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electric_blue68

(28,207 posts)
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 01:24 AM 19 hrs ago

Need to complain for a min....Not about DU... but political

So I'm on reddit....mostly for fun, but occasionally politics appear. Like now.

Down in a thread someone was carrying on about Dems, and Repubs = uniparty.
I pointed out the differences considering the Social Safety Net. Said they were ignorant if they didn't get that. They discounted that, and called me ignorant.

So countered with in the future if you need the safety net and Republicans have shredded more of it? Did they have elder relatives who need it now? What about them taking SNAP away from more people now.

We'll see what they say back. I hate that kind of equivalency ! I might not bother much more w that.

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Need to complain for a min....Not about DU... but political (Original Post) electric_blue68 19 hrs ago OP
They are called Tankies Keepthesoulalive 18 hrs ago #1
Hm...I think I've seen that moninker somewhere.TY electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #8
Thanks! I've seen the term "Tankies" before but didn't know what it meant. Coventina 3 hrs ago #17
They will always find a reason Keepthesoulalive 3 hrs ago #20
Both parties have their issues but the Democrats are always expected to be the adults in the room. FascismIsDeath 18 hrs ago #2
There is a lot of that "they're all the same " crap yorkster 18 hrs ago #3
That was the end of Raolph Nader for me MadameButterfly 17 hrs ago #6
Oh, yeah, me too! electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #9
The beginning of the end. yardwork 3 hrs ago #18
Hey, you can always come here. calimary 17 hrs ago #4
Yeah, I'm always here! electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #10
while I do think they are wrong Skittles 17 hrs ago #5
There are a lot of Dems doing great things MadameButterfly 17 hrs ago #7
it's not just the Trump era Skittles 16 hrs ago #11
Yep MadameButterfly 4 hrs ago #16
Dems can always use improving...but, still ... electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #12
I'm not saying one party isn't radically better Skittles 16 hrs ago #13
I see that too and I hope Dems run on it. yardwork 3 hrs ago #19
and the old guard needs to go Skittles 3 hrs ago #21
This message was self-deleted by its author Stacey Grove 14 hrs ago #14
The parties are not the same. Here's proof: SocialDemocrat61 13 hrs ago #15

Keepthesoulalive

(2,518 posts)
1. They are called Tankies
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 01:44 AM
18 hrs ago

Nothing is ever good enough and they have a purity complex. If we lived in a utopian society they would still find reasons to complain. When you respond to them you will never get through their self importance but others will see your response and understand what’s at stake.

Coventina

(30,174 posts)
17. Thanks! I've seen the term "Tankies" before but didn't know what it meant.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:41 PM
3 hrs ago

I've known a few and they are INCREDIBLY frustrating.

A few "Bernie Bros" who refused to vote for Hilary for the reason that "she was the same" as Trump.

Keepthesoulalive

(2,518 posts)
20. They will always find a reason
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:51 PM
3 hrs ago

Any reason to oppose a democrat. Nothing anyone can say will make them happy other than voting for the green party grifter.

FascismIsDeath

(358 posts)
2. Both parties have their issues but the Democrats are always expected to be the adults in the room.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 01:55 AM
18 hrs ago

And of course, EVERYONE should try to be an adult in the proverbial room. But when Republicans aren't, their base doesn't care. When one of ours isn't, we eventually run them out of town and we've gone too far with that at times (Al Franken) but it just another example of how much more Democrats hold themselves accountable.

Weiner and Swalwell are persona non grata.

yorkster

(4,018 posts)
3. There is a lot of that "they're all the same " crap
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:04 AM
18 hrs ago

out there and you're right. It is ignorant.

MadameButterfly

(4,388 posts)
6. That was the end of Raolph Nader for me
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:06 AM
17 hrs ago

When he called Bush and Gore the same and stayed in the Florida race when it mattered.

yardwork

(70,358 posts)
18. The beginning of the end.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:48 PM
3 hrs ago

I knew someone who worked for Nader in the 1970s and earned me about him. All ego, no sense.

calimary

(91,770 posts)
4. Hey, you can always come here.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:46 AM
17 hrs ago

It's safe and cozy territory, with loads of supportive souls of like mind.

Skittles

(174,037 posts)
5. while I do think they are wrong
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:58 AM
17 hrs ago

I can absolutely understand why younger folk are disgusted and disillusioned with both parties at this point

MadameButterfly

(4,388 posts)
7. There are a lot of Dems doing great things
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:10 AM
17 hrs ago

maybe not the leadership, but it's hard to see results when you aren't in power. Yes we have been bringing a knife to a gunfight for a while but some of them are getting it and doing whatever they can. But you have to be looking closely, and there is more happening behind the scenese than we know. Try listening to Sheldon Whitehouse on MSNBC, for example.

Skittles

(174,037 posts)
11. it's not just the Trump era
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:05 AM
16 hrs ago

things have been getting steadily worse for some time now, and it seems heavily stacked against younger folk....I peg Reaganomics as the start

MadameButterfly

(4,388 posts)
16. Yep
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:36 PM
4 hrs ago

but Nixon didn't help. Both Nixon and Reagan had Democratic majorities in Congress keeping them in check.

electric_blue68

(28,207 posts)
12. Dems can always use improving...but, still ...
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:06 AM
16 hrs ago

it's sort of like ?learn some more history and see what most Dems have struggled for in bettering people's lives.

Skittles

(174,037 posts)
13. I'm not saying one party isn't radically better
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:09 AM
16 hrs ago

just that for many young folk, shit just ain't working for them - something has to change

yardwork

(70,358 posts)
19. I see that too and I hope Dems run on it.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 04:49 PM
3 hrs ago

It's the reason so many young people voted for Trump. Yes, the Republicans caused all this but a lot of younger voters don't know that.

They do know that things are stacked against them.

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