• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        I mean if you aren’t coming for political discussion, why are you here?

        And anything less than 500 words isn’t even long winded. I would expect most lemmings could hammer out 500 words in 8 minutes or less. 500 words? Barely enough to get a thought across.

        And decaf?

        DECAF?

        I like my coffee like I like my politics. Strong, bitter, and by the gallon.

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          2 days ago

          Pete Buttigieg primary qualification as a “politician” is his Mayoral victory in South Bend Indiana, 2011, where they got elected with 10,991 in a town of almost 100,000. The next time they ran, they got all of 8k votes in an election where less than 10% of residence voted (2015).

          Tl;dr: Pete Buttigieg’s qualifications for being a politician was being a politician, getting elected, and serving office.

          While being a politician.

          Well isn’t that damning.

          Your contribution to political discourse on this post has slightly less substance than mine.

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            2 days ago

            You seem like you have a defensive axe to grind in support of Buttigeig.

            How many other Mayors won an election with more than 10k votes? If thats the minimum bar, shouldn’t there be thousands, if not tens’ of thousands of people in line before we get to having a discussion about who this Buttigeig character is?

            It begs the question: In 2020, why were we even discussing Buttigeig? And a thumbnail scratch of their background reveals them to be a McKenzie with a list of billionaire donors longer than a CVS receipt.

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              You seem like you have a defensive axe to grind in support of Buttigeig.

              It probably does seem that way to you. I have near zero stakes here, as Pete does zero to enhance the lives of Canadians living in prairie provinces.

              The very specific thing that grabbed my attention was your idiotic comment.

              Also, you doubling down on the civic election not counting because the voter turnout was low, is breathtakingly stupid.