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this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2024
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Claudia de la Cruz isn't a prosecutor.
I feel like most American voters who say/said "ACAB" are voting for Harris though. But those are probably also the same people who think "defund the police" somehow doesn't mean "defund the police"
Edit: oh, we're on lefty memes... Why is this posted here? Lol
Because Lefty Memes is filled with liberals that think they're left wing
Voting against fascism doesn't make a person a liberal. Liberals suck, but fascists actually want us dead or in jail.
Voting against fascism requires voting against both Harris and Trump.
Which the US electoral purposefully maintain the duopoly. Ig burning the state is the only way to go.
Regardless of that, lefty memes does have a problem with liberals coming in thinking this community is somehow for them
One Russian bot, one bad take, and an objective fact that isn't relevant to a meme that every real American socialist with a brain related to.
Well, actually, I wasn't surprised at the MAGA hypocrisy because that's what makes them MAGA but you know, I did observe the fact again.
Am I the Russian bot or the one with the bad take? I need to know for my résumé
Yeah cause Russian bots are known to be anarchist...