#Republicans hate the poor

[socialjusticeinamerica]

#vote blue #vote Democratic #vote Biden Harris #supplemental security income #SSI #republican assholes #Republicans hate the poor #republicans hate the elderly #republicans hate the marginalized #never trump #traitor trump #republican hypocrisy #crooked donald #republican party

[trmpt]

#republicans hate the poor #climate catastrophe

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

F—k Tex-ass Republicans!

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#republican assholes #Tex-ass Republicans #fuck Greg Abbott #fuck Ted Cruz #traitor trump #Texas republicans are the worst #Medicaid #maga morons #republican values #republican family values #republicans hate poor children

[disneydatass]

Anne Lister comforting her sister Marian after completely demoralizing and crushing her dreams

#gentleman jack #I’m really starting to hate Anne lister tbh #your sister who supports you being a lesbian in a time where people are literally going to kill you for it and you won’t let her be happy!! #she has just been screaming NRA republican lately #like she just does not care about poor people at all #or anyone besides her circle zero empathy and is very money hungry #which idk I found acceptable s1 bc I’m like yas bad ass dyke destroying men #but now she is just hurting innocent bystanders #anygays… #Marian lister deserves better #ann sunshine angel walker deserves better

[garthnadermemestash]

Joe Biden is basically what republicans used to be.

#no thanks joe #anybody else 2024 #debt ceiling #starve poor people #christian hypocrisy #tax the rich #political memes #joe biden hates poor people #joe biden is a catholic ladies #aborting was banned on joe bidens watch #joe biden is useless #fuck trump #mst memes #garth nader memes #mistaken con man #mystery sovcit theater memes #tumblr memes #dankest memes #pathetic3 #fuck republicans #fuck democrats #fuck libertaryans

[wedding-shemp]

ok ykw i will say one thing. i really thought the republican party was less interested in overturning roe than they were in dangling the promise of overturning roe over their base's heads indefinitely, i didn't think they'd actually DO it

#and that IS all i have to say about it #real rookie move on my part underestimating how much republicans hate women and poor ppl

[dhaaruni]

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in an interview that the Biden administration remained committed to building “lawful pathways” for people to migrate to the United States “without having to place their lives in the hands of smugglers and proceed through treacherous terrain like the Darién.”

But he laid out no specific plan for Venezuelans, who would likely have to wait years if they apply for visas from abroad.

He made it clear that the United States is not offering any special type of sanctuary for Venezuelans.

Still, that has not stopped rumors from flying that the Biden administration has opened its doors to Venezuelan migrants, and will offer help once they arrive.

[...]

“In the past, you needed a visa to enter the United States,” said Ms. Ramos. “Now, thank God, they’re giving us refuge.”

#links #politics #I hate being right but I 100% said that nobody would care if Venezuelan immigrants are fleeing communism #and I got yelled at for saying it because liberals are completely obtuse about the reality #that nobody cares where they're coming from they just see poor brown people #this is a mess in a million ways #I have a lot of sympathy for them but also this is literally not a workable situation for Biden and Democrats #and this country will happily hand power back to the fascist psycho party because of this #and I'm sorry but the world can't afford Republicans winning #it's just a nightmare

[yamimichi]

Let me just say this. People who receive SSI get less than $1000/month. How are we supposed to live on that? Even with food stamps. Even living in subsidized housing. Food is so expensive! It takes all of our food stamps and a good chunk of my SSI just so we can eat. And even then we end up relying on food pantries too.

I don't really want to talk about my personal life or my family's financial situation. But I'm really pissed.

It's the Republicans. They want to kill off the poor and disabled. They want to get rid of our social security. They want to get rid of food stamps. They want to get rid of any aid that we have.

Are we just supposed to roll over and die?

#ssi #food stamps #aid #poor #poverty level #disabled #chronically disabled #assistance #$1000 is not enough to live on #i hate republicans #fuck republikkkans #fuck the gop #we deserve better #we don't want to die

[saltypiss]

I don't have a problem with content warnings, but calling them trigger warnings just feels disrespectful to a lot of different people, especially the one's it's to protect.

Idunno, something about forcing and popularizing an awfully conceived internet slang when we already have had phrases and systems in place, feels like using vulnerable people and then infantilizing them for some in-group thoughts and desires.

Or to put it simply, if you said "I'm so sorry your crotch gremlin died from (disease)" I think it reasonable to punch you in the throat. Time and place, but most importantly, disrespectful to everyone.

Simply a poorly thought out idea from a good place in one's heart that only served to make things harder for people with problems by airing out their dirty laundry with these people's own forced upon verbiage. One that was deeply unneccessary mind you, we had and have content warnings.

Trigger warnings feel like a dogwhistle for lefties, which to be fair, in the entire scenario, is harmless, especially when compared to the Domestic Terrorist Right. But it's still cringe inducingly obviously politically motivated. Content Warning was apparently too offensive or something.

Just don't think citizens should essentially vigilante dialogue from the public discourse that uninvolves those the warnings were apparently for in the first place. On top of the idea that their problems follow them so deeply that even referencing something would destroy their life permanently. Just not a good image for the vulnerable to have been pushed into, and it's exactly the image given when you involve the political version of Content Warnings.

And to be absolutely massively clear, I'm not against content warnings, I'm not against helping people, I am against the common scenario of neurotypicals setting up systems for those that aren't and then being mad when people criticise their on paper selfless, but in actuality, selfish actions.

When will it end with neurotypicals. Because of fucking course they came up with something as poorly imaged as "trigger warning" after all the mockery of such a overwhelmingly inflated and abused phrase.

I just wanna know who it actually helps, because as far as I've seen, they've all been content warnings, or they're for extremely petty shit just for censorship reasons. Bare in mind, Content Warnings can be used for everyone, but trigger warnings to the general public and all others but deeply entrenched lefties is very clearly not for everyone, they're meant to be USED by anyone in anyway, but not used to actually protect people so very often.

I'll give props to many creator's who do decide to use the phrase instead of the actual non-politically motivated one, as they're reasonable enough to still use it in the same manner.

I think the best way to put it: My grandma either doesn't know about it or thinks it's some cringe shit. Wonderful image to have for the (minority) vulnerable! Thanks Leftists, you solved trauma by airing it out to my grandma, now I gotta explain 150 layers to multiple ideologies all under the same umbrella, and by layer 1 they're too confused to continue.

Content warning simple, work, no politic, no poor framing, no poor imaging, etc. Do what's best for the vulnerable, not what you think would be cool or ill-concievedly good for a fringe group of extremists.

#trigger warning #but not an actual one #do I need a content warning for this? #guess that first tag covers it #to be crystal clear #I'm trans #hate republicans #voted bernie #etc #i know what site I'm on #but hopefully the reasonable get the idea of my rambling ramblings. #poor imaging in the effort to help a group you really don't know enough about #is soley damaging #entirely damaging #I'd say damning #we can't seriously expect society to bend the knee on your internet slang replacing non-politicized verbiage #they can hardly understand gas prices my dudes

[socialjusticeinamerica]

Why do they say “A Divided Congress” instead of correctly stating that Republicans are to blame. The media has been doing this for ages. Everyone who follows politics knows that Democrats struggle to help the people while Republicans slash all programs that help people.

Tell the god damned truth!

#republican hypocrisy #republican party #republican assholes #republicans starve the poor #food insecurity #child hunger #corporate greed #republicans hate us #republicans are for the rich #democrats are for the people

[cryptideye]

Ppl acting like women making fun of men by calling them "dudebros" etc is misandry bc "those poor men, ur telling them masculinity is bad" as if the entire point of words / phrases like that isn't to shoot BACK at men for the misogynistic shit they've been calling women for literal centuries

Like hmmm, generations of misogyny that affects every aspect of your life OR getting called a dudebro (derogatory) because you were being obnoxious or because you look like a frat boy. these are obviously the same exact thing and we NEED to defend men from those evil women being so mean to them

#like again #'women are too mean to young man making them hate their own masculinity. if a poor boy acts out after this well who could blame him' #POP QUIZ. was this said by a white republican OR an 18 yr old girl on tumblr dot com

[headspace-hotel]

one of the most insidious parts of capitalism is how companies coerce people into voting and rallying for their own exploitation by styling themselves as "providing" or "creating" jobs as if jobs are a resource

the election for governor in Kentucky is coming up and I just...i hate this shit. I hate how the republicans campaign on promises to support coal companies and deregulate pollution and people eat it right up

Not because they don't KNOW that coal filled the lungs of their ancestors and made their home toxic, ugly, radioactive, and polluted, but because under capitalism, you are worthless garbage unless you can be used to bring more wealth to the rich.

So they beg for the privilege of being exploited and watching their home ripped open, because this is the only value we will ever have under capitalism. "Natural resources" to be violently torn from the Earth and humans desperate and poor enough to accept the most brutal mistreatment.

[animentality]

I don't particularly like the Purge movies, but it does annoy me when people say they hate the Purge movies because they "support the idea that humans without laws would immediately kill each other."

You know. A somewhat conservative, pro-state message.

But I say this simply, and carefully:

The Purge movies are the opposite of that. Completely.

From the beginning, they have always been a scathing criticism of the middle class and the wealthy for their blatant disregard for the lives of everyone else and their love for state sanctioned violence.

They aren't even fucking subtle.

Every villain in those movies dress like fucking Republicans. They worship guns. The Purge in universe only exists to fund the NRA.

The first movie was about a black man being hunted by Ivy League looking ass white people in suits and shit.

Said black man was the only decent person too, and he saved the people in the house he took refuge in, despite the fact that they beat his ass up and were going to give him to the crazies that were chasing him.

Purge 2 was about how state sanctioned violence always affects the underclasses more than the wealthy, since the wealthy can buy fancy defenses and nice weapons, while the poor are forced to defend themselves by any means necessary.

Purge 4 actually showed the FIRST PURGE in a majority black community, and guess what they were doing?

Having sex in public.

Doing drugs and partying outside.

It was stated that white people in charge literally had to unleash a serial killer on the community to force them to commit acts of violence.

And the latest purge, Purge 5 I think, was centered entirely on the struggles of immigrants, trying to cross the border and not get murdered during Purge night.

So no.

The Purge movies do NOT say, "Oh people would immediately kill each other if given the chance."

They actually say, rich white people would kill minorities if given the opportunity.

And are they wrong?

Seriously.

Lord of the Flies moment, guys.

Neither Lord of the Flies, nor the Purge movies suggest that people would kill and cannibalize one another as soon as they can without the rules of society.

They both say actually, privileged spoiled brats who are used to having everything would support violence for the sake of violence.

#lord of the flies #the purge

[odinsblog]

Can we please get something straight here??

Mitch McConnell has supported Donald Trump and will support him again if Trump wins the Republican nomination. I have never supported Trump and I never will.

Mitch McConnell has been a willing tool of the NRA and helped pass countless stand-your-ground laws, he has helped pave the way for laws like permitless carry, and he has helped make guns easier for anyone to get. I have not.

Mitch McConnell has helped pass laws that intentionally suppress the votes of millions and millions Black people. I have not.

Mitch McConnell has helped write or pass laws that deny millions of women access to reproductive health care. I have not.

Mitch McConnell has helped write or pass laws that deny basic healthcare and living wages to millions of poor people. I have not.

I AM NOW AND I WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER than Mitch McConnell and Republicans, because my wishes do not have any material impact on anyone, unlike the myriad of hateful draconian laws that Mitch McConnell has helped to pass.

I could continue, but hopefully I’ve made my point: people sending Mitch McConnell “ill wishes” IS NOT being “just the same” as Mitch McConnell and Republicans, and it doesn’t make anyone “as bad as” McConnell and the GOP.

Are you fucking kidding me??

Saying that my wishes = McConnell’s actions is a false equivalence. It’s false, it’s offensive and it’s gaslighting.

Mitch McConnell is an elected politician who has a very long history of using his political power to actively harm the poor, marginalized communities, women, LGBTQ people, and non-Christian, non-white people. If you cannot differentiate between the words and the unenforceable “wishes” of the oppressed vs. the actions of an oppressor, then you have some serious problems to unpack.

I could ~almost~ see it if there was some chance that a Republican would go, “Oh wow, those progressives are being nice to Mitch McConnell, maybe I’ll stop being a racist and vote for a Democrat now.” But that almost never ever happens, does it??

You are not going to win over a Republican by being kind. Their entire ideology is based on racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, and cruelty.

Look, I’m not tryna write a dissertation here, but please believe me when I say that this neoliberal knee jerk Pollyanna reaction of, “turn the other cheek” and “be kinder to your oppressors” is very much rooted in Christofascism + white supremacy. It’s a weaponization of the “hate breeds hate” trope and the “forgiveness narrative” meant to tame slaves, and I refuse to fall for it.

I absolutely positively do not wish Mitch McConnell well, and HELL NO, I am not being a bad person for hoping that a racist, evil, old white man suffers a fraction of the pain he has inflicted on others for decades and decades.

I am a proud member of the #MitchMcConnellDieChallenge community.

That all said, at the very least, Mitch McConnell has unintentionally provided us with a teachable moment: please learn to spot the warning signs of someone having a stroke

#politics #mitch mcconnell #republicans #stroke prevention #false equivalencies #mitch mcconnell die challenge #hate breeds hate #forgiveness narrative #neoliberalism

[c-rowlesdraws]

browsing twitter for longer than a few minutes gives me radiation poisoning these days, and it’s worse in the evening, in the hours when the dark feelings creep in anyway. So even though I’m really apprehensive to talk politics on my art blog (I mean, if the backlash to a hyperbolic post I made about a famous youtuber is this bad, posting about politics would turn my activity page into a window to hell), I have to vent some of my feelings or that radiation damage will just keep getting quietly worse. And a fair number of people read this blog, and seem to like things that I create and say, so for what it’s worth, I want to say some things I hope people will think about.

Someone I really admire tweeted recently about how hopeless they feel. They said that after many years of fighting for social change, they had no fight left. They said they were too exhausted to vote in the upcoming US presidential election. And I tried to understand where they were coming from, because this is someone I look up to. But I can’t. I understand feeling burnt out. I feel nauseous and heartbroken and scared, thinking about the situation in Palestine and the situation in my country. I understand that it seems like there is no good leader to rally behind.

But I can’t tap out. I can’t give in to hopelessness and say, “I can’t choose. I’m tired and I’m done”. When a choice is between maintenance of an imperfect society with incremental steps towards better things, and cranking human misery and suffering enthusiastically up to 11, I’m going with the former. We are all tired every day. But voting is not physically difficult. Even if you are tired, you can do it. There is a day where you go to a building, and you fill in a bubble next to a name, and you go home. They even give you a sticker. I said voting isn’t hard, but actually, it’s very important to say that for a lot of people in the US, voting is hard to access, and for some groups, impossible. It is made difficult on purpose, by people—Republicans, it’s fucking always them, I don’t know why I’m using vague language—who want to disenfranchise as many people as they can. If voting was really a useless gesture, if it really meant nothing— they wouldn’t be working so damn hard to stop poor people and immigrants and prisoners and folks in general from being able to do it.

If you hate Biden, god, fine, whatever. But he is going to be the nominee of the political party made up of judges and politicians that, for the most part, believe that climate change is real and ought to be mitigated, that the US should not be turned into an evangelical christian theocracy, that firearms should be regulated, that businesses should be regulated, that healthcare should be more affordable and accessible, that people should be able to get safe abortions, that trans and all lgbt people deserve to live their lives, and that asylum-seekers shouldn’t be shredded by concertina wire trying to cross the border. The wheel of social change is huge and fucking heavy and sometimes it looks like it isn’t moving at all. But we can feel it move if we all push together.

I caught a Trump ad on the radio the other day and it was some of the scariest shit. “Trump will bring order to chaos,” it said. “He will ban travel from terrorist countries, and end the disastrous open-border policies allowing illegal migrants and deadly drugs like fentanyl to flood into our country.” The fucking anti-muslim travel ban. It’s back, baby. That was the exact phrasing: terrorist countries. If Biden’s foreign policy with regards to the Middle East is frustrating and despair-inducing already, Trump’s would be a catastrophe. The Republicans think Democrats are soft on terrorism. As much as anyone with a conscience is horrified by the US’s continued passivity with regards to Palestine, this motherfucker getting back in office would bring greater horror. I’m really sure about it. I don’t know what that part of the world will look like next fall, but I’m confident that if this dumb bloodthirsty motherfucker regains office, there would be absolutely no hope of public pressure swaying US foreign policy towards “less murder”. Protesting against war and genocide or for any progressive or civil rights cause would become even more dangerous. I still think about the woman who was run over by a car at the protest in 2017

…I’m rambling. I can’t help it. But I don’t want to just ramble unproductively. I should end this with something I hope makes sense to people snd can’t be easily dismissed, even if you already disagree with something I’ve said. I want to say how I genuinely feel.

I believe that imperfect activism is valuable, because it is better to show up and stand in solidarity with other people fighting for a more just world than to not show up at all. I believe all activism is in some way imperfect, because activists are people, and people are imperfect. That is to say, one middle-aged woman who showed up to a DC protest wearing a hand-crocheted pink pussy hat, who maybe hadn’t been to many (or any) protests before but who felt fired up about this one, was worth ten of the smug “real leftists” sneering about her on twitter. Maybe more than ten. Your own activism will be imperfect. But keep an open mind— to your own learning and to others’. Doing “the bare minimum” (and, ugh, what a discouraging phrase) is still doing. We have to encourage everyone who feels drawn to fighting for social good. We have to link arms with one another and be strong. Even if you think the person next to you is a lame-o liberal, if they believe that (for example) trans people deserve access to gender-affirming care and should not be smashed flat into fruit-by-the-foot and sent straight to hell, they are your comrade.

Be wary of people who self-identify as Cassandras and unheeded prophets, especially if their messages consistently emphasize how everything is garbage and the world can’t be saved. If someone is telling you that only they understand how uniquely horrible things are, that no progressive or leftist political philosophy is viable except for the specific one they adhere to, that no news or media sources are worthwhile or even trustworthy except for the small handful of ones they endorse… I won’t say to stop listening to them or following them, but I’d recommend listening to other people, too.

Do your own reading about issues that are important to you. Read many people’s words, watch videos, think about what you believe, and how those beliefs have changed over time, and stay open to being further changed. We are all constantly learning and shaping ourselves, and teaching, and being shaped by others. All of us are tired. But we can hold each other up.

I don’t have a rousing call to action. Just the same things many people are already saying that I’ve felt encouraged by, in a grim sort of way: protest and donate when and where you can, support political candidates on the local and national stage who do support policies you agree with, who could do real good. It feels very hard right now to be hopeful. But we all have to live in whatever future comes eventually— so I think we have to still participate, and that means things like voting. We are all tired. But we have to keep going. There is, ultimately, no sitting out. People who opt out of voting still must live under the social climate and policies imposed by the person who gets elected, and who they endorse and empower and appoint, and who those people empower and appoint, and so on.

This post doesn’t have a good conclusion. I didn’t write it thinking about what would make for a satisfying structure in general. But if you read it, then thank you for reading.

#us politics #catie talks

[soberscientistlife]

Republicans hate the poor for some strange reason.