• assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’m glad that the prevailing opinion seems to be that both parties aren’t the same, and even though Democrats are imperfect they’re our best chance right now.

      There’s nothing wrong with people bemoaning that or criticizing them to be better. What raises my eyebrow is when I see people who use that to defend their lack of voting.

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        What raises my eyebrow is when I see people who use that to defend their lack of voting.

        What bothers me is the people who take any and all criticism as advocacy for not voting, voting third party, or voting republican in cases where it’s not happening at all.

        It’s all over this thread, and people who are just dissatisfied with Democrats’ anti-progressive fuckery are being routinely greeted with greater vitriol than the guy who was spreading anti-trans bigotry. Which says a lot about how centrists view progressives versus how they view fascists, and which ones they’re actually interested in opposing.

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          What raises my eyebrow is when I see people who use that to defend their lack of voting.

          What bothers me is the people who take any and all criticism as advocacy for not voting, voting third party, or voting republican in cases where it’s not happening at all.

          I mean this is the flip side isn’t it? Overly critical, not critical at all, they’re just two sides of the same coin. Both are bad. And you have bad actors who are purposely trying to promote one or the other.

          The fact of the matter is that we’re scared. None of us want to see Republicans win. We’re afraid of what’ll happen if they do. That fear makes us all enemies of each other over the slightest difference, worrying that it means the other person will permit Republicans to win.

          Let’s step back, and recognize that most people in this thread want the same thing. Hell, they pretty much want the same political outcomes as well.

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            Let’s step back, and recognize that most people in this thread want the same thing. Hell, they pretty much want the same political outcomes as well.

            I’m starting to doubt that.