• mozz@mbin.grits.dev
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    9 months ago

    Correct. They’ve tacitly acknowledged for quite a while that discouraging their enemies from voting is a big part of their strategy, though, and I don’t think anyone involved thinks the Taylor Swift fans are also Trump fans.

    Honestly, if someone tries to tell you voting won’t change anything, just point to how hard they try to rig the systems that drive it and how much they freak out about any indication that their enemies are planning to vote in large numbers.

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      9 months ago

      It’s been going on ever since black people got the right to vote. It’s been suppress the vote ever since. Used to be let the radicals do their thing away from the party, now it’s imbedded in Fox and gop itself.

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      9 months ago

      just point to how hard they try to rig the systems that drive it a

      My city: 80% white, 20% Asian, and rich. Voting is super easy.

      City next to mine: nearly 100% POC. Every election multihour long waits to vote.

      Yes, I have tried to help but I can’t do much besides pass water bottles out and give out voter registration forms. They won’t let me be an election worker unless I live there.