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Democrats spent the last year asking where their Joe Rogan was. Hasan Piker is one of the few left-wing figures with the audience they covet — but the party is deeply hostile to the spontaneity and independence that make figures like him appealing.

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[-] prole 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah and if they did it in 2024, they should accept the consequences of their actions, which includes ridicule.

[-] PapaSkwat@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm perfectly fine with the ridicule, because I was right. And I totally accept the consequences of my actions, because I was right.

And this discussion started out by me saying that you all censored opinions and tried to control the narrative on here back in 2024.

How'd that work out for ya? Differing opinions on Lemmy got deleted. I saw people who criticized the two-party system got banned and accused of being russian agents.

All because Lemmy was scared of losing the election, at the time. Your whole "oh, it was a different time then though" reasoning sounds very very familiar to what other people of a certain mindset think. Hmmm...

I saw some good independent thinkers be shoo'd off of Lemmy. I saw false accusations and witch hunts happening.

And what did that censorship accomplish? What did trying to silence people accomplish?

NOTHING. You all lost to Trump. For a second time! By a margin so large, that even if all of the third-party voters had voted for Harris, she still would have lost.

I proudly voted third party, and I'll proudly vote third party again. I will never hold my nose to vote or vote or the "lesser evil." I'll vote for who I want to win. Like I always have. And I always will.

I'm very proud of myself and the people who stood against the hate on here. :)


In case ya don't quite get it: “Democratic National Committee officials who crafted the party’s postmortem on its loss to President Donald Trump in the 2024 election reportedly determined that the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza cost Kamala Harris votes, contributing to her defeat.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/kamala-harris-gaza-2024

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