Imagine the mental gymnastics you have to go through to argue that not voting for a genocidal maniac is privilege. Basically what this person saying is that if you are Palestinian you should vote for and support the person who is actively enabling the genocide of your people because they are afraid of what Trump might do because they themselves might be affected by it. How is that not privilege?

The most effective way of achieving any meaningful change is protesting and holding politicians accountable no matter who is in power. But they're arguing for not doing that. To blindly accept and not protest or even criticize a person enabling genocide. Who cares what you vote for? A single vote doesn't mean shit but standing up and fighting against fascism and genocide is what matters. Not only are many of these liberals privileged they are fucking cowards too.

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    7 months ago

    I simply don't believe one president versus another materially impacts American people in meaningfully distinct ways than their opponents. It's all fascism, all the time for the most vulnerable people in society. Incarceration rates stay high, homelessness rates stay high.

    The most I'd be willing to say is the president sets a general national vibe that encouraged or discourages random acts of politically motivated violence, usually perpetrated by white supremacists. The Trump presidency saw an increase in mass shootings against queer people and religious buildings like synagogues.

    Otherwise I just don't see it. I live in a red state where LGBTQ rights and abortion access are basically gone. And yet Biden is the president. Is genocide supposed to become double genocide with Trump or what?