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-misanthroptimist

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29. Depressing, isn't it?

Reply to BannonsLiver (Reply #25)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 11:21 AM

Jul 5

"Oh, no! [Redacted] called us a name!! We're dooomed!!!1!!!!!!"

I mean, here's another way to address this bullshit. "Yeah, [redacted] and you're a nazi. The commies were our allies in WWII. The commies are pretty much gone. The nazis were the enemy -and still are."

Addressing this unwarranted fear is easy in multiple ways.

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and there's the opponent's theme song....Communism/Socialism......it'll kill us. Gotta get on top of this [View all] a kennedy Jul 4 OP

this is "they are eating the dogs" only "they " is us. rampartd Jul 4 #1

No, it won't. Ocelot II Jul 4 #2

"NoBoDy WaNtS tO wOrK" durablend Jul 5 #27

i was called one of them things when i was in high school because i wanted to protect the environment. AllaN01Bear Jul 4 #3

So dramatic! -misanthroptimist Jul 5 #4

The Scandinavian countries are not socialist. They are constitutional monarchies (except for Iceland) Ocelot II Jul 5 #8

Oh, bullshit. (See: No True Scotsman Fallacy) -misanthroptimist Jul 5 #10

Read the article. *They* don't even think they're socialists. Ocelot II Jul 5 #11

Great! Then Democratic Socialists aren't socialist -misanthroptimist Jul 5 #12

The DSA probably are socialists. The Scandinavians aren't. Ocelot II Jul 5 #13

"A real voice" is dramatically different from... -misanthroptimist Jul 5 #14

No, the one where Danish PM explains they're "far from a socialist planned economy. Denmark is a market economy." betsuni Jul 5 #16

Whoosh! There it went! -misanthroptimist Jul 5 #17

What is the point? betsuni Jul 5 #18

See post #4 above -misanthroptimist Jul 5 #19

"So what is it about socialism that Republicans are agains?" The countries listed are not socialist. betsuni Jul 5 #20

There's absolutely no danger that the US is going to suddenly go completely socialist snot Jul 5 #34

We need to control our own message, not react to theirs struggle4progress Jul 5 #5

I'm not worried Fiendish Thingy Jul 5 #6

Anybody who thinks we do not have to fight this is delusional! tableturner Jul 5 #7

You don't ignore it but you don't have to explain it newdeal2 Jul 5 #9

This is the 2026/28 talking point Mz Pip Jul 5 #31

A majority of the DSA leadership openly identify as Communists. pcdb Jul 5 #33

James Carville spoke out against them Mz Pip Jul 5 #36

I agree that if the party isn't on top of this fujiyamasan Jul 5 #15

On the plus side, they seem to be giving up on trans hate for this election cycle. Vinca Jul 5 #21

Don't bet on that. BannonsLiver Jul 5 #26

Watch Clinton malaise Jul 5 #22

Decades late for that. Blue Full Moon Jul 5 #23

Trump talking with actual commie. Blue Full Moon Jul 5 #24

I must have missed the genesis of this but we got DUers who are BIG SKEERED of Donnie's words again. BannonsLiver Jul 5 #25

Depressing, isn't it? -misanthroptimist Jul 5 #29

It is in the sense that we're 11 years into maga and we have people who are still soft. BannonsLiver Jul 5 #30

Sure, they're soft. They have to be. -misanthroptimist Jul 5 #32

The right has been calling Dems socialist/communists since FDR... Thomas Hurt Jul 5 #28

Blah, quit taking the bait and inflaming the rank and file duckworth969 Jul 5 #35

There is a pattern LetMyPeopleVote Jul 6 #37