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This is what you voted for protest-non-voters.
Meh, they showed the world what piece of shit US is.
If your country can openly fund genocide to concentration camps, your "system" probably needs a big reset. But the people who wanted none of it are to blame. 1000 IQ logic, there bud.
It's a mask off and the world thanks them for it. US will probably be next to Russia, China, Iran and North Korea in a decade in terms on international reputation. Hollywood's not going to work this time because people have way more access to information first hand than they did with pirated movies last decade.
Keep projecting tho, that'll definitely fix it.
I'm not blaming, I am informing protest-non-voters what they voted for. As for ~~what they wanted~~ what they voted for, this is it.
It's been pointed out repeatedly that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
I still chose to blame the republicans.
No one ever just blames them directly in these conversations. It's always "blame the protest non-voters" or "blame the leftists" or whatever.
Just go directly to blaming the people who gleefully voted for it. Everything else is just infighting and stupid.
No it's not. There is a huge difference.
Republicans wanted this so they voted for it. You don't have to tell them this lol they are thrilled. Of course we blame them. That shit is all over the internet all the time, but a scorpion is a scorpion. Its in its nature, you cant change their whole ideology.
The group he is criticizing claimed to have been protest-non-voting because of harm done to specific groups. Mainly Palestinians. This is the group who should have empathy for human beings, who's motive should align with the other Democratic voters.
We told them REPTEADLY. LOUDLY. CLEARLY. that what they were doing would result in worse violence FOR PALESTINIANS and MORE marginalized groups like TRANS PEOPLE and IMMIGRANTS. And what happened? Exactly what we told them would happen. So everyone who fucking claimed to have been doing what they were doing to protest needs to see this. They need to be held accountable. WHAT PRIVILEGE IT IS to be able to protest and go back to your life without worrying about ICE or Israel or transphobes or Russians coming and killing you.
WE TRIED TO GET THEM TO HELP PROTECT THESE GROUPS AND THEY REFUSED KNOWING FULL WELL WHAT WAS COMING. THE GOP PUBLISHED THE MANUAL BEFORE THE ELECTION.
Every time someone says "I told you so" it comes with a justified rage and I won't fuckin hear someone telling them to stop bringing it up. Fuck that.
I hope this sticks with them and the guilt haunts whatever conscience they have for the rest of their life. It's not comparable to what they allowed to happen. It doesn't even register on the scale next to this. They were the ones who actually could've stopped this.
Don't you see that the uncommitted movement has the exact same argument?
They told you repeatedly, over and over, clearly, for over a year, that running a Democratic candidate who supports the ongoing genocide will drastically reduce turnout in the Democrat base.
The voting results show that they were right.
You can try to self-soothe by saying "I told you so", yet they can do the exact same thing. This accomplishes nothing except further factionalization of the Democrat vote.
Your focus on infighting is misplaced at a time when we need to be building coalition to fight Trump and fascism.
No they don't have the same argument. Biden was changed out for Kamala and that still wasn't good enough. She has a better voting record than Bernie in the Senate.
Moreover, we have data on Kamala and trump in the Whitehouse. No one can say they didn't know it would be like this.
When push comes to shove you don't vote for someone who pushes through a 168 billion dollar gestappo budget. It's not the same fucking thing. You vote for someone who responds to criticism not revels in the chaos and cruelty. Jesus Christ you people are insane.
ID RATHER KILL PEOPLE THAN COMPROMISE
fucking moron
Not me, I'm a Bernie camp voter, zohran fan, etc. I just have a soul. Conceding to the Democrats to keep the worst president we've ever had out of office for a 2nd term is an easy choice.
Yeah, the point isnt about who they selected it's about who YOU VOTED FOR.
No they can't, see above.
No one who was willing to "protest" during this election is actually a good person. They can just put their red hats on. They are playing for the selfish team so put on the uniform.
That's fucking rich considering we just had a FUCKING ELECTION WHERE WE COULDVE DONE EXACTLY THAT
Biden was changed out for Kamala and that wasn't good enough for a portion of the Democratic Party electorate because both candidates support the Israeli genocide. If you were paying attention before the election this should come as no surprise.
Your strawman arguments and insults do not change the ground reality. Your argument is the same as theirs: "if my political opponents would have acted differently then fascism wouldn't have taken over." This is a childish way to look at politics; political factions and voters have never behaved this way.
Your impotant rage does not align with the fact that, even if all third party voters went for Kamala, she still would have lost.
Please point out the straw man lmao
If your parents picked the restaurant you're going to eat at as a kid all you can do is pick the meal.
Yeah that's true, and either one of them would've responded better to protests, criticisms, and pressure better than Trump had they been elected. Lol
It's not surprising, it's heartbreaking that American voters chose more death rather than less death.
That is reductive and not true. False equivalency throughout your statement. My argument is distinct from theirs. Your are choosing to ignore all the reasons why it's different that I have already explained. If you truly believe they are the same and not arguing in bad faith here then you don't have a grasp of logic.
The rage is because voters don't do what they should do. Everyone who isn't a Nazi should've been adult enough to put their bullshit aside and stop 47 from happening and then go back to fighting to push us further left....but they wouldn't do it. And it's inexcusable.
Muslim leaders in Arizona told their voter bases to vote Kamala.
Ruwa Romman even called people out who were trying to say the same shit I'm seeing in here virtue signalers. She's a palestinian democrat in Georgia who was subbed by the DNC.
Debatable.
She lost key swing states by thin margins. 300,000 votes in the right places and the election flips.
you have to count non voters as well as 3rd party protest voters. That number is unknowable with any certainty. What is knowable is that there were taken away from her by people who claim to care but actually chose violence.
20 million registered voters didn't vote.
And if 1.5% of them had voted it could have flipped the election. 1 person out of 67 non voters stepping up could've flipped it in the best case scenario.
The democrats didn’t give anything worth voting for. I’ll never vote for genocide. It’s literally a systemic issue. Don’t punch left, punch right.
You literally did vote for this if you abstained from this past election. How about you help punch right instead of being a fucking pussy.
You're fucking dispicable and selfish. Worse than a red voter because you claim to care about other people. Fuck you. Virtue signaling garbage.
how's that vote working out for you? able to sleep at night warm in your convictions while children are slaughtered in Israel?
did you even make a difference?
https://lemmy.world/comment/17277519
The problem is, you know what the Republicans will do. Not voting is cutting your nose off to spite your face.
I blame both.
I blame anyone who willingly stopped the bleeding of the wound. be it by their own stupidity or negligence, you are responsible for what is yet to come.
every single one of you will get what's coming to you. fascism doesn't see borders or people. fascism is blind, and only follows strength in power. pray to your "god" and beg forgiveness all you want, it will do nothing for the hurt you have brought upon yourself.
I sleep easy knowing I voted for Kamala...and when the time comes I'll die for my cause. I ain't backing down to anything or anyone.
I am informing the protest-non-voters what they voted for.
The root cause is the democratic party's complete disconnect with its consituents. If you insist on scape goating, you are giving them a green light to lose the next election too.
It what world is anyone to blame but the people that chose to make genocide their running platform? This whole "blame the voters" game is a zionist talking points so we don't pressure the dems to change their stance on Israel.