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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down4·6 months agoThey never hear that. It’s always about “bipartisanship.” And these are who we’re stuck voting for to stop the Republican agenda. Fucking hell.
minus-squareMario_Dies.wav@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down4·6 months agoThe other thing I hear from status quo warriors is “We want things back to normal.” No, we fucking don’t! Normal sucks donkey ass for a lot of people.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·6 months agoAnd they don’t want to put things back to normal anyway. They always want whatever the status quo is maintained.
minus-squareMario_Dies.wav@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·6 months ago“If normal was progressive and helpful, then we want whatever came before that” is the subtext. It’s moustache-twirlingly evil.
They never hear that. It’s always about “bipartisanship.” And these are who we’re stuck voting for to stop the Republican agenda. Fucking hell.
The other thing I hear from status quo warriors is “We want things back to normal.”
No, we fucking don’t! Normal sucks donkey ass for a lot of people.
And they don’t want to put things back to normal anyway. They always want whatever the status quo is maintained.
“If normal was progressive and helpful, then we want whatever came before that” is the subtext. It’s moustache-twirlingly evil.