I just have to ask, when both candidates have espoused transphobic rhetoric, who do trans people vote for then? The end goal for both individuals is more dead trans kids.
this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2026
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Blue maga have told me the formula is simple.
Harm caused by Republicans - Harm caused by democrats = democrats are better.
You dont get to ask for representation in government, you simply make this calculation and vote accordingly. No other options or reforms will be considered. Asking for more then these two options makes you a evil communist republican nazi commie socialist. This is what they call democracy.
So glad I didn't have kids. Forever grateful to have gotten a vasectomy for those free souls that would have been imprisoned on earth. My kids will not have to suffer these people who are unfortunately my fellow US citizens. They won't have to go to work for the worst people, they wont have to pay rent to the worst people. My unborn children are safe forever from life here.
Since you're already perfectly aware that the answer is to vote for the people who openly include pro-trans candidates in their ranks, and not the people openly saying you should be either forcibly detransed or killed, I'm unsure what kind of answer you expect. I suppose you could write in Pontius Pilate since you're nearly on the cross already.
If only more democratic socialists would run.
I would, but being a fired cop is ballot poison.
You may disagree with all the positions offered but assuming they're bots is incredibly naive.
Yeah good point, Russia has famously never astroturfed online. Also, humans aren't bots. The word literally means robot.
I never denied that Russia trolls online; it's a huge part of their intelligence doctrine. Also, humans direct networks of bots.
what is context? Hmm, I dunno, but I'm gonna deliberately misinterpret everything just in case
What leads to this behavior? Did you hang out behind a lot of idling buses for 20 years?
the lesser of two evils is still evil
And the greater of two evils is your mom
Come the general, I'm still choosing to eat a bucket of sand rather than a bucket of glass. In the primaries is when you vote for actual food.
You do you, though.
Bot
ITT: A lot of peple bringing their best "I don't care about those other people, I've got mine" rhetoric
Everyone should vote.
Both sides arent the same.
People should be free to transfer their vote if their first pick doesn't win. 3rd parties should be free to compete in the electoral system without a spoiler effect.
Did I miss anything?
Go out and VOTE. That's the least fucking thing you must do as a citizen.
But spare us the theatrics, US is patently evil. You can try to lower the evil, however history will still remember your complacency.
Now go ahead with ad-hominems.
Okay Sephiroth
Go and riot then. Show me up.
The person i was gonna vote for dropped out last minute.
i was staring at my ballot just eyes glazed over looking at two crusty old white dudes who both vocally support israel n shit. One was red and racist, the other was blue lawyer who I know actively scammed the state for millions of dollars in a shady ass class action lawsuit that ended with no money being given to the plantiffs.
This shit sucks. Do I write in the guy I was gonna vote for anyway? I sure as shit don't want to vote for the only two fucks on the ballot, they'll rot my community from the inside.
You vote for the least vile, and maybe next time you at least vote in the primaries to make sure "your guy" stays around, maybe even donate to their campaign or volunteer.
To be fair, one side wants more money trans people to not exist and women to go to prison for terminating a non-viable pregnancy before it kills them. The other side at least pretends to care about human rights. So the decision is easy. Vote against dehumanization.
Pretends to care about human rights while not caring about human rights is worse because people won't oppose them.
I howled when this happened. Admittedly, I was day drunk and high but...
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