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61 points

You dropped these:

  • women
  • LGBTQ+
  • persons of color
  • the rest of the military
  • Capitol police
  • atheists
  • the childless
  • education
  • people who like cats
  • literally not being mean to people
  • school lunches for poor children
  • Gillette
  • nonviolence
  • democracy
  • the rule of law

The fact that they even have double digit vote share is a sign that actual merit is low on the list of criteria in politics.

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Don’t forget (covered by “the rest of the military”) but still needs to be called out:

  • P.O.W.s
  • Medal of Honor recipients
  • Gold Star families
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7 points

You forgot veterans. 😜

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I know it’s weird that I’m hung up on that one, but:

Context/Source for “literally not being mean to people”

I know, I know “democracy” should be more than enough (and it is) but I still want to know

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7 points

“Woke” is basically “not being a raging dick to people”. They can’t ever define it because basically any real definition of the term makes them look incredibly bad.

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oh yeah, makes sense.

I’ve had my bad experiences in the past with people you’d typically call “woke”, namely I’ve had a person tell me that I couldn’t use the german word “Digga” because it sounded too close to “nigga”. (I am not making this up.)

But I am very well aware that this isn’t what the MAGA crowd means when they call someone “woke” and that there are militants in every group (looking at you, c/vegan). So yeah, your explanation makes sense. Thanks for explaining :)

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4 points

You forgot the ex Australian prime Minister too

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3 points

And most of Europe. Look, it’s not a comprehensive list, okay?

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3 points

Wait, what happened with Gillette? How the fuck do you pick a fight with a company that literally sells razor blades and not expect to get cut?

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4 points

It was a while ago back in 2019, but…

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-46874617

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It is fucking wild to me that, that’s all it took to create backlash. That is so incredibly tame.

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