• Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    There’s been a lot of posts about Palestinians and Muslims seriously arguing sitting out the next presidential election. To all the ppl who constantly argue how stupid and reactionary doing so is, what exactly are they suppose to do?

    Simply vote for the man who is actively supplying the weapons to kill your family/kill ppl just like you because Trump is a giant bigot? Thankfully i don’t have to make such a decision but I wouldn’t blame anyone (especially the family of a dead relative bombed by Israel) to sit this next election out.

    For Muslims and Palestinians this next election is a Murderer vs a Murdering racist

    • CyanFen@lemmy.one
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      11 months ago

      As is always the case when it comes to elections, choosing to not vote for the lesser evil is just voting for the greater evil

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        11 months ago

        Which is unfortunate because it then becomes a matter of “I am voting against the candidate I don’t like” rather than “I am voting for the candidate I like”, and the voice of the people get lost.

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      11 months ago

      Third party, unironically.

      inb4 helping the other side/first-past/throwing votes/electoral college. Gotta show em this is what happens when they are ignored.

      • SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        inb4 helping the other side/first-past/throwing votes/electoral college

        So you know all the reasons why what you choose to do is wrong but do it anyway?

        Gotta show em this is what happens when they are ignored.

        You already admitted that’s not what you are actually accomplishing but I guess lying to yourself makes you feel better.

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            11 months ago

            If voting Democrat isn’t going to change anything, voting third party is definitely not going to change anything. Might as well make the higher percentage play, which is voting Democrat.

            • BarrierWithAshes@kbin.social
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              11 months ago

              Sure. Keep up the defeatism. It’s what those in power want. This is probably the only American thing I will never understand.

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                11 months ago

                The only ones peddling defeatism here are the ones advocating for the greater evil because the aren’t getting everything they want.