Regardless, all I can only comment on is my own take of the situation. And that take is his priorities conflicted with his campaign promises. This makes it harder to give my vote to future campaign promises by other candidates of the same political party.
Look man, if it’s generic Dem ghoul vs. generic GOP ghoul, vote how you want. It’s a bit shitty, but the level of harm reduced by the Dem is minimal.
But we were facing up against a literal Nazi openly-promising a Nazi future in 2024, who had proved his ardent desire to be a Nazi cunt in his first administration and openly promised to be worse in every way in his second administration. “The Dems need to give me a candidate I LIKE, or else marginalized groups can get genocided for all I care” is not a responsible and moral civic position. There are times when voting for shitty candidates is necessary - like when there’s a credible threat of literal fucking Nazis.
For the record, I have voted D for every election that Trump has been on the ballot.
I 100% get what you’re saying, but 2/3 times that ended up being a waste of a vote.
Republicans vote Republican because they like what the Republican party does. Democrats vote Democrat either because they like what the Democratic Party does, or because of the Republican on the ballot. I’m simply refusing to allow my vote to continue to be held hostage under threat of a fascist that wins anyway. Anything else legitimizes the threat and perpetuates the 2 party system.
That isn’t to say I will no longer vote Democrat, I’m just not going to play into their narrative of “we’re less evil than the other guys” anymore when they fumble at every opportunity to fulfill their promises to their progressive base, while also refusing to change tactics and instead double down on trying to appeal to Republican-lites when it is made clear THAT is why they lost the election. The Overton window can only shift so much before you start realizing you don’t actually have a choice.
I have never voted for someone because I like their platform, and I want to dammit. If a Democrat wants my vote, they’re going to campaign on a platform I like, and will not get it for any other reason. They have scared me into giving me their vote and failed to deliver on their promises every single time.
I have never voted for someone because I like their platform, and I want to dammit. If a Democrat wants my vote, they’re going to campaign on a platform I like, and will not get it for any other reason.
Again, “Blue Circus isn’t entertaining enough, so minorities like you can fuck off and die” is not a moral position and I’m not going to fucking pretend that it is. You can be upset all you want, but you have genocide on your hands if you enable Nazis like that going forward.
That’s a vast oversimplification of what I stated but you do you.
I’m a minority, my family members are minorities, and just because this country doesn’t actually allow us to have a decent choice of candidate doesn’t mean I’m enabling nazis by refusing to choose which elite to fuck us over for another 4 years.
“I will continue to vote for the candidate that more closely aligns with my progressive policy stances and doesn’t want minorities to fuck off and die, rather than be scared into voting for the lesser evil which probably still wants us to fuck off and die” is my point, which is much different than what you just said.
That’s a vast oversimplification of what I stated but you do you.
I’m a minority, my family members are minorities, and just because this country doesn’t actually allow us to have a decent choice of candidate doesn’t mean I’m enabling nazis by refusing to choose which elite to fuck us over for another 4 years.
“I will continue to vote for the candidate that more closely aligns with my progressive policy stances and doesn’t want minorities to fuck off and die” is much different than what you just said.
Bruh, your entire screed was about how you’re not voting for platforms you don’t like anymore, regardless of who the opposition is. Right now we’re herding people into concentration camps. Sorry for finding that a little more pressing than you ‘liking’ the Dem candidate’s platform?
“I refuse to choose between getting screwed over by corrupt Dems and getting every minority group in the country murdered by Nazis!” is not a reasonable or moral take. It’s utter dogshit.
Sorry man, you’re not going to scare me into voting your way. I already did that and we still got the concentration camps. At this point I’d rather have my dignity of choosing who I want to choose, rather than being pressured or shamed into choosing someone I don’t want.
The descent into fascism will continue as long as we continue to support only the two big parties. The only way we win their game is by not playing it.
If the Democrats want to win, they’ll pick a popular candidate with popular policies. If they want to lose, they’ll double-down on a losing strategy, which it seems they are.
Don’t worry. We all have to resist in the way we understand best.
OP seems to think fascist racists actually care about laws and will respect the outcomes of our voting which is his right. Its just unfortunate he cant see that people fighting the system in other ways may actually be useful too.
Look man, if it’s generic Dem ghoul vs. generic GOP ghoul, vote how you want. It’s a bit shitty, but the level of harm reduced by the Dem is minimal.
But we were facing up against a literal Nazi openly-promising a Nazi future in 2024, who had proved his ardent desire to be a Nazi cunt in his first administration and openly promised to be worse in every way in his second administration. “The Dems need to give me a candidate I LIKE, or else marginalized groups can get genocided for all I care” is not a responsible and moral civic position. There are times when voting for shitty candidates is necessary - like when there’s a credible threat of literal fucking Nazis.
For the record, I have voted D for every election that Trump has been on the ballot.
I 100% get what you’re saying, but 2/3 times that ended up being a waste of a vote.
Republicans vote Republican because they like what the Republican party does. Democrats vote Democrat either because they like what the Democratic Party does, or because of the Republican on the ballot. I’m simply refusing to allow my vote to continue to be held hostage under threat of a fascist that wins anyway. Anything else legitimizes the threat and perpetuates the 2 party system.
That isn’t to say I will no longer vote Democrat, I’m just not going to play into their narrative of “we’re less evil than the other guys” anymore when they fumble at every opportunity to fulfill their promises to their progressive base, while also refusing to change tactics and instead double down on trying to appeal to Republican-lites when it is made clear THAT is why they lost the election. The Overton window can only shift so much before you start realizing you don’t actually have a choice.
I have never voted for someone because I like their platform, and I want to dammit. If a Democrat wants my vote, they’re going to campaign on a platform I like, and will not get it for any other reason. They have scared me into giving me their vote and failed to deliver on their promises every single time.
Again, “Blue Circus isn’t entertaining enough, so minorities like you can fuck off and die” is not a moral position and I’m not going to fucking pretend that it is. You can be upset all you want, but you have genocide on your hands if you enable Nazis like that going forward.
That’s a vast oversimplification of what I stated but you do you.
I’m a minority, my family members are minorities, and just because this country doesn’t actually allow us to have a decent choice of candidate doesn’t mean I’m enabling nazis by refusing to choose which elite to fuck us over for another 4 years.
“I will continue to vote for the candidate that more closely aligns with my progressive policy stances and doesn’t want minorities to fuck off and die, rather than be scared into voting for the lesser evil which probably still wants us to fuck off and die” is my point, which is much different than what you just said.
Bruh, your entire screed was about how you’re not voting for platforms you don’t like anymore, regardless of who the opposition is. Right now we’re herding people into concentration camps. Sorry for finding that a little more pressing than you ‘liking’ the Dem candidate’s platform?
“I refuse to choose between getting screwed over by corrupt Dems and getting every minority group in the country murdered by Nazis!” is not a reasonable or moral take. It’s utter dogshit.
Sorry man, you’re not going to scare me into voting your way. I already did that and we still got the concentration camps. At this point I’d rather have my dignity of choosing who I want to choose, rather than being pressured or shamed into choosing someone I don’t want.
The descent into fascism will continue as long as we continue to support only the two big parties. The only way we win their game is by not playing it.
If the Democrats want to win, they’ll pick a popular candidate with popular policies. If they want to lose, they’ll double-down on a losing strategy, which it seems they are.
I’ll remember that when I’m in RFK’s camps for concetration, thanks for preferring your ‘dignity’ over the genocide of minorities. /s
The Nazis thank you for being one of their useful idiots.
I’ll be right there with ya pal. I hate this too. :(
Don’t worry. We all have to resist in the way we understand best.
OP seems to think fascist racists actually care about laws and will respect the outcomes of our voting which is his right. Its just unfortunate he cant see that people fighting the system in other ways may actually be useful too.
Just not enough to oppose it.