Gavin. Its time to put on the (orange) mask. Finish the job.
Gavin. Its time to put on the (orange) mask. Finish the job.
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mfw people start treating the neo-feudalist who throws trans people under the bus and tried to join the fascists like some savior bc 4chan memes:
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As bad as his trans stances are, still miles better than even the absolute best Republican
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I thought Newsom was a Republican. Like a sheet made from the same cloth, but draped over a more progressive shape. He calls himself whatever and pays respects to the left but it's the same kind of creature inhabiting the position.
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Yeah he will not support trans rights and maybe even erase some rights.
The current republican party is moving rapidly towards extermination camps
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Yeah but we still have a little over two years until the primary circus starts so I can't fault people for wanting to dream of a future they actually want to live in for the time being
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You Americans cannot abide allies or any other type of leftists, no wonder the right ate your lunch and continues to do so. You guys hate everyone. The American left has become so toxic and self isolated
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Yeah, who says a leftist can't be on the hard right.
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I have respect for well-intentioned liberals, moderates and even some conservatives.
Newsom is not that. He is a selfish ball of sleeze who does whatever he thinks will benefit him most in any given moment. He’s not much better than Trump.
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Oh poor baby, did your mom tell you that? ... Username checks out.
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In this case, he's an imperfect solution to the real problem, which is trump and his fascist cronies. Literally anyone who's not down that road is better.
Is Gavin perfect? Fuck no. Not even a little.
But if it puts us in a better state than we are now, I'll welcome it.
We need to get off this fucked up train the trump era nazis have sent us down before it gets even worse.
And it will.
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Is he actually helping though? Or just sucking up press oxygen and adding to his own brand? What is the actual benefit of this performance?
The thing that will stop Trump is widespread public resistance. Not likely Newsom’s tweets or whatever is going on right now.
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I doubt he'll do better than any other Dem. He's a weak choice in terms of winning elections.
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Trump and his cronies were never the real problem, always a symptom of it. Capitalism is the problem, and Newsom is not going to fix that.
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My money is he's a fetterman
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These are the same assholes who watched Nancy Pelosi clap at Donald Trump and honestly thought that was a win.
Now they're paying 30%-40% more to live, if they're lucky, and just ignoring that the people they voted for enabled a genocide and man-made famine against kids.
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Mr. Picture Perfect Elite White Male, that will surely show them anti-establishment folks that the big profane orange billionaire isn’t the only game in town
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Not everyone is out to thwart the establishment. We are a long way off that. Try, just try, to advocate for a national strike here on lemmy, which I would describe as left-center. Then watch how people twist themselves into knots to support the establishment.
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You and me both sister
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I know Trans people less certain about the issues you claim are throwing them under the bus than you are. They think Newsom has been perfectly reasonable on Trans matters. So do I. And if you're going to use that wedge issue as an excuse to succumb to authoritarianism...
¯(ツ)/¯
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the worst part of this entire fascist regime is that people like gavin newsom can act like a good guy
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The online PR firm working on his image in preparation for his presidential campaign is putting in work. Too bad fascists dont recognize democracy, except when they can use it to gain power.
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yeah it seems very obvious to me too; he certainly sees this as an opportunity. the podcast was probably part of the campaign prep as well.
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He needs to keep doing it
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He literally needs to put on the makeup. The clown meme will save America. We beat deflection with reflection. On the playground rubber and glue is your only defense.
Sticks and stones come next.
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Can we please have the necessary wealth redistribution that's a requirement to fix the vast majority of problems?
No? We can watch the two most powerful men in the world talk like angry babies at each other?
Ok...
Maybe next year, if we don't boil alive
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Yeah, we can have that, the day you decide to drop everything youre doing and fight.
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Too bad it's fash on fash politics. Newsom is total garbage. Anti-trans, Anti-housing, Anti-transit, Pro-capital, Steve Bannon homie...
Just another less than worthless lib. The reason we have Trump.
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Do not split.
But what is happening in Hong Kong is they come up with a slogan, which is translated as Do Not Split, which is, we know that some people are willing to be confrontational with riot police.
And when they are, that’s going to cost the state in terms of not only resources, but it’s going to cost the state in terms of political capital and support. And we know that there are some people who are not willing to do that. And we are going to abide by the protocol of Do Not Split, which means that we’re not going to criticize them openly, and they’re not going to criticize us openly.
If we’re the pacifists, we’re not going to have them criticize us for being sort of like, I don’t know, limpid or flaccid or not courageous or whatever. And we’re not going to criticize them for being more confrontational. And the thing is that the support is also tacit.
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Let me guess. "both sides"
I hate that this works on your intended audience.
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he's doing a good job cosplaying a leftist to gather support.
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I am here for the mocking, the drama. We will see who runs in the primary. I am not attached to a particular pol at this point. I wish Booker would start channeling this energy. But when it comes to winning a US Presidential election... you need to be male, white and tall. That is just the stats.
god damnit, I hate it that one of the most milquetoast neoliberals of our time hits upon an A+ strategy. Whatever staffer in his office had that idea deserves a raise. If it was his own idea, I'd be shocked.
Id like to take credit for it myself but its always been there available to anyone. Democrats just cannot believe the American people are this stupid they need to spell it out. Its a fine way to be in your interpersonal life but politics is too devoid of actual measured discourse you will only lose if you don't play for keeps.
This is also why every democrat who isn't spearheading something like Newsom is doing needs to go too. They are artifacts of a different age and the debasememt of society will only get worse. We need innovators and risk takers until a real treaty is signed.
I'm fine with removing DNC from congress on the sole prerequisite that we remove every single Republican first.
Yeah, no way the guy who platformed Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon on his podcast thought this up.