Ocasio-Cortez took to Instagram after the Department of Homeland Security suggested they may pursue arrests of three Democratic lawmakers who partook in a protest outside of an ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey. Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Rob Menendez (D-NJ) and LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) all attended the protest.

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    Fun to think about, but American males are not ready for a strong female presence in their lives. They can’t handle it.

    I would love for AOC to show the world her fire and Americans some grace. Not going to happen with the lot in America right now sadly.

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      Male here. Hillary was probably the worst female option who’s ever ran for president.

      Kamala wasn’t much better, and felt like a rush job to prevent Biden being an easy sweep.

      Not that I’m advocating for trump in either case. I’m just saying its like the old south park joke of douche vs turd sandwich.

      Only difference is that AOC is actually a good choice. Whereas Hillary and Kamala were never good choices.

      I would fully support an AOC run. I would vote FOR AOC. Whereas with Hillary and Kamala it felt like it was voting against trump by selecting “whoever the opposition is”.

      Which for the record, isn’t a gender thing. Biden was also “not trump” on the ballots in 2020. You didn’t vote FOR Biden. You voted AGAINST trump.

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        Hillary likely would have made a great moderate president. She was a “bad choice” only because Fox News attacked her for 20 years.

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          Downvotes but she was a cool hippy chick once. Neoliberal was the game she chose to play and it might have worked if she played more on the radical side

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      Maybe stop with the strawman argument and you’d get a bit further. Myself, and I’m sure plenty of others, are really sick of being painted as a villain before even entering the conversation. All you’re doing is furthering the divide, not shortening it.

      I see it all over Lemmy - angry liberals painting the opposition as vile and inhuman. Making all these strawman up. Makes other liberals not want to associate with you. Makes you seem just like the people you vilify.

      You want a society of love and acceptance? Start with yourself. Create a happy accepting vibe around yourself and make it grow from there. But don’t salt the ground and then wonder why nothing grows.

      Edit: hey geniuses downvotting me and calling me conservative scum: I’m a registered Democrat. Thanks for proving my point with more strawmen. You assume that if someone disagrees with you they’re immediately a MAGA Nazi instead of someone who legitimately disagrees with your methods and actions. You taint the discourse just as much as your opposition.

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        Yeah no, ICE deported a four year old with stage four cancer.

        If you support the felon rapist who’s spent every single decade of his life an entitled shit destroying as many fucking lives as he could…

        Nah, if you voted for Trump that is the same in my book as supporting Hitler. Supporting Trump makes you a fascist, and there is only one cure for fascism.

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          Another great strawman. I’m a registered Democrat. Thank you for proving my point. Because only a conservative could disagree with you /s

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              And yet when told I disagree with you you immediately go off about maga Nazis. That’s your strawman. You can’t stop foaming at the mouth about it while other Democrats are trying to have an actual conversation with you. Some of you are just as rabid as the people you hate.

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                You haven’t made an argument to engage with. All you have said so far is “lefties are meanies!” Mild criticism is “foaming at the mouth.”

                I think your problem is that you aren’t here in good faith, and that stink comes through the computer monitor.

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                  Umm … My first post: maybe stop attacking everyone and you’d find more supporters. That is an argument. But you’ve been too busy… checks notes …attacking me endlessly. I started by critiquing someone saying males are too insecure to be governed by a woman. That maybe that kind of inflammatory language doesn’t help. And… Here you are being inflammatory and wondering why you aren’t winning.

                  Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

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                    Lol, here’s the original comment you were responding to for context:

                    Fun to think about, but American males are not ready for a strong female presence in their lives. They can’t handle it.

                    I would love for AOC to show the world her fire and Americans some grace. Not going to happen with the lot in America right now sadly.

                    You are a thin skinned centrist whiner with nothing of value to say. Which is why you don’t feel comfortable on lemmy - you have nothing of value to contribute.

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        Do you want to stand for something or win elections and progress? I dont care about race or sex, just like you don’t, but that’s not the reality of America today.