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Democrats Vote Down Trans Refuge Bill In Maine After Right-Wing Attacks
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This kinda stuff I think about when people say. Just vote blue.
Well voting red is definitely not going to be better, and not voting or throwing my vote away to a third party is the same as voting red.
Voting for a third party is simultaneously voting blue and red, if you listen to the blues they tell you it's a red vote while the reds are in your other ear complaining you just voted blue. The fact that it pisses off both the republicans and the democrats frankly is an indication that I have made the correct decision.
It should be the correct decision, but when the realistic options are maintaining the (lukewarm at best) status quo and genocide we kinda dont get to make the correct decision unfortunately
Well if you listen to everyone, the choices are genocide or genocide, so I suppose you're free to pick which genocide you'd prefer.
Cool that you don't care about using even the minuscule amount of power you hold in a democracy to vote for something better. That position makes you the bad guy btw.
So what's the play -- who are we voting for to get something better?
Don't bother engaging with this guy. He's problematic. Vote blue this time and work toward better representation later. We can't change the broken system overnight.
That's exactly what you all said in 2020. And 2016. And you'll be saying it again in 2028. Atleast be honest about it; don't the "it's just this time" thing.
Well voting in the general election is binary. There are no other choices than Republican or Democrat. You have to choose between those two or it's effectively the same as not voting.
So it's not just this time. It's every time because of how the electoral system in America works.
It's just this time.
Well then, given that it was "just this time" when I voted for Biden in 2020, I will not be voting for him now.
Who cares? It's not our fault you're not mature enough to make the best decision out of 2 bad decisions. Poor baby didn't get what he wanted so he's gonna shit his diaper and throw a fit. Go ahead. Vote for Trump or third party or a hot dog. No one cares anymore just fucking stop talking.
The system isn't broken. That's what liberals don't get. Its working exactly as its intended to. Learn the history of the US and tell me this isn't exactly what all those who set it up intended it to be. Where are all the Buffalo where are all the dead tribes of people whose land, settlers and colonists took. The few that survive have little culture left or live on RES's. You can't fix a fascist empire with voting and doing little else.
I can't fucking stand anyone that uses the word liberal. I know this shit is working the way it's supposed to. I know that violent revolution is the only way to make change. I also know that people that use the word liberal aren't the ones that should have input on revolution.
So Malcolm X is off the list then.
Oh shit is Malcom X back from the dead?
His writing still exist as do many others who criticize american liberals for their part in holding back progress in this part of the world
Lol
There is no state or county that only has the party of Capital on the ballot. So just don't vote for the party of Capital at the ballot box. You can and should do more stuff outside of voting, but as far as voting, do not vote for the party of Capital. If you do vote for the party of Capital you are telling them that your rights are negotiable. That you will support them unconditionally, and most importantly, the people who prove by their actions they obviously do not care about human rights, will continue to be in a position to block out anyone else that could possibly care about human rights.
You spelled your user name wrong.
The first five letters don't belong ;)
I'll be spending my trans ass time setting up mutual aid for food, housing and meds for all I can. You can vote for whatever wealthy fuck you want. We don't live in a democracy. We live in a republic with a fascist ideology. What's the headcount of babies in cages after biden? More than Trump. They are all the same, Fascist bastards. The Democrats are no better they just hide it better. I'm not saying don't do anything, just that the liberal is the same as the rest. And focus on something helpful instead of a cult of blue hoping checking a box will save people.
Politics is similar to the ecological structure and development of a forest. You begin with grasses which shield fledgling shrubs from the elements. The shrubs eventually push out the grass and make way for trees that push out the shrubs and then trees that push out the earlier trees. Then fire and flooding that brings you back to step 2.5. Focus on trees after you slit the stem of every single shrub and hope fire doesn’t set you back after.
Fire is actually beneficial to forests. It burns away the grass so fast growing tree saplings can grow.
In a vacuum, absolutely. With human meddling inadvertently causing hotter, longer, broader, and more frequent fires, natural fires can cause a full or partial reset more frequently. Except in aus. Eucalyptus is future-proof. Just like politics, ecology finds people are the problem.
This such a white western take. Indigenous peoples all around the world have been using fire to benefit ecology. People are not the problem. White fascist, colonial actions and ideals are the issue.
I feel like your point would be more poignant without the racism but I agree?
Yeah cause reverse racism exists and talking about the history of the world and how your view point is clearly skewed by racism colonialism and white fascism is totally racism in of itself.
Reminds me of a conversation I had a decade ago about “reverse rape.” It’s just rape. Academic study of racism hasn’t made “power+prejudice” the de facto definition and, as a result, it’s ostensibly racist to say “white western take.” I say this, once again, while agreeing with you.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360867339_How_social_media_use_political_identity_and_racial_resentment_affect_perceptions_of_reverse_racism_in_the_United_States U can request a free full text article here if you'd like a research article on the subject.
You can't be racist towards white people sry. Nice job bringing up rape tho
I think I’m just gonna leave you be, internet stranger. Good luck with… whatever this was meant to be.
Just came across this post randomly, and I've gotta commend you on the dryness of your wit. Saying something so patently absurd and hypocritical as
while keeping a straight face. Quality comedy.
Or you're just a racist piece of shit.