cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5309499

After Biden’s meltdown, the Democrats are hoping to reenergize people with a supposedly “progressive” pick for Kamala Harris’ running mate.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      42·
      10 months ago

      Walz mobilized the entire MN national guard to crush the 20 uprising.

      That should be everything the left, PoC, anyone who thinks fascism is bad needs to know.

            • YEP [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
              5·
              10 months ago

              Have you like deluded yourself you were about to lead a revolution? You are non stop posting about the national guard cracking down. You live in the American police state that’s what happens. I don’t think walz is some based hero or some dumbass shit he is just a compromise. I just don’t understand the point you are even trying to make.

              Edit: I don’t mean to come off agro if I did

                • YEP [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
                  2·
                  10 months ago

                  I really don’t think I’m trying to shit on them I apologized bc Im a hexbear poster, I come off as condescending when I don’t mean to be.

                  My objection is the non stop pooping on people that are celebrating the Dems not picking aipacs favorite in Shapiro or some demon like buttigeg.

                  I’m not saying walz is breaking the mold of an American politician on this stuff, it is actually just a fresh of breath of fresh air compared to the zealotry of Biden and Trump and w/e. Like I pushed for walz among my lib friends who like people like buttigeg and shapiro bc their political media diet is like seeing a soundbite of a bog standard dem being like “isn’t <insert neo nazi trump surrogate> crazy?”. I’m not voting for them, I kinda like that they picked someone who didn’t really compromise on things like lgbt legislation when he had a super slim majority as governor. I like that he was RELATIVELY dovish in Congress, voted against intervention in syria and against us aiding Saudis in Yemen ect. I’m not delusional and thing he is a brave anti imperialist. it literally the best that can happen in the imperial core.

                  It just feels like people are projecting everything that comes with living in the imperial core onto him. Please tell me if I’m off base.

        • sloth [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          I would rather have an outside force come in and restore order than letting two sides that hate each other escalate. I feel if Chauvin had been arrested sooner it would not have gotten to the point it did, but I’m not sure the Governor can just issue an arrest warrant and send the Marshals or whatever. Of course he could have done more with police reform, but I think he was up for re-election in 2020 2022. It’s politics or something.

      • sloth [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        6·
        10 months ago

        Sure it wasn’t a great response, however I could argue the NG actually were less violent and more restrained than the police would have been. Some of the NG were sincerely worried about killing people, not sure how many cops had that apprehension.