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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Without arguments like these in 2016, women in the south would still be able to have abortions. If you want change, find local elections with candidates you agree with. Their campaigns typically pay well, in my experience, or you can volunteer if the pay doesn’t matter to you. It’s more fruitful than throwing your hands in the air and shouting about disenfranchisement.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Without arguments like these in 2016, women in the south would still be able to have abortions

Yeah the blame for them never codifying Roe into law, their carcass in the supreme court refusing to retire, them running a terrible candidate against the will of their own voters and that candidate running an awful campaign is the fault of... people arguing on the internet

[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hillary Clinton was a poor candidate. Why is it that the neo liberals never want to give her any amount of credit for her loss?

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People just want human rights, you egg salad. Try not to ruin that for everyone and I won’t call you a smelly foodstuff on the internet again.

[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I do too, which was why I fiercely advocated for literally any other candidate in 2016. I held my nose and voted for her, but I absolutely called it. Too many people just ignored the base, and it bit all of us in the butt.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

She did win the popular vote, for whatever good that does us. But what prevented a Clinton presidency was Russia seeding propaganda about her on the internet topped off with the FBI being used as a political tool. The 2016 Green Party candidate flying off to Russia last year is still a funny little sign of how absolutely fucked we are when it comes to asymmetrical information warfare.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

She did win the popular vote, for whatever good that does us

It does us absolutely none. Congratulations on getting your second choice.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago

…Yeah. That’s what “for whatever good that does us” means.