• atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

      Look I don’t friggin’ care who you are. Anything you do to help Trump win is going to be a bad thing to do. Biden is NOT the perfect candidate for you. There is no such thing. But Trump is certainly worse.

      You can sit back and say “yeah but arab americans don’t like him” – well too friggin’ bad. At the moment he’s the only other viable option. So quitcherbitchin’ and DON’T elect Trump FFS.

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        6 months ago

        How am I helping Trump win by not voting for Trump? Why is Biden entitled to my vote?

        How many genocides would it take for you to abandon “Lesser Evil” rhetoric? Would you vote for the real Nazi party if it was competing against Nazis+, rather than vote for a third party?

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          Because Trump is currently polling in the lead. If those numbers hold true then you’re standing by and letting him take over.

          Your third party vote simply does not matter. The third party will not win and it won’t even be close. Not voting is just cowardly.

          Voting for the lesser evil is the adult thing to do. It’s how every vote is. Pull up your big-boy/girl-pants and pick a candidate you hate because you hate the other candidate more. Because guess what - the other candidate is *much friggin’ worse" in this case.

          So yes - vote for a Nazi because the Nazi++ may have won the second world war instead of lost.

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            Because Trump is currently polling in the lead. If those numbers hold true then you’re standing by and letting him take over.

            If Trump is polling in the lead, then Biden needs to change gears or step down. Vibing a genocidal geriatric into winning just isn’t possible. Plus, if Biden wins, he gets to continue his game of genocide uncontested.

            Your third party vote simply does not matter. The third party will not win and it won’t even be close. Not voting is just cowardly.

            I’m actually undecided. If Biden swapped away from Genocide or stepped down, I would consider voting DNC, rather than PSL. Not voting is only cowardly if your only political participation is voting every 2 years, which is the least effective way to enact change.

            Voting for the lesser evil is the adult thing to do. It’s how every vote is. Pull up your big-boy/girl-pants and pick a candidate you hate because you hate the other candidate more. Because guess what - the other candidate is *much friggin’ worse" in this case.

            Gotcha, you want to slide down to hell and allow America to get itself nuked, rather than attempt to save lives. You’re an accelerationist, Gazans be damned.

            So yes - vote for a Nazi because the Nazi++ may have won the second world war instead of lost.

            Oh shit, the mask came off, lol. Guess you would vote for Hitler, rather than join leftists.

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              Oh shit, the mask came off, lol. Guess you would vote for Hitler, rather than join leftists.

              “the mask” - I haven’t been hiding anything. I’m not saying not to do anything at all to fight against the Nazi. I’m saying that if you are given the political choice between “bad” and “terrible” you pick “bad”. Not voting and allowing “terrible” to win is the same as voting for “terrible”.

              Your option is to whine about the world and let the Nazi+ win. Lotsa good you do.

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                “the mask” - I haven’t been hiding anything. I’m not saying not to do anything at all to fight against the Nazi. I’m saying that if you are given the political choice between “bad” and “terrible” you pick “bad”. Not voting and allowing “terrible” to win is the same as voting for “terrible”.

                Except those aren’t the choices. If you genuinely believe the words you are saying, you should be organizing armed revolt. You have the power to vote for whoever you want, and voting at the federal level is designed to not make a difference. Down ballot measures are far more important, and meaningful change comes from outside pressure to begin with.

                Your option is to whine about the world and let the Nazi+ win. Lotsa good you do.

                Nah, it’s to build up dual power and try to stop the genocidal Empire from continuing to brutalize the world so that people like you can have cheap treats.

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                  I’ve never once said or tried to dissuade you from exercising all other political options. Rally, protest, etc. Do what you want to effect change.

                  You have the power to vote for whoever you want, and voting at the federal level is designed to not make a difference. Down ballot measures are far more important, and meaningful change comes from outside pressure to begin with.

                  This is mostly irrelevant to our discussion.

                  Nah, it’s to build up dual power and try to stop the genocidal Empire from continuing to brutalize the world so that people like you can have cheap treats.

                  You’re going to screw us all with your failed idealism is what you’re gonna do.

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                    I’ve never once said or tried to dissuade you from exercising all other political options. Rally, protest, etc. Do what you want to effect change.

                    Will continue, don’t need your permission.

                    This is mostly irrelevant to our discussion.

                    Don’t see how it isn’t relevant, we are discussing electoralism.

                    You’re going to screw us all with your failed idealism is what you’re gonna do.

                    You say, telling me to hold my nose and vote for genocide, signaling that genocide is okay as long as the leading party will also commit genocide, rather than try to change the system itself.

                    Have fun ardently supporting genocide.

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              Let me ask you something - if you don’t vote, or you vote third party (same thing), and Trump wins. What will you have gained?

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                  6 months ago

                  I answered your ridiculous Nazi hypothetical - lets see if you’re up for one.

                  The vote is split - exactly 50/50. Your vote makes the difference and if you don’t vote the speaker of the house will elect Trump. What do you do?

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                    Why does your magical situation matter if it will never exist?

                    The Nazi hypothetical wasn’t really a hypothetical, the Nazis participated in democracy as well, and the SPD sided against the KMT. We are also seeing the Democrat-majority US commit genocide right now, which won’t change if Trump or Biden are elected.