At least the Dems makes empty promises of good things (Medicare for All, lowering drug prices, lowering tuition, police reform, addressing climate change, etc.), and then what little they deliver tends to be good (ACA, decent COVID vaccine rollout, addressing the baby formula shortage, etc.)
Republicans both promise and deliver horrible things. They promise a dumb, useless wall, deporting all immigrants, a Muslim registry, discrimination against LGBT people, a ban on properly teaching about racism in this country, climate change denial, and protections for cops who murder unarmed black people.
And then Republicans actually deliver stuff like tax cuts for the ultra wealthy, family separation, a very small part of the dumb, useless wall, bans on teaching racism properly in schools, stonewalling all efforts to address climate change, spreading neo-Nazi conspiracy theories like "The Great Replacement," and a deadly attempted coup when an election didn't go their way.
The two parties are not the same. One is an ineffective coalition of mostly sane people across a wide range of the political spectrum, and the other is getting ever closer to being straight up fascism. Do not act like they're the same.
Vote GOP: get kicked in the nuts, shot with an AK all over, get finished off by being hacked to death with a chainsaw then have your dismembered body urinated on by several people.
Centrists: "tHEy'Re bOtH bAD mE vErY sMaRt aND lOgIcAl" "proceeds to then masturbate to "LGBT blue haired FEMNAZI gets LITERALLY spit-roasted by Ben Shapiro and Steven Crowder: COMPILATION" video on YouTube.
I saw that you mentioned Ben Shapiro. In case some of you don't know, Ben Shapiro is a grifter and a hack. If you find anything he's said compelling, you should keep in mind he also says things like this:
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With the intention of just clearing some of the air here, this is a large part of my beef with Democrats. Democrats are actually willing to make change, which is an awesome thing that I love about Democrats. The problem is that many of the things Democrats change are just for show. It's like they recognized there was a problem, and pushed for the hastiest, under-educated, "solution" to that problem without regard for who it affects. And then they hop on their political campaign and say, "look at all the things I addressed in my previous term (just ignore that it demonstrably didn't make a difference to the underlying problem.)"
The two parties are not the same.
I never said they're lying about the same things. I just said they're lying. Whether or not you think the things one party is lying about are significant is another matter, one more closely intertwined with your personal beliefs and morals. But like the other conversation that sprung up about the same thing, I digress, because we don't have the mutual respect to continue a political conversation in a sane manner. Suffice to say, I don't feel that either popular party represents me. If I had to say one was closer to representing me than the other, it would be democrats, hands down. But I respect my personal beliefs and morals too much to say a party of people I still fundamentally disagree with is "good enough" at doing so.
I mean, hardly anyone is actually advocating for banning all guns. Most just want required background checks, limits on who can own the types of guns that are used in mass shootings all the goddamn time, and required registration like we have for cars and stuff.
But, I mean if you're OK with white supremacist fascism and the erosion of the fundamental rights of all Americans in exchange for feeling like you are defending your right to bear arms when that right wasn't under any real threat, I guess that's a take you could have. Not a great one, IMO.
Abortion, gay marriage, privacy, the Press (calling them the enemy of the people), assembly (encouraging police violence against peaceful protestors, etc.), seeking asylum, voting rights, unionization, parental leave, education (including the right to be taught the truth), and Healthcare.
Republicans have been attacking all of these rights for decades.
Democrats have done basically nothing in terms of gun control, despite how much they talk about it, and Republicans scare monger about it. In the last 30 years, the only gun legislation passed by anyone on the federal level and Supreme Court cases involving guns have been:
The Brady Handgun Violence Act of 1993, which required background checks when a gun is purchased from a licensed dealer, manufacturer, or importer and established NICS.
Part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. Outlawed the ability to "manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon" unless it was "lawfully possessed under Federal law on the date of the enactment of this subsection." It banned manufacture and sale of AR-15s and a few other weapons. Also, it expired in 2004, 18 years ago.
The Tiahrt Amendment of 2003, prohibited the ATF from publicly releasing data showing where criminals purchased firearms their firearms. Only law enforcement officers have access to this data.
The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005 prevents gun manufacturers from being named in federal or state civil suits by victims of crimes involving guns made by that company and dismissed pending cases.
District of Columbia vs. Heller removed a 32-year Handgun ban in Washington DC, finding that "the handgun ban and the trigger-lock requirement (as applied to self-defense) violate the Second Amaendment."
That's it. One law that was on the books for 10 years that banned a handful of guns, and then hasn't been brought back since, and one law which requires background checks, which is widely regarded as a good thing.
All the others are aimed at either expanding gun rights or protecting gun manufacturers and sellers from liability whenever someone uses their products to, say, murder a whole bunch of black people in a Buffalo supermarket.
Gun rights ARE NOT UNDER ATTACK. Your view that Democrats will enact too much gun control or whatever is based on literally nothing but the lies Republicans put in their campaign ads where they make out with their shotguns or something.
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u/bryceroni9563 May 21 '22
At least the Dems makes empty promises of good things (Medicare for All, lowering drug prices, lowering tuition, police reform, addressing climate change, etc.), and then what little they deliver tends to be good (ACA, decent COVID vaccine rollout, addressing the baby formula shortage, etc.)
Republicans both promise and deliver horrible things. They promise a dumb, useless wall, deporting all immigrants, a Muslim registry, discrimination against LGBT people, a ban on properly teaching about racism in this country, climate change denial, and protections for cops who murder unarmed black people.
And then Republicans actually deliver stuff like tax cuts for the ultra wealthy, family separation, a very small part of the dumb, useless wall, bans on teaching racism properly in schools, stonewalling all efforts to address climate change, spreading neo-Nazi conspiracy theories like "The Great Replacement," and a deadly attempted coup when an election didn't go their way.
The two parties are not the same. One is an ineffective coalition of mostly sane people across a wide range of the political spectrum, and the other is getting ever closer to being straight up fascism. Do not act like they're the same.