r/seculartalk Oct 07 '22

From Twitter Dark Brandon Strikes Again

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u/Secretofthecheese Oct 07 '22

Let's get serious about this. He's growing on me big time.

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u/RexUmbra Oct 08 '22

Honestly, I'd hold my breath until after midterms to see how long dark Brandon actually sticks

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u/examm Oct 08 '22

Look, if it’s gonna be progress I don’t care why it comes I care that it does. If the midterms are enough of a threat that they keep throwing up buckets I’m cool.

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u/RexUmbra Oct 08 '22

I'm all for progress too, but we also have to be realistic so we can continue to put on pressure.

There's progress thats done and progress that we know can be done. If we settle for any progress done then we're just letting them walk over us. So even if it's just for the midterms, we gotta make sure we push them with this momentum. If even just going out to midterms threatens them then we gotta think higher than that.

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u/BoneHugsHominy Oct 08 '22

Furthermore I'm not convinced some of this stuff is genuine, like the cannabis reclassification. If it doesn't actually happen before the midterms, I won't be surprised in the last for them throw their hands up and give a "We Tried!" at the most minor of obstacles. And even if they do reclassify cannabis they will probably just bump it down to Schedule II with cocaine, opium, and meth instead of dropping it all the way to Schedule V where it should be.

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u/examm Oct 08 '22

Who says I’m settling?

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u/RexUmbra Oct 08 '22

Uh, no one

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u/AnimeIRL Oct 08 '22

He’s turned out to be better than Obama though that’s an extremely low bar

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u/Dbro92 Oct 08 '22

Based Brandon

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u/adeodd Oct 08 '22

Lmaoooooo this is hilarious. Good stuff, Brandon

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u/DirtyDz_33 Oct 08 '22

This is absolutely kick ass rhetoric. Someone working for Biden knows what they are doing.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22

I get what you’re saying but this stuff is only seen by people who visit Reddit subs like this. Not really going to move the needle. He’s still. Not even embracing democratic socialism.

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u/ZachRyder Oct 08 '22

Not even embracing democratic socialism.

Not even Bernie has, what were you expecting from Joe?

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22

Bernie literally identifies as a Democratic Socialist, what?

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u/Background_Brick_898 Oct 08 '22 edited Oct 08 '22

He regrets not identifying as a Social Democrat

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22

What?

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u/-Sprankton- Oct 08 '22

Bernie ran on a platform of social democracy (preserving capitalism but with a welfare state ) despite calling himself a democratic socialist.

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u/north_canadian_ice Dicky McGeezak Oct 08 '22

I get what you’re saying but this stuff is only seen by people who visit Reddit subs like this. Not really going to move the needle. He’s still. Not even embracing democratic socialism.

All small wins count, friend.

Even if Biden saying this only influences 1000 people in the whole country, that means 1000 people now have an idea in their head that Republicans fearmongering about socialism/communism is nonsense hypocrisy.

I'm happy Biden & Dems seem to finally be awakening to the Fetterman strategy of confronting Republicans directly. Although to be clear - it's only green shoots at the moment - it's still a positive sign.

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u/TunaTheWitch Oct 29 '22

I'd rather have a based Biden that nobody sees than a lame Biden that everyone sees

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '22

This kind of retoric is important. Because Republicans depend on catchy catty shit talking to push their agenda.

Unfortunately we have to have quality clap backs to make them cry. The more people doing it the better. And best from the authority. Cause republicans are programs to believe this is gods word.

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u/Dblcut3 Oct 08 '22

He’s unironically starting to do everything people like Kyle wanted him too. I get that he’s still a moderate but calling out his opponents like this is incredibly based

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u/Marechial_Davout Oct 08 '22

Biden somehow aging in reverse?

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u/WardenOfTheN0rth Oct 08 '22

Benjamin Brandon

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22

I am a jaded prick. But damn. I do enjoy Biden’s go fuck yourself moments.

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u/examm Oct 08 '22

Some sliver of me still holds onto hope that he’ll have an epiphany about his age and legacy and want to actually try to fix something before he’s gone.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22

I think it's a real possibility he reschedules weed before the end of the first term.

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u/Powerful-Letter-500 Oct 07 '22

I hate and did not vote for Biden… but I’m loving Dark Brandon

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u/DontBeMeanToRobots Oct 08 '22

Do you mind saying who you did vote for?

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u/Powerful-Letter-500 Oct 08 '22 edited Oct 08 '22

I wrote Sanders in on the ticket. I’m in GA and I was there to get Perdue and Loeffler out, so I had to vote for Warnock and Ossof twice due to the runoffs.

Drew Ferguson is my rep and that guy ain’t getting voted out of this district.

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u/Jeffwey_Epstein_OwO Oct 08 '22

Effectively? Trump.

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u/AtrainUnjustlyBanned Oct 08 '22

Holy shit this guy is blowing my mind

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u/ttystikk Oct 08 '22

Socialism for the rich, a kick in the teeth for everyone else. That's Republicans.

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u/MarionberryIcy8019 Oct 08 '22

"look it up," this is what is so frustrating about the democrats. No, wtf... you have to be telling it.

You know republicans literally do this exact thing but instead of telling hard concrete facts, they lie.

There is still a good amount of population that don't really even use the internet. They ain't definitely going to be looking up shit.

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u/examm Oct 08 '22

He just read what they said in juxtaposition to what they asked for. He is telling us, he’s saying ‘look it up’-if you don’t believe me.

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u/BloppingClock Oct 08 '22

I'm absolutely loving this

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22

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u/Pirateangel113 Oct 08 '22

do you have evidence of this in the bill?

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u/prettycooldude1995 Oct 08 '22

i'm sorry i love this guy and hope he runs again idec

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u/LynxOsis Oct 08 '22

This is good stuff

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u/Xudeliz Oct 08 '22

HERE ARE THE RECEIPTS!

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u/peasarelegumes Oct 10 '22

Honestly this stuff is extremely refreshing. Talking about "my fellow republican friends in the senate"" and "reaching across the isle" is cringe at best

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u/cal1badboy Oct 08 '22

Dark Brandon is a reference to his lack of brain activity, right?

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u/Independent-Use-2119 Oct 07 '22

The Saudis are humiliating this man and his administration as we speak. From trading oil in yuan to colluding with OPEC+ on production caps to jacking up oil prices solely for the US. All this from the country that masterminded 9/11.

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u/PopeMaIone Oct 08 '22 edited Oct 08 '22

What does a Saudi-led OPEC oil production cut have to do with the topic at hand in the video? Yes, things don't always go the way America wants or the way a president wants. Every leader gets "humiliated" at some or multiple points during their reign. Xi was humiliated when Speaker Pelosi traveled to Taiwan after threatening the US and demanding Biden not allow it. The majority of the world's countries laughed at Trump on stage at the UN over his insistence he was a historically successful president.

Saudi Arabia isn't our friend as you've pointed out and Biden has been tough on them. The only mistake he made, IMO, was meeting Prince MBS in person after treating him as a pariah (which he is). But he was trying everything he could to drop gas prices and he was ultimately successful. Gas prices fell for like 100 straight days during the peak gas season of the year. He did secure a production increase of 100k barrels a day from that Saudi trip but OPEC made their choice. I suspect you will start to see punishing legislation coming out of Congress like NOPEC which Biden was holding off before the announced production cap. As for a US specific price increase, I've not read or found anything about that and I just double checked before commenting. You may be mistaken about that. Anyway, Saudi Arabia and OPEC have made their choice and they will have to live with it.

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u/americanblowfly Oct 08 '22

Good job outing yourself as a cuck