LeftCoast

18+ ben , 8 days ago to random

listening to pod save is a fascinating view into the utter cluelessness of the democratic party

the most recent ep on young voters has some real gems:

"it's not that our policies are bad, we just need to communicate them better. after all biden is the most progressive president ever" (said unironically)

"kids are definitely motivated by gaza, but biden and kamala called for a ceasefire" (does not mention anything else)

18+ LeftCoast , 8 days ago

@ben It sounds like the DNC instance on the Fedi. Just regurgitate the party line and the youths will believe it!

futurebird , 1 month ago to random

Was there any story, or example that started this Trump line that he keeps repeating about people from "prisons and mental institutions" "flooding the country" ?

I mean he has a point, there are so many they are even former presidents...

But seriously... was there anything that started it or is it just totally made up without even a single distorted example?

LeftCoast , 1 month ago

@futurebird My theory is that older people remember the Mariel boatlift in the 80s and the rumors about Castro emptying his prisons and asylums. It worked then, so...

LeftCoast , 1 month ago

@futurebird I'm old enough to remember OMG, I just got carded tonight buying beer!

CalNativeLandscape , 4 months ago to palestine group

The problem with Biden is not that he is old or that he is all of a sudden suffering from dementia. Although that may be true, it is not the main reason why he is supporting genocide. He as always been unconditionally pro Israel. He has always been for America's aggressions in SW Asia. He has always been racist. He was against school integration. He voted for cutting social security. He's deported more people than his predecessor. Why do people continue to see something that's not there in the man? Blaming age or Israeli leaders for what the US establishment has full control over. Wishful thinking I guess.

@palestine

LeftCoast , 4 months ago

@littleEva @classy_aardvark @palestine @CalNativeLandscape Captain of the debate team? 🤣

18+ LeftCoast , 5 months ago to palestine group

If the candidate actively engaging in genocide is the lesser of two evils, I got some news for you: What you think you're voting to save, this so-called "American democracy", is already dead. Not threatened, DEAD.
I can't vote for genocide. That's not taking the moral high-ground, it's the cover for entering Club Civilization.

#gaza @palestine

18+ LeftCoast OP , 5 months ago

What motivates many of the Biden buffoons is that the the genocidal candidate is far less likely to oppress people with their particular set of privileges.
How do you sleep?
@palestine #gaza

Cloudscout , 5 months ago to random

Our new foster dog had a bad day. You see, she spent her entire four years of life in a cage, making puppies for some greedy assholes in Missouri. She's free now but is still afraid of humans. She's also very uncomfortable because they didn't bother grooming her regularly. All that thick, matted fur not only hurts but it means that poop gets stuck in difficult places when she has accidents like today. I'm afraid I didn't help her opinion of humans when I gave her a bath this afternoon. Luckily, she will get a proper, professional grooming tomorrow.

Commercial breeders belong in prison.

#dogs #RescueDogs #DogsOfMastodon

LeftCoast , 5 months ago

@Cloudscout You're a good person.