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yearly reminder rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] 81 points 6 days ago (19 children)

On my way to vote for segregation, because my side assures me I’m “one of the good ones.”

Lotta people seem to have missed what happened with Labour in the UK. Both sides are absolutely not the same, but let’s not pretend that a vote for self-preservation is a noble act.

And just to nip this in the bud, I did vote straight Democrat down the ticket. Just not thrilled to find out how many of those candidates will implement Facism: Now in Blue!

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  • [–] 35 points 6 days ago (11 children)

    let’s not pretend that a vote for self-preservation is a noble act

    It kind of is when half the passengers in the car are hellbent on steering everyone into a car shredder.

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  • [–] 26 points 6 days ago (10 children)

    In your analogy, both parties want to steer the bus into the shredder, but one will do it in a way that kills fewer people, which includes sparing you. Forgive me if “Some of you will die, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make” isn’t a compelling political message.

    I demand better than a party that asks me to allow the state to slaughter my most vulnerable brothers and sisters in order to secure my own safety. None of us are free until we all are.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 days ago (9 children)

    I have had almost 0 noticeable change in my life from trump being elected, it's more like I see a bus going into the shredder filled with immigrants Ukrainians Palestinians black people lgbtq+ people Iranians Cubans people who need cancer research people who are vulnerable to climate change, and I instead send the bus of Palestinians. Some of you will die no matter how i vote, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make to prevent 5x more from dying.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    Every single cis person and political party is responsible for how trans people are treated.

    Stop using us as a cudgel for your ideas.

    "I have zero noticable change in my life from Trump"

    That is super obvious.

    Liberal cis folk saw what was happening and decided we were too political and that we ruined the vibe. Then you deliberately excluded us from the conversation. That wasn't to help us.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    This is like saying BLM protestors are responsible for how black people are treated because they're not murdering all cops so they didn't go far enough. Half the country is extremely transphobic and the other 30% are leery of it. If you want to be locked in a cage while ALSO having the deadliest war in recent history happen, because democrats aren't screaming their support for trans people and losing every election for it, be my guest.

    Every prominent democrat I've seen has said trans people deserve to be treated fairly and that gender affirming care is medically necessary, and every republican I've seen has said that trans people are sick and mentally ill and shouldn't be around kids. Both sides tho.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (1 child)

    No notes, you explained why you're evil so fast with that first paragraph alone. It's not actually 80 20, in fact sports are hardly decisive as we've seen on the ballot. You're full of shit. I'm not going into any cage you fuckwit. If I do, don't be surprised if I feel nothing for your stupid ass on the outside.

    Also I blame white people not BLM jerkoff. And no the white people in my life didn't go far enough. They still gleefully hang out with their racist ass family members and it's pathetic. Get blocked

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  • [–] 5 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    When you just look at the numbers, that seems logical. Pick the option that minimizes suffering, right? However, it starts to become gross when you notice that it’s always the same demographics on one side of the equation.

    If you’re willing to take any action to secure the interests of the majority, then minorities fundamentally do not have rights.

    I’d also like to add, I’ve yet to see any indication that Democrats will take strong action to protect Palestinians. Much of the current genocide happened under the Biden administration, which assured us they were very cross with Netanyahu’s government, and then kept sending them weapons anyways. It’s not even a choice of sacrificing one group to protect another—It’s a choice of sacrificing one group so we can maybe think about initiating the process of arranging a meeting to set an action item to strategize possibly helping some people. Or at least stop hurting them… If we feel like it.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago

    Boomers love Israel that whole generation just has lead poisoning ig.

    It's more like, one side will sacrifice the group, and the other will sacrifice the group while also killing 100k more. I think if there wasn't the Ukraine Russia war and all the cancelation of research and USAID and solar farms and 40b on ice and...(insert 3 more paragraphs) then I wouldn't look badly on someone who just has a different line than me. But this is like... one of the most deadly presidents, and Republican party we have ever had. It's just unreal.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (6 children)

    If you don't vote in the primaries to choose which dems are on the ballot then the blame really lies on those who, like were already talking about, decided not to vote in the primaries.

    Maybe try harder in ALL elections because the only reason Republicans are in power now is because of low voter turnout by democrats in 2024

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago (3 children)

    I voted in the primaries, but this isn't true. The winner is decided beforehand and the election is just a formality.

    The last time I voted for a non-establishment candidate who won the popular vote, the DNC ignored the election results and gave the nomination to their preferred candidate instead. That's why we got Hillary instead of Bernie in 2016.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    Is that why establishment Dem candidates like Cuomo and the Michigan traitoress lost their primaries?

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  • [–] 15 points 6 days ago

    That traitoress Fetterwoman received 49% of the primary vote, with AIPAC spending $30-$35 million on her.

    We are so lucky to have El Sayed instead of her.

    But don't fool yourself into thinking this battle is won. Today we are electing multiple Fettermen and Fetterwomen from "centrist" and "swing" states. I hope they all win, they are the lesser of two evils, but they are still evil.

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  • [–] -3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 child)

    I've been an activist for decades and during that time I've grown incredibly cynical. A lesson that gets repeatedly taught is the vast majority of the loud voices in a movement are smug cowards.

    They don't actually care all that much about their cause: you never see them putting in anything resembling work. Sure, they'll throw a few bucks at a cause, maybe they'll attend rallies or protests. But they disapear as soon as anything that requires actual effort, risk, or serious time commitment comes up.

    And they sure as hell won't make hard choices that might impinge on their idealism. They don't know how to and are unwilling to get their hands dirty and actually fight -- moral purity is more important than ugly, imperfect, but net positive change.

    They'll scream about how they're waiting for a perfect solution ... but they can't be bothered to bust their ass to make it happen. They're dead weight.

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