Some people will be miserable no matter who is running

  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    Any good faith criticism of the Dem candidate should be obvious in its criticisms that R policies are inherently worse. For example, Harris’ record as DA is worth criticizing, but any bad decisions related to imprisoning people are going to be a million times worse under Trump, as Project 2025 shows.

    • ᗪᗩᗰᑎ@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      Any good faith criticism of the Dem candidate should be obvious in its criticisms that R policies are inherently worse.

      Your argument would be great if we didn’t live in the reality presented below. There are too many people sitting on the fence who legitimately cannot discern between a mediocre candidate and a career conman, criminal rapist. Where you see nuance, others see “she’s no better than Trump”.

      Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20240721200927/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/elections/polls-president.html

      I like Harris as much as I like Biden, which is not at all, but the alternative is the very real possibility of the end of America.

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        3 months ago

        For my money those charts will look very different after the next debate.

        There’s also not a combination of words that’s going to convince me leftists criticizing Dems are going to kill America. Even if Trump gets elected, you are missing every potential lesson if what you take away is “leftists too mean.”

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      3 months ago

      Exactly this. On this platform and elsewhere, there is a lot of well-meaning criticism but there are many agents of chaos or narrative pushers that disguise themselves as genuine criticism. I try to interact genuinely and give an opportunity to demonstrate that they are looking for a constructive path forward for the party.