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196 Stands with Palestine, but those of you in the US should still vote in the general election. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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I've been seeing a lot of anti-voting sentiment going around. Can't believe I have to say this, but you need to vote. Not only is there more to the election than just the president. (State policy, Senate, house), but not voting is not an act of protest. C'mon guys

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[–] [email protected] 103 points 8 months ago (1 children)

100% agree with this. All of it.

I'm deeply dissatisfied with Biden. I'm angry with him for not pressuring Israel, and I was already angry at him even before that. And I will likely end up voting against him in the primary because of it. But realistically:

(1) He will be the Democratic nominee for President

(2) He is an infinitely better choice than the fascist who already attempted a coup once

(3) Either he or Trump will be the next president

There really is only one way to go in the general. Especially if you're here on Blahaj, which means you're either LGBTQ+ or at least friendly to us.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Cool; I didn't know Blahaj was a 2SLGBTQ+ instance. I just thought it was a kind and accepting space, like Beehaw.

Not to derail this thread too much, but I assume Allies are welcome to join? If Beehaw ends up leaving Lemmy, I'll need to make a new account somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'm not the authority here, but my understanding is that yes, allies are welcome.

At least, I hope so, since I originally came here as an ally who was also questioning some things about myself.