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R(ul)evenge USA edition (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by zbyte64 to c/196

The discourse on American politics sometimes devolves to "Leftists who won't vote" & "MAGA Republicans" teaming up to "getting revenge on liberals".

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[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

It's a bullshit complaint for many reasons, but one of them is that they already stated that they won't participate in an easy activity to help mitigate genocide.

[-] knightly@pawb.social 4 points 11 months ago
[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 11 months ago

When trans kids are being shoved into meat grinders I'll let them know that it's okay because you mastered the peak of internet wit.

[-] knightly@pawb.social 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm trans. My entire childhood and most of my adulthood was spent in a Texas meat grinder.

I tell you what, you hang around here and wait six months to vote against the meat grinders and I'll go back to doing something useful like helping people move from red states to sanctuary cities.

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago

I'm glad that you're taking direct action and using your time to affect positive change. With that said, voting in Texas is particularly important, since the GOP's margin in the state has been thinning every year. Furthermore, if Trump gets elected, there's a decent chance that sanctuary cities could cease to be, and so I again encourage you to vote; it doesn't take very long and can make a literal world of difference. At the very least, you should stop discouraging other people from voting, because that runs counter to our shared stated goal, and is apparently wasting your precious time.

[-] knightly@pawb.social 2 points 11 months ago

I strongly disagree. The focus on voting only serves as a distraction from the direct action necessary to effect political change under a dysfunctional regime.

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

And spending even more time arguing about it isn't a distraction because...

[-] knightly@pawb.social 3 points 11 months ago

I'm procrastinating while stuck at work, what's your excuse?

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