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Pretty Easy Choice (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/17869503

I know I'm going against the grain here, I'm obviously no Harris lover, but also I'd prefer to be allowed to continue existing. If that's controversial in leftist spaces then maybe I don't want to spend any more time in leftist spaces.

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[-] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 159 points 1 month ago

“I’m voting for the party that doesn’t actively want to kill me”

“Pfft, classic shitlib take”

I’m tired, boss

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago

I've literally had someone ask me what makes me think I deserve to live more than Palestinian kids.

This is where we're at.

[-] MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network 43 points 1 month ago

They say as if their position is any better for Palestinians either.

[-] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Don't you see, they have absolved themselves of responsibility by making themselves a bystander. Actually pretty smart. When "they" come for us and start looking at the voters rolls these guys will get a pizza party while the rest of us go to gas chambers.

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[-] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

Right, so that's why we should let the guy who would kill Palestinian kids and trans people win. Equality

[-] SimplyTadpole@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't like the idea of claiming a whole group I disagree with is comprised of bots or paid agents trolling to create division, but at this point, the only plausible alternatives to that are either those people are having a severe martyr complex, or just are so overly privileged that they are divorcing themselves from reality and don't/can't comprehend the consequences of what they're advocating, essentially treating this whole thing like a sports game.

Or maybe both, and are trying to throw trans people, black people, women, etc. under the bus to fuel their martyr complex in their stead.

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[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 95 points 1 month ago

Telling people in danger that their attempts to save themselves are contemptible is nothing but cynical callousness.

[-] SARGE@startrek.website 53 points 1 month ago

It's children whining about how life is unfair but instead of actually trying to do something about it now, they'd rather feel smugly superior as they do fuckall and "wait for the revolution" or whatever.

Do I believe positive change is quick or easy? Fuck no. It's hard work and it takes a ton of us working together. I harbor no illusions that my own singular voice will ever matter on a large scale, and I will happily take up my arms to defend the rights of those whose only crime is existing while lgbtq+/poc/whatever, but I'm gonna vote and campaign and everything I can do in the meantime.

Whether we're headed for a cliff as a species or not is irrelevant, I don't feel the need to hit the gas or sit back while mocking the people who are trying to stop the bus.

[-] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 month ago

Yeah, people who see the long list of minorities that would be negatively affected by a Trump presidency and insist that there is no difference between the candidates are telling on themselves: Who gets the presidency would make no difference - for them. And they have no empathy for anybody else.

[-] Soluna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 month ago

This 100%, I actually own firearms in the event I might have to defend myself from a fascist takeover. BUT I'D REALLY RATHER NOT THINGS COME TO THAT. I don't want to ever have to use them, so you can bet your ass I voted for Harris to try and prevent that scenario as much as possible.

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[-] SimplyTadpole@lemmy.dbzer0.com 70 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I mostly lurk and prefer to not get involved in politics, but GOOD GOD I'M SO GLAD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FEELS THIS WAY. It's so exhausting.

What sucks is that voting isn't swearing a blood oath that turns you into a slave of neoliberalism and prevents you from doing direct action: you can do both. Voting isn't going to save Palestinians (and it's a bitter pill to swallow, I know), but it's going to save lots of other vulnerable minorities (who never really asked to be born in the imperial core!), and still provide breathing room for direct action that can help Palestine.

Like... even if you don't care about the safety of trans people, pragmatically speaking it's immensely easier to organize as leftists in a neoliberal regime than it is in a fascist regime. Just look at what happened to the KPD when they proclaimed "first Hitler, then it's our turn". (Yes, the SPD backstabbed them during Weimar - RIP Rosa Luxemburg - but that pales to the Nazis basically rounding them all up and sending them to the gas chambers!) I don't want history to repeat. Please don't let it repeat.

[-] DaedalousIlios@pawb.social 32 points 1 month ago

Your comment exposes what it is that's so deeply disturbing about this wave if Leftist Nihilism. They're basically saying "if we can't save everyone, then we might as well all die."

[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 26 points 1 month ago

This. I vote for the best outcome my vote could achievably help to bring about and lets not forget about primaries and getting in better canidates from the get go. But voting is only one thing.

[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

The SPD insisted on voting for the "lesser evil" of Hindenburg to stop Hitler rather than cooperating with the KPD, who they denounced as being just as bad as the Nazis. Hindenburg then proceeded to appoint Hitler as chancellor, which is exactly what allowed him to come to power.

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[-] rickdg@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago

It’s as if voting wasn’t the one single thing you could do as a citizen.

[-] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

It IS the only one that can't be twisted by media interpretation, demonized and attacked with military and police, or straight up ignored.

[-] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago

Well, except for all the ways that voting is broken and doesn't work. Gerrymandering and the electoral college and what not. And how your options are conservative neoliberal genocide supporter or outright neo fascist.

You couldn't vote for an actual progressive candidate if you wanted to. The entire American political system is designed to prevent that exact thing from happening.

[-] poke@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

The larger of a lead someone wins with, the harder it is for those tactics to work. Please everyone, vote.

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[-] MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network 14 points 1 month ago

And does voting stop you doing the other things?

[-] knightly@pawb.social 6 points 1 month ago

It does if you treat it like the media does, billions of dollars in campaign coverage in the year leading up to election day and then nothing until it's time to do it all over again.

[-] CthulhuDreamer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

It a pretty easy and very impactfull thing to do... so go vote first and the do whatever else you are suggesting after.

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[-] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 month ago

Fascism is bad for everyone. This is not a choice between two minority groups. This is a choice between democracy and fascism.

The only way to help the Palestinians is to vote for Kamala. Kamala wants a ceasefire. Trump has made it clear he wants Israel to finish what he started.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/04/politics/trump-israel-comments/index.html

This is what accelerationism gets us. A bunch of people who are willing to let every group of people burn, because they have been fooled into thinking that things can only get better by making them worse. Things can always get worse. We have to make things better for them to get better.

If tankies and accelerationists cared about Palestinians or trans people or anyone they would vote for Kamala without a second thought. Many of these people are from the US. They can't handle that they're from a country that isn't morally perfect, so rather than try to fix, they want to see it burn to the ground. It's a kind of state of unhappy consciousness where their country's misdeeds make them feel as if they have blood on their hands by association.

Most people recognize that beyond our vote and activism we have very little say in the day to day operations of our country. We can sleep at night by acting in a way that is useful to accomplish our goals. Tankies and accelerationists cannot. So the course of action they propose, doing nothing to impact the election out of protest, is not useful to us.

[-] Soluna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 month ago

I made another post and comments about this in leftymemes to go against some of this rhetoric everyone is pushing, and wouldn't you know... my comments are being removed. I'm glad the left is suppressing trans voices now, I feel so seen 🥰

[-] Soluna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 month ago

Yup, turns out I'm proper banned xD

Honestly idgaf anymore, hope they have fun in their echobubble.

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 24 points 1 month ago

Trans tankies be like:

They sure have a lot more faith in the Democrats' moral compass than we do.

[-] EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago

Do you have more faith in Trump's?

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[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 month ago

It would be great if she was actually campaigning on helping those in red states and not just saying well that's their law deal with it

[-] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It would be great if people would help build some enthusiasm for Kamala. Trump wants to round up homeless people in camps. Republicans want to remove protections against discrimination in the workplace for trans people so they end up homeless. This is an easy choice. If you care about anyone vote for Kamala, because we will all be worse off under Trump. edit: typo

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 month ago

It would also help if she or the dnc would campaign on protections rather than just saying we're not trump.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/why-wont-democrats-kamala-harris-embrace-trans-rights-oped

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