Most Democrats didn't promise anything. This is the best the average dem campaigned on. There were plenty better that did in fact say and still say they want to abolish ice though.

Sure. Voting important.

And yet I am so sick of the effort people put into scolding others for their votes and the annoying strategic voting discussions around electability that infest our system.

I can't vote for a single person who actively wants ranked choice or star voting so every election ends up being the same bullshit cycle of vote blue no matter who kick the can down the road vs the anti christ.

Yeah this post sucks ass. Of course voting matters to an extent It has real world impact but like...the amount of money in politics is not a lot to a billionaire for the return they get.

Yeah but that's not gonna fix a decade of farting and sweating on it.

But it was also a coordinated campaign tho lol

This gave me a good laugh.

I don't even post on lemmy much and have seen how horny you are for men/s

Sex is transactional - the post above you, probably

That's insane.

No that's not why strikes work. Strukess work because workers force their employers to give them better rights. Democrats are better on labor compared to Republicans but people don't only strike around election time.

The street action in Minnesota didn't force ice out because some dude won an election. They forced ice out due to organized street action.

Thankfully we only live four to eight years at a time so I have no idea what you're talking about. This problem will go away completely if we elect John democrat.

Unjerk: voting for harm reduction and local elections is important but don't stop there. Join a mutual aid group, attend local meetings if you can and care for your neighbors.

I agree with you.

I just wanted to point out something I think a lot of people don't want to confront when they say something like"I've never done anything remotely similar to these men"

You remember not having done anything like the men, and I assume you're talking about the Cornell rapists, but the line is much more blurry than people want to admit.

You don't remember making anyone uncomfortable and I'm not saying the following is true for you because I can't know... But social interactions aren't a flow chart and feedback isn't always clear and this becomes even more true when it comes to sex and emotions.

Maybe you asked too many times and they gave in but to you it was once or twice. Maybe you misinterpreted a signal and they went with it half heartedly. Maybe they didn't say stop or tell they didn't want to because they were afraid it would ruin a good time. Etc. These are all things that could be labeled as sexual harassment and when sex is involved, rape.

Shit can be much more nuanced, awkward and unclear and especially to people who have trouble reading social cues. Women are often afraid to say no because of the potential for violence or more commonly, the social consequences.

It's soothing to demand justice and see situations like that and feel superior to them but I would be willing to say that 90% or more of men have done something that goes right up to the line, especially in college when people are learning to be people and having their first sexual encounters and not having parents etc to hold them accountable.

None of this is to defend rapists and idk the solution outside of raising my son to know what consent is and how important communication is.

Thank you for falling for the propaganda and blaming people who didn't want to support genocide rather than placing the blame at those in power who refused to take the most basic moral stance we can demand of our politicians.

Tenish years ago I would use air bnb because it was a good bit cheaper than a mid level hotel and you'd get a whole house with a kitchen. Means I'd save money and could cook. But that's changed and it's usually more expensive for air bnb now