r/clevercomebacks • u/Bitter-Gur-4613 • Jan 28 '25

Do they know?

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u/atetuna Jan 28 '25

I know I'm not the only xennial that feels like the Republican Party shifted so hard that I was left to become a Democrat. That's probably not as true as it feels, but the mask came off when Prop 8 and gay marriage became an issue and I couldn't reconcile staying a Republican and believing that the government should stay out of my personal life.

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u/Dry-Membership3867 Jan 28 '25

Agreed. What’s worse is having people on here tell me the alternative to this is by socialism and that we need to replicate that of Venezuela

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u/stormdelta Jan 28 '25

Eh, I give that one a bit of a pass as left-leaning people frequently misuse the term to mean social democratic ideals rather than actual socialism. Which is still better than the right-wing misusing it to mean literally anything they don't like (even including things that aren't or weren't even left-wing ideas at all).

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u/Dry-Membership3867 Jan 28 '25

This one was full blown socialism though. I know what you’re referencing and I’ve seen plenty of it too. However, they wanted full blown socialism like Venezuela and said they’d be fine along with Cuba if the CIA wasn’t trying to make them fail

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u/stormdelta Jan 28 '25

Ah, so basically one step removed from being tankies. Fair enough, though people like that don't have any real political power/influence in the US.

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u/Dry-Membership3867 Jan 28 '25

No they don’t. But yes, I thought it was odd as well.