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"both sides" arguments exist to remind us that neither is our friend. Yes, there are clear differences between the two, but I'm not going to sit here and pretend that one is the "good guys" and ones some unfathomable evil entity.
Neither side is my friend, and I aim to remember that. It doesn't mean I'm going to not vote. It doesn't mean I'm going to encourage others to not vote. It's simply an expression of "I am voting now under duress. None of these options appeals to me, but I must participate in the system lest I be consumed by it."
If you don't see the Republican party as "some unfathomable evil entity" 70 years after The Southern Strategy, Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Bush and fucking Trump with over 1 million Americans dead from COVID due to a purposefully inept and sandbagged pandemic failure, then, I just don't know what to tell you my friend. Your response, to me, is "unfathomable", and worse, under the threat of fascist tyranny, purposefully and irredeemably obtuse. Be better.
Not to mention overturning abortion rights, criminalizing trans people, trying to overthrow democracy, and full throated endorsement of climate skepticism.
Voting let's you choose your enemy
Want to re-read that? I pretty clearly said I would vote, and encourage others to. I can do that, and still proclaim that both of the 'viable' parties are shitbags.
And where did they say you're not gonna vote/gonna tell others not to vote. I see it as just adding a note on what voting allows you do to, at least.
You know, I suppose that's fair. They didn't give a ton to go off, and it seemed pretty confrontational. I'd be happy to engage in a further discussion with them, if they'd care to provide anything further.
I was replying in agreement, repeating something else I read that goes along with "neither is our friend".
Gotcha. I admit I interpreted it more along the lines of you were saying I was trying to fight them all. Which I kinda am, but not at the same time hah.
Regardless, thanks for clarifying, and sorry for misunderstanding.