circuscritic

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[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It is the entire national Democratic party and their gigantic horde of consultants.

People here don't seem to understand that Trump winning to them, is a preferable outcome to someone like Bernie Sanders ever holding power.

I'm not saying they want Trump in office, I'm saying that Trump in office means they retain their jobs and influence. Both of which are predicated upon keeping their voters trained on the idea that campaigns are only about marketing, and politics is about anything other than how it can directly improve their material conditions.

Imagine a Democratic politician broke through the existing power structures and enacted something like Medicare for All. That is is the biggest threat to their power: an actual FDR Democrat. Someone who takes money and power from the donor class, and uses it to directly improve the material conditions for the rest of us.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I was with you until the end.

If you're going to satirize Biden, you have to do more than just pull direct quotes from him.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Yes, let's blame the voters for losing the election....

Not the Democratic party or their candidate, because clearly only voters can fail them, they can't fail us.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Do you find yourself looking for opinions on him often?

Because I bet you sought them out, you would find that comment to be extremely mild criticism by comparison.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago (4 children)

His only two good roles were in Avenue 5 and the episode he did for Party Down.

And by good roles I mean, they both feel like he's playing an exaggerated version of himself: whiney, self-important, and delusional.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 27 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

STOP. POSTING. NEWSWEEK.

It is trash and has been for sometime.

Go find this story being run In a credible outlet, and repost.

Oh, and last I saw, pretty much all credible pollsters had this election at a resounding, "heads or tails, pick one".

Go vote.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 26 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"Thanks for calling the FBI, how may I direct your call?"

"I like to discuss what actually constitutes child pornography and how to rectify the laws that are causing my beautiful sensual artwork to be unfairly maligned on the internet."

"I couldn't agree more. What's your home address, we'd love to hear your complaint in person"

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

There wouldn't be any press....

No lawyer would take the case. Hell, a lawyer might even get sanctioned for even attempting to file it.

This isn't like an uphill legal battle where there's a process that can draw attention. It's a non-starter.

Pretend you file a lawsuit by filling out a form online, but whenever you try and submit this lawsuit, it goes to 404 not found. You're suggesting they spend thousands of dollars, for a 404 error.

However, suing the hospital, is a very long and drawn out legal process.... So if your goal is to bring attention to the issue, well there you have it.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

You are aware that legislatures cannot be held directly criminally responsible for the laws they pass, right?

I'm not disputing that their actions killed their daughter, I'm trying to explain to you that they cannot be held legally responsible in the manor you're suggesting.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

What are you talking about?

Are you saying that instead of suing the hospital, she should start up a PAC to go after hundreds of Texas state politicians...?

Because if you meant sue them for wrongful death, they are exempt. So even if they are more directly culpable in their daughter's death, she cannot bring direct legal action against them for that.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

As risky and escalatory as it is, I can at least understand using freight airplanes to deliver incendiary packages to shipping warehouses.

I'm not saying I think it's good, but I can at least piece together the rationale for such actions from Russia.

The same cannot be said for blowing up civilian airliners.

Just from a realpolitik perspective, domestic support for military aid to Ukraine is broadly down across the voting populace in most, if not all, of Ukraine's biggest ($$$$) partners. Eventually that will likely result in the election of candidates who reflect that view.

Want to know the fastest way to not just immediately reverse that, but have 75%+ of the voting populace support radically escalating Western involvement? Blow up one of their civilian airliners.

Shit, blow up a French airliner and I'd say it would be coin flip whether they deploy active duty military ready for combat operations, in theatre, within a month.

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