• @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I don’t think politicians should grandstand for cheap points about good faith negotiations with domestic terrorists whose re-election depends on negotiating in bad faith or not negotiating at all.

      I wouldn’t brag about negotiating with cats about them going vegan either, and that would have a BETTER chance of bearing fruit.

              • If politicians don’t negotiate across the aisle when majorities in Congress are slim then nothing will get done.

                Did you or did you not imply that Fetterman shouldn’t negotiate?

                • @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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                  I said that nothing good could come from pretending to negotiate immigration with radically anti-immigrant fascists who aren’t even PRETENDING to negotiate in good faith.

                  Three things can result:

                  1. No changes

                  2. Changes for the worse and nothing else (by far the most likely)

                  3. Tiny changes for the better on one or two very specific things in exchange for massive systemic change for the worse.

                  You’re pretending that the GOP is a normal and legitimate political party rather than a fundamentally dishonest fascist movement.

                  Is your name Neville? Because you’re being very Chamberlain right now

                  • @UsernameHere@lemmings.world
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                    -51 year ago

                    So again, you’re saying he shouldn’t negotiate with republicans which will result in nothing getting done.

                    How is what I said a strawman?

              • @TheFonz@lemmy.world
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                -11 year ago

                Because two comments back you literally said it was non negotiable. What the ever fuck do you want to happen?

                • @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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                  21 year ago

                  I didn’t say it was non-negotiable, I said that Republicans have no willingness to negotiate in good faith and as such, nothing good comes from pretending that they will.

                  Don’t misquote me to me. It confirms what I and anyone else reading already suspected: that you’re either being dishonest or having trouble understanding plain English.

                  • @TheFonz@lemmy.world
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                    11 year ago

                    Ok let’s paint all the republicans as one monolithic fascist block. I’ll grant you that. What’s next? What do you want to happen?