Yes, but what about [single political issue here that Trump is as bad or worse on]?
Clearly this means we should vote for [candidate least likely to win but most likely to split the vote of the non-fascist party]!
this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2024
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"As an upper-middle-class white male, I just don't like politics, so I don't vote."
Fuck you, you selfish little pricks.
I vote now.
I don't think I was selfish before ... Just ignorant and/or sheltered.
I don't think I disagree with your point, but the messaging is unlikely to convert many non voters.
tbf, if they're on a politics com and bragging about not voting, chances are that they're pretty far from where you were at if you were just ignorant and/or sheltered.
Well... You're not wrong.
I'm just yelling at the choir on Lemmy, I believe. With my actual friends, especially married ones with daughters who say this stuff, I approach it differently. "You always tell me you disdain deadbeat dads, but not voting is another form of failing your daughter. You should be a champion for her rights man, not sitting on the sidelines trying to play nice with 'both sides.'"
I can't believe how apolitical I was before our daughter was born. I mean I'm not even in the US or a man but Jesus fucking Christ having kids makes you so invested into everything that you cannot not be political. It's not even a real choice unless you are, as you phrase it, a deadbeat parent.
"You see, if fascism wins, then socialism will magically win next. It's a law of nature, like a pendulum. It Is Known."
News Flash, there are other elections that happen in the US every year that are more influential and important for national issues than the presidency.
Maybe take your weird hatred of the failure-of-the-democratic-party-not-being-as-progressive-as-you-want energy and focus that on:
- getting local city councilors, mayors and county clerks etc. elected who represent your political ideology,
- getting state legislators and other officials elected who represent your political ideology,
- getting judges elected (where applicable) who understand the codified and written law and are willing to execute it as written,
- maybe even (SHOCK) getting congresspeople elected who match your political ideology.
I know this might be hard to understand, but there are a myriad of elected officials that comprise our federal system and focusing on THE PRESIDENCY alone will never make anything meaningfully change.
And for anyone who skews even the least bit toward NOT WANTING FACISM to take hold in this country of The United States of America, just fucking vote for Kamala Harris you stupid asshole.
Another thing that gets no attention is that she is one of the few members of congress who didn't invest in individual stocks but just does index funds to prevent conflicts of interest/insider trading. I really wish democrats would do a better job of contrasting Trump's corruption with theirs but then again I guess they gotta pick something and run with it.
“Someone that clean has to be dirty”
— maga, probably
I have literally been told that, about myself, by conservatives. This was while I was in The Navy, and holding a Top Secret security clearance. They didn't approve of their daughter dating a "hippie." (That was their descriptor not mine.)
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It seems obvious, but half the country thinks Harris controls weather machines and hits Florida with hurricanes for some reason. They show up and vote, because they believe this nonsense deeply.
Please acknowledge the threat and act accordingly. If you are in a swing state, please vote for the rest of us. Your vote matters so very much.
It's not half. It's a minority in this country. It SEEMS like half cause the electoral college is a moronic system.
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there was an interview where a woman said something to the effect of "they're controlling the weather and letting the hurricane hit red districts because they can't rig the election otherwise". like yeah hacking motherfucking weather is somehow easier than hacking ballots.
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0 felony convictions.
I’m pretty sure she was responsible for convicting felons.
Oh she made people felons alright
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Incorrect.
She's got a shitload of those.
She's just on the delivering end, not the receiving.
And yet, here we are. How is this even a choice?
Because conspiratorial thinking has flourished, creating a whole set of fantasy worlds to believe in where anything can happen as long as it proves you were right all along when you were an asshole.
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This is a real hard chart to follow... Are both sides the same??
Yeah it's nice to point out that Trump is a piece of s*** for those reasons, but let's not pretend that career politicians are all wonderful human beings.
Not sure why you think the things listed constitute a wonderful human being.
Because the post is romanticizing Harris. It lists all of these negative qualities that Trump has that doesn't list any that she and Trump share. And that's okay, but if that's your advertisement, then be careful that you don't alienate potential voters.
Many people expect that career politicians have a checkered past and possibly support some policies that we personally dislike, and if you try to frame someone as being angelic, which this poster did by contrast, your message may be considered basically dishonest.
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