I was too young to do shit until 2016. Couldn't join the army cause of a surgery to fix my scoliosis. Nowhere near charismatic enough to be a politician. I did all I could by telling people close to me the horrors of shit happening in our government. I told everyone who would listen about PRISM, the PATRIOT act, the 2010 NDAA's indefinite detention provision. I did every damn thing I could to keep those close to me informed, then voted in every election since I became eligible to vote. I've written my house representative numerous times, but haven't bothered with my senators since I'm stuck in NY, and they value the city significantly more than me. Only thing more I can do is get involved with my local town hall, but I work nights and the monthly meetings overlap with my shift. What the fuck have you done?
Lot of good that'll do when they've proven they will resort to anything to keep us out.
Not gonna make any difference for me here in NY. It's not even like I can counter protest since Dutchess county is pretty based. I mean Ican try to run myself and try to oust Marc Molinaro, but I dont really have much issue with the guy. He has issues with Trump which is a definite negative, but considering he was prepping for a 2018 run for governor, and likely wants to run again in 2022, I can understand why he chose the positions he did. You don't stand a snowballs chance in hell of being governor of NY if the city thinks you're on team Uber Mega Hitler. Literally the only thing of substance I can and have done is try to oppose the newly created Diversity and Inclusion office.
Not gonna lie I'm feeling pretty damn blackpilled. I really don't see anything changing unless there's violence, and let's be honest, no one here is going to do shit. We've all got stuff we're unwilling to lose, unlike the loser commies larping as revolutionaries.
Called Romney Obama Lite since I first learned his name back in 2012. He has done absolutely nothing to prove me wrong since.
It's hard because I know that with the leftist lunatics at the wheel, all may as well be lost, but fuck is this shitshow making me angry. Like, I see shit like this and I wonder why the fuck we shouldn't burn the Republican Party to the ground and start new. Just tell them all to fuck off and rebuild without the rot. Split the vote for all foreseeable elections just to ensure these traitorous fucks never see a modicum of power again.
Alright pedes, place your bets. Simple glitch, seized servers, or a dry run of a total media blackout
Oh I knew he'd be popular with the general public, it was foreign diplomacy I was concerned about. I thought his approach wouldn't play with world leaders. Don't get me wrong, I knew the guy could make a deal, but a lot of these career politician types that make it into leadership positions are so far up their own asses about decorum I thought it might cause issues. I was clearly wrong about that, but back in 2016 that was my main concern with him.
As for the Libertarian thing I knew NY was going Hillary so I voted Johnson to try to increase the viability of a third party. Up the total percentage of the vote to hopefully get them a seat at the debates next time and all that.
Let me guess, a fellow New Yorker? Did literally the same thing in 2016, though I admittedly wasn't super enthusiastic about Trump then either. I figured his abrasive personality wouldn't lend itself to winning hearts and minds as Diplomat in Chief, but he's proved me wrong on that front numerous times over these last 4 years.
Can't speak for others, but I know an election wont solve this problem. I just hope their reaction to the results, whatever direction it may fall, will cross a line and prompt regular people to start shutting out this ideology on the local level. Just regular Americans standing up and telling the woke people in their lives to go fuck themselves when they start spouting this bullshit. Basically I know this election isn't a cure for the mindvirus we're seeing, but I hope it's a vaccine that innoculates the uninfected.
Reminds me of a saying my friend had, "Do no harm, but take no shit." It means dont go around picking fights, but respond proportionally to those who pick fights with you.
I'm gonna be real, dude doesnt seem like a bad guy. The read I get going back through his twitter feed is he's a regular dude who wasnt paying much attention and hadnt come across the riots yet. This is an excellent opportunity to open his eyes, and mocking seems counterproductive to that end.
I'm pretty sure he only keeps saying that to reach a wider audience. So many people will write off your opinions if you're an out and out Trump supporter, but will listen to your arguements if you routinely complain about Trump's superficial flaws. I get the feeling he knows that and is maintaining the "milquetoast fence-sitter" schtick to get people on the left to listen. Kind of a back door to get around all the Orange Man Bad programming.
So, this dude has issues with his ex and writes a blog post about it. He complains that she cheated on him with five different guys over the course of the relationship. Someone reads the post and realizes one of the people on that list is a game journo who wrote a puff piece about the ex's game. Some people get angry at the journo for not disclosing their relationship with the creator. Journos from all over the industry start claiming this whole thing is a harassment campaign because gamers cant stand to see a woman succeed in tech. People dig and start finding connections between the games journo industry and the indie games clique. All of the sudden every games publication puts out near identical opinion pieces with the same sentiment, "Gamers are dead, gamers don't have to be your audience." At this point many realize the games industry is rotten to the core and dig further. A group chat called GamesJournoPros is found revealing journos at all the publications talk about how to spin the narrative about any given topic. People get pissed and the journos double down on the "Hate Campaign" narrative. The mainstream media picks up the topic, probably tipped off by someone in the industry, and keeps running the narrative. "Poor women are being harassed because they dare to be women in the games industry," becomes the only approved talking point and saying otherwise gets you unpersoned. Many of us walk away from the whole thing with our eyes opened to all this crazy bullshit. We just wanted to play video games, man.
That's exactly what Chiang Kai-Shek thought would happen, but those pinko bastards led by Mao just put forward token efforts to fight Japan and took out the weakened Chinese army in the aftermath. Dont underestimate commies, they're craftier than you're giving them credit for.