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    8 months ago

    Anyone thinking about responding to this poster, please look at their post history so you know what you’re getting into with regard to ANYTHING even tangentially related to Biden.

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      8 months ago

      True for the OP too. There’s definitely an element on some of the Lemmy communities that seems to exist only or at least primarily to push negative Biden prop (or barring that, anti-US prop in general). I checked Reddit recently for the first time in months (kind of like going to Walmart–avoid it like the plague, but sometimes you just can’t), and I was genuinely astonished at how little anti-Biden content was present by comparison.

      I’m voting for Joe in November, and you should too. Joe’s administration killed non-competes, flipped the procedure for airline canceled and delayed flight refunds (i.e., pro-consumer), and pushed back the exempt employee loophole–and that’s just the news from this week. He’s an awesome president without even considering that the other side is composed entirely of criminals, Russian assets, and fascists.

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        Joe’s administration killed NDAs,

        I don’t think you mean NDAs (Non Disclosure Agreements). I think you mean Non-compete agreements.

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          You are correct. I haven’t seen the two separated in years, so I tend to use NDA as a blanket term. Editing for clarity.

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        That actually relieves me. Like, people going, “I won’t vote/will vote 3rd party” seem to not realize that if Biden doesn’t get in, Trump will, and he not only would push genocide MUCH more, but also WILL destroy the electoral system to stay in power and avoid jail.

        Hell, Project 2025 leaking proved this

        So a good reminder that the Fediverse is being echoey helps the fear some

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          Like, people going, “I won’t vote/will vote 3rd party” seem to not realize that if Biden doesn’t get in,

          I think people saying that are well aware a 3rd party vote means a second Trump presidency. Most are saying that in bad faith. The posters posting it either have no plan to vote third party, or they’re not even US citizens (as their posts would suggest they are) and they’re not allowed to vote anyway.

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      8 months ago

      I just had to block them. Don’t even need to see the username to know who it is. Engaging with them and even the OP here is nothing but a carnival of bad faith arguments.

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      Yeah. Dude is a pretty well known right-wing propagandist. This is evident in the fact that they have nothing critical to say about anyone or anything on the right. They’re clearly here to spread propaganda to those that are disillusioned with the system.

      A non vote for Biden from someone who would have voted for him is a clear boon to Trump.

      They know this, and be they’re hoping everyone else doesn’t.

      (This comment will be removed by the mods once the rest of the bots report it enough)

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        The above commenter is a well known Hawaiian Pizza lover, he’s the absolute worst. /s

        1. Stop being paranoid about the mods they’re actually pretty fucking reasonable.

        2. Why don’t you just respond to the article. This poster has a habit of posting controversial articles that are critical of Biden’s actions but America is a fucking democracy and we can have an adult discussion about his flaws.

        Having those conversations makes it more likely people will vote for him - compared to just muzzling everyone and saying “he’s so perfect” because we can fucking see his flaws. Silencing discussion drives down voter turn out and low voter turnout is how asshole GOP folks keep getting elected. Also those anti choice church goers are going to blindly vote for the adulterer - so we need to overwhelm the idiot factor.

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          1. I’m not paranoid about the mods. I’ve dealt with them first hand on this shit.
          2. Discussing flaws is one thing, flat-out suggesting people NOT vote is another.

          No one is suggesting anyone stifle discussion. Nor is anyone saying he’s perfect. But doing nothing but spread ant-Biden shit is clearly one showing their true colors. If we’re going to be fair, and expect fairness in others, let’s actually be fair. And when others aren’t showing that fairness- they absolutely should be called out.

          If someone wants to accuse me of being an anti-Trump liberal- and base said accusation on the results of my comment history… I’ll agree with them, because my comment history is rife with anti-Trump rhetoric.

          But if another posts nothing but anti-Biden rhetoric, and their comment history shows nothing but- should we just…. Pretend there’s no agenda there?

          Should we not notice? Should we not call it out?