By David Futrelle
It’s a rarity in this year of terrible, but tonight has been a night of actual good news! Dems are winning elections, and Reddit has banned the toxic cesspool known as the Incels subreddit! Celebrate while you can in this open thread!
No trolls. Fuck trolls.
This is the first time a wall of news notifications hasn't been a nightmare in god knows how long pic.twitter.com/NpTaW5QK6e
— Ashley Feinberg (ashleyfeinberg.bsky.social) (@ashleyfeinberg) November 8, 2017
Dems have won all three of the marquee off-year races — NJGov, VAGov, NYC Mayor — for the first time since 1989.
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) November 8, 2017
Democrats decimated Republicans across the country tonight, at every level and in every branch of state government.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) November 8, 2017
Thanks, Trump!
And this is the icing on the cake:
Trans woman Danica Roem (D) just defeated anti-LGBTQ candidate Bob Marshall (R) in Virginia, becoming the first trans state legislator in America.
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) November 8, 2017
The man who wrote the anti-trans bathroom bill just lost the election to a trans woman. Let that sink in. https://t.co/KFEZXSYvMy
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) November 8, 2017
Oh, and there’s this:
Jeff Sessions' DOJ Drops Prosecution Of Woman Who Laughed At Jeff Sessions https://t.co/slOPOhmLYN pic.twitter.com/ekRsU1RJAq
— Curt and Frank 🏳️🌈 (@curtandfrank) November 7, 2017
Let’s all celebrate by laughing at Jeff Sessions!
Meanwhile, on Reddit:
Reddit has banned the Incels subreddit. About fucking time; it was a cesspool of misogyny and violent hate. pic.twitter.com/8RieXtxZLN
— David Futrelle (@DavidFutrelle) November 8, 2017
HEALTH NOTE: Though cheered by tonight’s news, I’m still dealing with a shitstorm of health issues. I will return to regular posting as soon as I can, but I’m not sure when that will be. Thanks again for your patience and your support!
Today is a good day
I am so thrilled about both developments!!! I am shocked at the good news!! I really didn’t think the incels subreddit would ever be banned. Wishing you a fast recovery from what ails you. Enjoy this wonderful night!
get well
Thanks for everything you do, Dave.
A great news day, and get well soon.
Take care of yourself, Dave!
I’m still a little off-kilter (though nothing like what David’s dealing with, I’m sure– hope you recover soon!), but those are good things. It might be funny if there’s a freakout over the incel subreddit getting poofed.
Well, well well. I wonder how Fox News will spin this.
Some long-awaited good news!
You take care, Dave. I’m rootin’ for ya!
Get well soon, David!! Tell your cats they need to snuggle with you until you feel better.
I love how the Apricot Abomination is already throwing Gillespie under the bus. Face it, Donnie, you backed another loser.
May the Incels never rise again.
I’m especially happy about the out trans woman lawmaker.
If Reddit finally cleans itself up I may check it out for its gaming community… finally. I’ve been avoiding it like the plague.
To paraphrase C. S. Lewis in “That Hideous Strength”, Trump has no allies or friends, only tools. When a tool fails him, he discards it – or breaks it.
I stopped in at Reddit, to hear the wailing of the incels. Their preternatural facility for perceiving themselves to be ill-used has not deserted them. They are not finding a sympathetic audience.
Folks, by all means celebrate Virginia, but for the love of God, do not become complacent. This ain’t over until the Dems retake control of the House, Senate, Presidency and Supreme Court. Keep going.
Attend protests. Call your representatives 5 times a day. Denounce the wall. Denounce attempts to repeal Obamacare. Denounce the DACA repeal. Denounce the Muslim ban. Denounce the tax bill. Denounce police brutality. Demand LGBT rights. Demand gun control. Demand universal healthcare. Demand free college tuition. Demand renewable energy. And above all, turn out to vote again in 2018 and 2020, and encourage as many other people as possible to do likewise.
So I looked up that Bob Marshall character. One of the worst people I’ve ever heard of. Quietly hoping his first step on leaving office will be to trip over and accidentally flush himself down the toilet.
NJ wasn’t a surprise – it would have been a surprise if it had stayed Republican, given Christie’s underwhelming popularity.
Glad Gillespie lost and REALLY glad he wrapped himself so much in orange during the campaign.
@IgnoreSandra
Me too. About time.
@IgnoreSandra – another out trans woman (of color!) also won election to the Minneapolis City Council 😀
I’ve gotten so used to bad political news that I honestly didn’t have the initial ability to process this stuff. *Optimism.exe not found* *Celebration.exe not found”
I’m steadily managing to work myself back into the mindset of being happy and contented, though, in part by grumbling that we needed a Goldman-Sachs executive to beat New Jersey Republicans. Then I saw about Roem and I went back to being unable to process my alien happiness levels.
Also, medicaid expansion in ME. Also also, black trans woman wins a council seat in Minneapolis. Also also also, local races down by me turned out positively too. Let’s fuckin go!!!
Edit: ninjad by @dreemr
Feel better soon, David…and may the incels remain Forever Alone.
Don’t worry, Republicans. We’ll be sure to send you thoughts and prayers.
@dreemr
https://www.advocate.com/politics/2017/11/07/trans-woman-andrea-jenkins-elected-minneapolis-city-council
A fellow trans woman of color made it, yes a fellow sister made it!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/danica-roem-will-be-vas-first-openly-transgender-elected-official-after-unseating-conservative-robert-g-marshall-in-house-race/2017/11/07/d534bdde-c0af-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html
Oohhh yesssssss.. the schadenfreude makes my body tingle with delight….. Eat it Robert G. Marshall you bigoted Loser.
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Party hard everybody!
I’m not in Andrea Jenkins’ ward so I wasn’t able to vote for her, but yay my city!
Now, here’s hoping all the r/incels castoffs don’t all come here to whinge about their sad boners. I can handle a sad boner troll occasionally but they do get tedious fast.
In slightly more northerly news: Projet Montreal won in Montreal on Sunday, at every level but particularly the mayor. Social democrats are winning elections, whodathunk.
TWO TRANS LEGISLATORS (the other in Minneapolis) I AM SO HYPE AHHHHHH <3 I haven't been this happy about election results since Obama. Finally, we're represented slightly more than before!