Unless Biden drastically reverses course on Palestine, Muslims will not turn out for him on Election Day—critical voters in key swing states—and Democrats only have themselves to blame.

Former democratic party activists are organizing Muslims and Arab-Americans in Swing states to vote against Biden with the demand that he support a ceasefire in Gaza.

I'll allow them a little bit of electoralism this time.

  • synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    (Well I wrote out a whole thing but then the lemmy web UI disappeared it somehow 🤦 ... I'll try to rewrite some variation of it)

    I understand and agree with your assessment of the dems, but to me this is exactly why the "lesser evil" argument sways me. Republicans would be doing all the same things, and worse - e.g., "don't say gay" bills and other anti-lgbtq policies, rolling back abortion access, etc. Are dems wrong for not protecting those things when they had the chance? Yes -- But Reps are the ones actually doing it.

    From my casual bystander reading of hexbear/lemmygrad content over the past few months, "totally fine if you feel like voting" was not a part of my understanding of the anti-electoralism sentiment I've read. My impression was more "that's dumb, you're dumb, anyone who votes is dumb" and no one with a conscience should vote. Which, to me, seems like simply handing over the keys to drive us off a cliff.

    Anyway, thanks for taking the time to write everything you have, and trying to help me understand. Cheers