@altanese.bsky.social
So you *would* know without asking, then?
January 20, 2026 at 12:40 PM
So you *would* know without asking, then?
There can be no democracy without socialism.
There can be no socialism without democracy.
There can be no socialism without democracy.
January 19, 2026 at 11:09 PM
There can be no democracy without socialism.
There can be no socialism without democracy.
There can be no socialism without democracy.
Are you saying people asked who they voted for? At your work I mean
January 19, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Are you saying people asked who they voted for? At your work I mean
You're also someone who literally said someone who disagrees with you is no better than a Trumpist. Your entire mentality does not allow for there to be other opinions, yours and only yours is the correct one and anyone else is your enemy.
January 17, 2026 at 7:56 PM
You're also someone who literally said someone who disagrees with you is no better than a Trumpist. Your entire mentality does not allow for there to be other opinions, yours and only yours is the correct one and anyone else is your enemy.
How about this. Do you think the average Trump voter is a reasonable human being? As in, they are not bigoted, they care about the issues in a nuanced way and not just kneejerk emotional responses?
January 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM
How about this. Do you think the average Trump voter is a reasonable human being? As in, they are not bigoted, they care about the issues in a nuanced way and not just kneejerk emotional responses?
Because everyone wants their worldview to be the *only* reasonable worldview.
That old joke about person A about to jump off a bridge, being stopped by person B. They bond over having the same increasingly niche beliefs until a very minor difference, after which B pushes A off the ledge.
That old joke about person A about to jump off a bridge, being stopped by person B. They bond over having the same increasingly niche beliefs until a very minor difference, after which B pushes A off the ledge.
January 17, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Because everyone wants their worldview to be the *only* reasonable worldview.
That old joke about person A about to jump off a bridge, being stopped by person B. They bond over having the same increasingly niche beliefs until a very minor difference, after which B pushes A off the ledge.
That old joke about person A about to jump off a bridge, being stopped by person B. They bond over having the same increasingly niche beliefs until a very minor difference, after which B pushes A off the ledge.
And if you asked people voting in 2016, how many do you think gave half a fuck about any of it?
Sanders has a lot of leftist clout, but he makes the center nervous and the right almost as enraged as Obama. He is a Jewish man and openly socialist. The fear/rage cycle would be working overtime.
Sanders has a lot of leftist clout, but he makes the center nervous and the right almost as enraged as Obama. He is a Jewish man and openly socialist. The fear/rage cycle would be working overtime.
January 17, 2026 at 4:55 PM
And if you asked people voting in 2016, how many do you think gave half a fuck about any of it?
Sanders has a lot of leftist clout, but he makes the center nervous and the right almost as enraged as Obama. He is a Jewish man and openly socialist. The fear/rage cycle would be working overtime.
Sanders has a lot of leftist clout, but he makes the center nervous and the right almost as enraged as Obama. He is a Jewish man and openly socialist. The fear/rage cycle would be working overtime.
No, but can you honestly tell me that the racism of America was not boiling over after having a two term black President? You don't think that could have affected the odds of a Democrat at all? Especially considering that, historically speaking, we do two terms D, two terms R, back and forth?
January 17, 2026 at 12:06 AM
No, but can you honestly tell me that the racism of America was not boiling over after having a two term black President? You don't think that could have affected the odds of a Democrat at all? Especially considering that, historically speaking, we do two terms D, two terms R, back and forth?
You think the people who hated Obama hated him because he 'failed to deliver' ? Is that why you think Trump was elected?
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
You think the people who hated Obama hated him because he 'failed to deliver' ? Is that why you think Trump was elected?
Gonna be real, I don't think Bernie would have won. Coming off a two term black President, which made white America seething with fury, and you think they're going to elect an openly socialist Jew?
I would adore it if that were the case, but if we lived in that America, Trump wouldn't be in power.
I would adore it if that were the case, but if we lived in that America, Trump wouldn't be in power.
January 13, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Gonna be real, I don't think Bernie would have won. Coming off a two term black President, which made white America seething with fury, and you think they're going to elect an openly socialist Jew?
I would adore it if that were the case, but if we lived in that America, Trump wouldn't be in power.
I would adore it if that were the case, but if we lived in that America, Trump wouldn't be in power.
Nope, was just doing a small litmus test is all. If I had just been harassed endlessly by Nazis I'd also ask what your thoughts were on the AfD or the like.
January 11, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Nope, was just doing a small litmus test is all. If I had just been harassed endlessly by Nazis I'd also ask what your thoughts were on the AfD or the like.
And for the record, deleted those other posts
January 11, 2026 at 9:59 AM
And for the record, deleted those other posts
No, but don't you think I'd have reason to want to check if you're one of the dozen or more people I had to block for being disingenuous red fascists?
January 11, 2026 at 9:59 AM
No, but don't you think I'd have reason to want to check if you're one of the dozen or more people I had to block for being disingenuous red fascists?
Because I literally earlier today spent over an hour debating someone who hated Harris and claimed to be a big supporter of Gaza but then come to find out he loves Mao and Stalin and North Korea. And a lot of people agreed with him.
January 11, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Because I literally earlier today spent over an hour debating someone who hated Harris and claimed to be a big supporter of Gaza but then come to find out he loves Mao and Stalin and North Korea. And a lot of people agreed with him.
Gonna ask one more time if you actually are against ALL genocides, or if you'd handwave away the Uyghur genocide or the Holodomor or everything the Kims have done.
Whole reason I ask, as I said, is because I've been mobbed by way too many tankies lately.
Whole reason I ask, as I said, is because I've been mobbed by way too many tankies lately.
January 11, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Gonna ask one more time if you actually are against ALL genocides, or if you'd handwave away the Uyghur genocide or the Holodomor or everything the Kims have done.
Whole reason I ask, as I said, is because I've been mobbed by way too many tankies lately.
Whole reason I ask, as I said, is because I've been mobbed by way too many tankies lately.
Right so here we are.
January 11, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Right so here we are.
Sorry you got me, I never swore, I only promised. Dangit I keep getting caught up in my lies!
January 11, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Sorry you got me, I never swore, I only promised. Dangit I keep getting caught up in my lies!
No, I wasn't. I know we're on the internet and you're conditioned to always assume the worst about every human being who doesn't immediately share 100% of your views, but no. I swore to you I'd get back on track, you didn't believe me, here we are.
January 11, 2026 at 9:16 AM
No, I wasn't. I know we're on the internet and you're conditioned to always assume the worst about every human being who doesn't immediately share 100% of your views, but no. I swore to you I'd get back on track, you didn't believe me, here we are.