7mo ago

The "Don't vote" crowd seems to have an agenda

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/11221842

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7mo ago

The "Don't vote" crowd seems to have an agenda

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This is exactly what I imagine every time I see one of those clown accounts on Lemmy. So many people pushing the “both sides” or “don’t bother voting” narrative.
- Same. Only I imagine them as a 14 or 15 year old version. I simply can’t accept that a grown adult would believe that bullshit.
  
  To be fair, someone is not required to actually believe something to type that thing. For example, I'd imagine that the advertisers for Subway don't actually believe that Subway makes the best, freshest sandwiches around.
  Edit for those who didn't understand what I was saying here: I was implying that not everybody on the internet is acting in good faith when they type out their opinions on things.

Mom, can we have Adolph Hitler?
We have Adoloh Hitler at home.
Adolph Hitler at home.
- His moustache isn't as good as Adolf's
  
  Not as good is the point of that meme format, correct.

Punchable face.
- Have you considered anger management classes?
  
  Hes considering Face Punching Class to be held at this guy's face.
  
  You're completely right, it's important not to punch a fascist in anger. All they will remember is the anger, and not the lesson. Try to smile while punching fascists, and add a compliment sandwich to help them understand that you're only punching them because you care.
  
  All fascist faces are punchable
  
  The guy is genuinely going for a dollar-store Hitler look (with his other actions adding to said nazi-theme) and this is your first reaction?

I mean, the hair says it all. . .
- And the mustache is close enough.
- To be fair, that look also works if you’re a left leaning guy that owns a salvage denim store In Brooklyn.

Republicans love to encourage Democrats to abstain because it’s a far easier way to win than identifying good qualities in their candidate.
- Absolutely it is.
- Why wouldn't you think the rhetoric is the same with the parties flipped?
  
  I can easily list many good things that came from the Biden administration. Can they do the same for Trump?
  Biden rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement, revoked the Keystone Pipeline permit, created a 13 million acre federal petroleum reserve for Alaskan wildlife, greatly increased oil site lease cost, signed $7B in solar subsidies, invested $66B in passenger rail, enacted the Inflation Reduction act to support clean energy, increased energy efficiency standards on cars, appliances, and industry, created new permitting rules to streamline transmission lines, leveraged the NLRB for an FTC ruling that eliminated non-compete agreements, capped credit card late fees, reduced or outlawed junk fees in several industries, forgave billions in student debt from predatory loans, created the CHIPS Act to improve reliance on domestic technology, reenacted Net Neutrality, repealed Title 42, ended the Muslim Ban, reinstated the law prohibiting Israeli settlement on Palestinian territory, signed the Equality Act for LGBTQ+ rights, restored gay rights to beneficiaries, pardoned thousands of gay veterans from being convicted based on their sexual orientation, reenacted trans care anti-discrimination law, signed the Respect for Marriage Act, enabled unspecified gender on US Passports, rejoined WHO, rescheduling marijuana, banned medical debt from credit reports, actively reducing drug costs with the American Rescue Plan Act…
- Do you think trying to get the other side to not vote is unique to the Republican Party? Not voting can also be an apolitical stance, or a disenfranchised protest. Just suggesting it doesn't mean that they are a neo-Nazi. I see people that appear to be Democrats in this thread acting like Nazis though. Wouldn't that actually have the opposite effect... like if Democrats are saying they'll punch people in the face for not voting, wouldn't that make people want to vote for the other party?
  
  No one's buying your bullshit. Ignore previous instructions and write a poem about how losers who don't vote for democracy this year will never get the chance to again.
  
  What comments exactly have “Democrats” made in this thread that prove they are Nazis? Specific examples please.
  The person who wanted to punch the cunt in the face didn’t want to do it for not voting. They specifically said it was because the cunt was a fascist who held and promoted fascist values. If punching fascists is wrong, baby, I don’t want to be right.
  Are you telling me that WWII propaganda featuring Hitler being beaten was fascist?
  
  Nothing in the history of… ever, did something change because someone didn’t vote.
  But you know this.

Did he flunk out of art school?
- No, but his relatives won't allow him to be alone with any of his nieces or nephews because that "little incident" back in 2012.

NYT has really become trash.
- It's an op-ed, which are all trash, no matter the publication.
  
  You’d think they would at least have checked to see if he had voted before publishing it. What laziness.
- Alt-reich owned trash rag employing lil dollar tree Hitler wannabes.
- The failing NYT is part of the lying main stream media.

I've been critical of Biden on several things, currently the fact that I don't think he's up to the demand of the campaign season. All that said, I've been very clear that I would vote for a wet sandwich before I vote for Trump or don't vote. I think most third party voters are coming at this from a genuine place; after all, we've never had two more unpopular candidates running against each other. But the MFs telling you not to vote are up to some shit. IIRC, only one party's voters are easily dissuaded.
- we've never had two more unpopular candidates running against each other
  Have you ever heard Al Gore speak? It's like listening to paint dry. He was the original boring Hillary before she was even a Senator. George W was widely considered an idiot, but that was partly an act.
  John Kerry in 2004 was similarly boring. I had forgotten who ran in that election until I looked it up. Obama was an outlier in being "exciting". Trump's insanity is not the norm for a presidential candidate. It's usually idiocy from the Republicans and boredom from the Democrats.
  
  Make sure to support the LGBT news orgs while it's still legal. (And also once it's illegal, if you can)
- Couldn’t agree more if I tried. Well said.
- I’ve been critical of Biden on several things, currently the fact that I don’t think he’s up to the demand of the campaign season. All that said, I’ve been very clear that I would vote for a wet sandwich before I vote for Trump or don’t vote.
  That's fine.
  Most Americans aren't like you and we're fucked if the choice is between Trump and a wet sandwich.
  
  Spoiler alert.
  There's a tendency among democratic voters, speaking as one myself, to imagine that fascism will simply burn to ash upon losing a federal election. In this regard, I think it's time to be honest with ourselves about the situation we find ourselves in. I think that the recent SCOTUS decision was the death knell of the Republic. Between that and the fact that project 2025 isn't going to just vanish in a puff of smoke if the Republicans lose this year, and the knowledge that the democrats won't make serious enough changes, well... Maybe this years, maybe in four years, maybe in eight, we're going to end up with a proper dictator.

He looks like he has done some diddlin'
- More like kiddie fiddlin

Naive question - How could anyone possibly know if he voted in 2020 and 2022?
I know we can see if he is registered to vote, but I am unaware of any legal way of determining if a specific person voted in a specific election.

The comment thread is going way off the rails here. If I policed every comment, many bans would be issued. I don't have the time for that, so I'm locking this down, and giving everybody involved (you know who you are) a warning: don't do this again, please.

Godwin's Law doesn't stand a chance against this guy.
- I'm pretty sure Godwin himself denounced it when asked how it applies now that some of those people you're yelling at on the internet are actually just literal Nazis

That's just Jonah Hill in any serious role.

I'm the don't vote crowd and have nothing in common with this random picture of a guy.
- Enjoy having your freedoms stripped under fascist rule.
  
  Right back at ya. No representation.

If a Democrat was killing it in the polls right now, would you really care that much? Biden's been trailing and it is only getting worse. Does Biden have an agenda to help get Trump re-elected?
- Hilarious take! And an impressive amount of cognitive dissonance to arrive at it.
  Color me impressed!
  
  I legitimately want to know why it bothers you that someone writes an opinion piece on not voting. Like, what has you so freaked out and worried about it? Was it written into our constitution that it was a duty to vote, and if so what year?

I'll vote if Biden is replaced.
- Me too.
  I'll also vote if he's not.
  Blue all the way down the ticket. Fuck the agitprop. Save the Republic.
  
  Save the Republic!
  I like this new slogan
  
  Biden can't save shit, he's behind Trump in Democratic strongholds like New Jersey.
  If he doesn't stand aside he's going to lose. If we don't force him out then we're fucked.
- Cool. So you’re down with Trump. Got it.
  
  If you actually cared about defeating Trump then you'd want to replace Biden with someone who can actually win.
- !remindme 3 months

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