i can’t even guess as to why they went quiet. not one guess at all. we will never know.

edit: well they’re not quiet now once they get called out

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    Another day, another Lemmy post blaming leftists instead of Republicans, conservatives, racists, and their enablers.

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      Another day, another commenter putting words into my mouth to make themselves feel better. No shit Republicans and the sycophant media are to blame, I blame them all the time. but the disingenuous “abandon harris” crowd sure didn’t help either. You’re welcome to keep ignoring context though, that’s never stopped anyone around here before.

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        It’s not leftists’ fault at all that a centrist party lost to a far right party. Please provide any proof whatsoever that it was Pro-Palestinian voters that caused Democrats to lose the popular vote, the electoral college, the house, and the senate.

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          I’m not singling any “side” out as the culprit. It’s always “this vs that” with everyone these days. Left vs right. Black vs white. No gray areas.

          I’m blaming everybody who didn’t vote strategically on Kamala to lessen the horrific effects on the whole WORLD this will have. Not that it seemingly has to make a difference, considering the American voting system is shite. Perhaps Trump was due to win regardless of the American people voting.

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      I know plenty of leftist who live in reality, understood reality, and voted realistically for an ally in the fight over the next four years.

      And then there’s fantasy leftists who do zero work, yell into their echo chambers, guard their fragile worldview from exposure to reality, and pretend they’re doing anything to further the cause. Oh and they get mad, stamp their feet, and stay home instead of vote. Or worse, they’re so far up their own ass they honestly think voting for the leopard is a good idea.

      The one saving grace is that there aren’t enough of them here to sway a dog catcher election, let alone a national one.

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        The one saving grace is that there aren’t enough of them here to sway a dog catcher election, let alone a national one.

        Right, so memes blaming them for the apocalypse is extra silly

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            “it’s just a meme bro it doesn’t mean anything”

            okay, at least you agree it is silly behavior

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              Oh, don’t misunderstand, it absolutely means something. Satire, political cartoons, parody, etc have been used for centuries to make a point. Memes are no different.

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                it absolutely means something

                So then why the deflection with “memes are supposed to be silly?” Obviously I’m referring to the meaning of the meme, passing it off as “just a meme” is intellectual cowardice.

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                  Cartoons are cartoonish, satire is supposed to be satirical, memes are supposed to be memish, and for the most part that means silly

                  Are you incapable of this level of discourse? If I’m going to have to start posting articles about etymology you’re probably gonna get bored.

                  I never said " it’s just a meme " or any of those other things you’re trying to cram in my mouth.

                  Before you can question the attributes of someone’s intellect, you might want to actually have some for comparison.

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                    memes are supposed to be memish, and for the most part that means silly

                    Untrue, memes are just a pattern of information, they can be comedic, silly, satirical, anything. Silly is not a base component.

                    Are you incapable of this level of discourse?

                    Are you? I said the idea was silly, and you said that was doing its job because its a meme.

                    I never said " it’s just a meme " or any of those other things you’re trying to cram in my mouth.

                    “Right, so memes blaming them for the apocalypse is extra silly”

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                    Memes are supposed to be. So, mission accomplished?

                    Before you can question the attributes of someone’s intellect, you might want to actually have some for comparison.

                    The absolute irony of this statement. Firstly, I was questioning your intellectual *cowardice* by being too much of a pussy to stand by your statements and instead say its okay to have silly opinions because the opinions were delivered by memes.

                    So maybe work on your reading comprehension before you want to attack someone’s intellect.

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          It’s not really about the impact they have, it’s about the flaw in logic they have.

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                  Ah, i misread your comment

                  Then in response to the previous one, I would say they’re just a prime example of flawed logic.

                  asking why be upset with them when there’s other people to be upset about is just whataboutism

                  Like yes, all those others are also bad. Doesn’t mean I’m gonna cut them any slack.

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                    asking why be upset with them when there’s other people to be upset about is just whataboutism

                    I don’t think so, many people didn’t vote, and leftists are an extreme minority in this country, so it’s certainly a choice to focus on them and not all non-voters.

                    Like yes, all those others are also bad. Doesn’t mean I’m gonna cut them any slack.

                    Who’s saying anything about cutting slack? Yes all non-voters are to blame, but the meme is about Pro-Palestinians causing the apocalypse, not non-voters.

                    It’s not whataboutism to ask why one focuses intensely on a small minority, when you admit that the problem is beyond that minority.