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Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 3h

Bluesky users are probably pretty chronically online and/or hypersensitive to that kind of imagery. I guarantee the vast majority of people wouldn’t associate it with nazis in real life. Also, it’s easy to say what you would’ve done in some hypothetical scenario that makes you sound like a hero

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 6h

It’s not a swastika? How many people if they saw that would identify it immediately as a Nazi symbol

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 22h

Not at all similar to the gestapo though, right?

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 22h

I’m not saying you have to settle for anything. What I’m saying is, the establishment alternative may be all that’s left if your qualifications for a candidate are so rigid. It’s a very isolating way to judge the validity of people’s view of the world. It doesn’t create community.

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 22h

I ain’t touching that one 😂

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 22h

Beyond that, the point of that quote is that if your requirements for ideal political candidates include people without lewd internet posts and who have had consistent beliefs as far back as you can trace, you’ll be stuck with more 70+ year old institutional democrats who serve party over people

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 22h

He’s not enthusiastic about his time in the military, as a matter of fact he’s stated he was very disillusioned by the experience and according to him he wasn’t at Abu Ghraib.

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 22h

I think you’re right about the lack of authenticity. It’s likely that no matter what his apology or explanation was for the posts and tattoo, those same people would’ve seized the opportunity to virtue signal and denounce him as a Nazi.

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 23h

Purity tests for political candidates is going to limit your options to plants by the wealthy elite and ensure a full blown dictatorship

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 1d

I could just be duped by the algorithm, but I saw a lot of posts in more leftist groups on my social media that were basically ready to disqualify him as a political candidate when the news broke. May just be anecdotal too. The timing of all this is ironic, given Mill’s recent announcement to run

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 1d

Leftists will purity test their way into a full blown dictatorship if something doesn’t change

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 1d

Since this is getting more engagement than any of my posts, check out my buddy’s Substack.

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 1d

I miss the days when I didn’t have to sit through a sports betting segment during every NHL or MLB game I watched

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 1d

I’m waiting on either party to really put a good faith effort toward fixing it

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah gang he doesn’t give a hoot, to nobody’s surprise.

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 1d

Neither party has shown much serious care for farmers, let’s be clear.

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 1d

It’s all part of the plan, they have never and will never care

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 1d

All their pleas will fall upon deaf ears unfortunately

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 1d

Neither party genuinely cares, so save it

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah folks they’ve never cared, just given the illusion they did

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, guys they don’t care. They’ll always pretend to, but they’ll never act in good faith. They’ll forever take advantage of the tendency of blue collar workers to take people at their word.

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 3d

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Yeah tell us about it boss

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Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 4d

These things impact us all and we all should be engaged in guiding this ship where it needs to go

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 10d

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And so it continues… man I’m tired of

Luke @lwilli39.bsky.social · 10d

Surely, these screenshots are taken out of context right? They did the same thing to Charlie Kirk! /s