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Essentially, there have been two reactions over on grad today:

  1. I didn't vote, neither of the candidates were going to stop the war in the Gaza Strip, therefore, there could be no good outcome for the US, therefore I can't be held accountable
  2. I voted for a third party, which Republicans will have to acknowledge and respect
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[–] goat 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I'm foreign so I'm keeping out of the inevitable political arguments. Just be mindful of the rules and report those who break em

[–] [email protected] 103 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

"There wasn't a no genocide option, so I decided the more genocide option was fine."

The lives of minorities aren't worth a handful of minutes to tankie fucks.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"I'm white and don't care, so what's the difference between one genocide and three?"

Millions of lives.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

But drag, how can we pretend to be superior to other leftists, if we aren't enabling greater amounts of genocide? /s

[–] horse_tranquilizers 7 points 6 days ago

If we forget the polarisation, could we kiss both slurping on the same 30ct instant ramen noodle? 👉 👈 (srs)

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 days ago (3 children)

This was my ex. A single issue voter about a war another country is waging. Fuck Israel but got damn letting Ukraine die because of your fuckin morals is ridiculous.

Lefties suck, they don't have their way and don't vote. This is why no progress happens.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Pretending that Shitface winning the election is good for Palestine is also just mind boggingly moronic. Zero sympathies, they brought this onto themselves.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago

I wouldn't call people like that a leftist. Left is progress, Right is conservatism. Their choices led to less progress so they're not lefties.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Imagine using JucheStalin unironically as your username...

[–] horse_tranquilizers 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

In what way can you purge slavs more/faster than NK purges non-Juche Koreans?

Turbo-kim

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

"I don't really believe in voting"

I know.

You believe in "left leaning" authoritarian military dictatorships that pay lip service to communism or whatever alternative political ideology you espouse, where the only left leaning thing about them is telling the people that their practical enslavement through disciplinary labor measures is necessary and good for them all.

[–] Yerbouti 8 points 4 days ago

The women, immigrants, trans and minorities of the US thanks you Hexbear! You've shown those damn liberals how to make the world a better place! Jeffrey Epstein's closest friend will be saving Palestine any day now, just watch him.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Look, I also thought the whole "don't vote" schtick was kinda annoying, but personally, I place most of the blame on:

a) those who actually pursued this outcome (fascists)

and

b) the DNC for their limp-dicked campaign strategy of being the Republicans-but-less-so while appealing to institutionalist values within an extremely populist cultural zeitgeist

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

appealing to institutionalist values within an extremely populist cultural zeitgeist

I feel this so much in my fucking bones. They've been doing that since Hillary's campaign. I think I've given up hope that they'll learn, considering they've had this long already.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 days ago (6 children)

The tide is sure as fuck going to be shifted. They got that part right.

If you want a preview about how any of these dummies that are actually in the US are going to behave, look for the reaction of the civilian Germans after World War 2. For the most part, it was, "This is awful and unfair, I can't believe they would be so mean to us, when we didn't even do anything."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

That reaction was tune down, due to the country being occupied. It pretty much took the Nazis having to shut up for a few decades, by threat of prison to end up with a somewhat pro democracy population.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (17 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago

"Don't you remember how hyperbolic we were about McCain and Romney?"

No, I remember exactly what I said about Romney. That I feared his administration would bring in decreased workers' rights, a damaged economy, and damage positive US influence on the world stage.

God, I hate these fuckwits trying to play 'Trump is just another Republican' games. In 2016, maybe it was forgivable in a stupid kind of way. Not now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Blocked that annoying drag attention seeker long ago. But damn that’s incredibly violent comment and especially in beehaw

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

They helped genocide Palestinians!

Tankies have blood on their hands.

At least trump will curb stomp all the domestic tankies 🤷

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Likely they will be spared as long as they're doing a terrific job at hurting the left in every way possible. Fidesz actually paid off the debts of a Tankie party, now they're one of the satellites of that far-right party.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

That's hilarious, and matches my idea of what communist parties can tend to be like.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

Talking like there's still a future to be changed. I'm so done with my own species.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

We did it, Patrick! We saved Gaza!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Don't give a single fucking shit about anything but performative ideology.

I have very little time for the sort of oik that treats reality like something they view from an emperor's box.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Probably a bunch of foreign agents over there anyways, doubt they got their hands on any ballots.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Lemmy: you should vote

Russians: Don't mind if I do

(This is a joke as I'm not aware of any election tampering by Russia)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Regarding third parties, leftists like to claim this giant reservoir of support just if Democrats listened to them, but they never show up in an election at all. Jill Stein and other leftist candidates didn't win even a percent of the vote. Trump won an outright majority of the popular vote.

Why listen to a group that's just a blip?

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[–] AMillionNames 5 points 5 days ago

They prop up whatever the Russian troll factories prop up. You can tell by what's unsaid, how much less of a problem they have with Trump.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Don't blame at all trumps voters, nooo, you need guilty somewhere else 🙄🙄.

Don't put a vote system, if you can't choose your favorite candidate 🙄🙄...

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