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What cover have I given anyone? I'm calling out all the couch potato leftists who couldn't even get off the fucking couch to vote against fascists because of their bullshit purity tests.
You're covering for a fascist right now.
Why should people vote for a genocide and reward it? If anything, making them lose despite the consequences is right thing because then youll send a message and democrats will finally learn to give ground if they want to win.
"Bullshit purity test"
Go F yourself for thinking that holding a stance against genocide is some "purity" test.
"I'd rather watch immigrants be rounded up and the genocide accelerate than compromise."
"I'd rather compromise on genocide and refugee abuse than abandon fascist politicians."
who gives a shit about genoicide? humans are garbage. let's all kill each other. the few that survive will build a better society. most people never learn anything unless they learn it the hard way.
the only things that matter to me is environmental reform, a return to science based decision making, and destroying capitalism.
People like you, are the reason we are stuck with fucking trump.
People like you are why we end up with the choices of genocide vs fascism in the first place
Hey, I don't want to assume; did you involve yourself in the last primary elections for the democratic party frontrunners? I don't have respect for people who protest voting AND don't even participate in primaries.
Hi, yes I do participate in all primaries and local elections. I also vote on measures whenever those pop up. I think all these are important.
To be productive, here is what I think we need to do:
There is probably a lot more that can be done, but this is probably a good start
I appreciate you not just assuming things btw, thank you
Ty for the response. Glad to see another actually doing groundwork. Love all three bulletpoints, though it is really dejecting so many states have banned the use of ranked choice voting. Been advocating for that system for over a decade, myself.
Edit: oh, forgot to mention that it's easy for the internet to assign blame to those that protested voting the last election cycle, but that's only because they view people that voted FOR Trump as a lost cause already. I'm not willing to stop having serious conversations with those people, and more personal outreach would be my only bulletpoint to add.