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minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month ago Well, yes, although that sounds like asking people to safely dispose of their lit cigarette butts when the forest fire is raging. We need firefighters. We didn’t have the option to elect any.
minus-squarewatty@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoSo we allowed the arsonist to get the position when we could have had someone who was at worst ineffective.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago So we allowed the arsonist to get the position Yes, centrists absolutely did. You had the chance to protect democracy, but the filibuster was more important. So now instead of introspection, you blame the progressives you hate even more than the idea of living Palestinians.
minus-squarewatty@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYou’re making a lot of assumptions here. I don’t even know what you think you are arguing against.
We need firefighters. We didn’t have the option to elect any.
So we allowed the arsonist to get the position when we could have had someone who was at worst ineffective.
Yes, centrists absolutely did. You had the chance to protect democracy, but the filibuster was more important. So now instead of introspection, you blame the progressives you hate even more than the idea of living Palestinians.
You’re making a lot of assumptions here. I don’t even know what you think you are arguing against.