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[–] 55 points 6 months ago (80 children)

I voted for her but if they put Gavin newsom, I don't know if I can care anymore.

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  • [–] 37 points 6 months ago (35 children)

    I hate that guy, but hate cannot make Me act against My own interests. Well it can a little bit, especially in fast moving situations. But it can't do it with big decisions like My vote.

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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago (33 children)

    Yea, but from all his talks and bills I don't trust him to not be against queer people. So in a way they both will be against my own interests.

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  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    He will be more against queer people than whoever the Republicans put forth? Really?

    If candidate A wants you to hide your queerness and use the wrong bathroom, and candidate B wants to force you to be straight or go to jail or a conversion camp, are you really going to throw your hands up in the air and say it's not worth voting?

    Voting for someone does not mean you support everything they stand for. It just means you think they are the best option of what has been laid before you.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Voting for someone does not mean you support everything they stand for.

    I've seen what centrists do when they don't get their very first choice. They campaigned against Mamdani and formed a PAC to get McCain elected.

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  • [–] 19 points 6 months ago

    My actions and his actions are two very different things. If he primaries, I may tell people to vote for him against the R, having told people to vote against him in the primaries. In both cases I would be acting in alignment with My interests, for they are two very different choices. I will hope for the best and plan for the worst.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago* (17 children)

    "Option A is really, really bad for me. But I'm not sure if option B wouldn't be somewhat bad, too. So I will just watch and let option A happen."


    You, and millions of other propaganda victims helping fascists win

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Your courage to do anything will help in the long run.

    Please at least consider the option that helps some others.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago

    It's not even that. EVERYONE is harmed by fascists. Or, if you'd like to rephrase it this way: EVERYONE is harmed much more by fascists. Either way, in the general, vote blue. In the primaries, vote for the best option. And if you can run for office, run for office.

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  • [–] 21 points 6 months ago (39 children)

    If it was a race between Gavin Newsom and JD Vance I’d vote Newsom in an instant.

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  • [–] 32 points 6 months ago* (10 children)

    I agree but it’s like asking “where would you like to be stabbed?”

    For any Democrat trying to “move to the center” I’d like to point towards Labour in UK and ask them how that’s going.

    Thankfully 2028 is a political lifetime away and Newsom might not even be relevant.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Labour UK has been kind of astounding to watch. They started strong then somewhere around six months in it started to get wonky. And now it’s like some sort of Labourexit. Bizarre. But I guess that's why the Greens are growing.

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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I don't think people arguing against you get newsom he fundamentally has no real beliefs and will just do things to get more power. He throws the dem base under the bus at every opportunity and is somehow more pro billionaire that the average corp dem.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Yeah, I would rather have pritsker, at least he seems to have a backbone among the Democrat governors. I also think having conservative Democrats brings us further right so more evil Republicans can get in power.

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