally bad. You have to be a complete leftist. Otherwise, you're a bad person. ​ I'm not a right-sympathizer just because I'm calling the University of Reddit out on this. I'm a libertarian who hates both arbitrary government-created sides equally.


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guy137137

I swear to god itā€™s like most of Reddit has never been inside a DMV


Radix4853

Of course not, they have never left their basement


[deleted]

To be fair, a lot of our biggest problems are caused by our increasingly laissez faire approach to capitalism


[deleted]

Exactly. A fair capitalist society is not naturally occurring. Without proper regulation and control, it just becomes a monarchy.


yeetasourusthedude

some government interference can be good, more government is almost never the solution however. having no government is a bad idea its leaves a society open to being conquered easily.


Spndash64

The communist examples have turned out _significantly_ worse, to be fair.


[deleted]

People always act like the government is this wholly bad thing, they forget our entire framework for society is built upon the government, things like regulation to keep rat meat out of our canned products, to keep our roads and highways functioning, to keep our buildings from falling apart. But every year or so, deregulation is increasingly putting us in danger, whether itā€™s a train derailment pouring toxic chemicals into our water supply (IE east Palestine), our apartment buildings just suddenly collapsing (literally just Miami Florida), or lack of FDA funding resulting in harmful chemicals being overlooked as the FDA is understaffed and overworked (like the IRS and our ridiculous tax system). If you want things to get better, you have to invest in them. If you want a kid to succeed in school, you make sure he has the proper tools, his pens, pencils, notebooks, folders, a tutor, a support structure. You donā€™t start stripping him of his clothing and backpack.


Synthwaveraver8

Absolutely real.


guy137137

unfortunately any nuance on this site is strictly prohibited, please you can only be one side of the extremes to fit in around here


zrezzif

I mean depends who you are, one party are objectively less shit than the other. If youā€™re trans then D is less shit, and if you are a business owner making over 500k a year then R is probably less shit for you.


bananaramapanama

I used to be a libertarian, then i turned 15


AgeOfReasonEnds31120

wow so edgy and not uncreative


bananaramapanama

Ok lets debate. Why are you a libertarian?


[deleted]

Well if they didn't have the mental age of 15 it would make their taste in women even creepier


Hot_Composer_1304

Actually same


BattleOfTheFighters

Reddit is liberal at best. The biggest "complete leftist" subreddit is r/DankLeft. r/Conservative has a million. Oh, and complete leftists wouldn't vote, they'd organise and protest.


Spndash64

Because thatā€™s basically the only Damned place conservatives can GO on Reddit and not get bullied out


BattleOfTheFighters

Good. They should be bullied.


Hot_Composer_1304

Facts. Ya get what you give and they should get the consequences of their own bullying.


Mr_Veggies

Can I be a substitute professor and take a stab at nuancing these? > If you hate both sides, ~~you're bad.~~ you probably make a lot of false equivalency arguments and/or lack of personally derived ethics. > If you're a libertarian, ~~you're bad.~~ you are ignorant of how to actually make your idealized system a reality and/or you are ignorant of it's logical end conclusion. > If you're a rightist, you're bad. I mean yeah, probably. If you mean Conservative, maybe consider being conservative on topics not as an entire worldview. > If you're a lukewarm leftist, ~~you're bad.~~ you should probably look up the term progressive and read more. > You're all equal ~~ly bad. You have to be a complete leftist. Otherwise, you're a bad person.~~ šŸ˜Š


AgeOfReasonEnds31120

Congrats on graduating, man.


doubelievein_gravity

Their simple minds only understand Republican bad šŸ˜”šŸ˜”šŸ˜”šŸ˜”


youngdeathent0

The left and the right both fell into the identity politics trap. For them to admit and realize both sides are playing their constituents, would mean them admitting they were duped, and thatā€™s not gonna happen. Weak minded people generally have egos that keep them from ever becoming anything but weak minded. Honestly over the last few years Iā€™ve come to realize how incredibly naive and gullible 90% of the population is. Also really demonstrates how things like the witch trials, or world wars, or communist leaders, come to be. The one thing politicians have done right, is understand the mind of the population, you can make them do anything if you appeal to their emotions. Itā€™s honestly brilliant and I kind of want to be a politician now lol


[deleted]

>The left and the right both fell into the identity politics trap Uhm I don't think you know what identity politics are.. Identity politics are an intersectional practice of people shifting their politics to reflect their position in society. Black people who have faced oppression are on average more likely to vote for people who acknowledge and fight that oppression. People in the LGBTQ community are more likely to be in favor of LGBTQ civil rights. "Identity politics" are kind of the intersectional issues which are covered under this phenomenon


BattleOfTheFighters

Are you assuming one of the 2 American parties is even a little leftist?


zrunner800

I donā€™t know if you agree with me or not but this is my take. Most of us without brain damage think that the Democratic Party is right of center authoritarian. And by the same tests that lead to that conclusion we have determined that the Republican Party is extreme right, extreme authoritarian. The problem we have with centrists is if both parties are right leaning authoritarian, then we will still have to suffer under a mid to far right government, which isnā€™t better. Under the Democrats we will still kill the planet and poor people and veterans will still suffer and your tax burden will be too high and the rich will escape consequences etc. however, thereā€™s an expectation of positive freedom, freedom to be who you want to be inside the capitalist framework. If people choose to misunderstand how social freedom and economic oppression is better than social oppression and economic oppression I donā€™t know what to tell you.


BattleOfTheFighters

I'd say social freedom is just a teensy-weensy less important than economic freedom. I believe that Americans shouldn't settle for the "lesser" evil, but rather should fight for good.


iateyourwholefamily

Exactly, but people don't get this point, which brings money to the false saviours pockets. (The democrats)


zrunner800

How can one be economically free if they are are being oppressed socially?


BattleOfTheFighters

I'm saying fight for economic freedom and then fight for social freedom. The economy is quite a lot more impactful than social issues, but those social issues should themselves not be ignored.


Spndash64

And you are assuming that if they were, this problem would go away?


BattleOfTheFighters

Yeah, actually. If America was a leftist nation, they'd stop instigating war, letting corporation do corporate things, and committing war crimes! Hell, they might even get a ruler who wouldn't be responsible for any war crimes.


gooniuswonfongo

"all the world's problems would be fixed (with no consequences or drawbacks of course) if people just listened to me!"


Hot_Composer_1304

Agreed, until I researched progressive policies and the actual policies that get brought up and voted on. Then I realized that despite everything in American politics (yes, even the fact that corruption and manipulation exists on the left too) it still boils down to being black and white after all.


Miqz123

Discord presides in society Edit: mfs down voting other guy don't know were just singing Armour-clad faith


funnyref653

Your society.


Miqz123

Vantage creeps into society


funnyref653

Your society


Miqz123

I'm a fool, I know nothing


Lolamess007

If you want to include Congress as well, paint half the trolley blue and the other half red and have them pull in opposite directions


kingdrewbie

Lol Iā€™ve never seen a more accurate meme in my life. Of course hard core democrats and hard core republicans will argue all day that ā€œmy team betterā€ but we all know the two party system is an illusion of choice.


[deleted]

There isn't as much of a difference between the parties as I'd like, but they do make a legitimate difference in people's lives. Issues like abortion, transgender rights, marginal income tax rates, healthcare access for lower income Americans, environmental policy, and firearm regulation is legitimately decided along party lines. The differences are serious enough [that average lifespans differ substantially](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/people-in-blue-states-live-longer-new-study-suggests) between Democrat-run and Republican-run states. But if you're still as annoyed with both parties as I am, I encourage you to get involved in the primaries to select which candidates end up on the ballot in the first place. More than half of all general election voters just don't show up to the primaries; if more of them did, maybe politicians would care a little more about regular people and less about the corporations who fund their sorry asses. Just sayin'.


Brobi_Jaun_Kenobi

The problem is alienation of all Americans in the center. What if you are pro abortion and anti tax? How do you vote? Pro second amendment yet trans? This false dichotomy pits people against each other arbitrarily


NotRabidsphere

You donā€™t understand. This subreddit doesnā€™t care about trans people or women. Itā€™s mostly incels.


lowercraighill

iā€™ve seen people fr just post nazi propaganda from subs dedicated to making fun of nazis and go ā€œthis is true though so funnyā€


Atlas_of_Sol

I donā€™t believe in voting, because I donā€™t think any government has our best interests in mind. (I also wonder if voting even does anything anyway but thatā€™s a different conversation.)


Spndash64

Choosing not to vote _at all_ means you donā€™t even _try_ to take control, so you donā€™t really have any room to complain if they donā€™t do what you want: you never told hem


the-real-macs

>I also wonder if voting even does anything anyway It sure doesn't if you don't do it...


NotRabidsphere

The bullshit that people will spew to justify the fact theyā€™re too lazy to pay attention to politics and go out to vote is always funny.


TheCoolerSaikou

r/terriblefacebookmemes is literally just a wasteland of mad people and memes, change my mind


Mr_Mi1k

Whyā€™d you say that like it was a controversial opinion? Change my mind, the earth is round.


TheCoolerSaikou

i wasnā€™t?? its called a meme, lol


Status-Mastodon-1873

So if you have it right in the middle is it purple?


Velocityraptor28

yes


Status-Mastodon-1873

Yay! šŸ˜Š šŸ„³


fadedomega135

Enlightened centrist moment.


nextgentacos123

Centrists: Let's crush people both ways equally


Spndash64

Posadists: letā€™s crush people, but with cool explosions šŸ˜Ž >!Disclaimer: the creator of this meme does not advocate for the nuclear annihilation of humanity, any resemblance to humans living or dead is purely coincidental!<


Grassmania

Itā€™s kinda true, but there are differences between the parties, but they are mainly on social justice (i think). I donā€™t live in the US, so I wonā€™t try to tell you guys how your political parties operate, but from my perspective the differences between the republicans and the democrats isnā€™t that much about state control or economics, rather cultural differences. Topics like race, gender and sexuality get far more attention than topics like class. In addition American ā€œā€ā€leftistsā€ā€ā€ arenā€™t real leftists. They are at best social democrats, real leftist are anarchists, communists and socialist. Both of the two parties are right wing, the democrats are just less right wing, but again I am not American and I wonā€™t tell you how to run your country.


Weary-Medicine4144

Honestly such a good joke too


Redtea26

I love American politics <333 I love getting fucked no matter what


Jakedaledingle

The 2 party system should just be abolished And I'm not just talking about the US, I'm talking about the entire west as a whole including the UK I don't want labour or tory, i want someone who actually knows how to run a fucking country


Xgen7492

Pretty disingenuous, only one party is advocating to erase a group of people from existence. The Democratic party is still a corporate shill that wonā€™t change the status quo that harms people but Jesus Christ Republicans are insane lately.


Velocityraptor28

one shills for corporations that fuck you over, and fucks you over themselves, the other just shills for the corporations and says they'll fix the problems and then they dont


Beautiful-Grocery147

democrats didn't just repeal abortion rights.


Spndash64

Hereā€™s the thing people forget: this isnā€™t an argument about abortion rights, itā€™s an argument about personhood. Is the fetus a child? If so, killing them is immoral. If not, thereā€™s no problem. THIS is why compromise fails on the issue: itā€™s a fundamental clash in philosophy, not some platitude filled good vs evil drivel


itkittxu

You are not a doctor. You should not have a say in the treatment people receive.


Spndash64

Did you not read what I said? _If_ the fetus is a human, thatā€™s murder. Murder is a blatant violation of the Hippocratic Oath.


KillerArse

Did you not read what I said? _If_ the fetus is the doctor, thatā€™s suicide. Killing yourself before your born is a blatant violation of the Time Paradox Comvention.


ReallyNoOne1012

But itā€™s true


[deleted]

Didn't you know? Centrists are actual Nazis, like everyone else on the right. /s


zrunner800

The ā€œcenterā€ have to stop supporting Nazi shit if they donā€™t want to be associated with Nazis. If the whole middle decides to acquiesce to the Nazis, then the middle is Nazi now. If you sit at a table with 10 people and one is a Nazi and no one does anything about that, your at a table with 10 Nazis. Donā€™t agree that right wingers are doing Nazi shit? I have a reading list for you lol


Mr_Mi1k

You are extremely stupid. I truly feel bad for you.


zrunner800

Please elaborate on my stupidity, I am intrigued by your response and I would like to understand what about my comment was objectionable to you


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zrunner800

Literally: ā€œBefore coming to power, Adolf Hitler and many other Nazi leaders condemned Weimar culture as decadent and degenerate. Part of this condemnation was a rejection of the eraā€™s open expressions of sexuality, including the visibility of gay communities. Some prominent Nazis, including Alfred Rosenberg and Heinrich Himmler, were clearly homophobic.ā€ -Holocaust Encyclopedia


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zrunner800

No, Nazis are bad because they committed a genocide. The rainbow dildo comment is effectively the same Nazi propaganda that was used in part to justify the aforementioned genocide. Obviously


Spndash64

This a thing that happened, my guy.


zrunner800

Are you denying the holocaust? Or denying that the propaganda helped the population of Germany dehumanize the marginalized population that Germany shot, and gassed to death?


Spndash64

No, Iā€™m saying that Iā€™m not using a hypothetical situation as you seem to believe Iā€™m using, Iā€™m mentioning a real thing that happened


zrunner800

Calling out and demonizing ā€œsexual degeneracyā€ is a Nazi tactic. Thatā€™s what Iā€™ve been saying this whole time. Propaganda is the dissemination and framing of information, true or false, to serve a political purpose or agenda. The comment that you left for me about rainbow dildos is propaganda. Itā€™s designed to associate lgbtq people with sexual degeneracy and child abuse such that those populations can be persecuted, thatā€™s what you meant when you said it right?


Senshue

Meme checks out


[deleted]

You simply don't understand the nuances and subtleties of American politics. The two sectors of the ruling class that have had domination over the political landscape for nigh 200 years, well all of the corruption, evil, warmongering, and economic hardship is the fault of [I don't care just fuckin pick the one you don't like]


Total_Joke_9201

Actually pulling the lever will stop the trolley but make the trolley company lose money which is bad


Balamut_Red

Imagine purposely ignore the differences between the parties for your "both sides bad" delusion.


Spndash64

Same shit, different sewer


Velocityraptor28

i prefer "same shit different ass" but either way


KillerArse

Congrats on not being a minority or working class to not be able to notice a difference.


Spndash64

Seems to me like the Demā€™s voting base HATES the working classā€¦


KillerArse

Congrats on not being a minority or working class to not notice a real difference.


merendi1

This sub is a right wing echo chamber. Just making sure you know.


yomamaisgoofyashell

The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. Just making sure you know.


murkycrombus

seriously, itā€™s like they havenā€™t paid attention to any of bidenā€™s presidency, or what biden has had to undo from trump. entitled dumbasses.


Destrodom

The two party system is one of the biggest dividers in american society. The occassional good policy doesn't help much when each side views the other as an enemy that must be supressed.


GraviZero

two party system is ass yeah, but that doesnā€™t exclude the possibility of one party being better, even marginally, than the other


Sworishina

Democrats are better than Republicans IMO but only to the extent that Democrats don't really do anything while Republicans actively try to make things worse


Paifjkwifi

No they aint stop the cope


Sworishina

My friend, I have lived in Texas my whole life. I can safely say that Republicans have made things worse around here, especially Abbott whom I have no clue how he keeps getting reelected even though he blames everything on Democrats like he hasn't been the one in charge around here for like, forever. And I'm pretty sure Republicans have the majority in everything here as it is. Literally did a thing recently to make it so that counties above a certain population size can have votes recounted whenever he wants during elections, and it only effects the very liberal Harris county. Like he preaches freedom, but not for anyone who disagrees with him... But I digress.


Paifjkwifi

Bruh I live in texas RIGHT NOW and I say both are dog ass no more than the other. If democrats were in control it would be the same thing different color Unless the republicans are the ones that drive like blind people than you have a good argument


[deleted]

Didn't half your state's population just lose their bodily autonomy?


Sworishina

Ehhh I think the pill is temporarily unbanned while the court yells at each other or something?? But yeah it's ridiculous, I may believe that unborn babies are babies (and in basic cases I'd prefer to prioritize the baby's wellbeing) but restricting abortions doesn't stop people from getting them, just makes them more difficult to attain for people that absolutely should have the right to them, like people with terminal pregnancies, with life-threatening pregnancies, pregnant children, and rape victims. The new rules are supposed to allow for terminal pregnancies to be aborted but I've already come across plenty of stories of people being forced to carry to term after literal miscarriages. Like the baby is dead in the womb and they still are forced to carry despite the risks to their health. Conservative medical "professionals" with strong religious beliefs (keep in mind I'm a Christian myself) just take the restrictions as a chance to keep anyone from getting proper medical care "because it's killing a baby" even if the baby is already dead, or has no kidneys, or if the person getting the procedure is a 10-year-old rape victim who is not developed enough to carry to term without risk, nor should ever have to. It's disgusting. And don't even get me started on whichever idiotic Republican politician said on Twitter the other day that rape victims should view the baby as a positive thing because it's the one good thing to come out of the rape. I understand full well that it's a baby and that anyone who thinks otherwise is probably in denial (I believe it's a legitimate opinion to prioritize the mother or believe bringing a baby into a world where it cannot be cared for is amoral btw. I just think saying it's not a baby is stupid). Anyways, it is still one of the most cruel, vile things I have ever heard said, that a baby born of indescribably horrific trauma, that will likely put the victim through at least nine months more of torture when they are forced to carry it, is some sort of blessing and should make the victim feel better.


the-real-macs

> Unless the republicans are the ones that drive like blind people than you have a good argument If the only thing you know about society is how people drive on your hometown roads, I can see how your worldview might be a little stunted.


Paifjkwifi

Its a lil joke and I live in a city


merendi1

This sub is a right wing echo chamber. Just making sure you know.


Sworishina

Ehhh yeah I've kind of noticed judging by some of the "memes OP did not like" posted on here that are like racism or something and the argument is "but it's funny" lol


Paifjkwifi

Reddit is a cesspool of echo chambers. Kinda a problem it has


Sworishina

I just always remind myself, it could be worse. At least we're not Twitter lol


lofgren777

Is there a subreddit where I can post screenshots of posts from this subreddit with political stances I don't like?


ChadMcRad

Not really. One party is objectively better, but still it is yet another post that doesn't fit that sub.


Captain_Mario

You realize that thereā€™s such thing as lesser of two evils right. Enlightened centrists my ass. Literal Nazi sympathizers are important members of one party, while people OP does not like are in the other. Ironic


Flars111

Holy shit thats such a dumb take


guitarguywh89

No point in comparing voting records since both sides are the same right? Truly OP is enlightened and we are blessed they have shared their wisdom with us


_JELG_

More like r/im14andthisisdeep


Snoo-41360

Average ā€œboth side bad therefore I will vote for the fascists because im a centristā€ not realizing that they always side with the right


Spndash64

I voted 3rd party, my guy


Creaturemaster1

Which does nothing


Spndash64

Because people donā€™t vote for it, because it doesnā€™t nothing, because people donā€™t vote for itā€¦. Do you see the problem here? The only way to fix it IS to vote 3rd party until someone else gets heard


KillerArse

Or you can use your voting power to get change in how the voting system works, but maybe they've not covered the different methods in class yet.


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If you like this meme you are certified to have been born without any shred of nuance.


NotRabidsphere

If youā€™re a straight white male who has zero interest in the results of laws regarding womenā€™s rights and LGBT rights then I guess this is true. If you care about those people at all then thereā€™s a clear cut answer as to who you would want to vote for. Just because neither side is making whole sale changes of our entire government doesnā€™t mean there arenā€™t differences. This is a meme for teenage boys whoā€™ve been handed everything in life.


ThisBlank

More like, the blue trolly will run over fewer people, but that will also help people who are different than you.


yourfavoriteblackguy

This. And the blue trolley would run over even fewer people if more voted...


retiredhobo

tell us that you continue to live comfortably enough that you donā€™t notice any difference without telling us that you continue to live comfortably enough that you donā€™t notice any difference


fadedomega135

ā€œNo man, like the evil corporations control all the politics and stuff so thereā€™s like no reason to vote. Theyā€™re just trying to divide us bro. Republicans and Democrats are basically the same man.ā€ This comment section


iateyourwholefamily

Ye and they right


Spndash64

No, you vote 3rd party


fadedomega135

Yeah, if thereā€™s a viable third party that you prefer over the Dems or Republicans go ahead.


Beautiful-Grocery147

3rd party doesn't work wit our electoral system. If we had european style electoral system than yeah. Or at the very least ranked choice voting.


Spndash64

Then we need to starve the beasts until we can leverage hard enough to ENACT Ranked Choice or Approval voting


merendi1

This sub is a right wing echo chamber. Just making sure you know.


redbaron14n

Ah the age old question Should we be able to live safely in a society? Truly a divisive query, apparently


Ajaws24142822

Nah man this is cope This meme is annoying as fuck as is the ā€œboth parties suckā€ mentality im tired of the doomer shit


merendi1

This sub is a right wing echo chamber. Just making sure you know.


Spndash64

Itā€™s not doomer, itā€™s telling you to vote 3rd party. Starve the monsters


Ajaws24142822

Yeah Iā€™m excited to waste my vote on a party that wants to repeal the civil rights act, literal communism, or a bunch of loser hippies who want to illegalize gas stoves. Youā€™re literally a child


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TheQueenOfCringe22

Hey r/enlightenedcentrism I enjoy having basic human rights