[pissedjeansworld]

Also you're not actually doing anything. You are just whining people arent happy with you. Your arguments aren't logical or political. Your arguments are for making things worse.

That’s your opinion. We’ll see won’t we

[omegaversereloaded]

ilove when someone posts about an issue that's supposedly plaguing society and it's painfully obvious that said issue is not a thing that matters if youre not on tiktok

[nianeyna]

reminds me of this reddit comment I have saved

[pissedjeansworld]

You know, Newsom prolly would find your kink sick and would probably want to institutionalize you. Pray you’re never homeless in California.

I was wrong to call it for Newsom and I’m not going to delete my blog or kms because I was wrong on the internet. I’m obviously not from California and not attuned to California politics.

I’m still just trying to say that in order to accomplish something you might have to work together with people you disagree with because you can’t do it without them and they won’t want to help you if you sneer at them every time they try to engage with you

[pissedjeansworld]

get your fat daddy to buy you some books before you talk out of your ass again

It’s easy to be flippant and dismissive on the internet, but this is the kind of sneering that’s the exact problem

It’s hard for us to live together but we don’t have any other choice

[mudwerks]

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

AI industry groups are urging an appeals court to block what they say is the largest copyright class action ever certified. They’ve warned that a single lawsuit raised by three authors over Anthropic’s AI training now threatens to “financially ruin” the entire AI industry if up to 7 million claimants end up joining the litigation and forcing a settlement.

well…darn

[flippyspoon]

like to charge reblog to cast financial ruin of the AI industry 🔮

[pissedjeansworld]

“Electoralism” doesn’t work… okay. What are you proposing instead, keyboard warriors? I agree with every argument about how corrupt it is because it’s ultimately a class war. Are you talking about a violent revolution? Who’s with you? Are you organized? Be for real.

I’m not saying give up on trans rights or any other fucking thing you make up about me, but what are you actually going to do? It’s magical thinking if you think you’re going to transform American democracy and political discourse in less than 2 years. Conservatives have been playing the long game since Reagan and they’ve been beating us. We need to play a longer game and play better than them before it’s too late. It doesn’t help us for anybody to dig in their heels. We need to work together. That’s all I’m saying.

[toloveviceforitself]

Republicans have been "playing the long game" by consistently demanding the exact kind of ideological purity you demand leftists surrender.

Do you think a republican could *ever* get elected while espousing pro-choice views? Or supporting Trans kids playing sports? Or raising the minimum wage? Or would their base label them a liberal RINO and feed them to the wolves?

This commitment to purity is why they've consistently succeeded in pushing their ideological project forward despite losing about half their elections. They'd rather lose an election and be mad for a few years than give an inch on their ideological priorities, and that lets them inch inexorably toward their goals. That's what them "playing the long game" means.

And the fact that democrats refuse to even articulate or commit to an ideological project, constantly cave to republican rhetoric, and focus mostly on disciplining their base into voting for them anyway is why they're consistently in retreat despite, on paper, representing a firm majority of voters.

If you want to "play the long game" like they do, you need a better strategy than "the person with a D in front of their name has to never lose an election forever".

[pissedjeansworld]

If anyone was paying attention they’d see that I’m advocating for voting D because not literally every single one of them is trying to legislate us out of existence and has been for my whole life, and only as a stop gap so that we can get ranked choice voting and eliminate the electoral college, not “the person with a D in front of their name has to never lose an election forever”. But again it’s my bad for posting an unpopular opinion on tumblr and expecting a nuanced discussion and not getting called a nazi

[toloveviceforitself]

Okay cool. Explain to me why a member of either party would ever allow you to institute a voting system whose stated purpose is to reduce their own power and remove the two-party duopoly, unless you have an extreme degree of leverage over them?

And if you want to have that leverage, might it behoove you to understand how conservative interest groups secured theirs? Should it worry you that it was by solidly refusing to do the exact thing you're advocating?

[pissedjeansworld]

Please share with the class how you suggest we proceed

[toloveviceforitself]

If we're only considering electoral solutions? Again, look at what conservatives did. Make it clear to your politicians that you'd rather let them lose than help vote in someone who crosses your ideological red lines. Maybe actually have some ideological red lines. And then follow through.

What you definitely shouldn't do, and this is important, is start signaling an entire election cycle ahead of time that you'll support any blue candidate no matter how vile and therefore no one in power has to care about what you want or believe. It's a really bad idea to do that one.

[pissedjeansworld]

Fair enough and finally a valid argument. I’m gonna pack it in

[pissedjeansworld]

“Electoralism” doesn’t work… okay. What are you proposing instead, keyboard warriors? I agree with every argument about how corrupt it is because it’s ultimately a class war. Are you talking about a violent revolution? Who’s with you? Are you organized? Be for real.

I’m not saying give up on trans rights or any other fucking thing you make up about me, but what are you actually going to do? It’s magical thinking if you think you’re going to transform American democracy and political discourse in less than 2 years. Conservatives have been playing the long game since Reagan and they’ve been beating us. We need to play a longer game and play better than them before it’s too late. It doesn’t help us for anybody to dig in their heels. We need to work together. That’s all I’m saying.

[toloveviceforitself]

Republicans have been "playing the long game" by consistently demanding the exact kind of ideological purity you demand leftists surrender.

Do you think a republican could *ever* get elected while espousing pro-choice views? Or supporting Trans kids playing sports? Or raising the minimum wage? Or would their base label them a liberal RINO and feed them to the wolves?

This commitment to purity is why they've consistently succeeded in pushing their ideological project forward despite losing about half their elections. They'd rather lose an election and be mad for a few years than give an inch on their ideological priorities, and that lets them inch inexorably toward their goals. That's what them "playing the long game" means.

And the fact that democrats refuse to even articulate or commit to an ideological project, constantly cave to republican rhetoric, and focus mostly on disciplining their base into voting for them anyway is why they're consistently in retreat despite, on paper, representing a firm majority of voters.

If you want to "play the long game" like they do, you need a better strategy than "the person with a D in front of their name has to never lose an election forever".

[pissedjeansworld]

If anyone was paying attention they’d see that I’m advocating for voting D because not literally every single one of them is trying to legislate us out of existence and has been for my whole life, and only as a stop gap so that we can get ranked choice voting and eliminate the electoral college, not “the person with a D in front of their name has to never lose an election forever”. But again it’s my bad for posting an unpopular opinion on tumblr and expecting a nuanced discussion and not getting called a nazi

[toloveviceforitself]

Okay cool. Explain to me why a member of either party would ever allow you to institute a voting system whose stated purpose is to reduce their own power and remove the two-party duopoly, unless you have an extreme degree of leverage over them?

And if you want to have that leverage, might it behoove you to understand how conservative interest groups secured theirs? Should it worry you that it was by solidly refusing to do the exact thing you're advocating?

[pissedjeansworld]

Please share with the class how you suggest we proceed

[pissedjeansworld]

Apparently saying that leftists should stop being exclusionary and build a larger coalition in order to accomplish their goals makes me a nazi

[pissedjeansworld]

“Electoralism” doesn’t work… okay. What are you proposing instead, keyboard warriors? I agree with every argument about how corrupt it is because it’s ultimately a class war. Are you talking about a violent revolution? Who’s with you? Are you organized? Be for real.

I’m not saying give up on trans rights or any other fucking thing you make up about me, but what are you actually going to do? It’s magical thinking if you think you’re going to transform American democracy and political discourse in less than 2 years. Conservatives have been playing the long game since Reagan and they’ve been beating us. We need to play a longer game and play better than them before it’s too late. It doesn’t help us for anybody to dig in their heels. We need to work together. That’s all I’m saying.

[toloveviceforitself]

Republicans have been "playing the long game" by consistently demanding the exact kind of ideological purity you demand leftists surrender.

Do you think a republican could *ever* get elected while espousing pro-choice views? Or supporting Trans kids playing sports? Or raising the minimum wage? Or would their base label them a liberal RINO and feed them to the wolves?

This commitment to purity is why they've consistently succeeded in pushing their ideological project forward despite losing about half their elections. They'd rather lose an election and be mad for a few years than give an inch on their ideological priorities, and that lets them inch inexorably toward their goals. That's what them "playing the long game" means.

And the fact that democrats refuse to even articulate or commit to an ideological project, constantly cave to republican rhetoric, and focus mostly on disciplining their base into voting for them anyway is why they're consistently in retreat despite, on paper, representing a firm majority of voters.

If you want to "play the long game" like they do, you need a better strategy than "the person with a D in front of their name has to never lose an election forever".

[pissedjeansworld]

If anyone was paying attention they’d see that I’m advocating for voting D because not literally every single one of them is trying to legislate us out of existence and has been for my whole life, and only as a stop gap so that we can get ranked choice voting and eliminate the electoral college, not “the person with a D in front of their name has to never lose an election forever”. But again it’s my bad for posting an unpopular opinion on tumblr and expecting a nuanced discussion and not getting called a nazi

[pissedjeansworld]

Just say you hate trans folks and GO for god sakes we get it you’d vote Hitler if he promised brunch and wore a blue hat.

You’re the one who can’t stop checking up on me babe

[pissedjeansworld]

“Electoralism” doesn’t work… okay. What are you proposing instead, keyboard warriors? I agree with every argument about how corrupt it is because it’s ultimately a class war. Are you talking about a violent revolution? Who’s with you? Are you organized? Be for real.

I’m not saying give up on trans rights or any other fucking thing you make up about me, but what are you actually going to do? It’s magical thinking if you think you’re going to transform American democracy and political discourse in less than 2 years. Conservatives have been playing the long game since Reagan and they’ve been beating us. We need to play a longer game and play better than them before it’s too late. It doesn’t help us for anybody to dig in their heels. We need to work together. That’s all I’m saying.

[pissedjeansworld]

I’m making a logical and practical argument not a moral one

[pissedjeansworld]

Yeah, you were BLANTENTLY transmysoginist putting your “hot” take on her post. Telling her she needs to let democrats take away her rights, thats extremely fucked up.

I doubt you care though. If democrats are going to be the same as republicans in your eyes, rip off the band aid, just be conservative lmao. You want to be so bad! You can stop caring about people who arent you that way :)

Disregarding the words that you put in my mouth, if you think I’m a conservative because I think you should vote democrat in the next two major elections while also pushing for ranked choice voting so you don’t have to make this shitty binary choice in the future, that’s the whole problem that I’m talking about and we’re all fucked

[pissedjeansworld]

Some of you seem to think that I should feel bad or change my mind. If I did anything wrong it was putting my hot take on a trans woman’s post, and maybe giving it to Newsom too early, so sorry about that. I stand by everything else I said.

[pissedjeansworld]

kim don jon are you serious? "how can i make american politics about those Evil Asians instead?"

what has all this offense at perceived slights gotten you (everyone in my asks)? Sometimes you have to choose between having a problem and doing something about it. Don’t yell at me for giving a reasonable read of where the American electorate is at and offering a path forward

[pissedjeansworld]

im pooping and farding egeegiously

[pissedjeansworld]

I too could scroll through your blog and find every last embarrassing thing about you or that you haven’t posted about the issue du jour in the last six months. Shame! Shame on me for not using this tiny no followers tumblr account constantly to change American culture for the better