• piefood
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    14 hours ago

    Maybe people wouldn’t call him “Genocide Joe” if he hadn’t backed a genocide. I always find it amazing that people blame the voters, instead of blaming the people with the power, the platform, and the money, who chose genocide over winning the election.

    • @otp@sh.itjust.works
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      -313 hours ago

      I always find it amazing that people blame the voters

      I think people are blaming the people who didn’t vote. They thought they were sending the message “I don’t like genocide”, but that was ignorant of them.

      The message they sent was “Eh, either is fine. I’m fine with Trump or Harris. Whatever”. And then they took the moral high ground for doing so.

      • piefood
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        511 hours ago

        Which I also find understandable. I disagree with non-voters, but if both choices are terrible, and fight against what you want, I understand why people wouldn’t want to vote.

        • @otp@sh.itjust.works
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          119 minutes ago

          The proper way to communicate an opinion that “both choices are terrible” is to make your way to the polling station and either vote for something other than those two bad choices, or to decline or spoil your ballot.

          Not voting says “I can’t be bothered to make the effort; anything is fine”.

          People think it means “Give me something other than these two”, but it takes more effort to communicate that message.

          Political activism requires effort, and it requires effort the right way. Not voting is political inaction.

        • MrSpArkle
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          -610 hours ago

          I understand why some people kill their families and then kill themselves.

          I’ll still put forth that it’s bad, destructive, and wrong.