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loquacious t1_iw691o3 wrote

Reply to comment by dandydudefriend in Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez defeats Republican Joe Kent in WA House race by agitant5934

Putting my comment here because OP is gone, because why the fuck not? Maybe they'll read it.

> Not sure what you're fighting for on the left exactly but your rights are slowly being eroded.

What, like overturning Roe vs. Wade and legal abortion? Or banning books? Or maybe voting rights and disenfranchisement? Or employee protections against sexism and anti-LGBTQ bigotry? Or the right to unionize?

Yeah, those rights are slowly being eroded but it's the GOP doing it.

It's not the barely moderate centrist Democrats that barely even resemble "leftist" politics as found in the rest of the world that is attacking those civil rights.

GTFO and go look at what the GOP actually votes on and is "fighting for" and unless you're secretly a billionaire it's definitely not you.

No, seriously, what "rights" do you think the GOP is fighting for for you? What policies do you actually like? Have they accomplished them or is it just a lot of rhetorical identity politics about guns, church or cheap gas?

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HelenAngel t1_iw66fe4 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez defeats Republican Joe Kent in WA House race by agitant5934

Washington state has been Democrat for years &:

  • Has no income tax

  • Has median gas prices & lots of charging stations for electric cars

  • Is working on the homeless problem & has less than other states

  • Has some of the best public schools in the US & ranks highly in education (red states have the worst)

  • Low crime

  • No tax on groceries (& lower food prices with higher quality food)

  • Lowest prices for electricity in the entire US with most of it coming from green energy sources

  • Has lots of civil services, including extensive help for people with disabilities

  • Great roads

  • Excellent, state-of-the-art libraries

  • Clean air

  • Clean lakes, rivers, & streams (you can actually swim in them without getting poisoned!)

  • Freedom for people with uteruses to get proper medical care

  • Beautiful parks, well-kept campgrounds, & natural spaces

  • Breathtaking scenery

  • Sustainable forestry

  • Leaders who actually are from this state & care about it because their families are also here

  • Plenty of trails & walkable areas as well as lots of support for hiking, fishing, camping, & hunting

  • Legal cannabis (medical & recreational)

  • Major corporations who contribute to the area

  • Lots of jobs in all sorts of industries

  • Strong LBGTQIA+ community with equal rights enshrined in state law & gender-affirming care

  • Delicious restaurants & all manner of shopping

  • Strong gaming community & lots of local game stores with over 200 video game studios in the Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond area alone, including the home offices of Bungie, Xbox, ArenaNet, Valve, Nintendo of America, etc.

  • Lots of craft breweries, coffee culture, & vinoculture

  • Excellent music & the birthplace of grunge & alternative rock

  • Professional sports teams including MLB, NHL, NFL, & soccer

  • Lots of awesome museums, including MoPOP (Museum of Pop Culture)

  • ALL THE APPLES!

  • Excellent hospitals that are leaders in the medical industry

  • True freedom of religion. The state is not “claimed” for any one religion & there are places of worship for people of all faiths. People who identify as atheist/agnostic don’t have to worry about one religion taking over the legislature & being forced on them.

  • Free birth control for WA residents

You clearly have never lived in WA or probably have never even been here. I came from awful red states in the Southern US. I watched with sadness as Tennessee got run into the ground by horrible Republican leadership. Washington state is amazing as are most of the people here.

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