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[–] [email protected] 48 points 14 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 20 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

In general, let’s gently redirect anger away from protest voters.

First, I haven’t seen any evidence suggesting that the volume of protest votes would have impacted the Electoral College. Harris would have likely won Michigan, but that seems to be the extent of what would have happened if all protest votes had flipped to blue. (Please feel free to correct me with evidence if this is inaccurate.)

Second, you’re directing your frustration at the wrong group. The Democratic Party ran a campaign that was basically center right and fostered mass apathy at the polls. That’s the real issue. You can continue to direct anger at non-voters, but all this infighting does little to hold the Democratic Party accountable for running a campaign that encouraged people to literally stay home.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 13 hours ago

Wow if only there were something the candidate could have done to attract those voters. Guess we'll never know.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

Yes, keep blaming the voters and not the democratic party and candidate who repeatedly refused to give them a reason to vote for them. Blaming the voters will definitely win us the next election.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago

By not voting for genocide, they cost us the election! /s

[–] [email protected] 12 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

refused to give them a reason to vote for them

If stopping fascism isn't enough of a reason for you to vote Dems, that's a you problem and not a them problem.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago

If stopping fascism isn’t enough of a reason for you to vote Dems, that’s a you problem and not a them problem

If stopping fascism wasn't enough of a reason for Biden and Kamala to stop supporting a genocide...

Maybe they weren't the right candidates?

I don't get why so many people think voters always have to adapt their values to an existing politician, rather than getting a politician who agrees with voters....

Like, how fucking evil would someone have to be to risk trump taking over America rather than not supporting a genocide?

Take Biden and Kamala's name off it, and just how the fuck can someone say that hypothetical person would be a good president?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

definitely win us the next election.

How quaint, you think there's going to be a next free and fair election at this point.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

What do you mean "next"?

America has never had free and fair elections.

As evidenced by the cases of Bush v. Gore, Wilding et. al. v. DNC Services d/b/a DNC and Deborah “Debbie” Wasserman Schultz, and the lack of a viable anti-genocide candidate during last year's election.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 14 hours ago (7 children)

Hey Kamala, just say Genocide bad ... just once, you don't even need to action it, we all know politicians lie as easily as breath. Just once and you make history.

The walking special K ad throwing salutes is the result of protest votes not the continuing genocide. Palestine would burn under either administration.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Netanyahu wanted Trump to win, that should tell you ALL you needed to know

[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (5 children)

Yet Biden continued to put Israel over America...

And Kamala pledged to be the same as Biden.

So why aren't you blaming them for continuing to support a genocide even though literally every poll said it was going to get trump elected?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Maybe, maybe not, but either way now we have a situation where anyone who's not a white+male+cis+het+christian just got a big target painted on them in no small part due to those protest votes and the push to have democrats stay home.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

happy Stein cicada noises

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