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Lemmy's political discourse when Republicans gutted the Voting Rights Act yesterday: (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 13 points 5 months ago (14 children)

So, actually that question though? Genocide used to be a really, really bad thing, and here you're making light of it. I feel like people have lost the plot a bit if they talk about an actual genocide like this. "Yeah, sure they committed a bit of genocide, but have you seen the other guy?" I feel like I'm losing my mind

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (4 children)

    Yes, genocide is bad. You know what's worse? MORE genocide. That's what we got from people not voting because of it.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    If you market yourself as being against fascism, maybe don't vehemently support a different fascist regime and shout down anyone who questions it.

    The fact that people like you are spending your energy getting pissy with the voters and not the fucking Democratic party who refused to change their stance is fucking insane.

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  • [–] -3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    surprise: I can hold two thoughts in my head at once

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Thoughts, sure. You've chosen to spend your time attacking those who wanted change, not the ones who refused to not back the systemic murder of an entire people.

    Priorities.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you didn't realize I'm a different person.

    The two thoughts I hold are "on election day, it's self-gratifying not to vote for the outcome with the highest lows, raising the floor" and "before and after election day, do whatever you can to make the lives of politicians who fail miserable and support better candidates, up to and including civil unrest"

    Not voting is categorically ineffective. There may be plenty of things more effective than voting, but not voting isn't one of them.

    People love to present this scenario like it's a lever with three positions: candidate A, candidate B, or civil unrest. But it's not. It's one switch with two buttons (candidate a, candidate b) and another separate button for civil unrest. You can do both

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

    We have had years of constant video footage of it happening. Being desensitized is bound to happen.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I don't know what kind of person could look at parents being handed the remains of their child in plastic baggies and at any point in their life go "oh wow are they still going on about the genocide?"

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  • [–] -4 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    The only ones making light of genocide are the ones who helped make more of it happen through their refusal to vote for harm reduction.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    No, it's the people like you who are going: people should have voted for some genocide to prevent more genocide, instead of saying something sane like: maybe the fucking Democrats shouldn't have been promoting a fascist in Israel while running on being anti fascist

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  • [–] -4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    instead of

    LIAR! Of fucking course the Democrats shouldn't have been doing that! Nobody's disputing that! You are inventing a false dichotomy out of thin fucking air!

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Who's lying? You, right here in this thread, are ragging on the voters. Not the genocide supporting Democrats who refused to stop supporting fascist Netanyahu.

    You have decided to spend your energy not attacking the corrupt shitbags, but the people who are stuck STILL asking them to change their stance. What the fuck are you fighting for?

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  • [–] -4 points 5 months ago

    You are cherry-picking only the things I said in this thread to try to crucify me for being on-topic. That's disingenuous bullshit and you fucking know it.

    And besides that...

    Not the genocide supporting Democrats who refused to stop supporting fascist Netanyahu.

    What part of "of fucking course the Democrats shouldn’t have been doing that" did you not understand? I did, in fact, criticize genocide-supporting Democrats right in the very comment you replied to!

    And moreover, EVERY SINGLE OTHER COURSE OF ACTION SUPPORTED FASCIST NETANYAHU EVEN MORE.

    You have decided to spend your energy not attacking the corrupt shitbags, but the people who are stuck STILL asking them to change their stance. What the fuck are you fighting for?

    I'm fighting for you to quit being delusional accelerationist dipshits who cause more genocide, among countless other catastrophes, through your sheer stupidity!

    I ALSO fight for replacing the genocide-supporting Democrats with something better, IN OTHER TIMES AND CONTEXTS WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY APPROPRIATE! And fuck you for telling lies, falsely claiming I don't!

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