• Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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    7 hours ago

    Had a lib (of course with an Israel flag in their handle) legitimately tell me that Leftists successfully convinced millions not to vote over on Lemmy.world yesterday.

    • Rom [he/him]
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      4 hours ago

      We have the power to convince people not to vote, but not to get them to vote for our candidate, apparently.

      • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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        4 hours ago

        I agree to an extent, my position is more that Harris fumbled the ball hard by not promising popular policies like Medicare for All or ending the genocide.

    • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
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      5 hours ago

      That shit really makes my blood boil. I work tirelessly at Langley to prevent that exact thing from happening! If a leftist is posting too good then I report them to get injected with cringe takes and nanobots. You think I'm just twiddling my thumbs if someone starts rocking the boat??? Sincerely, fuck you!

      I have a bunch of coworkers who love using .world too! They sort of look at me funny because I have to monitor "that website where the pig shits itself." But .world and Langley are literally on the same side so it's extra hurtful when they belittle my job like that. It feels like a betrayal, honestly...

    • roux [he/him, they/them]
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      6 hours ago

      The ones that didn't vote are mostly disenfranchised life long Dems and Repubs, I fucking promise.

    • OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml
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      5 hours ago

      How the Israeli flag is not immediately subconsciously synonymous with disinformation for everyone at this point is beyond me.

    • barrbaric [he/him]
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      7 hours ago

      Damn, if we held so much power the dems should have done more to court our influence! Too bad they love genocide more than they want to win.

      • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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        7 hours ago

        Literally what I told them, either Leftists didn't make a difference and Harris floundered on her own, or Leftists made a huge difference and Harris intentionally rejected them, failing.

        • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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          4 hours ago

          I've had that same argument, turns into "well if she did that she'd lose more moderates than she'd gain leftists!!1!"

          • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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            3 hours ago

            Tell em that Biden ran a more progressive campaign and churned out voters, same as Bernie, and voter turnout was far higher.

            • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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              3 hours ago

              Not worth it, they're still seething let reality sink in a bit and let them get off "must defend Harris unconditionally" mode

      • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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        6 hours ago

        we sneaky leftists tricked the democrat leadership into tacking to the right wing, thereby making it easy to disillusion and dissolve their bloc.

        those smol bean millionaire consultants and party bosses walked right into our trap!

    • Hexboare [they/them]
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      6 hours ago

      Leftists successfully convinced millions not to vote

      and I'll do it again