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Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social |
I really have lost my former tolerance for "we're doomed/fucked/it's all over/they've won" takes at this point, in that they're the most dangerous attitudes one could possibly have when confronted with a truly existential political threat (which we still DO have levers to address).
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jadehawk
@jadehawk.bsky.social
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well, americans do, anyway. i am much more limited, all i can do is hand the ppl who*do* have the levers water and coffee *does a sad little cheerleading dance* go left/liberal americans, fix this for all of us!
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Lee Santos
@leesantos.bsky.social
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Well said!
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Ariofthesea
@ariofthesea.bsky.social
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Thank you for saying this. Truly.
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Michael Maris
@edrobot.bsky.social
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Where are the people on the left playing hardball and winning, then?
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Stefan E. Jones
@stefanejones.bsky.social
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I hate that defeatist crap. We need to get off our asses, get smart, and get cracking.
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NoTimeForNinjas
@notimeforninjas.bsky.social
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But my feelings of despair must be validated!
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Monterey Jack
@mjack.bsky.social
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I've lost my tolerance for shaming people for their despair.
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LA Guettler [insert cleverness here]
@laguettler.bsky.social
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Do guillotines use levers
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Crooked Emily
@wrenispinkle.bsky.social
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Honestly these people are worse than useless at this point. Despair all you want in private, but intentionally spewing your cynicism and apathy in order to drag others down is the least helpful thing you could do when people’s lives are literally being destroyed as we speak
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Rocky N. Bullwinkle
@lproulx.bsky.social
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Yes. The lesser of two evils is actually NOT an unreasonable position, tbh.
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Nancy Wingfield
@nmw1.bsky.social
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I'm also really good w/ calling out ppl who should know better. Also those who don't. Put on your middle-school mean girl persona when dealing w/ those who would steal our democracy. Scratching, biting, and kicking also works.
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JoyousPanther
@joyouspanther.bsky.social
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Our politics and climate are at a precipice. No time to give up now.
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@stellajorette.bsky.social
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Voting for Biden, even if he's limp and has strings attached to his shoulders.
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Lupuseverto
@lupuseverto.bsky.social
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Don't spread doom, spread outrage!
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Gravel Influencer
@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
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Yesterday I made this point to someone and they responded with, "Look where we're at now." And buddy, it can get a lot worse and you shouldn't want it to get worse. You can prevent it from getting worse but that means not sitting on the sidelines and giving up!
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Yote goes boing
@yotemcyoteface.bsky.social
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So, fantasy it is?
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Rich Puchalsky ⚑
@richpuchalsky.bsky.social
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There is a big difference between "the liberal order is doomed, which is probably a good thing because it was always bad" and "we're doomed". Sometimes people say the second but after thinking about it decide they meant the first, sometimes people really think the first is the second.
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Tiffany C. Li
@tiffanycli.bsky.social
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Need everyone to have just enough optimism to keep fighting, or else we really will be doomed
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Flying Pace
@flyingpace.bsky.social
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Yes. The name for this attitude is "conservative." It's submissiveness to corrupt authority, dressed up as necessity. (In other words, it's a short step from there to "Just following orders.")
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Sunshine
@shadowbay204.bsky.social
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The fox is in
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ZirconSun
@zirconsun.bsky.social
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How are we going to do that?
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Joan Arkham
@joanarkham.bsky.social
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I’m trying but I don’t know what to do. I can’t even help phone bank (Hatch Act).
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Josh D. Stranding 🏴☠️
@matrixman124.hellthread.vet
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It's really opened my eyes how voting can make a difference in one simple way: it prevents one guy from adding even more conservative judges to the Supreme Court. That makes it feel like voting will accomplish something. We can't let these fuckers win.
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Virginia S. O'Possum
@virginiaopossum.bsky.social
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I'm hoping it's a "stages of grieving" issue, and we'll get to "angry" pretty quick.
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Sarama Burwani @ Dawntrail 7.0
@saramaburwani.bsky.social
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to be honest I always had “win the elections” as plan A and legal weird tricks were just a side thing still mad as hell at the Roberts court over this, though
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Stephen Webb
@stephenwebb.bsky.social
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*tapping my sign*
Get to work, people.
bsky.app/profile/step...
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@granitegeeknh.bsky.social
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Give people a week to assimilate, then comes deep breaths, girding of loins, and charging into battle. At least, I sure hope so
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derek
@derek.bsky.social
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I honestly think that the best move here is to forget about Trump. He's a distraction. Double-down on getting Biden re-elected and make it contingent on his re-election that SCOTUS reform is essential. Make him promise to do it, and then vote like hell to make it clear that it's not an option.
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Rusty Ralston, the ðude. 🍉
@imrustyokay.bsky.social
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Like, I'm very concerned about the GOP attempting to ban both pornography and lumping anything with a queer person in it as porn just so they can ban it like...if you think about it, this "porn ban" is going to be absolutely impossible to enforce. It'll be like the EU Copyright Directive
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The Avvie Nation
@theavvienation.bsky.social
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I've been telling everyone to arm up and prepare for what this sort of thing will lead to but you buncha hippies keep insisting that things like this would never happen. You keep getting proven dead wrong over and over and over and over and over and over and over and
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Mike Murphy
@mjamurphy.bsky.social
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You're only allowed to say "we're doomed" if you can do a proper Scottish accent. And if you can do a proper Scottish accent by definition you'll go out biting.
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Walter Katz
@walterkatz.bsky.social
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It is beyond time to get serious. Stop the handwringing and the doomer hot takes. If it is all on the line, and it does feel like it is, act like it!
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Shawn Connery
@shawnconnery.bsky.social
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Yes! We have the Executive, FFS!
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Kaitlin Ruiz
@kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
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Faine, your reliable anger and good sense are so comforting to me
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Red Lori Bright Eyes
@redloribrighteyes.bsky.social
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SAME
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Don Zeko
@donzeko.bsky.social
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Yes! My posts this morning have a doomer-y vibe because I am very distressed by all this, but the implication should always be that we should take drastic action now. The abyss is right there but we have time to avoid it.
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Marshe Summers
@skymckinnon.bsky.social
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It is NEVER over. It is a time for courage, and to remember that you are not alone.
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SpoolandThimble
@tanyaduncan.bsky.social
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My feed is confusing this morning because it’s half doom, half people raising $ for voting rights by bidding on cool stuff.
www.32auctions.com/RomancingThe...
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opus reticulatum
@forestoffaun.bsky.social
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i have no idea whats going on with the ruling cuz my feed is fucked, whats the verdict?
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Andrew D Thaler
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social
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We're in the most dangerous moment not because we're doomed, but because we're at the razor's edge of a tipping point between the future we could have and the past that a bunch of losers are desperately holding on to, and just, like, the tiniest fucking thing could push it one way or the other.
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Harvester of Poirot
@funkotronic.bsky.social
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I'm firmly of the belief that virtually every person showcasing that attitude would do an immediate 180 if presented with a plan of action that felt productive
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Jen in Motion
@jeninmotion.bsky.social
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We honestly do, and we have interpersonal levers to boot. If you're dooming about democracy and haven't tried to get your GOP relatives to stay home, that's something you can do even if you're broke.
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Xan López
@xanlopez.xyz
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I think the main problem here is: a resolution of this crisis requires decisive action by the Democratic Party, and they seem systematically unable to do so. They'll probably just use this to encourage people to vote. Which, fair enough, it's important that Trump does not win again, but come on.
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Marijo Cook
@marijocook.bsky.social
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Hope is a fucking discipline, motherfuckers.
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Intellectual Explorer
@driftingthrough.bsky.social
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That's why the bots and trolls are posting so hard "o noes!" Bad faith. Vent constructively everyone. What's your baddest solution? We can start there.
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Sarah McLaughlin
@sarahemclaugh.bsky.social
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not only does doomerism eventually (or quickly) turn selfish and self-indulgent, but you also get the sense that its adherents are unaware that people have often faced existential threats throughout history and that we'd all be worse off now if doomerism had always won out
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Gloom🌺
@oddish.net
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPGz...
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Laura Hogan
@holborne.bsky.social
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THANK you.
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OtterSparx | θΔ 🦦 | 🔙 FWA
@ottersparx.bsky.social
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I don't think it's doomerist to suggest that the only things left that have a high probability of good effect are disruptive and/or not very peaceful. I suspect that most of "we're doomed" has the implicit tagline of "...if we continue to operate within the confines of the society we grew up in."
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Badbeard
@badbeard.bsky.social
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Capitulatory Centrism
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loaner of an only heart 🏳️⚧️
@notaname.bsky.social
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I can't even figure out what that guy's motive in your mentions is like enjoy your goddamned retirement on Vancouver Island instead of gloating at people who will be harmed way more than you ever will
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Sinboy
@sinboy.bsky.social
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I swear I see more "Oh I'll just go out in a blaze of glory" from people who, oh no they won't. They're literally just shit posting through what they HOPE is the end times because they enjoy being assholes. It's a leftist version of very online pretend BoogieBoys.
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Connor
@merchantofvice.bsky.social
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“Angry gets shit done”
youtu.be/qUTtKYMk7u8?...
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Multi Hardcore
@handle.invalid
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our ancestors didn't bleed to make this country better just for us to be like "nyeeh it can't possibly get better now, it's gonna all fall apart"
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Willow
@rockshrimp.bsky.social
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I’m fucking mad I’m just trying to get mad at the right people instead of yelling at the fucking idiots I need to suck up to so they don’t get their feelings hurt.
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One Dog’s Opinion 🐾
@onedogsopinion.bsky.social
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I did a lot of that the night of the debate and the next morning but it’s absolutely not helpful after an immediate venting of emotions. But then I rolled up my sleeves and put up my Jeaux sign on my front porch window in my extremely red state (I’m in New Orleans) bc this is too important
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
@outerleftfield.bsky.social
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We are not doomed, but we have moved to an increasingly accute crisis and I'm not wholly certain how, as an extremely regular ass civilian, what actions I can and should take. The court has gone off the rails and our democracy is on life support. So what is a person to do?
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Sean Skunk-Cabbage ⚓
@moldybasil.bsky.social
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It's not over till I'm eating the pissenlit from the underside and these fuckers better not forget it
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