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Keep blaming the victims. I'm sure that'll get them to listen to you.
To the average, uneducated and heavily propagandized, American citizen there is very little difference between Democrats and Republicans. Each side calls the other fascist or communist or nazis so often the words have lost meaning. Each side is owned entirely by corporate interests (often the same corps) and often don't even pay lip service to the working class.
It's on party leadership to communicate a message that earns votes. They failed to do that in 2024. "Don't vote for that guy" is not an effective way to say "vote for me" unless you actually present an attractive alternative. That's going to require actually talking to people rather than at them and listening to their concerns.
I’m not blaming the victims. Although I would consider the victims being the ones who voted for Harris or couldn’t vote at all.
If you voted for Trump, you are an idiot. If you didn’t vote, you’re an even bigger idiot.
If you think both parties are the same, then in your analogy, there are no victims.
Take responsibility for your actions or inactions. If you know things are bad and knew things would be worse by not voting for Harris, you are to blame.
Convenient that party leadership holds no responsibility for choosing a candidate people actually want. Just vote for whatever "stay the course" or "nothing will fundamentally change" Democrat the party chooses and never ask for anything better because the party says actual progressives can't win even though they haven't seriously tried one in over a generation.
If you think I was speaking for myself you need to work on your reading comprehension along with the listening skills you're lacking.
I didn’t assume you were speaking for yourself. I said “if.” If we’re going to talk about comprehension, let’s at least read the sentence accurately.
Yes, party leadership deserves criticism. They mishandled the transition and limited the primary. That’s fair.
But at the end of the day, voters still make choices. Shrugging your shoulders and letting fascism spread isn't really a solid strategy. It just avoids responsibility.
You can criticize the party and still acknowledge that refusing to act made things worse. Both can be true. Denying that doesn’t make it more principled. It just makes it convenient.