• gregorum@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    No. “But it could be worse” is a stupid argument that glosses over a president that’s been pretty shitty in response to a tidal wave of hate towards the lgbtq community during his administration. And I’m not going to sit here and pretend otherwise.

    And for anyone else who wants to pretend, that’s all you’re doing. Pretending

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      6 months ago

      You’re missing the point. They’re pointing out that Biden, as shit as he is and genocide supporting, is literally powerless to pass laws with a Republican legislature. Like it is literally impossible, you see that right.

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        it’s also proven to be impossible when democrats control the legislature; democrats aren’t the answer

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        I’m not missing anything and this has nothing to do with genocide. He did more as VP by just standing up and speaking out. Now, he’s been practically silent.

        And I don’t need apologists like you lecturing me on how the government works.

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          Now, he’s been practically silent.

          Just because you’re not listening doesn’t mean he’s not speaking.

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          Centrists gonna centrist. They’re mad at reality. I’m the king of the downvotes in this sub haha

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            I’m not a centrist. I just don’t believe Biden should get credit where it’s not due. As vice president he engaged in plenty of LGBTQ advocacy. Not so much as president.

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                I apologize. I’ve been getting nothing but pushback here (as you see), and I confused your reply for that.

                Look, we have VP Biden to thank for Obama going full-in on LGBTQ policy support. But where is that same gusto, that fervor with President Biden?

                Nowhere.

                The best he’s done is to reinstate or reconstruct Obama-era policies that MAGAts tore up, but only barely, and he’s done absolutely nothing to push things further. Worse, in the face of the worst onslaught against LGBTQ rights in decades, he’s all but silent.

                I understand that the president isn’t an emperor and cannot simply dictate laws, but he can stand up and speak out. Obama did. Once, even Biden did. He did that a lot as vice president. Yet, as president, he has done absolutely none of that for the last four years, and it’s a sickening disappointment.