To be fair, most leftists are with you on doing whatever is possible to avoid the rise of fascism, including voting for the less shitty candidate. There still exists this false narrative that all leftists are against voting for the less shitty candidate. I’m not sure if it’s because it’s simpler to pretend the group is a monolith and that these few speak for everyone, that it’s propaganda spread by conservative sources to reduce left spectrum cohesion, or because it’s a lie spread by idiots who use sensationalism to attract attention online. I think it’s probably a little of all three.
Either way, you’re not alone. I run in a few leftist circles and rarely encounter anyone who is actually not voting in protest or something equally stupid.
Thank you. Yeah, I still think the people who are behaving centrist at the voting booth are centrists. It’s infuriating that these trolls keep calling me a liberal. They’re trying to control the conversation and make their beliefs the only reality. They even briefly tricked Ada into calling me a moderate.
To be fair, most leftists are with you on doing whatever is possible to avoid the rise of fascism, including voting for the less shitty candidate. There still exists this false narrative that all leftists are against voting for the less shitty candidate. I’m not sure if it’s because it’s simpler to pretend the group is a monolith and that these few speak for everyone, that it’s propaganda spread by conservative sources to reduce left spectrum cohesion, or because it’s a lie spread by idiots who use sensationalism to attract attention online. I think it’s probably a little of all three.
Either way, you’re not alone. I run in a few leftist circles and rarely encounter anyone who is actually not voting in protest or something equally stupid.
Thank you. Yeah, I still think the people who are behaving centrist at the voting booth are centrists. It’s infuriating that these trolls keep calling me a liberal. They’re trying to control the conversation and make their beliefs the only reality. They even briefly tricked Ada into calling me a moderate.