• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      This is like calling a school bus driver a hero because at the last possible second he hit the brakes instead of intentionally driving the bus off a cliff.

      It’s good he stepped aside, but he waited till pretty much the last second and clearly didn’t want to hit the brakes.

      In that analogy, the heroes are all the people that got him to hit the brakes.

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          5 months ago

          So you think Biden and the DNC colluded and he always meant to stand down?

          He just waited until there wasn’t enough time for a primary so Kamala could get it?

          Don’t get me wrong, she’s got a better shot than Joe. But if you legitimately think they planned this timing…

          That’s not a good look.

          Especially for voters in NH who had their primary delegates stolen.

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            5 months ago

            Or he waited until the Trump campaign sunk millions of dollars into a strategy that has now been completely subverted and which they have no real way out of without a massive pivot like dropping Trump which isn’t going to happen. If that’s the case, I’d call it a pretty savvy move.

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        5 months ago

        He could have shrugged it off like RBG did and fuck everyone for generations. Better late than never.

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          5 months ago

          Better late than never.

          Obviously.

          But if a guy has a gun next to your head and ends up not pulling the trigger, are you gonna talk about how good your kidnapper was?

          You still got kidnapped, and you still had a gun to your head.

          Why thank the person who caused the problem and not the hostage negotiaters who got you released?

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        5 months ago

        I didn’t call him a hero, though, I called him humble and good. In your zeal to urinate on corn flakes, you forgot basic reading skills.

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          5 months ago

          If he’s “humble and good” he’d have stepped down a year ago so voters could have a real primary and not a coronation.

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            5 months ago

            Before doubling down, it might be wise to know what you are doubling down on. Aggressive foolishness is still foolishness.

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              5 months ago

              What does that even mean?

              It sounds like you’re just trying to make an insult that won’t get removed for being an insult…

              I’m not here to slap fight, find someone else.

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        5 months ago

        That’s an interesting analogy because objectively the bus driver is a hero for stopping a bus full of kids hurtling off a cliff.

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          5 months ago

          If he wasn’t the one flooring it headed right to the cliff…

          And if he didn’t take months of people telling him to hit the brakes while he screamed back only “Lord God” can stop the bus