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Texas’s Biggest County Shatters Early Voting Records (newrepublic.com)
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[–] 50 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you (assuming you’re a Texan capable of voting)

This “it doesn’t matter” line is complete defeatist bullshit. You can’t gerrymander state office. Hinojosa can oust governor hot wheels if we get out there. Talarico has a good shot of people vote.

Trump won because of the nearly 1/3 of voters who “it can feel pointless”.

I’m Texan, I’m progressive and you can be damn sure I’m voting.

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  • [+] -15 points 1 day ago* (3 children)

    (assuming you’re a Texan capable of voting)

    Given I have already voted (as referenced when I mentioned being in the voting line), I'm not capable of voting anymore in this election. I did have a worker comment that my photo on my ID doesn't look like me despite being from less than 2 years ago, but they didn't make it a problem.

    This “it doesn’t matter” line is complete defeatist bullshit.

    Agreed. That's what I was saying in my comment. That this type of news should be used to insist on the importance rather than just dismissing it.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Then why did you start with "I won't go and vote"?

    From the beginning, that frames your comment as someone who's anti-voting explaining why it's pointless, which we already have too much of around here.

    So the rest of your comment sounded confusing, almost like you went to the polls to talk with people in line but not cast a vote yourself.

    If you already voted, good. But try to be clearer when you're encouraging people to vote so they don't think you're saying the opposite.

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  • [+] -11 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Then why did you start with “I won’t go and vote”?

    As part of the joke that was followed up by implying I won't because I already did. People shouldn't wait if they're able to vote early. Anyways, apparently the punchline fell flat.

    From the beginning, that frames your comment as someone who’s anti-voting explaining why it’s pointless

    "Good news like this can be used as a motivator to show people this election could be different"? Not sure how this could possibly be anything other than encouraging people to vote.

    So the rest of your comment sounded confusing, almost like you went to the polls to talk with people in line but not cast a vote yourself.

    Only reason I'd have done that is if they denied my vote.

    Thanks for the explanation!

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  • [–] 5 points 19 hours ago

    Yeah, the punchline wasn't very clear. And if the downvotes are any indication, I'm not the only one who read it that way.

    It happens though, it's a learning experience, we can all move on without tripping each other up, because ultimately we seem to be on the same side here

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