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[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

One old fart that vows revenge on his political foes.

True. You forgot to mention that he's a literal fascist, though. That's important information.

One old fart that is the most progressive president in the last 40 years.

..did you smoke crack between those two sentences? Were you typing while driving, got in a horrible accident leaving you with intermittent aphasia, then finished the comment anyway?

Because it's either that or you're trying to gaslight us all completely unnecessarily.

You don't have to pretend that he's great. Hell, you don't even have to pretend that he's not bad!

Just reminding people that he's the only alternative to the vengeful fascist should be enough. After all, that was 100% of his campaign strategy the first time around and it (barely) worked!

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

Reagan, HW Bush, Clinton, W Bush, Obama, Trump. Take your pick.

ā€œMost progressiveā€ is not a high bar to clear. It's a reasonably fair claim that Biden has been more progressive than Obama, and definitely isnā€™t outrageous enough to justify ranting about crack smoking and traumatic brain damage.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago

ā€œMost progressiveā€ is not a high bar to clear.

and Biden still limbos way under it.

Biden forced the railroad workers to go back to work, violating their right to protest. That's ACTUALLY fascism. The government forcing people to work at a company for shitty pay so the shitty company can get more money

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The biden administration got the railworkers what they were asking for.

Its not his fault you cant read.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

And Obama broke the legal Occupy Wall Street protests and killed civilians in Yemen with drone strikes. So he takes the title instead? ā€œMost progressiveā€ is a comparative qualification, and he does not need to BE a progressive to take the title.

While I agree that the strike shouldnā€™t have been broken and that the rail workers should have the right to stop as much work as they control in order to make their demands heard, Biden also became the first president to walk a picket line during that strike and ultimately got the rail workers a deal that their unions all were reportedly happy with. He may not be everything you want, but he IS the most pro-union president of my lifetime. Again, not a high bar to clear. Recognize progress when it happens, even if itā€™s not your dream come true.

Furthermore, with all the terrifying examples of actual rising fascism that surround us right now, donā€™t muddy the waters with BS like that. It just makes you look like a troll.

[-] [email protected] -4 points 2 weeks ago

ā€œMost progressiveā€ is not a high bar to clear

Yet Biden managed to fail anyway.

It's a reasonably fair claim that Biden has been more progressive than Obama

Nope. Neither fair nor accurate. Obama picked Biden to assuage the fears of white conservative Democrats and Biden is the exact same guy that he's always been. His age isn't much of a problem in itself, but his outdated policy positions and opinions are.

He entered politics before the invention of the walkman and he hasn't changed or acknowledged any of his mistakes since then.

definitely isnā€™t outrageous enough to justify ranting about crack smoking and traumatic brain damage.

For the reasons stated above, I beg to differ.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

You haven't actually commented on anything recent, just vague references to his non-presidency years (people are allowed to change). Nor have you shown that any of the listed presidents were more progressive. Your argument is "nuh uh". You claim he failed. How? You didn't even take the low hanging fruit of "Isreal" or "continued border bullshit".

Here, I'll start: nominated the first black woman to the supreme court. More low hanging fruit, but you've set the bar rather low. He's been doing quite a lot for the LGBT community, which is a pretty big reversal from his past.

See. Two sentences, one source, and now there's substance. Now. Refute me.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago
[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Shocking. What's the over/under on that person being a Russian troll?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Pretty low, actually. Viking_Hippie is actually a pretty legit Lemmy contributor, despite having some utter garbage takes on American politics and making occasionally disingenuous arguments for them, as above. Pretty sure heā€™s Danish though, not Russian.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Fair enough. A lesson in "not every bad take is Russian".

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

When I was doing my 2 second google search, I spotted the whitehouse.gov link (and it's what reminded me about Ketanji Brown Jackson), but figured the person I was responding to would mark that as biased.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah there's been a few Lemmy or Reddit links that have had similar lists I thought I saved but couldn't find them. Had to default to that.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago

Yet Biden managed to fail anyway.

Oh good, I'm not the only one to say it.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's okay to be Trump supporter on Lemmy Viking_Hippie. I know you regularly like to pretend Biden is bad but don't be a useful idiot at least.

[-] [email protected] -4 points 2 weeks ago

Really? That weak ass "only Trump Supporters would criticize Biden" bullshit is all you have? After I specifically pointed out the fact that Trump is a literal fascist and stressed that Biden is a less bad choice? Pathetic.

don't be a useful idiot at least.

I'd say "right back at you", but you're not even useful. You're just an idiot.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

No, you're just literally parroting russian fascist republican propaganda equating the two no matter how much you badmouth Trump. Everyone shits on Trump already, it's not special, nobody cares anymore lol.

Saying insane patently false shit like you have about Biden though makes you a useful idiot which is even worse than an idiot. I know I'm fucking stupid, I'm talking to you on Lemmy right now proving your point.

The difference being that you're actively making the world worse whether knowingly or unknowingly.

[-] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago

None of that is true, except for the part where you admit that you're fucking stupid. Now run along and be a useless idiot at someone else while the rest of us deal with reality outside of your ridiculous apparatchik fantasy world.

[-] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago

Did that idiot say Trump would jail his political foes? You mean like the Biden administration is currently trying to do to their political foes?

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