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The friend who radicalized me is now begging me to vote for Harris (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 days ago by bubbalu@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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He got me to read the Manifesto and would have hours' long debates with our social-democratic roommate and now this. It's really shaking me up a bit.

He is on the whole defeatist 'nothing will fundamentally shake the imperial machine so might as well pick the wardog with better domestic policies' tip. I want to get through to him but I am getting stuck.

For example:

i also refuse to not vote my conscience but i figured this time its not like doing this abstract process to pick if id prefer -100 points vs -200 points is gonna matter that much if i genuinely believe itll even be slightly better under kamala i might as well

kitty-birthday-sad

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[-] ikilledtheradiostar@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

Just lie about who or if you voted dawg

[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

He has capitulated to this shithole society and is a knowing supporter of the genocide. It's one thing to be politically ignorant about what's going on in Gaza, but he has no excuse. He knows that the IOF is beheading Palestinian children with bombs and he is still going to support the party who gave the IOF the bombs anyways. This is betrayal. All that doomer nonsense is just that: nonsense. If he was a true doomer, he wouldn't bother voting. He would just be like my dad who last voted in the 2000 election and completely checked out from politics since then (his politics suck, so that's a good thing). George Carlin in his later years when he mocked people who wasted their time voting saying that he got more to show for it by beating his meat could be said to be a doomer. Your friend is just a polite supporter of genocide.

[-] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 3 days ago

[-] KrasMazov@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 days ago

How do you libs keep this mental gymnastics?

I genuinely don't understand. You're advocating for literal genocide. You don't care for Palestinian lives.

Not only that but to believe in the illusion that the democrats care about black and LGBT people is beyond wishful thinking.

And what the fuck is a worse genocide? Double genocide?

Everyday I'm more convinced you USians are just a bunch of genociders. Fuck you.

[-] REgon@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Here we go again. The fact that you're all just saying the exact same idiotic stupidities is honestly baffling. In a sense it's nice since I don't have to type out something unique for each and every one of you, but how can you live like that? Totally unexamined? Just... An empty vessel for whatever is on the front page of reddit to be broadcast into your skull this day.

And here's an extra special treat, just for you because I imagine you're gonna say something about not voting being a vote for Trump

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[-] transscribe7891@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 days ago

listen to your friend