I get the vibe "lefty memes" is a misnomer, and an actual liberal like me won't be accepted here even though I'm the definition of "left wing" so I've never tried posting anything in here yet - but everywhere else this was posted so far has hated it, so I'm trying here now.
I like this meme because I noticed parallels in how Republicans and Democrats refuse to coordinate to defend my rights and protect me and my loved ones from senseless danger from extremists.
I'm not quite ready to give up on finding a community where people like this meme. I know it's actually one of the most well-crafted ones yet, no matter what some people say. It was originally posted by @fediverse_fremont@lemmy.world here
Alt text for people who can't read:
(Mirrored "Is this a pigeon" meme format, repurposed to represent the lack of US uniparty politics, not blindly misused without understanding it as some commenters will say)
A Republicans on one side and a Democrat on the other, gesturing toward the butterfly between them labeled "compromise" with caption of them saying "What is this thing?"
28 Comments
guillem@aussie.zone · 32 pts · 241d
TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -20 pts · 241d
Okay so called "leftist," now you've finished your transformation into an unjust man?
I'm so tired of Democrats just being Republicans in disguise
guillem@aussie.zone · 19 pts · 241d
TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -18 pts · 241d
Democrat and Republican seem like more meaningful labels to describe you than Australian, but I welcome them all as long as you're too busy oppressing me to invest in being angry at a meme
guillem@aussie.zone · 18 pts · 241d
TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -2 pts · 241d
Sorry <3 I'm just parodying this person
guillem@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 241d
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org · 16 pts · 241d
Sorry but I am completely 1000% confused about what you're trying to say and the sincerity/sarcasm of this post. I'm autistic and my social battery is drained today, so I'm really not able to read through the irony if it's there.
For what it's worth: I'm not sure that I really want the Democrats and Republicans to learn to "compromise" because, as history has shown, they'll compromise with each other to ratfuck anarchists, leftists, and the working class all day every day. And since both parties are liberal parties, and liberals basically exist to provide a palatable pressure valve for the capitalist class to stifle radical movements...I'm not interested in compromising with them either. Like I don't want to compromise with liberals, I want liberals to stop being liberals.
TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 241d
Awe <3 It's not you- the layers are absurd! This whole post and my comments are primarily a parody of this
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 241d
Ah. Thank you for clarifying ❤️
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 241d
Problem, one side DOES compromise:
_cryptagion@anarchist.nexus · 0 pts · 241d
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 241d
Aww, I love you too!
TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -8 pts · 241d
I wish you were right.
I can't think of a way to repurpose the ratchet effect with a more fitting outcome, but if you could, I believe you would get a similar outcome. I think it's just basically Democrats hating being called out for violating my rights because they don't support compromise, on the other hand, they prefer blaming republicans for blocking me from the ratchet effect.
Not about the meme's format, but the message itself, sadly.
Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 241d
I know all the words you are using and yet I can’t understand anything you are saying
TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -2 pts · 241d
There are many titles for my kind in a world where people just use words at random with no meaning
Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 241d
Okay Heraclitus but there doesn’t seem to be much of a point to anything you’re saying. Maybe if you cited some specific policies people would know what the hell you’re on about.
TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 241d
I just can't think of a template that would be better for this. Maybe I should just try a template that's more directly fitting, even if it doesn't seem "better" to me, in case I'm just reading the situation wrong
Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 241d
You don’t take ambien by chance do you? Or maybe lithium?
TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 241d
Lmao 10/10 comment
I'm randomly taking comments from the OP of this post and ham fisting them into contexts that result in the word salad you've been witnessing 😅
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 241d
The Republican party is full of fascists, and there is no compromise with fascists.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 241d
The other party is democrats. They don't compromise with republicans; they capitulate to them and demand that everyone be happy with the "compromise".
TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 241d
I would be pleasantly surprised if, after figuring out a way to remake the parties with more fitting politics, it found more acceptance
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 241d
what specifically do you wish democrats would be more willing to compromise about?
::: spoiler spoiler edit: i see i have fallen victim to poe's law 🤦 :::
TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -4 pts · 241d
Gun control and vaccines
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 241d
Wdym by compromise on vaccines exactly?
TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -3 pts · 241d
I heard that the Democrats are preventing Trump from creating vaccines in pop-tart form
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 4 pts · 241d
High-quality ragebait, upvoted.
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk · 3 pts · 241d
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 241d
maybe !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world or !politicalmemes@lemmy.world
catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 203d
Lol you pathetic hack
TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 202d
Lol this was a joke post. I left a comment elsewhere linking to the post I was making fun of
guillem@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 241d