The first time I can remember feeling old was when I was walking home behind a couple of kids and one said to the other in a cautionary tone that there was a “big ol’ guy” (or words to that effect) behind them. I guess I seemed menacing in some way? I was in my early twenties, which means those kids are older now than I was then.
Not a debate, a fact. A millennium is 1,000 years. 1,000 years was completed at the end of the year 1000. The second 1,000 years was completed at the end of the year 2000.
It seems pretty clear to me that this is a parody of conservative memes. I suppose many of the downvotes are from people who take it literally or who aren’t sure.
I don’t know why, but it seems many in this community default to downvoting what they don’t understand instead of ignoring. This isn’t even just for political memes, same thing happened when I posted a bad apple joke.
We had a Democratic nomination process and the voters have spoken clearly and decisively. I received over 14 million votes, 87% of the votes cast across the entire nominating process. I have nearly 3,900 delegates, making me the presumptive nominee of our party by a wide margin. This was a process open to anyone who wanted to run. Only three people chose to challenge me. One fared no badly that he left the primaries to run as an independent. Another attacked me for being too old and was soundly defeated. The voters of the Democratic Party have voted. They have chosen me to be the nominee of the party.
Do we now just say this process didn't matter? That the voters don't have a say? I decline to do that. I feel a deep obligation to the faith and the trust the voters of the Democratic Party have placed in me to run this year. It was their decision to make. Not the press, not the pundits, not the big donors, not any selected group of individuals, no matter how well intentioned. The voters — and the voters alone — decide the nominee of the Democratic Party. How can we stand for democracy in our nation if we ignore it in our own party? I cannot do that. I will not do that.
Of course you can downvote. Community rules are about whether a post or user will be removed. If you think OP’s post is so bad try to get it downvoted like you are
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