• Diva (she/her)
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    So let me get your position straight:

    The people voting egarly for the warcriminal government: not responsible for their governments actions

    The people so disgusted by their governments actions such that they vote 3rd party: completely responsible for their governments actions

    You’re Canadian right? Go yell at people to vote in your election

    • @MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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      34 months ago

      Yep, you got my position straight. See, the difference is whether they’re taking action to mitigate the impact of their taxes. If you do nothing, it’s your fault. If you try to make it right as best you can, it’s not your fault.

      Like I said, these non voters think votes turn into bombs and not dollars. They think every bomb dropped on Gaza has a little ballot slip in it with Joe Biden’s name on it. Us leftists know that votes for the best candidate do not make the problem worse.

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        -34 months ago

        But voting for the second in command for the guy that was just bypassing congress to send weapons to the occupation doesn’t seem to be ‘taking action’ it seems to be rewarding people for participating in a slaughter (wringing your hands as you send ammunition still counts as sending ammunition)

        You have just come up with a conclusion that makes you feel good personally and are vomiting word garbage to attempt to justify it to other people.

        • @MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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          34 months ago

          No, I can’t vote in American elections because I’m not a resident or a citizen. This isn’t about me feeling good, I can’t take any action in the election and therefore I don’t have a dog in that fight. No, my dog in the fight is my partner, who lives in America. They’re trans and I don’t want them dead. That’s my motivation for trying to prevent a genocide. That, and a general sense of universal ethics.

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            That’s my motivation for trying to prevent a genocide.

            You’re demanding everyone vote for the people complicit in an actual genocide happening right now because of a hypothetical in the future (specifically one that actually impacts white people this time).

            Your ‘universal ethics’ should really extend to the victims of US foreign policy, you clearly seem to view them as expendable.

            • @MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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              34 months ago

              Ah, see, that trick isn’t going to work on me because I know what you’re doing. Earlier in this conversation I said voting is the thing you do if you care about middle eastern lives. You didn’t challenge me on that. You were very argumentative, but you didn’t question that assertion. That’s because the evidence is in my favour. You ignored me saying that to avoid drawing attention to it. Then, when it seemed forgotten, you suddenly went on the attack and called me a racist, and said being a centrist is what you do if you care about Palestinians. That’s not true. If you abstain, you risk Trump bombing the West Bank. If you vote for Kamala, she forces Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire and stop the deaths in Gaza.

              You didn’t defend yourself when I called you a racist because you don’t have a defence. You only have an attack. You can call me a racist using your clown logic, but you can’t argue against the fact that your choice kills more Palestinians. You’re just trying to attack harder than I did and hope I make myself look guilty by denying it. Well, my defence is very simple, I’m trying to stop the genocide. And you’re choosing to do absolutely nothing to prevent the genocide from getting worse.

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                I’m not going to challenge every baseless assertion you make, such as calling me a racist because I’m not voting for democrats. You have an unlimited capacity to vomit bullshit, I’ll be here all day.

                Trump was in office for 4 years and there was no genocide in Gaza, he’s talking shit now - he’s also a prodigious liar.

                If you vote for Kamala, she forces Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire and stop the deaths in Gaza.

                doubt - why would she have a change of heart after gaining more power?

                Is soulism really just making up bullshit and asserting it confidently in hopes that other people are so enamored they join your cult too? lmao

                Go organize against your own government ethnically cleaning indigenous people if you want to be useful, you aren’t stopping shit by crying about an election you aren’t participating in.

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                  34 months ago

                  So your argument right now is that Trump is less genocidal than Kamala? You’re saying abstaining is the correct decision in terms of lives lost, and specifically in terms of the tangible outcome, because Trump is less likely to fund or participate in Netanyahu’s genocide than Kamala Harris?

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                    I’m voting for PSL, and I would say that everyone else who can, should.

                    The democrats have just proven to all of us that they are willing to assist in a genocide if it’s politically expedient. Why should I as a trans person not expect to be next on the chopping block as soon as the democrats determine it’s politically inconvenient to protect my rights?

                    I’m not pretending that republicans are not worth contempt; frankly it’s beneath that for me. However I don’t view the democrats as faithful actors. The democrats are extremely willing to implement a republican agenda and warmonger. Trans rights and quality of care has been eroding under Biden/Kamala even in blue states.