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From what I'm reading, most/almost all of you are posting with well intentions. (media.piefed.social)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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Which is why it's a shame to see you fight each other as if that isn't the case.

I would wholeheartedly recommend reading How To Win Friends And Influence People (or at least this summary). Especially if you're trying to convince people to vote in the midterms.

Elmo (people discussing US midterms here) choosing between fruits (trying to understand before making their point) and cocaine (infighting and proving each other wrong at all cost).
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[–] 22 points 1 month ago (21 children)

This, especially places like the latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world by K1nsey6@lemmy.world

They banned me (as well as delete my reply) for pointing out their obvious "both sides" propaganda meant to discourage voter turnout.

I suggest checking it out to understand what modern propaganda is like

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago (11 children)

    complaining about people identifying the toxicity of the bipartisan consensus is just shooting the messenger. you complain about propaganda, while you yourself are reproducing a propaganda narrative.

    if the democrats actually distinguished themselves from the republicans it would motivate people to vote for them. the party most responsible for demotivating people is the democrats, rather than owning that their loyalists prefer to blame anything else.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

    Pick one

    • Democrats are loyalists

    • Democrats don't turn out to vote for their own party

    Also ML accounts always come out of the woodworks to discourage voter turn out. I wonder why?

    Edit: if you all truly believe Democrats are loyalists just wait till you hear about the MAGA movement

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago* (9 children)

    those two points are not contradictory at all.

    loyalists vote for the party regardless, but there aren't enough loyalists to win without a broader turnout. winning requires turnout from people that the party has failed to motivate. that was what happened last election at least.

    but yeah totally, any criticism of democrats is actually secret sabotage or whatever

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    Also ML accounts always come out of the woodworks to discourage voter turn out. I wonder why?

    dawg you showed up 4 months ago and i've been here for years

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (7 children)

    What? I'm talking about the obvious ML bots/ propagandists coming out of nowhere to discourage voting by vehemently making "both sides" arguments. What does my account age, you're grasping at any straw

    Back to this topic you really want to defend: Places like the latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world by K1nsey6@lemmy.world

    They banned me (as well as delete my reply) for pointing out their obvious "both sides" propaganda meant to discourage voter turnout.

    I suggest checking it out to understand what modern propaganda is like

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (6 children)

    I suggest checking it out to understand what modern propaganda is like

    you certainly seem like a victim of it.

    They banned me (as well as delete my reply) for pointing out their obvious “both sides” propaganda meant to discourage voter turnout.

    i'd ban you from any comm i moderate for being like that too tbh.

    your account age matters cause the one with a fresh account who popped up near an election to act as a propagandist is you

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Being banned from there is an honor like, btw whoever reads this. Here's another example of propaganda: projection to muddy the water and not talk about the obvious attempts to discourage voter turnout

    Use user tags to mark users like that

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

    i’d ban you from any comm i moderate

    Badge of honor. Your comments are trash and you're almost always downvoted. You've been doubling down aggressively on your garbage comments a lot over the last week.

    Also, that person joined in June. That isn't particularly close to an election. You realize people have to join Lemmy at some point during the year, right? Would you have preferred they waited until right after the election to appease your pathetic desires?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Your comments are trash and you’re almost always downvoted.

    jokes on you i fucking love getting downvoted by people like you, it's almost as good as getting blocked. catgirl-sorry

    Also, that person joined in June. That isn’t particularly close to an election.

    4 months old and complaining about how 'ML accounts always come out of the woodworks to discourage voter turn out before an election'. what elections are they supposed to have been here for?

    i just wanna review their modlog on whatever their previous account was catgirl-smug

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    jokes on you i fucking love getting downvoted

    Am I supposed to feel anything but sorry for an individual who enjoys being the loser in whatever room they walk into?

    4 months old and complaining

    I was here for 2 months before I found out what the deal was with ml and part of that learning process was hearing other people talk about them and their behavior leading up to elections.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    being downvoted by blue maga cultists rules, it's adorable that you think the points matter. it just lets me know i pissed off someone that i already dislike.

    i was here for 2 months before I found out what the deal was with ml

    sounds like you belong on reddit

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  • [+] -6 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    When both parties are beholden to the billionaire donor class then what is your argument against this?

    Unconditional support for a party we have no say in gave us Trump. The DNCCC and super-delegates gave us Trump. The Democratic party isn't democratic.

    We want democrats, not Demo©®at$.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I hope you at least get paid well for your work here.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Who said unconditional support?

    The goal is to immediately stop the descent into fascism by electing the ONLY party that can unseat the fascists THEN reform that party by voting out the assholes who can't get onboard with what voters want.

    You are not getting a viable 3rd party by November OR by 2028.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    The Democrats were a participant to genocide, and still are. They armed fascists in Israel. They armed fascists in Ukraine. The list goes on and on.

    Are you just NIMBY about fascists? I'm sorry that I don't follow your narrow chauvinist vision in regards to selective opposition to fascism.

    Nazis are bad everywhere, not just here, and even within our supposed "enemies".

    Fascists are my only enemies, wherever they may be.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    how exactly is letting republicans win helping any of that? Your not really fighting anything here. There is a better chance to reform the democratic party while not having to fight republicans on basicly everything than we have under another trump term.

    You are playing with lives either way.

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