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Saw this today, and ... well, I'm not going to be so forgiving to people suggesting to vote Third Party rather than vote for Biden. If Trump wants me to do something, and you want me to do that same something, that tells me you're aligned with Trump.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Anybody who thinks the US will abandon Israel is ignorant of history, too. As is anybody who thinks they can vote for a president and not get blood on their hands.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think this is a bad way to say 'you have to vote for the least bad option out there', because it implies you are responsible for what your President does. The logical next step, argued by shitheads a plenty here, is that if you don't vote for a president, you don't have blood on your hands. My argument is that's not true.

  • Vote for Biden, you have voted for the least bad option out there. It's not perfect, but nothing ever is.
  • Vote for Trump, you have voted for the worst option out there. You are directly responsible for what comes next.
  • Vote for Third Party or staying home as a Lefty, you have reduced Biden's vote share for no chance at winning. In my 51/49 Left/Right split, you and two of your buddies have picked Left2, ensuring Right wins 49R/48L/3L'. You too are directly responsible for what comes next.
  • Vote for Third Party or stay home as a Rightie, while you won't offset the Lefties voting Left2, you'll at least reduce Trump's share and maybe we can get 48L/47R/3L'/2R'. Can you convince a buddy to join you?

Because Israel sucks and so does Hamas, Palestine is going to get Genocided either way. The difference is that with Biden in office, Muslims, Gays, Minorities, and Transgendered folks aren't going to get genocided here, and MAYBE Netanyahu reads the room and backs off, grudgingly, because he knows Dem voters are good with hanging him out to dry if he keeps this shit up. Elect Trump like the assholes we keep encountering screaming Biden Genocide want us to do, and not only do Palestinians get gleefully genocided by Netanyahu (who is the actual genocidal maniac), then so do all the other people I listed above.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you're not ashamed to be an American you probably failed history.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

If you're not ashamed to be ~~an American~~ a human, you probably failed history.

There. Fixed it for you. And trust me, if I could trade my American citizenship for something else, I totally would, assuming it wasn't worse.