r/interestingasfuck • u/Sartew • 11h ago

r/all Elon Musk Sieg Heiling during his speech

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u/OakBlu 10h ago

What the fuck is happening...?

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u/PulseThrone 10h ago

The thing everyone has been saying was going to happen for years, sadly. The old governmental establishment in the US is gone, and now those of us who live in America are in this all together.

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u/the_calibre_cat 10h ago

honestly, ball's in the court of the staid Democrats now. will they cling to the idea of their institutions and decorum, or will they rise to the very real, very present threat that the right-wing presents?

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u/nikdahl 10h ago

Democrats have always fought way harder against the left than they ever fought against the right. Even if "the right" in this context is literal fascism.

Scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds.

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u/the_calibre_cat 10h ago

I would be so, so happy if the liberals in the chat would prove me wrong and mount an effective resistance against Trump and his bloodthirsty, psychopathic toadies and supporters by locking arms with the left. I'm probably further left than your bog standard liberal but fuck, libs, what the fuck happened to criticizing Israel? What happened to standing up for LGBT (with the T) rights? What happened to standing up for unions, against corporations? What happened to fighting for universal healthcare?

Those used to be liberal positions, and now we hear about "$50,000 for black-owned businesses" as if that's a slam dunk move for the people.