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I have problems with people who abstained. The hard thing is, how do you change voter behavior?

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[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world -4 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Let’s say you’re completely right. How does insulting people’s poor choices 4 months ago help us in the present? We can’t create resistance and solidarity if we hold grievances from the past.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Because some people, mostly just tankies and anarchists pretending to be moral abstainers, are unapologetic about helping elect fascism. By exposing and shaming them, onlookers will reconsider their own stance.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

There are actual Nazis in this administration, and you’re worried about “tankies?” Get it together man.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

One’s enemies can exist on two fronts. It’s happened before.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world -2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

“We are fighting the wrong enemy.” Allen Dulles expressed this sentiment in 1942, while serving as the Swiss director of the OSS. He had reevaluated the ongoing war with Nazi Germany and decided that the Communist threat was far graver than the National Socialist one.

You’re in good company

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

They're literally saying Nazis are also their enemies.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

So is Dulles. He said "greater threat".

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Where is your evidence that the person above believes the same thing?

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

The Tankies are promoting abstaining to help elect the actual Nazis and it fucking worked, so yes I'm worried about the fucking Tankies.

Tankies want 1 thing: "the end of US Imperialism" which is to say for us to all off ourselves so that NATO stops getting in China's way.

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Are the tankies in the room with us now?

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Take a look around.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world -1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Are the Tankies in office? Prioritize and Organize.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Well...

2018

"He's now president for life, president for life. And he's great," Trump said, according to audio of excerpts of Trump's remarks at a closed-door fundraiser in Florida aired by CNN. "And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll have to give that a shot someday," Trump said to cheers and applause from supporters.

2020

Our relationship with China has now probably never, ever been better," Trump said, adding that he gets on well with President Xi Jinping. "He's for China, I'm for the U.S., but other than that, we love each other."

2025

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has “always had a great relationship” with Chinese President Xi Jinping and that he looks forward to “getting along with China.”

Yeah, fucking looks like it.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 0 points 19 hours ago

JDPON Don strikes again.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Maybe if some of them would accept responsibility, it would go a long way towards creating that resistance.

I’d actually have a lot of respect for someone someone that could admit they made a huge mistake, because it means they are self aware enough to know that their own behavior has consequences also.

And I can get behind people humble enough to own their mistakes.

But most of these people have the gall to blame people who voted for Harris, or blame Harris herself for not being perfect in every way.

So unless they find some humility, there won’t be any solidarity and I would even go so far as to urge others to refuse to find solidarity with anyone that does not have enough strength of character to own their mistakes.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world -1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Guess we should give up then, since things didn’t go our way. Right?

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

If that’s what you’re taking from what I said, then maybe your should read it again a few times.

Unless you mean to say that you’d rather suffer divided than own your part in the reason for it.