• Thunderbird4@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Reagan, HW Bush, Clinton, W Bush, Obama, Trump. Take your pick.

    “Most progressive” is not a high bar to clear. It’s a reasonably fair claim that Biden has been more progressive than Obama, and definitely isn’t outrageous enough to justify ranting about crack smoking and traumatic brain damage.

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        7 months ago

        And Obama broke the legal Occupy Wall Street protests and killed civilians in Yemen with drone strikes. So he takes the title instead? “Most progressive” is a comparative qualification, and he does not need to BE a progressive to take the title.

        While I agree that the strike shouldn’t have been broken and that the rail workers should have the right to stop as much work as they control in order to make their demands heard, Biden also became the first president to walk a picket line during that strike and ultimately got the rail workers a deal that their unions all were reportedly happy with. He may not be everything you want, but he IS the most pro-union president of my lifetime. Again, not a high bar to clear. Recognize progress when it happens, even if it’s not your dream come true.

        Furthermore, with all the terrifying examples of actual rising fascism that surround us right now, don’t muddy the waters with BS like that. It just makes you look like a troll.

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        7 months ago

        The biden administration got the railworkers what they were asking for.

        Its not his fault you cant read.

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      “Most progressive” is not a high bar to clear

      Yet Biden managed to fail anyway.

      It’s a reasonably fair claim that Biden has been more progressive than Obama

      Nope. Neither fair nor accurate. Obama picked Biden to assuage the fears of white conservative Democrats and Biden is the exact same guy that he’s always been. His age isn’t much of a problem in itself, but his outdated policy positions and opinions are.

      He entered politics before the invention of the walkman and he hasn’t changed or acknowledged any of his mistakes since then.

      definitely isn’t outrageous enough to justify ranting about crack smoking and traumatic brain damage.

      For the reasons stated above, I beg to differ.