@MyricsForge @queenmotherbey @Stacy17971954@Rexnoct@the_transit_guy Hell, MAGA has only offered to take things away with Social Security, Medicare, they want kids in poverty to not get free lunch, cutting benefits to veterans. When has a Republican said that the people will get more stuff? Hell, Trumps taxes take more money away from the poor.
@MyricsForge @queenmotherbey @Stacy17971954@Rexnoct@the_transit_guy No Dems do talk about this, especially the progressives. AOC, Walz, Bernie, etc. I agree there are some Dems who believe hate Trump and that’ll solve our problems. Those dems fucking suck. But Dems generally offer people way more than MAGA.
@MyricsForge @queenmotherbey @Stacy17971954@Rexnoct@the_transit_guy No Dems were shit on Gaza. Can agree on that. Most leftists would. Biden and Dems aren’t leftists though. And for Ukraine, I think it’s important that we do fund Ukraine and stop Russian aggression.
@MyricsForge @queenmotherbey @Stacy17971954@Rexnoct@the_transit_guy As a whole America has obviously shifted from Slavery lol. On the other hand, there is still legal slavery in America with for-profit prisons. I’m not saying Dems are sin-free now. I’m saying Dems of the 1800s were fucked up conservative racists.
@MyricsForge @queenmotherbey @Stacy17971954@Rexnoct@the_transit_guy I just don’t agree with that. Plus, this is America, land of opportunity. If these people are good people who are willing to work, why get rid of them? Nobody is arguing for criminals to come in, but their needs to be immigration reform where good people can get in much easier.
@MyricsForge @queenmotherbey @Stacy17971954@Rexnoct@the_transit_guy And slander and lies have literally been part of politics forever. I’m not saying it’s acceptable but it’s not new. If anything MAGA has been the one that has really turned up the lies on the egregious level. And I don’t know if this is fake fascism. MAGA is slowly creeping up
@MyricsForge @queenmotherbey @Stacy17971954@Rexnoct@the_transit_guy Democrats from 2000-2010 are not that different from now. They’re a center-left party who have become more accepting of LGBTQ rights. That’s about all that’s changed.
@MyricsForge @queenmotherbey @Stacy17971954@Rexnoct@the_transit_guy I’m a leftist, that’s just how it happened. Anyone who says there was one singular moment is obviously exaggerating, although there are several key factors. Teddy Roosevelt breaking from the Republicans, 1924 election of both parties nominating conservatives (1)
@Stacy17971954@Rexnoct@the_transit_guy yes this is what we are saying. Democrats in the 1800s and early to mid 1900s were conservative who did protect the values of racist orgs like the KKK, while the Liberal Republicans led the charge on Reconstruction.
@queenmotherbey @Stacy17971954@MyricsForge@Rexnoct@the_transit_guy for example: in the 1800s Republicans were the party of big government, while Democrats were the party of small government or “states rights.” Karl Marx himself was a supporter of Lincoln. It’s okay if you’re ignorant of the party switch, but now you know.
@queenmotherbey @Stacy17971954@MyricsForge@Rexnoct@the_transit_guy as someone who genuinely has a degree in history, there is without a doubt a party switch. there was no one moment where conservatives became republicans, and liberals became democrats. it was a gradual shift, that primarily happened from about 1920-1980.