Joe Biden of the day
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- Bennn3
Biden should steal Trump's slogan, "Make America Great Again" is on point now... Trump haven't made anything great, complete opposite!
- PhanLo2
- Ew?Continuity
- lolsted
- That’ll be the snake in the bed that he talks to little children about.shapesalad
- Ramanisky20
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There are already calls for "forgiveness" and "healing" and "reaching out" now that Joe Biden is elected.
I understand the impulse behind these statements, but they are FUNDAMENTALLY immoral.
The best version of the argument is something like this:
America is a divided country, and pursuing the politics of division will only exacerbate the existing split. It is necessary to model a more inclusive politics that celebrates differences. The assumption is that SOMEONE needs to lower their weapon, and it might as well be the party that campaigned on tolerance. By demonstrating this better way, conservatives will give up their resentment of the left, and return to focusing on shared values rather than partisanship
One problem with this argument is that it is plainly wrong. America ALREADY TRIED THIS. A Democratic president with a legislative supermajority tried to demonstrate magnanimity. The Republicans REJECTED it, demonized it, and used the opportunity to DEEPEN the partisan divide.
That isn't the part that makes it IMMORAL. That is just what makes it EVIDENTLY STUPID as a strategy for national harmony. It didn't work pre-Trump, there's no substantive difference that would make it work post-Trump. We have lots and lots of evidence that the conservative movement broadly, and the Republican party specifically, WILL NOT give up politics of division because it's literally the only tool they have left.
Here's what makes it immoral.
Trumpism is the belief that all behaviour is permissible if nobody can stop you. "If you're a celebrity, they let you do it". It is a credo that justifies ANYTHING. We have seen its results.
Trumpism is Republicanism now. They are the same. What GOP electeds have learned is that shame, integrity, principle, and sacrifice for the greater good are not rules that MUST be followed to get elected; they are rather the albatross worn around the necks of weak and gullible suckers.
Trumpism responds ONLY to power.
If those with power refuse to exercise it in the pursuit of justice, they are REAFFIRMING the central tenet of Trumpism: that grace and mercy are for suckers and that actions have no consequences outside of perception.
Trump and his enablers and allies have committed ATROCITIES in their pursuit of power. They have not paid a price for it, at least not in the only currency they value, which is power. There is ZERO incentive right now for them to change. The party of Trump persists. 70 million voters are a testament to the fact that a huge swath of America simply does not care about any consequence besides winning and losing.
They are unrepentant about the atrocities they voted for, to the point where they voted for MORE. You will not change Trumpism by showing it a kinder path. You will change Trumpism by demonstrating that it DOESN'T WORK, and that BAD THINGS HAPPEN when you pursue it. And if you show, instead, that none of it matters, you embolden it.
That is immoral.
The purpose should not be RETRIBUTION. The purpose should be JUSTICE. And justice means consequences for causing harm, restoration of those who have BEEN harmed. Blowing past that so we can "move on" is INJUSTICE.
Forgiving those who show no remorse is INJUSTICE. So no, granting "mercy" to those who have committed atrocities, who tried to steal their way to power, and who inflamed hatred for narrow personal gain is NOT a path to a kinder and more just world. It is the exact opposite.
Power must be used for justice. It is long past time.
- You don’t need to forgive trump, or McConnell, but you can’t hold every trump voter accountable forever.nb
- If you say, “well they started it!” Then act the same way, we’ll never get anywhere. Sorry. It’s simply the truth.nb
- We should admonish Trumpism, but not the people who voted for it. There is a subtle art to this, but it’s the only way to become a progressive nation.nb
- I agree. It’s holding the wrong doers accountable to show their actions are unacceptable. White supremacists, corporate greed, climate denial etcinstrmntl
- < this is very dangerous language. Why anyone would spread this moronic drivel is beyond me. This is how genocides start.monNom
- the opposition is 'fundamentally immoral" we need to pursue "justice" by making "bad things happen" as punishment?monNom
- "Power must be used for justice. It is long past time." and while we're at it, let's cut the tall grass and find a final solution while we righteously punish...monNom
- those that disagree with us. I'd hate to see what these folks would say had they LOST!monNom
- @monNom This is exactly how genocide, internment camps, spying on your neighbours starts. This polarising 'if your not with me your against me' bullshit is...Morning_star
- ...a fast way to the injustice and oppression of a facist society. Using words like ATTROCITY and IMMORAL is circumstances like this is sensationalist and...Morning_star
- ... fundamentally dishonest. Unity and dialogues is what's required not an immature delight in someone else's failure. Fucking children.Morning_star
- PhanLo0
Joe Biden 'Up the RA!'
-- I'm Irish o'Biden, when I was a lad we Irish fought the Norwegians in the Pineapple Wars. But Joe, Ireland never foug... 'I'M IRISH!'face_melter
- ^Lol.PhanLo
- Ramanisky22
Beautiful
- whatthefunk4
- An infinite number of reasons Biden was superior to Fat Donny, yet 72 million psychotic bigots got it wrong.CyBrainX
- instrmntl4
If Biden unbuttoned his shirt during his speech, revealing a t-shirt with a big Q, he would have immediately gotten half of Trump's support. Maybe he'll have another opportunity.
- grafician4
JUST IN: Joe Biden will re-join the Paris climate accords, halt US withdrawal from World Health Organization, repeal ban on immigration from Muslim nations and reinstate protections for 'Dreamers' quickly after inauguration.
(Via The Washington Post)
- btw this JUST IN news are coming from this account https://twitter.com/…grafician
- JUST IN: Kamala Harris says while she is the first woman in the office of VP, she 'will not be the last'.grafician
- BREAKING: President-elect Joe Biden says he will be a president who seeks to unite and does not see red states and blue states.grafician
- BREAKING: President-elect Joe Biden says he will make America respected around the world again.grafician
- also in other news:
"Grammar is back!"grafician - BREAKING: President-elect Joe Biden says African American voters always had his back and he will have theirsgrafician
- Wish he had left out all of the god crap but it was a good messagescarabin
- ^ true but reps have taken ownership of god for some reason. nice to see biden push back on that. not that it'll change anything.inteliboy
- He is a catholic no?monospaced
- Hope he adds to the list, the adhesion to the arms control treaties that the US have abandoned on this years...OBBTKN
- jaylarson3
I wonder how many know Biden has a stutter. Explains a lot, to me.
- Holy shit, I had no idea, and that actually explains A LOT. Fuck me.babydick
- https://www.youtube.…grafician
- I know man, I have it too, Biden was right on that video lolgrafician
- would have voted for that man too if I was in Americagrafician
- Good on him for becoming a public speaker anyway. Tenacity and balls.scarabin
- it's still hard when you're on the phone scarabin!grafician
- it gets easier when you're public speaking, but then Angela Merkel calls, oh mangrafician
- not even joking, you guys have not clue how it is when doing zoom calls...grafician
- grafician9
this woman probably and most certainly delivered Georgia...
https://www.instagram.com/stacey…
https://www.hollywoodreporter.co…
she fought a lot against voter suppression in that state, created a movement and registered nearly 800,000 new voters in Georgia
- +2,462,099 (and counting)12xu
- there will be a lot of ppl not acknowledged in the coming win, but I wanted u guys to know some of the ppl that made this thing realgrafician
- well thanks for the hard work but he already wonmilfhunter
- milfhunter-1
- LOL he didn't wait longrenderedred
- Wut?pango
- Hehehehe!PhanLo