I’ve been debating to myself whether or not voting for a third party candidate (Either PSL’s de la Cruz or Green’s West, regardless of my criticisms for both) would be the most “effective” use of my time in election season this year. The argument for “not” is that maybe voting at all is bad because it legitimizes this system, even if a third party candidate getting a record turnout would grab more attention (and piss off Blue MAGA cultists) than simply not going since it’s not like abysmal turnouts, even by this country’s historical standards, are newsworthy at this point. So I guess I have to ask how you people rationalize voting or not this year?
I fully understand that this is more symbolic than anything else and won’t materially affect change for a while but it’s still something to think about.
If you think the targeting of minorities is the same under trump and Biden you are an idiot. Sorry.
If you think there will be a meaningful difference in the extent to which minorities are targeted depending on which flavor of fash is in the white house, you are an idiot. Sorry.
So we’re just gonna ignore that Biden deported more Latinos than Trump did? Continued building the wall? Continued funneling more military surplus under the 1033 Program to racist, murderous police departments than Trump did? You’re usually better about shit like this; and seeing liberal crackery like this out of you disgusts me.
This is not an invitation to dialogue; this is a condemnation. Do better.
Liberals are more likely to pretend to care about Trans rights under Trump than under Biden