Former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), who is also the current Democratic Senate candidate for Ohio, found himself in hot water in a past campaign over his response to anti-trans attacks from Republicans, and now he appears to be taking a different approach.
Instead of trying to defend or explain his views on trans rights, Brown released an ad last week slamming Republicans for focusing on trans people at all, when there are so many bigger challenges facing the state.
The culture war is the only thing they love.
This is like Trump saying, “Immigrants? Nobody cares, that’s crazy!”
Politics in the US is only now getting special attention because the insulation of the average voter is finally being pierced by the terrible shit Trump is doing. As soon as gas goes back to under a certain threshold, the propaganda networks will slowly turn their viewers back into comfortable and complacent fools with their culture war bullshit.
This country has a very narrow window of sobriety to actually change things back for the better before it goes back to its bread and circuses. I only hope the next couple of upcoming elections has no attempted subversion of democracy by the ruling class.
The problem is that the damage your recent administrations have done can’t be undone. America is going to lose its reserve currency status, and your entire economy depends on that. Not to mention that your reputation as a reliable trade and defence partner is gone. America’s only real asset was its network of alliances and institutional privileges, and you’ve torn them all down in recent years.
The dark times for your country are just beginning.
Why would he be in hot water for that? Who is her in hot water with? The Republicans? Who cares?
its always the economy. and then corruption routing by the elites. Can we ALL PLEASE stop focusing anything on culture wars for the next elections until we get these dumpster fires out? focusing on your racism or special interest is what lead to the destruction of the nation and letting billionaires corrupt our nation as a whole and start wars steal wealth more fraud waste abuse by contractors being 75% of government and gas lighting us to firing 25% of gov workers to hire more contractors. STOP chasing your own special interests.
REMOVE INCOME TAX they DO NOT TAX THE WEALTHY EVER. at least for anyone making 100-200k = lower middle to upper middle pay the most not wealthy as percentage of wealth gained as gas lighting musk says. then you can tax the rest if you want but 90% of the nation should not be paying income tax at all with what the esptein class has pulled recent years bail outs after bailouts wars after wars started by themselves and producing pandemic killing millions for their gains.
its not even about parties both sides are the same but we need to keep them both in check. focus MUCH less about culture and much more about economy and corruption no one should give one rats ass about lgbtq or cultural rights that is not important. we focus on individual rights not any cultural group. economically though sorry but I will not tolerate concentration of wealth if you are protected by proposition 13 like in ca and other forms of welfare for the wealthy you are the problem. revoke as much of it as possible.
if they had paid regular prop taxes today as the new buyer would they would all go bankrupt. that is a fact. focus on crashing the housing market if you refuse focus on increasing min wage to match the housing market that would be a min wage of 200 dollars an hour now.
thats just a fact. choose to lower prices or raise wages. IDGAF about your culture wars and stop wasting money on bailing out other nations and remove the tariffs. do wealth tax if you can but LAND VALUE TAX is the easiest tax to put in place to replace the income tax.
when the “culture war” is if ICE will abduct you and your family tonight.
For Israel!✊🏻🇮🇱✡卐⚡⚡ Heil Trump!🙋
Whenever we are talking about the MAGA boogeyman of the day, we are losing. Whenever they bring up Trans, or Biden, or Commies, we have to ignore it, and talk about Affordability, the War, gas prices, corruption, inflation, taxes, AI, Flock cameras, data centers, corruption, ICE, DoJ, FBI, DHS, SCOTUS, corruption, destruction of national monuments, healthcare, education, corruption, election integrity, foreign interference, white supremacy, Sociopathic Oligarchs, corruption, etc.
We need to control the message, not MAGA. They have plenty to answer for, and EVERYBODY knows it, including them, so make them answer to our charges, not the other way around.
And just laugh in their faces every time they say Biden. Humiliate them for their cowardice in not acknowledging that it’s all on Trump and MAGA, and they know it.
And just laugh in their faces every time they say Biden.
It’s begun.
The tone of that “I yield back,” just so “nobody cares about the answer to my question, dipshit, it was rhetorical. Keep stammering, you’re only doing me a favor.”
Mr. Torres is frankly a real shitbag, but this was a stellar dunk, that was fun to watch
This is how you do it, you don’t brag about how worked alongside Republicans to harm trans people or lend legitimacy to the sports farce.
Now this guy gets it.
You’re so close Mr. Brown. Now stop bending backwards for AIPAC.
Fuking thank you sir!!! Take notes!!
Ordinarily, I might not vote for Brown, but Hustead is worse and he’s probably ALSO supported by AIPAC.
Now this guy gets it.
Too bad Sherrod Brown is pro Israel. I will never vote for him!
That’s right! Allowing the GOP to win will greatly speed up the, uh, “pacification” of the natives! Time is money, after all. Plus, you won’t have to feel bad anymore when they’re gone.
Who did the genocide start under as president? Who lied to the entire country for 2 years about trying to stop it?
Truman. Everybody.
Who just shipped Israel 2.8B in bombs with zero controls on who they are used against?
You’re right every US president is a war criminal and should be treated as such. Biden especially for allowing this genocide to happen in the first place.
Lol Biden didn’t send 2.8B worth of bombs to Israel with no strings attached. That would be your daddy trump, who you helped elect.
Good job!
I hate Lemmy right now so much. The shills are out in full force. Half these accounts are a month old.
Eh, it’s an .ml, you can’t expect much
I’m not sure which one you mean, but the guy you’re replying to (the one defending Biden) has a 3 months old account, the other a 1y old one. Usually people here claim it’s the other way around, and any criticism of Dems is always shutdown because it’s never “the right time”.
He sure did fight for Israel for his entire tenure in office both as President and before.
Biden ran cover for this genocide for 2 years while funding it to the tune of nearly $18 billion.
See, this is how I know that you don’t genuinely give a fuck about Palestine, or genocide. You just want Republicans to win, and Palestine is a good enough token for today.
Dont let perfect be the barrier to progress. Easier to primary him out next time, but stick it to the republicans for now
Dont let perfect be the barrier to progress
So when is the revolution?
That’s what people say about supporting the Dems who are taking away trans rights.
Which Democrats are taking away trans rights?
Marcy Kaptur, James Talarico, Sarah Trone Garriott, Lindsay James, Blake Gendebien, JoAnna Mendoza, James Turek, and Rob Sand to name a few are all running on platforms attacking trans people ranging from bragging about keeping children from accessing medical care to arguing trans women should not be allowed to play sports with cis women.
I’m not the one you were responding to but I honestly did not know this, and I feel like I should have.
TIL, thank you. I will absolutely keep this in mind going forward.
Thanks.
A ton of them are turning their backs on trans people and moving to the right. Google is free.
A “ton”, but zero examples. I generally know what you’re saying is somewhat true. Some are. But you seem to want to imply Democrats are overall no better than Republicans in this regard and that’s patently false.
Yep, dont care, .1% of a problem vs 99.9% problems
Don’t. Don’t ever let the size of the group determine your support. All people deserve to live without fear of persecution (real persecution, not modern Christian persecution, mind)
Thank you for saying this.
Why would anyone think it’s okay to compromise with a fascist agenda or genocide because of the cost of gas? First it was eggs. That’s insane. That’s what led to the rise of Nazism.
Does anyone take the magnitude of evil going on seriously? We should be fighting it every step of the way, instead of being hyper focused on some goal of maintaining our consumer index to feed more money to an evil ruling class.
I know it’s difficult because the thought of going through some sacrifice is difficult for people living with first world problems in a materialistic society built upon economic imperialism.
Only support politicians who have to courage to be down with the struggle and walk their talk. I’ll vote blue when it serves the good of humanity to do so.
I’ll vote blue when it serves the good of humanity to do so.
And you want to know one fucking example of when that is? When your choice is a blue you’re not fond of vs. a fucking fascist.
You want change? It happens BEFORE the fucking general election. It happens BEFORE the fucking primary. If you couldn’t be bothered (or if you did your best and it wasn’t enough), then you make the fucking pragmatic choice, or else by not voting you support fascism.
It’s really fucking simple.
Until you get that through your head, you are ultimately a fascism supporter.
Change happens through violent revolution, as history tells us.
I’m a human not a statistic.
You are far too privileged and have no right to throw us under the bus.
In fairness¹, you are ALSO a statistic, as we all are. <3
¹ lighthearted joke in the middle of an intense political thread, that’s all
You’re advocating for voting for a pro genocide candidate.
Yeah, don’t let criminals be the barrier to “progress”
Sorry I simply will not vote for someone who supports genocide that’s utterly insane.
Won’t do it for president and sure as shit won’t do it for a senator.
Some lines we cannot cross. I will not capitulate to this liberal framing on this - you simply cannot claim to be progressive in any way if you are ok with the wanton slaughter of innocents by an illegal state with no right to exist.
I can’t help this situation in any way if I’m struggling because transphobes make it difficult for me to exist. Your pool of allies against Israel decreases because I’m too busy trying to survive.
There are other ways to protect and aid LGBTQ community members that are much more effective than voting for people who will throw you under the bus at a moments notice.
There’s a reason a lot of us trans people are moving to blue states. The Democrats aren’t trustworthy but staying in a red state is hell. It still makes a difference so spare the bullshit. Not voting is helping Republicans more than it’s helping trans people.
If someone is going to support genocide on Palestinians they will also support the genocide of trans people. The LGBTQ community especially cannot rely on the state to protect them and must build that within their communities (of which I am very involved locally to make happen) but I’m sure you understand this well.
Completely missed the point of what I said. There’s still a massive difference between the Republicans and Democrats. This isn’t about local communities. Don’t both sides this.
Tell me what you learned from the 2024 presidential election.
That our candidates are all bought and sold by the same interests and while we pretend just voting solves anything that we are letting them take us for a ride through and through. What did you learn?
Both Harris and Trump basically ran on the same platform. I voted but not for either of them.
I learned that a significant majority of the US voting population will torch the country if the candidates in our inherently flawed voting system are not good enough for their moral or ethical standards. Status quo vs driving the country off a cliff are not the same thing.
Yeah and it doesn’t help that thousands of not millions of shills canvas the Internet with misinformation intended to help Republicans.
The status quo of genocide and endless war in the name of empire? The status quo of silencing dissent in society? The status quo of attacking minorities? Do you think all of this is only supported by the Republicans because I’ve got news for you bucko.
Do you honestly think that if harris had one, ice would be going around the country and detaining immigrants and putting them in concentration camps?
Yes that was the status quo. And now we have the status quo times 1000 worse. Democrats have not been shocked into compliance either. A systemic overhaul is required and it’s bigger than one person.
I’m not disagreeing that genocide is bad but the other guy probably supports Israel as well since they’re Republican. It’s your right to not vote but anyone else reading and not voting is the same as supporting the other person by allowing them to be voted in. By not picking a side, you’re picking a side and giving the other side a free pass. You’re basically saying that you are ok if the opposition who supports Israel gets elected because you didn’t use your vote to cancel out a vote. Either way you’re supporting Israel.
The choice here is to vote for a candidate that supports Israel and the rights of Americans or someone that supports Israel and opposes American rights or not vote and let someone else decide for you. You can wait for your perfect candidate while the opposition votes in theirs. It’s your right.
This “not voting supports the other side” argument goes both ways.
If either way my vote supports Israel then I suppose my choice never really mattered to begin with. If you support Israel you will go back on any claim you make supporting Americans.
Nope. If both candidates are Israel supporters then no matter what Israel will be supported regardless of how you vote. What you are saying is that the person sitting next to you doesn’t deserve rights because you failed to vote against the opposition because the Democrat candidate isn’t perfect. I’m not excusing the Dem candidate for supporting Israel but I’m saying that all Americans should enjoy the same rights and the voters options are limited. You disagree and that’s your right, but I hope that you aren’t going around advocating for human rights while also strengthening the position of those that would take those rights away. This is a fight won in inches not miles.
What you are saying is that the person sitting next to you doesn’t deserve rights because you failed to vote against the opposition because the Democrat candidate isn’t perfect
this is bad faith
The irony of claiming human rights while voting for those doing genocide and silencing those who speak out is rich. Thanks for the laugh I needed that this morning.
The irony of being a fascist and doing their dirty work for them. No thanks for your support of fascism.
No, this is more ironic.
I get it, but that’s not how elections under FPTP works. If you want to be single issue about this, you have to vote for a candidate aligned with your choice on this. If such a candidate doesn’t exist, you have to vote for the least repugnant one.
If you don’t vote, you’re cosigning whatever choice everyone else makes. You not voting isn’t telling anyone that they didn’t get your vote, it’s telling everyone that you didn’t care about the outcome of that election.
Many population overthrow their dictatorship and risked being kidnapped, tortured, starved and killed but you idiots have fair elections and still making excuses to vote for murderers and terrorists
“Fair elections” where both sides deliberately work to disenfranchise anyone who would challenge the structural violence both live and die by
both sides deliberately work to disenfranchise
Bullshit.
Nice counter point
It may change now with Trump but there is no systematic state intimidation for not voting for the “right” person in the USA unlike in dictatorships
If you think our elections captured by two parties that operate in lock step at the whims of the rich and their corporations are fair then I’m not sure what to tell you. There is no room for any 3rd party to truly have representation and that is systemic suppression by the state.
You do not have a choice in your elections. Both sides hate you and will work against your interests because neither of them is materially beholden to you in any way
I don’t have to do anything when the options are genocide, war, racism, and support for empire on both sides.
I voted 3rd party in the last election because there was no one who remotely represented me elsewhere. I think it says much more about you that you could hold your nose and vote for that than me or the millions who did what I did.
If you think things would be drastically different if the election went the other way you have a poor understanding of the dynamics at play here and how all sides are ruled by capital and its whims.
You voted third-party. Good. Infinitely better than not voting
Only if someone is ignorant of how the US political system is set up.
A vote for a third party is currently a vote for the side you hate worse.
And for anyone who does BoTh sIdEs: Educate yourself because ignorance supports fascism, and fascism supports ignorance.
Then destroy the system.
If the system causes you to genocide,
genocide the system itself.They said they’re single issue, this is their single issue. If the choice is no vote or vote for third party, voting for third party says something more than not voting. Do I vote harm reduction? Yes. Am I going to argue a person out of voting rather than voting for a third-party? No. Do I think I can change this person’s mind to agree to vote harm reduction? No, and if you’re being honest you know you can’t either. We do what we can. Optimal strategy and the best strategy for an individual don’t need to be the same thing all of the time.
If every person who was going to not vote voted third party instead, things would change for the better.
vote for a third party is currently a vote for the side you hate worse.
no, it’s a vote against both of them
Yeah, I wont either. But I do not live there, so no worries
Well I do…though if you live in the US I don’t think any of us should be supporting any of these cretins and we should be vocally speaking out about all of them. Not just the ones that effect us directly.
The only way to change the tide is to continue to pressure the ones who claim to represent our interests to bend to our will as they are supposed to.
No shit. One can’t take the “lesser of two evils” approach by accepting the greatest of all evils.
So you’re advocating for voting for and condoning an evil government/country?
How did you get that? Precisely the opposite. I’m saying lesser of two evils doesn’t fly when the people one “holds their nose” to vote for support a genocidal terrorist state.
My bad, I misunderstood. I totally agree, fuck these genocidal liberals.
Shit I didn’t know that
Funnily enough it is one of the defining things about him in a climate where many Dems are starting to get the message about distancing themselves from Israel.
Then who will you vote for?
Whoever isnt the Israel guy that isnt a fascist.
Whoever isnt the Israel guy that isnt a fascist.
Fascist treasure your support for them.
More incoherence lol I love talking to libs
Interesting. No one specific in mind. Just not the Democrat.
