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‘It will be the end of democracy’: Bernie Sanders on what happens if Trump wins – and how to stop him

www.theguardian.com ‘It will be the end of democracy’: Bernie Sanders on what happens if Trump wins – and how to stop him

He’s the leftwing outsider who nearly became the Democrats’ candidate for president - twice. As his position on the Israel-Gaza war threatens to upset his support, the veteran senator says he’s tired but determined to fight the return of that ‘ bitter, humiliated man’

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Funny how many comments just went poof! Gone! So this place is basically /r/politics now? Mods smoking out every opinion they don't like?
Funny thing is, the deleted comments were from liberals, not raging conservatives spewing bile and lies. Must not have passed the purity test.
- Funny how many comments just went poof!
  Are they in the mod log? The link is at the bottom of each page.
  
  Lmao, I gave it a quick glance and saw the most recent person I blocked for being an angry asshole get unblocked and then reblocked from an instance within a minute
  
  The one who's banned for the next 19 years?
  
  Lol yep, thats the guy
  
  Is there a way to filter by post? It's hard to find anything when it's everything from all communities.
  
  When you click on the "Modlog" link it'll show you the filtering options that are available.
- Or maybe the mods are actually moderating by cutting out the off-topic arguments and BS threads that don't contribute anything to the overall discourse of the discussion.
  
  I can imagine most of the comments were 14yo's and trolls saying GeNoCiDe JoE hUrRrR
- So this place is basically /r/politics now?
  👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀
- So what do you think that means for mod bias if they're deleting "liberal" comments on a platform that is largely home to leftists?
- My thoughts exactly. Why is it that these "politics" sites just end up going completely Left? Is this "politics" or "Democrat Politics?" I get confused... apparently, the Right isn't allowed to have an opinion any where anymore..
  
  You're allowed to have an opinion and we're allowed to tell you that your opinion sucks
  
  Does the right still have anything left to say that isn't hate speech? The entire conservative economic schtick has failed the reality test so badly that most conservatives don't even want to talk about it anymore. It's all border wall nonsense, election denial, and reactionary isolationism now, and that's the saner half of conservatism.
  
  Yes. I'm Mexican American, family came here from Mexico, legally in the 50's. Worked hard, and established a great life. We were raised in a strict Catholic household, so, ideally, my family always votes Republican. This doesn't make us horrible people. We simply believe in different things than Liberals/Democrats. However, I'm also a firm believer in Gay Rights, Abortion, and social programs. But, I think there needs to be limits, rules, and restrictions on a lot of that stuff. That's where most of my political beliefs start to lean more Right. Sounds like you're just profiling based on what you read on Reddit and Lemmy. That's like me saying all Democrats and Liberals are anti-gun, anti-religion, and hate white people We know that's not true.
  
  We were raised in a strict Catholic household, so, ideally, my family always votes Republican.
  Political parties are not like sports teams and you aren't required to vote for a particular party just because you were born into it. Anyways, there is no correlation between being Catholic and voting for Republicans. Also, Biden is Catholic, and Trump is not - just in case you think that's relevant.
  This doesn’t make us horrible people.
  I never said anything about you being horrible. My comments were directed at the current state of Republican policy and rhetoric, not the personal character of Republican voters.
  I’m also a firm believer in Gay Rights, Abortion, and social programs.
  Your Pope is also a firm believer in social programs. He doesn't support Gay Rights and Abortion, but he takes a very different stance on them than Republicans.
  But, I think there needs to be limits, rules, and restrictions on a lot of that stuff.
  So do Democrats. I've noticed this tendency for people on the right to make these kinds of sweeping statements that sound like fundamental policy positions but are really so meaningless that anybody could say they support them. "I believe in small government." "I am against excessive regulation." etc. No real point there, I just find it interesting.
  The biggest curtailment of the welfare state in the least 100 years came from the Clinton administration. Obama's biggest safety net accomplishment was Obamacare, which was originally a plan from the extremely right wing Heritage Foundation.
  You’re just profiling based on what you read on Reddit and Lemmy.
  No, I'm really not. Again, my comments were on the current state of Republican policy and rhetoric, so "profiling" doesn't come into it. This goes back to my point about sports teams. My observations are also based on what I see coming out of Republican politicians and media figures. Conservatives on Lemmy, and especially Reddit tend to keep largely to their own insulated communities, and I don't often visit.
  
  Pray tell, these opinions of yours that you're afraid of sharing publicly?
  
  I think there should be limits and restrictions on social programs. I believe in tough on crime, funding more police, not less. I believe that we should be allowed to question the billions being sent to Ukraine, without being told we're traitors and spineless. The Republicans are the ones trying to limit the amount of money we send all over the world, and for some reason, this makes them the party of the "bad guys." I'm against many ultra liberal views, like allowing petty theft to go unpunished, allowing the homeless crisis to grow in California because apparently, it's "not their fault."
  
  Oh I got it. You're a moron who can't bother to rub his last two braincells together.
  
  Spotted the tolerant liberal!
  
  Democrats are not left.

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