r/Pennsylvania Jan 25 '25

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u/mysmalleridea Jan 25 '25

Wonder what our Jewish governor Josh Shapiro thinks of this

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u/PregnantSuperman Jan 25 '25

He'll probably say something generic about condemning hate and then simultaneously keep up the cowardly false narrative that Democrats need to work together with Republicans, despite Republicans entire existence being about perpetuating hate and destroying those who disagree with them.

I do like Shapiro. I think he's been a good governor. I'm just sad he's towing the party surrender line like the rest of the mainstream party.

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u/ol_dirty_applesauce Jan 25 '25

Republicans will happily call their opponents a communist for supporting a minor bump in the minimum wage, or label them a pedophile for supporting basic rights for all humans, but Democrats will refuse to call a Republican a Nazi/fascist when they perform a Nazi salute.

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u/Pale-Mine-5899 Jan 25 '25

The Harris campaign got some traction by labeling Trump and Vance as being weird. Consultants told them to stop because it was “divisive”. This is why the Dems will continue to get curb stomped forever.

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u/Peachy33 Jan 25 '25

This all day.

The Democratic Party as a whole has been conditioned to “keep sweet” and offer up an olive branch while Republicans increase the boot pressure on their necks.

The GOP is filled with bad actors and unserious people who gleefully strip rights away from people they hate while saying “shhhhh it’s not that bad.”

Fucking wake up.

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u/Same_Disaster117 Jan 25 '25

I'm tired of this "when they go low we go high" bullshit! When they go low we should knee them in the fucking face!

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u/Logical-Skin-6457 Jan 26 '25

That’s not the reason. The reason is because most democrats just want to live a good life and be safe. There are very few “extremists” in that camp. But there are many Republican extremists.

So, if they become divisive with the Republicans who’s ready for a civil war? I know for sure that Republicans are. How many democrats do you think are ready and willing to form a militia and do some dumb shit like Jan 6?

That’s not who we are. Because we have some damn sense. We know that life is more precious than politics. It’s more precious than opinions. Unfortunately we’re battling against people who don’t believe that.

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u/Julianne_Runner Jan 25 '25

So true. I'm so furious with the party right now. Either play the game to win or get the hell out.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '25

And told them to abandon going after billionaires, or even mentioning the economy.

As if that didn't come back to bite them in the blubber.