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[–] 1 point 1 month ago (17 children)

Unfortunately for us, and especially unfortunately for children in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran, you want to feel good about voting more than you want to effect change.

and some say irony is dead

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (16 children)

    What irony? However bad you think Biden was, Trump is worse, and it's not close. I don't remember Biden endorsing ethnic cleansing of Gaza. A vote against fascism would have been a vote for Gazans and Lebanese. Instead we got the one president in 40 years stupid enough to invade Iran on Israel's behalf. Great fucking job!

    Adults vote strategically.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (14 children)

    you want to feel good about voting more than you want to effect change

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (13 children)

    Voting strategically doesn't make me feel good. It sucks. However, it does effect change, so I do it. You should try it. On election day you might not appreciate it, but come inauguration day, or perhaps a few months later, you'll recognize the value in meaningfully participating in your democracy instead of complaining online about an outcome you didn't bother to influence.

    Millions of people are going to die because DOGE gutted USAID. That could easily have been prevented, and that's just the start.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (12 children)

    you got the same result as people who voted for Jill Stein and the people who voted for Trump.

    that's not effective.

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

    "voting doesn't work because I don't always win"

    Wew that's some take.

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

    Nah. You said voting doesn't work because I got the same outcome as everyone else. That's stupid. Voting works fine when enough people do it and do it intelligently. Americans simply didn't in 2024. "Eggs expensive! Let's try fascism!"

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    You said voting doesn’t work because I got the same outcome as everyone else.

    that's not what I said

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    you got the same result as people who voted for Jill Stein and the people who voted for Trump.

    that’s not effective.

    Some memory you have.

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

    yeah. I remembered exactly what I said, and you couldn't even quote it one comment later.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    I suppose remembering what you said and knowing what words mean is different. Fascinating.

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

    rephrasing an argument to sound silly is the definition of a straw man. what I said is true.

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

    A strawman is where you invent a different argument, then defeat it. Rephrasing the exact argument you made in funnier language isn't a strawman. It's just what you said, but more plainly. "Voting doesn't work because I don't always get what I want." That's what you said in literal English.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    It shouldn't be, but it's still amazing to me that Libs have to keep creating arguments out of thin air, and putting words into other people's mouths. Of course, if they could stick to the facts and the discussion at hand, they woulnd't be libs.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I don’t remember Biden endorsing ethnic cleansing of Gaza.

    That's becasuse you weren't paying attention. Why do libs think the things they ignore don't happen.

    Adults vote strategically.

    Indeed. That's why we kept telling the Democrats that they were going to lose. But they ignored us, and handed the presidency over to Trump.

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