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In reply to the discussion: I'm done with this [View all]
angrychair
(12,155 posts)66. No
Could have phrased it better in my OP. The point is I'm not supporting endless wars and bottomless military budgets. That is a better way of saying what I mean.
I will happily vote for any Democrat that supports that position. I don't think they is a very high bar and I'm dumbfounded that people think that is too much to ask.
I'm tired of people gaslighting me that we don't have the money for things like Medicare for All or NIH funding but we always have trillions of dollars for military spending.
Do you realize we spend more on our military then the next 18 countries, combined. How about we only spend as much as the next two countries combined? Is that too much to ask?
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Make their voting records public and easy to find for anyone. They need shamed
Deuxcents
Saturday
#1
Both Sides Warmongers message aimed at potential Democratic voters in 2028 to discourage participating.
betsuni
Yesterday
#84
Yep. This is YET another post that is trying to suppress the vote and discourage people from voting for Democrats.
QueerDuck
18 hrs ago
#90
What it boils down to is that we must not suggest we can do better. All those of us who do that
Scrivener7
15 hrs ago
#101
And the fascists will use their propaganda machine to make you believe that.
Zelda_Orchid
Saturday
#22
The Democratic Party is a coalition. With different factions uniting for the common good.
Zelda_Orchid
Saturday
#41
It's much easier to have a real conversation about military funding with someone who isn't trying to kill you.
Zelda_Orchid
Saturday
#58
and so you are STILL saying - that you fully intend to 'sit out' (withhold your vote/support)
stopdiggin
Saturday
#79
I share your frustration with the size of the military-industrial complex. However...
QueerDuck
17 hrs ago
#91
yeah, we need to force change, but it's not simple or easy and we can't afford to not vote for the Democrat
themaguffin
17 hrs ago
#92
I'm impressed by the confidence it takes to lecture others on 'talking down' to people while using those adjectives.
QueerDuck
20 hrs ago
#88
The obnoxiously self-righteous people who are correct about purity tests
Fullduplexxx
15 hrs ago
#104
Here we go again. Same old arguments just before an election. Some folks never learn.
sop
Saturday
#24
Thing is, I agree with your position of not supporting war funding, endless wars and trillion dollar military budgets.
sop
Saturday
#39
If elections were only about stopping endless war funding and trillion dollar military budgets, I would agree with you,
sop
Saturday
#50
Not voting for (and sabotaging) Democrats doesn't prevent the funding. Instead, it just guarantees MORE funding...
QueerDuck
19 hrs ago
#89
Yes it the same ...she has a funny laugh, but her emails . Gitmo was closed fast enough
Fullduplexxx
16 hrs ago
#95
I know it's fucking disgusting every fucking election we get these people
Fullduplexxx
15 hrs ago
#106
Wow. The people in this thread who are arguing with you are actually insisting that we mustn't have
Scrivener7
Saturday
#65
If the Democratic candidate also voted for military funding, you would vote for a third party candidate instead?
MichMan
Saturday
#76
Did angrychair ever say anything remotely resembling that? If so, please link to it.
Scrivener7
16 hrs ago
#97
"another penny of military funding .." (that would include paying service members ..?)
stopdiggin
Saturday
#78
Evidently Democrats chomping at the bit for "endless wars and bottomless military budgets" and
betsuni
21 hrs ago
#87
"Defund the Military" makes as much political sense as "Defund the Police"...
QueerDuck
15 hrs ago
#107
Which is a deliberate misinterpretation. Read angrychairs other posts in this thread.
Scrivener7
15 hrs ago
#105
Just going by their words as written. If that's not what they intended, they should edit it.
MichMan
14 hrs ago
#114