Democrats in New York delivered a stark warning to Republicans in the 2025 elections, revealing a seismic shift in voter sentiment that could spell disaster for the GOP in the upcoming 2026 midterms.A Politico analysis of 268 county, town, and village races painted a grim picture for Republicans. De...
    • velindora@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      73·
      3 days ago

      Just because you don’t agree with me and because you don’t see what I see doesn’t mean I’m wrong and it doesn’t mean I’m bad. Bad people call other people bad people because they don’t agree with them

      • Jax@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        10 hours ago

        Ok, let me ask you something: when is the last time you volunteered to do something for your local community/communities?

          • Jax@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            4 hours ago

            Well, that’s very nice, but I’m talking about something that doesn’t directly benefit you.

            • velindora@lemmy.cafeEnglish
              11·
              4 hours ago

              Cleaning up parks doesn’t benefit me…. The exercise comment was meant a joke, even if it is a beneficial result of the job. But I am not surprised that someone like you would reject every single thing I say just to get your dopamine. What do you do? Let me guess… Organizing… Soup kitchen… All of those things that are very clearly lies.

              • Jax@sh.itjust.works
                1·
                3 hours ago

                Right, so having cleaner parks doesn’t benefit you — it just benefits who exactly?

                Beyond that, no — I participate in food drives and charity runs. Admittedly I could do more for my local community — at this juncture all I can really provide are cheap ceramic bowls and honey from my bees.

                The primary difference between us though is that I could do none of those things and it would still be better than doom posting and fomenting fear online. Your reactionary message shows me everything I need to know about you — you aren’t actually interested in making the world a better place, you just want people to share in your misery.

                Which brings me back to my first point. Doomers are bad people.

                • velindora@lemmy.cafeEnglish
                  12·
                  3 hours ago

                  Food drives benefit you by having people on the streets that aren’t hungry and willing to rob you… So I guess you’re not any better than me.

      • stickly@lemmy.world
        41·
        3 days ago

        Being a doomer is bad if you’re stating theories as facts while giving no supporting evidence. For example:

        • Why would withdrawn international relations result in right wing voting? Isn’t it more likely to fuel populist voting (not strongly attached to regressive or progressive policies)? What historical trends are you looking at? Just pasting the American flag onto the Weimar Republic based on vibes?
        • What makes you think the polling is temporary? Putting aside the topic of fair elections, voters who have been subjected to this administration’s chaos and are consistently polling negatively will turn on their heads and lick boots because of… Saber rattling? A weak passport? An (even more) destroyed economy? 300 million cases of Stockholm Syndrome? I’m really scratching my head here…
        • 1% by what metric? The collapse will drag out for 100 years? Wealth? The USA will be using stone age tools by the end of it? Population? Deaths? Quality of life? Deportations?.. It surely can get worse but 99% in almost any metric is absurd.

        I can’t even agree or disagree with you because your comments are so shallow that they can’t hold up to a discussion; ergo bad.

        • velindora@lemmy.cafeEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          I vote every time. Even if I don’t like them. I vote for the closest thing to socialism or… the thing that means fascism won’t win.