time to had another one hundred billion to the communism death toll ticker

“Hate the country not the people” turns out to be code for “I hate communism but I really want a Asian sex slave.”

“You can’t say anything bad about Judaism or Communism!1!1!” Stalin and his goons dare outlaw the two favorite pastimes of Nazis? Get this man a nobel peace prize, stat!

Some phobic cop had to have cobbled this together on a Thursday afternoon, mind a million miles away.

The Democrats’ “strategy” has been scolding people not even for voting for Trump, but just not voting for whichever gelatinous pig they coughed up and threw out on the debate stage. I have been seeing this for a decade now. “Vote D or you’re a literal demon nazi fascist misogynist xenophobe loser moron.” No one feels especially enthusiastic about making friends with them or heeding their instructions, so they lose elections, reinforcing these ideas in their tiny minds. It’s a hell of a feedback loop. Whatever, guys. Keep rolling over on command like a well-trained dog, vote for whoever your favorite late-night “comedian” told you to, and continue to wonder why things keep getting worse in four-year increments. They have this coming.

“I don’t need Trump’s appeal expained to me, sweaty.” Yes, you really do.

Screeching for more genocide with “Democrat” in your username… I would ask how this is real, but that would be an insultingly rhetorical question. Nothing is real to them except their reality TV program. Fuck these rats.

Carrot and stick

Scratch something, something something… kill me.

The thing that pisses me off about these hashtag girlboss k-hives stans is their deep-seated unseriousness. They do not mean anything they say other than “orange man bad” and “vote blue no matter who.” The MOMENT the rubber hits the road, they will sell other people’s rights for the impression of their own interests being safeguarded. They will make a bunch of noise about racial justice, no human is illegal, et cetera, but the instant they feel Mexicans aren’t useful anymore, they drop all pretense and go right to the Final Solution. What the fuck?

“more war pls”

“Just hold out a LITTLE bit longer, folks.”

“The strawpeople in my head get along even though they should be fighting. They must be conspiring to destroy me, because that’s what I want to do to them. This is a real thing happening in the world and not just in my imagination.”

Anticommunism. Not even once, kids.

“Stop resisting.”

Libs hate Russia, but they need it to explain why people don’t toe their ideological line.

They’re dating

“Sent from my mother’s basement”

You misspelled “fascists”

I’m just glad they’re acknowledging the loss.

“Son, I would kill legions of stormtroopers to avenge your death.”

“Wow dad a bit problematic go fuck yourself.”

“Wow.” -Joe Rogan

They probably are aware how awful the system is, but the insidious thing about the party dichotomy is that “a slightly better alternative” is all it needs to work. It frames politics as something to act upon by voting correctly. This is, fundamentally, buying into the assumptions of liberal democracy. Your friends may understand that problems exist, but they likely don’t have much of an idea about what to do beyond engaging in this dance.

I also wouldn’t be so doom-and-gloom about your prospects with your “former” friends. I’m sure things are fine after one political disagreement. Gay people especially can be a little dramatic. Take it with a grain of salt.

If you find yourself in these discussions in the future, be keenly aware of yourself and the implications of what you say. It’s very easy to antagonize someone unintentionally when we butt heads like that. I would try asking questions that expose weaknesses in their worldview. But be subtle when you draw attention to those vulnerabilities. Let them think they noticed it themselves.