• Wertheimer [any]
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    2 years ago

    I'm getting so much of this right now from friends who know I'm a communist, who agree that Biden and Obama were just as bad as Trump on things like immigration, and admit that organizing makes more of a difference than voting. But they still act like my rejection of the lesser evil is a complete endorsement of the Republican platform. "People's lives are at stake!" Yeah, I fucking know. That's why we need to fight against this bullshit. Fuck.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      “People’s lives are at stake!”

      I wish I had something to share that I think would work. But I've spent years arguing with liberals at r/politics and I've gotten nowhere. Most of them seem to finally grok that there are no "noble" republicans. But I fear most of them have the same moronic four letter word solution to everything: vote.

      • Wertheimer [any]
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        2 years ago

        If every election is the Most Important of our Lifetimes, no one ever has to take the long view. And so I get to have the same exhausting conversation every two years.

        • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
          hexagon
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          2 years ago

          every election is the Most Important of our Lifetimes

          That concept drive me insane. What can we do???

    • Wertheimer [any]
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      2 years ago

      Like, I'm not even trying to convince some of these people because I know it's hopeless. But they act like my position is completely beyond understanding and I start to wonder if I've been speaking gibberish all these years.