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If both sides are the same, can we at least veer a little bit away from fascism? Hint: both sides are not the same. Your vote for democracy does matter.

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I don’t need to preach to the choir about ultra conservatives being ultra conservatives, that’s a given

+ as I already said in another comment: If your definition of “left leaning” is “genocidal neoliberal war criminal”, that’s on you

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maybe if I keep voting, things will change!

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Maybe do something between voting. Voting is the bare minimum. Then you fight the years between.

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The shills are going hard in the last two weeks huh

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Hey I feel and agree with you about a lot here but wtf

Supposedly all to make a statement about Gaza’s importance, something a lot of Americans actually don’t agree with simply because Gazans are not very easy to sympathize with. And that’s not only because of racism.

How is this any way to talk about… anyone? I don’t need them to be easy to sympathize with, they are automatically entitled to it. Cuz they’re dying. Lets be real clear. Our governments involvement with Israel is fucking awful and Americans have blood on our hands. We can agree or disagree about our own politics but don’t let animosity get the better of you. We are brutalizing innocent people. You and I owe them dignity even if our lifestyles aren’t compatible with theirs or whatever.

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I’m sorry but if you believe you can only be gay if brown people get genocided you’re not gay and you just want to kill children.

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/30235154/14282502

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/30240162

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You are!

Don’t just vote - go out on the streets and demand that the Dems condemn the genocide and to stop sending military aid to Israel if they actually want your vote!

If you won’t risk having your rights taken away on the grounds of literal genocide - what would you risk them for?

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Damn, I can’t wait to hear about all the things you’re doing to try and actually end the abominable genocide against the people of Palestine. Meanwhile the rest of us are looking for ways to do that and also voting against the guy who promised to double-down and bring the violence home against immigrants.

Pretending Trump’s presidency wouldn’t be objectively worse for all the causes leftists care about, even the ones (like Palestine) Harris isn’t going to do shit about isn’t taking a principled stand. It’s hiding from what little power you have in the electoral system in order to keep whatever happens next off your conscience. And frankly, the Palestinians don’t care about your conscience any more than the Hispanic Americans or trans kids.

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Meanwhile the rest of us are looking for ways to do that

What have you looked at so far?

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Meanwhile the rest of us are looking for ways to do that

What have you looked at so far?

3 days on, and the list is still being compiled… I guess?

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Probably busy campaigning to fix electoral college/first past the post. I am certain they were not just empty words.

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At least the Republican backed genocide will also be making life living hell for LGBTQI people, women, and migrants in the US as well.

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