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minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·4 days agoSo are your saying that voting for Democrats or Republicans is the same thing?
minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-24 days agoRepublicans: Yes to genocide Democrats: WE SEE YOU, WE HEAR YOU, but also yes to genocide
minus-squarelIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoDoes the fact that one party wast to let the populace shape the narrative, vs the iron fist of fascism? Please tell me you can acknowledge this fundamental fact, it will help me gauge the rest of your responses
minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoBoth parties fully engage in Manufactured Consent if that’s what you’re trying to say though not entirely clear. Also, Republicans are embracing not opposing Fascism in line with their drift to the far right over the years.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoNo. Notice they said “even more anti-trans,” not “just as anti-trans.”
minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·4 days agoI didn’t realize there was an acceptable level of bigotry
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·4 days agoThere is bad bigotry and worse bigotry. If you don’t have the option of no bigotry, you choose bad. Harm reduction.
minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoNothing like pushing the Overton Window solidly into Bigotry.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoProtest non-voting pushes the overtone window even farther to the right.
minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoAre you suggesting non-voting and voting for Democrats is essentially the same?
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoNo, that protest non-voting helps Republicans, because it’s much less likely a right-winger will protest non-vote.
minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoHave you ever considered voting for good, rather than one of the two evils?
So are your saying that voting for Democrats or Republicans is the same thing?
Obviously not.
Republicans: Yes to genocide
Democrats: WE SEE YOU, WE HEAR YOU, but also yes to genocide
Does the fact that one party wast to let the populace shape the narrative, vs the iron fist of fascism?
Please tell me you can acknowledge this fundamental fact, it will help me gauge the rest of your responses
Both parties fully engage in Manufactured Consent if that’s what you’re trying to say though not entirely clear. Also, Republicans are embracing not opposing Fascism in line with their drift to the far right over the years.
No. Notice they said “even more anti-trans,” not “just as anti-trans.”
I didn’t realize there was an acceptable level of bigotry
There is bad bigotry and worse bigotry. If you don’t have the option of no bigotry, you choose bad. Harm reduction.
Nothing like pushing the Overton Window solidly into Bigotry.
Protest non-voting pushes the overtone window even farther to the right.
Are you suggesting non-voting and voting for Democrats is essentially the same?
No, that protest non-voting helps Republicans, because it’s much less likely a right-winger will protest non-vote.
Have you ever considered voting for good, rather than one of the two evils?