• Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Why regret it? Its literally what we should do. We aren’t gonna hug our way out of this one, and believe me I wish we always could.

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    3 months ago

    Governor Walz is grieving the loss of our state’s house speaker, Melissa Hortman, who was killed by someone influenced by violent extremist Republican rhetoric. As the polar opposite of the Republicans— who would never take a milligram of blame for Hortman’s death— Walz is introspective, looking for anything he might have been able to do differently to change this outcome, which is a common part of the grieving process.

    So I don’t blame him for not thinking clearly here, but the truth is that the sort of rhetorical attacks he was making on the Republicans is sorely needed. Calling them “weird” was clearly a winning strategy and the campaign consultants who got him to stop are at least somewhat responsible for the fact we now live in a fascist dictatorship.

    No one would ever mistake Walz’s rhetoric as an actual call to violence (even though Republicans would be certain to make that bad faith claim). We need to call out who these people are and what they’re doing in a direct, non-apologetic manner. I hope Walz comes around to understanding this and goes back to calling out the fascists.

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      3 months ago

      If Walz is even the slightest bit responsible for what happened, it’s because he wasn’t aggressive enough.

  • Gates9@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Donald Trump is an existential threat. What response is merited by an existential threat?

    Walz was never the guy for the occasion, but he mildly emulated it a few times.

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    3 months ago

    Even if the full list is released and there is high quantity photos and videos of trump doing the most disgusting shit you can imagine I’m sad to say that he will still have support. It is a cult, and they will continue to support dear leader no matter what. And they will be willing to harm others if told so by Donny.

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    3 months ago

    Walz is a zionist. If we ever want to win another election, No more zionists in the democratic party. We cant win an election in a supposedly left leaning party while supporting zionism. Beyond that its just wrong.