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NeitherPot t1_it8tzp5 wrote

Reply to comment by nycdevil in Jersey City, it’s time to rename Christopher Columbus Drive by HobokenJ

This is why “we” are going to lose the midterms? Not the insane lead-poisoned cult brainwashed by a fascist reality tv perv clown? Not the illegally gerrymandered districts and voter suppression that the GOP has been pushing for decades? Jesus fucking Christ—the other guys are literally taking our rights away but clearly WE are the bad guys here because someone broached the idea of potentially changing a street name. Right. Right.

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nycdevil t1_it9xfi9 wrote

We are not the bad guys. They are the bad guys. We are bad at strategy. We are bad at message discipline. Unfortunately, those things fucking matter.

edit: I don't think that I fully got my reply out in my initial message, so I want to add on to this:

Jersey City, it's time to protect abortion rights.

Jersey City, it's time to prevent antidemocratic, fascist forces from taking over a second branch of our government.

Jersey City, it's time to protect the right to contraception, gay marriage, and privacy rights from a stolen Supreme Court.

Sure, Christopher Columbus was a dick, but comparing naming a street after him to the statues of actual traitors who levied war against the United States is either ignorant or disingenuous, but is unquestionably really, really fucking stupid. Would I choose to rename Columbus Drive? Sure, seems fine with me, but it's like, the 100,000th most important political cause out there these days. Shut the fuck up about that and spend your time advocating for something actually meaningful.

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moobycow t1_it8vg47 wrote

Rs are out here screaming about Jews getting out of the country and towing the line before is too late, and making kids cry over colorful murals they painted in support of friends and Ds are going to lose over renaming a street.

Maybe, just maybe, that does not signify a problem with liberals.

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