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antonim ,

At this point I doubt tankies should be much of a concern. What are they, 1-2% of the potential Dem voter base? I’d sooner worry about the indecisive ones who have seen the performances in the debate.

PapaStevesy ,

They’re just very loud on this site.

disguy_ovahea ,

They’re loud on every site. Their goal is to normalize disenfranchisement. They’re either knowingly or unknowingly doing the job for Republicans.

Zipitydew ,

They’re especially loud here because Lemmy’s developers are tankies. Some are even supposedly former Chapo Trap House peeps that got kicked off reddit. It’s the most annoying part of this place trying to be a reddit replacement. But it’s getting better with users calling them out.

IrateAnteater ,

Exactly. More specifically, I’m not afraid of how people vote, I’m afraid of people choosing not to.

rwhitisissle ,

What are they, 1-2% of the potential Dem voter base?

Add a .000 in front of those numbers and you might be right. If those numbers were accurate you would expect somewhere between, what…1 and 2 million tankies in the US alone?

jaybone ,

We need all the votes we can get.

Aqarius ,

No, see, that would mean there are people out there who disagree with me who aren’t either tankies or maga, and that impossible because that would mean… that would… oh no…

bender223 ,

Yeah, some ppl don’t get that you don’t have to like Biden, to vote against trump. 🤷‍♂️

ameancow ,

You mean you don’t have to like Kamala? I’m voting Kamala.

Not fond of her, but she’ll do better than Trump by leagues and miles and make history while not rocking the boat or affecting any meaningful change. Libs will love her, she’ll be a democrat party darling. I bet she gets a second term.

sudo ,

using a pepe to post this is letting the mask slip a bit there bud.

hark ,
@hark@lemmy.world avatar

The original image even says “don’t care, still voting trump” this is just an edit changing it to biden. Both democrats and republicans can agree on punching to the left. Of course, democrats have to use dog whistles like calling them all “tankies” just like how republicans love to discriminate against minorities while making references to them as “inner city youths” or whatever.

Glytch ,

Classic BlueMAGA play

sudo ,

I suspect BlueMAGA are Trump-to-Biden voters. Like this is Project Lincoln bullshit.

psycho_driver ,

I’m voting against Trump. Not thrilled to have a president who might have to have his Oval Office relocated to a nursing home.

MisterD ,

I don’t expect either to last 4 more years. Especially Trump.

If Trump does win and dies while destroying the world, imagine what younger dictator would follow…

drunkpostdisaster ,

He doesn’t even have a vp

PythagreousTitties ,

I’m more afraid of a smarter asshole. Trump’s the starting gun.

commie ,

ever heard the term “blue maga”?

UnderpantsWeevil OP ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

The fanaticism and fatalism produce some interesting parallels

TokenBoomer ,

Giving Hexbear aura. Could be shittier though, too much corn 🌽

BigBananaDealer ,
@BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee avatar

did the image originally say trump? or is it from 2016 and said bernie? or maybe even ron paul?

pubquiz ,

This is what Germany in 1929 was - without social media.

nednobbins , (edited )

I’ve been called many names, including “tankie”, so I’ll take a stab at responding.

I’m not mad about the debate at all. I expected something fairly similar. I’m mad that Biden and the Democratic leadership seems to have put their own interests above the interest of the party people (edit: Ugh. Terrible typo).

If Biden had gracefully stepped aside and given just about any other Democrat his full support, we’d be in a much better position now. Instead we have a candidate with a ton of baggage and who presents an easy target for Trump’s style of argument. Many mainstream Democrats, including the NYT, are finally starting to realize this. Unfortunately it’s probably a year too late. At this point it would just make it look like Demoratic kingmakers forced him out.

If I went by the modern definition of “tankie” as, an anti-american authoritarian communist. I probably wouldn’t be mad at any of this. I’d be cackling with glee because either of the current nominees will be terrible for the US. Neither of them has a serious long term plan. Neither of them can articulate a policy position. Both of them will continue to erode the power and moral authority of the United States.

Like it or not. Trump is likely to be the next president projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/. At this point it’s probably wise to start thinking about how to limit his impact and how to start cleaning up the mess afterwards.

DragonTypeWyvern , (edited )

Step 1: Flee the country

Step 2: Laugh at all the idiots getting what they deserve

Step 3: Get nuked anyways

pivot_root ,

I’m mad that Biden and the Democratic leadership seems to have put their own interests above the interest of the party people.

The interests of the party is the interests of the rich :)

nednobbins ,

It was a typo. I meant to say that the Democratic leadership seems to have put their and their parties interests above those of the people but I wanted to avoid editing my post too much.

PopOfAfrica ,

Tankies? CNN, MSNBC, and NYTimes are all concerned.

Maggoty ,

WAPO too.

PopOfAfrica ,

Clearly this is a far-right conspiracy and they have all taken over the media.

/s

Maggoty ,

Legendary Tankies, the entire group… /s

EvilEyedPanda ,

An administration is more than a man, Trump with absolutely 0 political experience was able to keep the country rolling, albeit making awful decisions, then the current mental state of Biden means very little. Having said that, as someone who watched my grandfather pass from Alzheimer’s, it’s really sad to see.

Makeitstop ,

I’d vote for ToS era Pike over Trump. I’d vote for a candidate who only communicates via ouija board over Trump. I’d vote to not have a president for 4 years before I’d vote for Trump.

It’s crazy that Trump can get convicted of fraud, be found liable for sexual assault, promise to abuse presidential power to get revenge against those who cross him, actively undermine both national and global security, promise to round up millions and put them into camps, attempt to overthrow the election and refuse to not try it again, and so on, and his side is still so loyal they’ll wear solidarity diapers for him.

Frozengyro ,

He is like a cult’s leader, they can do no wrong. People’s belief in him is unflappable.

radiohead37 ,

I’d rather have an empty chair than Trump.

taiyang ,

I’m so down for ouija board prez.

Ouija board prez ‘channeling’ FDR: T-A-X-T-H-E-R-I-C-H-Goodbye

casmael ,

lol

andrew_bidlaw ,

I’d vote to not have a president for 4 years before I’d vote for Trump.

And now I’m curious how many things depend on having a president at all, and what his role is, by design, in the US and other countries.

Atom ,

Cabinet and federal appointments are the big thing. That’s why I’ll take Biden over Trump. I’m not just voting for him, I’m voting for the 4000 jobs in energy, health, labor, transportation, etc. to be run by Democrats, liberals, and qualified people.

Trump, and project 2025 plan to fill all those roles with right wing nutjobs who will do anything to please the right. On top of those 4000, they’d expand the presidential appointment power to fire up to 45% of the federal workforce. Meteorologist who said the hurricane won’t hit Alabama? GONE! Doctor who said injecting bleach was a bad idea? FIRED!

I’ll take anyone who won’t put Project 2025 in motion.

TexasDrunk ,

Didn’t we have a ouija board as a president back when Nancy’s psychic was running the show?

DragonTypeWyvern ,

No, you fools, the divine spirits of the stars are different than ghosts!

Andrzej ,

I’d vote for a candidate who only communicates via ouija board over Trump.

Give it a few months

jaybone ,

Maybe they can settle for one of those wheelchair computers that tracks your eyes looking at the letters.

vga , (edited )

Might be a cool (edit: or probably cringy, given current democrats) meme campaign, listing all the things that are better than Trump one by one. You could have a new one every day until the election day easily.

InternetUser2012 ,

You realistically could name 100 per day and still not run out of ammo.

HawlSera ,

The dying geriatric insane old pedophile or the dying geriatric insane old pedophile who is being used to enact Project 2025

Decisions, decisions…

Voting Biden!

splonglo ,

I think the Tankies have already made their minds up. The real people who won’t be voting Biden are some % people who saw the debate.

Carlo ,

I agree that it’s only really the low-information undecided voters who will be swayed by a bad debate performance. Happily, we still have 5 months until the election, and I doubt that many people will be thinking about this by the time they get to the ballot box.

ZombiFrancis ,

I wonder how many of the dyed-in-the-wool DNC supporters would stay home or vote third party if Biden wasn’t the candidate chosen at the convention.

rwhitisissle ,

This is the thing. People like to blame Berniebros and whatnot for Clinton’s loss in '16, but the reality is that the centrist Democrats that vote for the party’s corporate-backed candidate wouldn’t vote for a progressive one, so even if Bernie had won the nomination, he probably still would have lost because he would have lost the support of these DNC hardliners. I heard people literally say in '16 that if Bernie had somehow won the nomination over Hillary that they would have just stayed home. It’s wild to think how ideologically balkanized the Democratic party is, with so many people fervently belonging to the leftist minority that holds their nose every election to vote for another mediocre person whose best attributes are being “not an outright fascist” versus the people who will never vote for a truly left wing candidate because they’re fiscally conservative but socially liberal and just allergic to compromising in the same way that they’ve forced the leftists in their party to do since forever.

ZombiFrancis ,

What is sad is the American people DID vote for progressive policy. The problem is American politicians represent their donors, and turned their backs on their constituents.

There is no expectation for an elected Democrat to align with their party platform. Likewise no one can or should expect a Republican to break from their party. Any reliance on either is a fool’s errand.

I mean about 70% of Americans support at least a public option for health insurance. Yet there is no pathway forward for 70% of Americans with either party.

So it sucks that such an intransigent faction isn’t even representative.

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