They were running against a batshit insane senile cheeto and couldn't win the election anyway. They refused to go left, they collaborate with devils like the cheneys and when we pointed out the writing on the wall, we were met with "russian disinformation farms" and "tankies" for having a fucking brain and seeing that moving right will not make racist sexist republicans vote for a black woman. And lo and behold, 94% of republicans voted for trump, FUCKING OBVIOUSLY. The only fucking reason Kamala didn't run on being progressive was because at the end of the day, there's no "lesser evil," and we've all been saying this for fucking ever, the democrats are genocidal capitalist ghouls, and they will support america's interests no matter how much blood is spilled and no matter how many people get stomped on by bigots controlling the white house, the senate, the supreme court (which the democrats just let get stocked with republicans) and probably the house too. And they don't care. "Just give us money and make sure to vote blue next election" before they slink off into the darkness and begin their political pickpocketing two years from now. FUCK, now queer and genderqueer and bipoc people in america have to live with the republicans doing whatever they want for the next four years because GOD FORBID THE DEMOCRATS LISTEN TO A SINGLE FUCKING HING THEIR CONSTITUENTS SAY INSTEAD OF PLUGGING THEIR EARS AND SCREAMING "VOTE!"
i hate it here. every one of you redditors that posted shit like "i'm on the right side of history" while you refuse to leverage your one single fucking scrap of political power in this shitty dictatorship. fuck lemmy.world, fuck reddit, fuck libs for soypogging for kamala's campaign and not using their eyes to see that there's no difference in the end, the ghouls are ghouls.
I really get your anger, i hate the Dems too. I don't get your worry at Trump's win though, you know as well as i do the fearmongering the DNC tried to whip up is mostly projection and grift. "Under trump", the only thing that may fundamentally change is the coverage of the direction the govt is galloping towards no matter who's in office.
i am nervous that policy may be altered under a congress white house and supreme court stacked with republicans who historically implement anti-queer policies (see florida) that negatively affects me, my friends, my comrades, and my peers. it's not an unreasonable worry that, given the opportunity, laws may be passed that curtail the rights of queer people in america
this is the main thing that im worried about, specifically a federal ban on gender marker changes, a federal requirement to out trans and gay kids in schools, or a likely unsuccessful attempt at an hrt ban.
also afraid that bigots might be emboldened, but sounds like the stats say theyve always been emboldened since 2016.
No, of course not. I hope it doesn't seem as if I'm flippant about the situation we're in, it that I'm not worried for my brown and more obviously queer comrades. My point is (if i got one) that what I've learned in my time here is that tuesday wasn't some form in the road or wrong turn we just made (like the prevalent meme) but rather a on-way track we have been locked-in to, with no (electoral) outlet, this whole time.
While the outcome of the election might be shocking, thinking kamala's winning might have changed our world much? doesn't fit what i see in that data, or from news posts and comrades live's posted on hexbear.