Someone has got to start talking about “inclusion” instead of division
this post was submitted on 08 May 2025
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because of “DEI going too far” and because “woke culture was dividing the country,”
No, woke culture unites the country. That's the fucking point. "Woke" means you accept that everyone is different and you agree to tolerate and respect those differences. Your insistence on hating people you view as different is what divides us.
“We understand the problem, but we see no solution."
STOP HELPING HIM IS A GOOD START.
So what about the Democrats, I asked? “They hate us and won’t accept us. And if they don’t change their attitude, Trump and MAGA will keep winning.”
That was echoed by former Republican congressman Joe Walsh, who regularly speaks out about this. “If there’s not room for center-right former Republicans in today’s Democratic Party, then today’s Republican Party will remain victorious and our democracy will disappear,” Walsh told me.
Most of us will accept you. Just stop being awful people. It isn't hard.
They want to be “accepted?” Fucking LOL.
Tell them to fix their hearts or die.
But also, no. I don’t think Democrats need to be this center right party. Go fix the Republican Party rather than displacing democrats.
If there’s not room for center-right former Republicans in today’s Democratic Party...
My man, there was room for hard-right current Republicans Liz Cheney and Dick Cheney. You know what their support brought to the ticket last November? Two votes in Wyoming.
“Center right?” Spare me. He was MAGA through and through until 2.0 took hold. This language is explicitly used to reinforce the Overton Window further to the right while still whining that the “left” is mean. Dems are already corporate as fuck and would rather eat their own left of center than fight against full corporate control of the federal government. Simply caring/pretending to care in some cases about minority groups Republicans ostracize is a bridge too far for poor, wayward souls like Joe Walsh. Fuck off.
Here's the problem.
Strip Trump and MAGA from the GOP, and what are you left with?
The same shit-ass party that brought us Trump, only less emboldened.
They still want tax cuts for billionaires, no universal health care, no workers rights, no mention about climate change, no rights for LGBTQ people, no women's rights, no non-white people in America.
Etc.
The only difference between "the party of Reagan" and MAGA is that under Reagan the GOP was much quieter about being assholes.
You know how the US and the USSR were allied against Germany, but the second WWII was over they started pointing their guns at each other? That's where I feel like we're at now with "center-right" Republicans like Walsh. Sure, I'll take the help of anyone who recognizes that Trump is a threat to democracy and the ideals of the US, but the second that's dealt with there's gonna be problems.
To be honest, Trump doesn't even really know what he's doing. He just blindly signs whatever is put in front of him before he heads out to the golf course.
Yeah, they can fuck off with “just lean right, everybody and we’ll be OK.” They can go form a new party with Slotkin.
This anonymous source sounds like they’re part of the movement of Slotkin and others to make the Democratic Party more palatable to Republicans with buyer’s remorse.
How about, instead, those Republicans stand down and let the Republican Party burn. Without so-called “centrist” support and enabling, Trump won’t take the country down with him.
Everyone who still has an R by their name is a fascist.
They hate you because you're evil shit bags whose policies hurt children, family's, and Americans across all socioeconomic spectrums except the top 1%. You're actively sabotaging the stability of our economy, global influence, safety, and way of life.
They realize they can opose then from with their own party, right?
This is just an excuse to avoid changing their own behavior
It's real easy, Joe. Just stop voting for his bullshit. As long as you're enabling him and his fascist regime, no, we're not going to accept you.
Not me. Those fuckers knew EXACTLY what was coming, even if they were too stupid to believe it. They broke it, they can fix it - not my job to parent MAGAt morons, plus we all know they’ll just vote R next time they get the chance. Only way I WON’T consider them wasted resources is if THEY fix it.
How, you may ask? They can repeat Jan 6 with actual results this time, for starters. Because if we go 4 years with this shit they can go pound fucking sand and off themselves.
Nope. Until you forgive them for being awful, they will continue to do awful things. Everything they do, is your fault. Those are the rules.
Doesn't matter. You scum will still bend over. It's a Cons natural position.
You guys in the press, with very few exceptions, are not trustworthy
And then he went to Salon ?
Don’t forget that to a Trumper, Fox News has more credibility than NYTimes. They’re pretty shit at critical thinking.
This person says they signed on to the Trump team because of “DEI going too far” and because “woke culture was dividing the country,”
Retranslation: This person says they're on team reality TV star who hires news readers, influencers and family members to high powered positions without any qualifications because "DEI bad". And joined the people who made 'wokeness' an issue to divide everyone with in the first place because they're worried about it dividing people.
Have I understood that correctly?
Take steps against your boss.
the Declaration includes a description of the king of England that Trump should memorize, and perhaps recognize: “A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of free people.”
Lol! Does anyone honestly believe that if Trump actually read that sentence, that he would even understand what it meant? You may as well be asking a 12 year old in special ed class to read and interpret Shakespeare.
Republicans have been disillusioned for decades, but they tow the party line anyway.
God help us all.
We're on our own.
Aliens are among us tho.....
I feel like they made a wrong left turn and earth is that backwater place of the galaxy where banjos start playing .....
Squeal like a Klingon.