• LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    My friend said to me the other day “why did democrats nominate such a weak candidate?” To which I asked since given the fact that weak and strong are relative terms, can you point out 1 specific aspect where Biden is weaker than his opponent? She had no answer other than “he is just weak”

    Don’t let these fuckers gaslight you in thinking the convicted felon with 90+ indictments and a wannabe dictator is somehow stronger than the alternative.

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      4 months ago

      Biden is ancient and incomprehensible in half of his public appearances. Not saying Trump isn’t, but his people love his crazy rambling.

      It is not unreasonable for people to be disappointed. They are being forced to choose between two dementia riddled candidates. The only people who truly think Trump would be the better alternative are dumbass “centrists” and conservatives.

      Yes, lesser evil voting is good, but you can’t shame people for not smiling while smelling shit.

      • Katana314@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        This is ableism. Biden doesn’t mumble because of his age, but because he’s had issues with stuttering since he was young. To a few kids he’s even been an inspiring image for the fact he rehearses his speeches so well he rises above the impromptu stutters.

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          4 months ago

          No.

          I already know of this.

          It is what he says through the mumbling that is concerning.

          I do not condone ablism.

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            4 months ago

            Biden is ancient and incomprehensible in half of his public appearances.

            That’s the opposite of what you said. Are you concerned about what you can understand, or what you can’t?

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                4 months ago

                A speech impediment does not excuse the murder of Palestinian civilians.

                Biden is ancient and incomprehensible in half of his public appearances.

                Where is Palestine in this sentence

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      4 months ago

      The question isn’t whether or not he is weaker than the other candidate. The question was, would a better Democratic candidate have stood a better chance? I think you’re misrepresenting what your friend had said.

      It’s actually kind of rude how you’re depicting them right now, as some sort of buffoon.

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      4 months ago

      Somebody figured out that a lot of human judgement comes down to groupthink. If you see a bunch of people who are clearly operating guided by some assumptions, then you’ll take those assumptions on and start being guided by them, whether the people you saw were real or fake.

      Then, a few years ago, it became cheap and easy to flood both social media and news media with restatements of whatever assumptions you want people to pretend that are guided by.

      And so, behold: The economy is crashing, which is all Biden’s fault, and he’s a weak candidate who loves genocide. Everyone’s disappointed in him. Everyone knows all these things and sees them all the time. The simple repetition is actually a very solid system for producing the public opinion you want to produce.

      At the present moment, they are trying to do it tactically with the “anyone who is disagreeing with me is trying to silence me, in fact they are literally hitting me in the face (also! Note that I’m allowed to disagree with whoever I want)” narrative – simply repeating it, over and over, in the hopes (probably pretty well founded) that people will start to absorb it and behave the way they want them to behave.

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        4 months ago

        At the present moment, they are trying to do it tactically with the “anyone who is disagreeing with me is trying to silence me, in fact they are literally hitting me in the face (also! Note that I’m allowed to disagree with whoever I want)” narrative – simply repeating it, over and over, in the hopes (probably pretty well founded) that people will start to absorb it and behave the way they want them to behave.

        Social media is both a blessing and a curse. Depending on context you might think a little of both at any given time.

        I hope you do keep engaging with it. The easy thing to do would be to ignore the alarms, but it’s not the smartest.

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          4 months ago

          Your selfless and forward-thinking actions in support of the Democrats, and left wing goals, are plain to see. That’s totally the result. It’s instantly obvious.

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              4 months ago

              Don’t worry - even if they were pushing harder for better, the moment they had a chance of their chosen candidate winning, you’d swap to “NOT GOOD ENOUGH” and return to simping for the fascist. :)

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      4 months ago

      Trump is vastly better at campaigns, Biden is far too insulated from public appearances. Trump is also really good at inspiring his base, half of Biden’s party doesn’t even want him. Trump gets to point to a generally good economy for his term until states shut down for covid, Biden gets to downplay a cumulative 20% inflation during his term.

      Biden is in trouble in the states he needs to win, and these weaknesses are a big part of it.

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        4 months ago

        Trump is vastly better at campaigns

        JFC. I don’t even want you to explain that. Hopefully you are not American and/or high as shit.

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      4 months ago

      This does need to be the go-to response to anyone saying shit like that: “How is Trump stronger?” Force them to admit they have no frame of reference.