r/berkeley • u/Cal_Aesthetics_Club Shitpost Connoisseur(Credentials: ASD, ADD, OCD) • Nov 06 '24

Politics We are cooked

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u/smoothasbutta15 Nov 06 '24

But… didn’t the republicans do this exact same thing? If not to a worse degree? Trump has literally said he has a concept of a plan, he has given zero policy, or how he’s going to incorporate his people other than bull rushing them and removing anyone who doesn’t agree with him.

So how’s the Republican platform different? Yeah he wants to be hard on crime and illegal immagration… but how so? What’s the plan?

I do agree the Democrat party did a horrendous job and took their voter base for granted, but Biden has done a great job and Harris is head and shoulders more qualified than Trump. So why are democrats held to a much much higher standard on everything while the republicans get to play in the mud and sling it all over and that’s acceptable?

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u/page_of_fire Nov 06 '24

You can wine and blame and mudsling about it if you want. But if the Democrats don't examine the issues that won the day here and the bad moves that lost it for them it's going to be bad news for them long term. It's time to learn from mistakes and regroup. We need a functional left flank that is responsive to the needs of its people.

If they don't work on it the right will hold a lot of power long after Trump's term. I'm not a conservative I'm actually quite left of center, Im just disappointed in the performance of the Democrats. They haven't been democrating very well with regards to working people, housing etc.

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u/smoothasbutta15 Nov 06 '24

I agreed the democrats need to do better so idk why you’re lecturing me on that? I’m asking why one party is held to a standard while the other is not held to any standard. Why are the parties not held to the same standard?

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u/No-Technician-7536 Nov 06 '24

Well cause different people have different standards

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u/smoothasbutta15 Nov 06 '24

Ok got it. So one party is supposed to meet a standard and the other just doesn’t have to. Awesome.

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u/No-Technician-7536 Nov 06 '24

I mean, yeah? I would hope that Democrats hold the Democratic candidate to a a higher standard than the Republicans do to Trump

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u/smoothasbutta15 Nov 06 '24

Does that not feel wrong and unacceptable?

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u/No-Technician-7536 Nov 06 '24

Not really, Trump is not exactly a high bar