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solarbirdAnother piece from Twitter, written after someone who should damned well know better disappointed me deeply, and was unfollowed.
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I really am at the point where exactly one (1) “democrats are no better than republicans” tweet triggers an unfollow.
If your leftism is so deeply unserious that your take is “letting actual fascists into power is better than the democrats” then I just have no time for you.
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For that matter, if your take on the democrats is that they’re all the same too then your political understanding is so deeply unserious that similarly, I have no time for you.
Even I acknowledge the difference between a Mitt Romney and a Marjorie Greene and that this matters.
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If your demand is that everything be fixed immediately, I understand that.
If your _expectation_ is that everything be fixed immediately, and your response when it isn’t is “we may as well have voted in fascists,” you’re an idiot, and the left has so. many. idiots.
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The other part that pisses me off is the assertion that everyone working to, you know, keep the actual fascists out of power by electing people from the party that actually accepts election outcomes somehow believe that magically everything will be okay now, and since it’s not…
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…then _we’re_ the problem and need to admit we were “wrong” and…
…should’ve let the fascists actually have hands on all the levers of power, apparently, since that is literally the only _actually possible_ outcome.
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I didn’t expect fucking rainbows and flowers out my ass from keeping fascists out of power.
I worked to get Democrats into power so that the party in power would be _easier to fight_, and not coincidentally, would not _actively be trying to kill me_ as I demand better from them.
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Exactly what part of this is “wrong” of me?
Exactly what part of this should I be apologising for?
EXACTLY FUCKING NONE, that’s what.
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Get a goddamn grip on yourselves, get _out_ of your fantasy world and work for what can actually be accomplished _now_.
Then take the win and fight for the _next_ win.
Victories breed victories. Noble losses breed more losses. Sometimes that’s needed, yes. But mostly, it’s not.
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I know. I know. Looking more than one step ahead, it’s soooo harrrd, why can’t everything be perfect now?
Because fuck you is why.
You want better? Great. We all do. So get a goddamn grip, get to work, and _stop_ going at all of us who already have been at it.
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And that’s why one (1) “they’re all the saaaaame” tweet is all it takes for me to drop you like a hot potato these days.
I just don’t have the patience for that kind of bullshit anymore.
I got no time for your whingey negging.
Not with fascists at the goddamn gate.
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I really am at the point where exactly one (1) “democrats are no better than republicans” tweet triggers an unfollow.
If your leftism is so deeply unserious that your take is “letting actual fascists into power is better than the democrats” then I just have no time for you.
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For that matter, if your take on the democrats is that they’re all the same too then your political understanding is so deeply unserious that similarly, I have no time for you.
Even I acknowledge the difference between a Mitt Romney and a Marjorie Greene and that this matters.
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If your demand is that everything be fixed immediately, I understand that.
If your _expectation_ is that everything be fixed immediately, and your response when it isn’t is “we may as well have voted in fascists,” you’re an idiot, and the left has so. many. idiots.
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The other part that pisses me off is the assertion that everyone working to, you know, keep the actual fascists out of power by electing people from the party that actually accepts election outcomes somehow believe that magically everything will be okay now, and since it’s not…
-----
…then _we’re_ the problem and need to admit we were “wrong” and…
…should’ve let the fascists actually have hands on all the levers of power, apparently, since that is literally the only _actually possible_ outcome.
-----
I didn’t expect fucking rainbows and flowers out my ass from keeping fascists out of power.
I worked to get Democrats into power so that the party in power would be _easier to fight_, and not coincidentally, would not _actively be trying to kill me_ as I demand better from them.
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Exactly what part of this is “wrong” of me?
Exactly what part of this should I be apologising for?
EXACTLY FUCKING NONE, that’s what.
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Get a goddamn grip on yourselves, get _out_ of your fantasy world and work for what can actually be accomplished _now_.
Then take the win and fight for the _next_ win.
Victories breed victories. Noble losses breed more losses. Sometimes that’s needed, yes. But mostly, it’s not.
-----
I know. I know. Looking more than one step ahead, it’s soooo harrrd, why can’t everything be perfect now?
Because fuck you is why.
You want better? Great. We all do. So get a goddamn grip, get to work, and _stop_ going at all of us who already have been at it.
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And that’s why one (1) “they’re all the saaaaame” tweet is all it takes for me to drop you like a hot potato these days.
I just don’t have the patience for that kind of bullshit anymore.
I got no time for your whingey negging.
Not with fascists at the goddamn gate.
