Are you letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, though?
I get that you think Bernie and Mamdani > AOC and I'm not even going to argue with you on that. But your comment a few levels up made it sound like AOC was a genuinely bad politician to support/mention.
so... when you're a government employee you are supposed to uphold yourself with decorum that implies that you will treat all your constituents evenly and fairly. that extends to social media. elected officials and appointed officials are held to a different standard with i'm not 100% up on anymore because i've only ever been employee or appointed, but it is important to at very least project an image of fairness.
now, in statesia have public servants from one major party been generally striving to uphold these values in the past, let's say decade or seven, while public servants from the other major party have been flaunting every opportunity they get to violate said norms whenever they feel they can get away with it, and using the legal system to punish their employers for proper dismissals when they their violate employment contracts? Well, it sure feels that way sometimes. like today.
I feel like if the President of the country isn't held to any standards whatsoever, it's disingenuous to suggest that people who hold lesser elected offices should be held accountable for treating "all constituents evenly and fairly."
I have a friend whose brother-in-law is a long-time Republican, evangelical, Trump voter. He listened to and agrees with Charlie Kirk's religious views. But he said that because of Kirk's more extreme positions on wider issues, he wouldn't let his young kids listen to Kirk ... and now he's a pariah in his own family.
I miss Iowa City. It was such a diverse and wonderful island surrounded by by the monotony of white bread America. I'm scared to go back, because I fear it has been swallowed by the mediocrity of conservatism.
I've met a shocking amount of sane people since moving to my close-ish to Des Moines small town. Including family I would have just assumed were conservative by virtue of living in IOWA.
Then again, it used to be a battleground state, so maybe it shouldn't be so shocking.
my brother is scared to death of san francisco. he hates it, says there's poop everywhere and he's accosted by homeless people all the time. i dunno, i've been to his house and they leave dirty diapers on the floor and his children are children so they're needy and don't pay rent. which seems right. maybe he's a little confused? also, i have encountered human poop exactly once in san francisco over decades of visiting at least monthly. i'm just grumpy that the deli i got my char siu pork at (Go Duck Yourself/Hing Lung) moved and i haven't found a new one i like yet. also my brunch place went from five locations to one, and it's not the location i liked in the Castro. At least my beef with the city is real.
Well said. I could never go into politics because I am too volatile. That flag would already have wiped my ass by now. Don’t get we wrong, there is a time to wipe one’s ass with sacred cloth, but you gotta choose your battles.
Unpopular opinion: I can't wait for this giant beard and 80s cop moustache trend to finally die off. I never understand Gen Z's obsession with them (and Millennials to an extent as well).
They were cringey in the 70s and 80s and they're cringey today. Properly-groomed facial hair looks a lot better.
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JawnZ@lemmy.today · 154 pts · 332d
dude was endorsed by Bernie Sanders: https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/2021/05/10/bernie-sanders-endorses-lone-trees-jon-green-johnson-county-iowa-supervisor-race/5029381001/
He was the press secretary for the last democratic governor of Wyoming too
DrFistington@lemmy.world · 87 pts · 331d
Jon Green
Jon Green
Jon Green
The 'left' needs to do a better job of finding, supporting, and nurturing the next generation.
This guy gets it. He gets what his role as sheriff is.
Mamdani gets it. He fucking knows what it's going to take to allow the next generation to not just survive as serfs, but to flourish.
AOC has kept it real, she about not just her constituents, but all Americans
biotin7@sopuli.xyz · -49 pts · 331d
You were going well until you mentioned AOC. Try Bernie Sanders
Soulg@ani.social · 36 pts · 331d
AOC isn't perfect and certainly is no mamdani but she's still in the right direction
biotin7@sopuli.xyz · -4 pts · 331d
LePoisson@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 331d
The same Bernie Sanders that's actively campaigned with and for AOC?
biotin7@sopuli.xyz · -12 pts · 331d
Yeah, but let's say that Bernie has more fire in him. Mamdani too
Zink@programming.dev · 11 pts · 331d
Are you letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, though?
I get that you think Bernie and Mamdani > AOC and I'm not even going to argue with you on that. But your comment a few levels up made it sound like AOC was a genuinely bad politician to support/mention.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 331d
someone's been listening to too much copaganda
skulblaka@sh.itjust.works · 134 pts · 332d
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 118 pts · 332d
To every liberal government body, this is how you fight fascism.
Ffs...there are school board members who are being forcibly retired due to messages on social media.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 331d
so... when you're a government employee you are supposed to uphold yourself with decorum that implies that you will treat all your constituents evenly and fairly. that extends to social media. elected officials and appointed officials are held to a different standard with i'm not 100% up on anymore because i've only ever been employee or appointed, but it is important to at very least project an image of fairness.
now, in statesia have public servants from one major party been generally striving to uphold these values in the past, let's say decade or seven, while public servants from the other major party have been flaunting every opportunity they get to violate said norms whenever they feel they can get away with it, and using the legal system to punish their employers for proper dismissals when they their violate employment contracts? Well, it sure feels that way sometimes. like today.
nickiwest@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 330d
I feel like if the President of the country isn't held to any standards whatsoever, it's disingenuous to suggest that people who hold lesser elected offices should be held accountable for treating "all constituents evenly and fairly."
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 330d
it's fucked up, isn't it.
Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 66 pts · 332d
Baller
SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works · 44 pts · 332d
He's condemning murder!? What is he trying to do, get himself killed?
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 332d
That's how you get put on a list
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 331d
Listen, it's nice that he said this. And he seems like a good guy.
But it is so fucking bleak that we need Old Bearded White Guy to say what anyone who looked less Trad Conservative would have been heckled for
OlPatchy2Eyes@slrpnk.net · 28 pts · 331d
He will still be heckled for this
nickiwest@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 330d
True.
I have a friend whose brother-in-law is a long-time Republican, evangelical, Trump voter. He listened to and agrees with Charlie Kirk's religious views. But he said that because of Kirk's more extreme positions on wider issues, he wouldn't let his young kids listen to Kirk ... and now he's a pariah in his own family.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 331d
I mean... an old bearded white guy helped kick off the Civil war and led to the end of slavery. We need all types.
DrFistington@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 332d
At least there are still public officials out there in actual police roles who understand what it means to take an oath
Professorozone@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 331d
Wow. From Iowa no less.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 331d
Iowa City. They're fairly progressive up there.
lemmy_at_em@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 331d
I miss Iowa City. It was such a diverse and wonderful island surrounded by by the monotony of white bread America. I'm scared to go back, because I fear it has been swallowed by the mediocrity of conservatism.
Default_Defect@anarchist.nexus · 5 pts · 331d
I've met a shocking amount of sane people since moving to my close-ish to Des Moines small town. Including family I would have just assumed were conservative by virtue of living in IOWA.
Then again, it used to be a battleground state, so maybe it shouldn't be so shocking.
Katana314@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 331d
Right there in the name: “City”. A dangerous place where you might be exposed to dreaded opposing viewpoints.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 331d
my brother is scared to death of san francisco. he hates it, says there's poop everywhere and he's accosted by homeless people all the time. i dunno, i've been to his house and they leave dirty diapers on the floor and his children are children so they're needy and don't pay rent. which seems right. maybe he's a little confused? also, i have encountered human poop exactly once in san francisco over decades of visiting at least monthly. i'm just grumpy that the deli i got my char siu pork at (Go Duck Yourself/Hing Lung) moved and i haven't found a new one i like yet. also my brunch place went from five locations to one, and it's not the location i liked in the Castro. At least my beef with the city is real.
zarkanian@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 331d
If you don't want poop on the streets, install public toilets. Problem solved.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 331d
i guess i pass the vibe test because i've never had problems getting to a toilet in SF, public (which while not on every corner, exist) or private.
Professorozone@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 331d
Yeah, I used to live in Cedar Rapids. Went to the movies in Iowa city quite often.
jj4211@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 331d
This is one thing that's messed up with the 'just split up' rhetoric. In almost every 'red' there are 'blue' communities.
Professorozone@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 331d
Yeah, usually there large population centers.
I love it when conservatives are all like, do you want some New Yorker telling you how to run your farm?
Ummm, does it make more sense than a farmer trying I tell a New Yorker how to live in the city?
giraffes@kbin.earth · 37 pts · 331d
Well said. I could never go into politics because I am too volatile. That flag would already have wiped my ass by now. Don’t get we wrong, there is a time to wipe one’s ass with sacred cloth, but you gotta choose your battles.
AreaKode@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 332d
A strong man protects the weak. Not with guns, but with brains.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 331d
And with beards.
regedit@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 331d
And guns!
devolution@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 331d
This is a true hero.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 25 pts · 331d
a proper patriot
ClownStatue@piefed.social · 25 pts · 332d
Soon: DHS Deploys All of ICE to Johnson County Iowa. Governor to Hold Welcome Party.
miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 332d
It's Dem radical left extremists is bcoz why.
--maga
khannie@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 332d
That's a man I'd like to have pints with. What an absolute legend. Very well put.
cows_are_underrated@feddit.org · 24 pts · 331d
Gonna be honest: this man has one hell of a cool beard.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 331d
I want to run my toes through it.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 331d
can't spell bear without beard. or something
untorquer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 331d
🥇
Psythik@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 331d
Unpopular opinion: I can't wait for this giant beard and 80s cop moustache trend to finally die off. I never understand Gen Z's obsession with them (and Millennials to an extent as well).
They were cringey in the 70s and 80s and they're cringey today. Properly-groomed facial hair looks a lot better.
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 331d
Now this is a fucking man.
CPMSP@midwest.social · 16 pts · 331d
Based
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 332d
Smash
AtariDump@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 331d
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 331d
Good man
themaninblack@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 331d
That’s what a real man looks like
Serinus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 331d
I'm calling his employer.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 331d
Yeah he needs a raise