• @[email protected]
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    027 days ago

    What about the idiots who chose to stay home and not vote at all. They may not have voted for it, but they weren’t voting against it either, and ambivalence in the face of fascism is tacit support.

      • NSRXN
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        027 days ago

        only the people who voted for a candidate are responsible for electing that candidate.

        • @[email protected]
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          027 days ago

          I and many others have tried to explain this to you people so many times that I don’t have the patience for it anymore, so I’m not going to take the bait.

          But you’re wrong.

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            026 days ago

            I and many others have tried to explain this

            And you all fail every time because you’re just wrong

            Tell me, the millions of people who didn’t vote in California, who did they “vote” for by being silent, given the fact the electoral votes of that state went Dem, as everyone knew would happen?

            If non-voters are equally as responsible as voters (a stupid notion to begin with but let’s roll) then you have to take into account where those voters were or you’re obviously just looking to blame people

              • NSRXN
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                it’s tautological that votes for a candidate are what elect the candidate.

                • @[email protected]
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                  Don’t worry, you can take the path of the president you didn’t vote for, yet helped elect and deny responsibility for your own actions. Like at work when they ask you if you’d rather work all weekend without pay or with pay, and you don’t want to work the weekend at all so you just let everyone else decide for you. It may not be the best move, but it’s the best move you can bring yourself to commit to.

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                    I’m only responsible for my own actions, just as everyone else is responsible for theirs

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            026 days ago

            you don’t know that the nonvoters aren’t doing something, possibly something even more effective than voting. at least you seem to be acknowledging that they’re likely good people, anyway.

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              026 days ago

              They should at least give us a sign, that they are doing something, by now, I mean, would appreciate that, hope is needed now, more than ever, not?

              • NSRXN
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                026 days ago

                given the vitriol I’ve seen here, I don’t know why they would want to talk to Democrats at all

                • @[email protected]
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                  026 days ago

                  those damn democrats, yelling about how tmurp’s going to destroy the country, then telling everyone who voted for them they voted for a guy who’s destroying the country. Damn their eyes, don’t they see that our symbolic gesture made us feel like we were above it, all the way until inauguration day?

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                    that’s a nice strawman you’ve set up. can I watch you knock it down, too?

        • @[email protected]
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          026 days ago

          If you saw someone about to get raped on your sidewalk, and you just went inside without defending them or calling 911, don’t you realized you helped FACILITATE the rape? Not voting is facilitating the other votes to matter more.

          • NSRXN
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            026 days ago

            so by not voting, they made the Democrats votes worth more, too.

            • @[email protected]
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              Correct, but you can make the “better side” votes count more than the “worse side” votes by participating. Sitting on your couch and not absolutely includes you in fault of the worse side winning, just like the rape scenario you didn’t comment on.

              • NSRXN
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                026 days ago

                I am not responsible for the bad behavior of others.

                • @[email protected]
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                  026 days ago

                  As a citizen, hopefully of good conscience and morals, you ARE responsible for NOT doing good when you can. We all are, no matter how many downvotes you collect by arguing against this common sense fact.

                  • NSRXN
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                    026 days ago

                    this is a stack of platitudes dressed up as a moral message.

                • @[email protected]
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                  026 days ago

                  no, you’re just responsible for not standing against the worse side, or can you still not tell which side is worse?

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      245 millions could’ve voted, 90 millions didnt vote, 77 millions voted for trump.

      68% of people either didn’t care about fascism or wanted it.

      Dear americans, wtf happened. Where were you.

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        They were programmed through the magic of Designer Outrage™ that unless there is zero genocide happening in Palestine¹, they and everyone else should abstain from voting.

        ¹ Ukraine was not mentioned because they couldn’t give a shit about the atrocities committed elsewhere as long as they could disrupt the election in America.

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          026 days ago

          That was a very small percentage of voters. Most Americans didn’t care about Palestine and just believed Trump’s promises to fix the economy.