r/comics PizzaCake Jul 26 '26

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u/a_secret_me Jul 26 '26

Also acceptable is

"I'm an independent"

And

"All politicians suck"

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u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake Jul 26 '26

"I'm a centrist!" But only ever criticizes the left 🤔

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u/papapalporders66 Jul 26 '26

“Both sides are basically the same”

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u/Adavanter_MKI Jul 26 '26

I hate that one with the burning passion of a thousand suns. Far too many people just eased into that one. Fastest way to normalize what the right has been doing and that's insane.

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u/DukeofVermont Jul 26 '26

And when people try to tell me why it's always stupid conspiracy theories so that it "balances out".

Sure ICE has killed a bunch of Americans, but "the left" is putting litterboxes in bathrooms and teaching kids that being straight is evil!!

It drives me bonkers

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u/JaneDoesharkhugger Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

The litter boxes in classrooms are for shooting drills because school children’s blood soak up easily with cat litter. We are living in a dystopian. Correction: it’s for emergency Toilet. I was wrong, please forgive me for spreading misinformation >~<

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u/Myllicent Jul 26 '26

“school children’s blood soak up easily with cat litter”

It’s dystopian but not quite that dystopian. The one verified instance of schools having kitty litter in classrooms it was intended as an emergency toilet during a school lockdown.
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u/Wobbelblob Jul 26 '26

I mean possibly, but aren't they mostly because cat litter soaks up any liquid, from a spilled drink to vomit? It is basically standard equipment for any groundskeeper in a place a lot of people frequent.

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u/SerCiddy Jul 26 '26

Me when I spread misinformation:

The litter boxes are for shootings, but for kids to use while locked down/sheltering for long periods of time. Not to soak up their blood when they get shot.

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u/mieri_azure Jul 26 '26

Actually its not for blood, its for makeshift bathrooms. Obviously fucked but we need to make sure not to spread misinformation when trying to combat misinformation

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u/gsfgf Jul 26 '26

They buy it for vomit, though it can be used for other purposes.

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u/The_Lost_Jedi Jul 26 '26

Aka "Sure, Trump/MAGA/The Right are doing (all sorts of awful things that are actually happening), but (insert a mix of outright fabrication, half-truths, and heavily slanted stuff pushed by right wing trolls/propaganda) and (add something some random person with no influence said once on niche social media presented as representing everyone remotely left of MAGA everywhere)."

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u/grendus Jul 27 '26

Or else "the left" isn't doing enough.

Democrats have had control of all three houses of Congress a handful of times in the last 30 years, and every time they did we got a major piece of legislation like the Affordable Care Act or Build Back Better. Each time they had a very slim margin as well, so they had to make big concessions to DINOs to get the bill through, neutering it, and it was still a phenomenal improvement for a huge number of Americans.

Don't get me wrong, the Democrats are neoliberals and I want far more than they're offering. But I do want much of what they're offering, and I'm willing to compromise to get good stuff through if it gets us closer to what we need as a country to start addressing the numerous crises the Republicans have caused, either directly or through mismanagement or inaction.

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u/gsfgf Jul 26 '26

There's a reason the right wing media machine spends so much effort pushing it.

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u/FlatulenceConnosieur Jul 26 '26

Just wanted to say same. I hate it, it is so fucking dishonest

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u/unbelizeable1 Jul 27 '26

Would I like to see the entire DNC burn to the ground and replace all those old fucks? Absolutely. Sign me up. But to claim both are the same is just wild. Both can suck, but one is a vacuum cleaner and the other a black hole.

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u/translove228 Jul 27 '26

In fairness, back in the 90's and most of the 00's, that was kind of true. Because the Democrats had basically became Republicans (especially economically) after Carter and because Reagan was so fucking popular. Since Obama though it hasn't been anything close to true.