They don’t need the democrats to vote yes. So all the people who get mad at the Democrats for doing “virtue signaling” instead of “real things” will be unhappy. I also have to ask: what does that accomplish? What does it do?

Got another suggestion?

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Alright I’ll ask you the same question I ask every smart ass. Let’s see if you’re the first one to actually give a real answer.

What would you have them do?

I’m alive and not buried in 6 figure debt because of the ACA.

My brother has a legal husband because of democrats fighting for gay marriage at the state level.

My local area had many lead pipes replaced about 18mo ago that used to carry our water supply. Take a wild guess which admin made sure that happened.

I have a much longer list of complaints about the Democratic Party, but let’s start from a place of truth if we’re going to start critiquing them.

Amazing how y’all are so defeatist already. It’s truly remarkable. Why don’t we just go roll over and die eh? Skip all this nonsense.

No I know you weren’t, I was agreeing with you!

Honestly it’s as good a way as any

Seriously I’m so fucking tired of people calling things that aren’t their number one priority a distraction. We can be worried about several things at once. Millions of people have been impacted already by the efforts of musk and his fuckboi crew

Oh damn I didn’t realize how limited the $5 plan was. Fair enough

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kagi’s like $5/mo right? I get everyone has different ideas of what’s expensive, but if you really value it that does not seem like a very steep cost. Especially compared to your privacy/data. There’s nothing that cost $5/mo or more you could cut for this?

Yes. In an era of expert skepticism and distrust of institutions people turn to “relatable“ personalities for their information. That is a big part of how Trump became president. There are plenty of studies showingthat people get most of their information from social media, whether it’s accountable news outlets or just some jabroni with a TikTok following

Dude just take a beat for real

I was a mod for a 2mill person sub with an account made in 2009 when I left 2 summers ago 😅

Not trying to one up you, honestly I get what you mean. It sounds silly but it does feel like you kind of have this energy and emotion invested in it that’s hard to give up. I’m glad you’re here now!

Unsolicited advice: Try not to fall into the trap of comparing everything to Reddit. Most of the things here are better, some things (few) are worse. You just need to find good communities.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions! People are very happy to explain how things work around here in my experience. What’s critical is finding an instance that you like and blocking communities/instances that you don’t. If you browse /all you’ll get what you expect a lot of the time lol

Beehaw and blahaj are pretty great (not everyone agrees with me on blahaj)

I don’t have cable/watch talk shows. I don’t see LITERALLY everything. I legitimately did not see this and many others probably did not either. We all have blindspots, I’m sure you missed even bigger news events. Calm down.

Honestly? I think a lot of us has no idea Biden even did this (I sure didn’t and I’m terminally online/read way too much news). Clearly it wasn’t very good advertising lol

But yes I agree, no one should do this

Should’ve left the shit hole before it booted you, but at least you made it here!

Kagi or some other search engine has a “search the fediverse” option now I think. Pretty sure I saw a post a few days ago

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Get over it

Are they known for this? News to me. Where are you getting this notion? Again you said “most,” which is a pretty extraordinary claim.

Blahaj is also one of the most welcoming, warm communities I’ve ever seen. If you get banned from there you deserve it IME. They are a major space for LGBT Americans in particular. They don’t suffer bigotry 🤷‍♂️