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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI hope this meme takes off:
— Ellsworth Green (@greenellsworth.bsky.social) 2026-07-07T21:29:30.921Z
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I hope this meme takes off: (Original Post)
applegrove
8 hrs ago
OP
Under Republican power, the "public" servants just seem to be serving themselves. n/t
Beartracks
6 hrs ago
#11
Ironically, when I googled this image, the first match that came up was from the Nashville Tea Party
progressoid
3 hrs ago
#16
mdbl
(9,075 posts)1. Spot on!
Diamond_Dog
(41,595 posts)2. Rec
blm
(114,876 posts)3. Spread it everywhere.
This should be a standard talking point for midterm campaigns.
twodogsbarking
(19,977 posts)4. So simple yet concise. You deserve ice cream.
warmfeet
(3,348 posts)5. Yes,
and we are the government. The government serves the will of the people (ideally). Pretty sure this is not the shit I want.
Augiedog
(2,708 posts)6. Republican "governments" are terrified of the common citizenry.
Bumbles
(625 posts)7. Perfect and to the point.
niyad
(135,732 posts)8. EXACTLY!!!
Wounded Bear
(64,911 posts)9. K&R...nt
LilElf70
(1,751 posts)10. It don't get any more
truthful, than that.
Yep, this should go viral.
Beartracks
(14,786 posts)11. Under Republican power, the "public" servants just seem to be serving themselves. n/t
progressoid
(53,603 posts)12. Uhmmm....no.
I get the sentiment. But it's a little too absolute.
applegrove
(134,056 posts)13. You're kidding, right? It fits in perfectly with gerrymandering
is politicians choosing their voters not voters choosing their elected representatives. You like that one, right?
progressoid
(53,603 posts)14. So this meme is specific to gerrymandering?
Because I was thinking that if someone were a violent right wing anti-government extremist, they would also love it if our government "knew nothing about" them.
applegrove
(134,056 posts)15. Obviously nobody is saying to let criminals go.
progressoid
(53,603 posts)16. Ironically, when I googled this image, the first match that came up was from the Nashville Tea Party
The second match was from a right wing Canadian account on X.
applegrove
(134,056 posts)17. We have awful people in Canada too.