No, she probably wouldn’t have been. But hey, if you’re comfortable cuddling up with that bomb because it has a longer fuse then by all means don’t let me stop you, just don’t act all surprised when it inevitably blows up anyway.
So you’re an accelerationist. Gotcha. The problem with accelerating into fascism is that not enough people have been made aware of their oppression along the way. This is far more likely to result in a lasting dictatorship than the revolution from a longer fuse.
What I am is not complicit with the motherfuckers who are blowing people up; the only solution to the trolley problem is to walk away, because the minute you put your hand on that lever—whether you pull it or not—you become at least partly responsible for every single death on those tracks. You can call that whatever helps you sleep at night.
The choices were genocide or genocide and fascism. Abstaining for my feelings is the same as voting for genocide and fascism. I chose the lesser of two evils, which has always been the only choice in US elections.
I was referring to the person in the voting booth with the bomb, but it extrapolates well to that situation too: if your choice is genocide or genocide and fascism the only sane choice for anyone with a conscience and a shred of compassion is to walk away from both. Never let anyone tell you you only have two choices in a situation, it’s a failure of imagination on their part at best and blatant manipulation and at worst. Choosing the lesser evil is still choosing evil. I chose something else.
People keep trying to blame this on those of us who didn’t vote blue no matter who and it’s the worst kind of victim-blaming bullshit. I have one vote, I didn’t give it to the fascists or their appeasers and collaborators. If that’s not good enough for you then you are cordially invited to fuck all the way off.
If you want to lay the blame at someone’s feet maybe start with the guy who said he wouldn’t run again and then did anyway, then cocked it up by clearly not being fit and waiting so long to step down. Or the party that has been moving to the right on every economic issue since at least the 80s, has no positive vision for the future, and has now become more concerned about being seen giving only the most token of resistance with those stupid fucking signs that accomplish nothing rather than actually trying to, for example, take a few pages out of McConnell’s obstructionist handbook.
If you voted blue you didn’t stand in the way of fascism, you enabled it, so don’t put that shit on me.
No, she probably wouldn’t have been. But hey, if you’re comfortable cuddling up with that bomb because it has a longer fuse then by all means don’t let me stop you, just don’t act all surprised when it inevitably blows up anyway.
So you’re an accelerationist. Gotcha. The problem with accelerating into fascism is that not enough people have been made aware of their oppression along the way. This is far more likely to result in a lasting dictatorship than the revolution from a longer fuse.
What I am is not complicit with the motherfuckers who are blowing people up; the only solution to the trolley problem is to walk away, because the minute you put your hand on that lever—whether you pull it or not—you become at least partly responsible for every single death on those tracks. You can call that whatever helps you sleep at night.
The choices were genocide or genocide and fascism. Abstaining for my feelings is the same as voting for genocide and fascism. I chose the lesser of two evils, which has always been the only choice in US elections.
I was referring to the person in the voting booth with the bomb, but it extrapolates well to that situation too: if your choice is genocide or genocide and fascism the only sane choice for anyone with a conscience and a shred of compassion is to walk away from both. Never let anyone tell you you only have two choices in a situation, it’s a failure of imagination on their part at best and blatant manipulation and at worst. Choosing the lesser evil is still choosing evil. I chose something else.
Again, walking away from both is refusing to stand in the way of fascism. My feelings are not as important as my responsibility.
People keep trying to blame this on those of us who didn’t vote blue no matter who and it’s the worst kind of victim-blaming bullshit. I have one vote, I didn’t give it to the fascists or their appeasers and collaborators. If that’s not good enough for you then you are cordially invited to fuck all the way off.
If you want to lay the blame at someone’s feet maybe start with the guy who said he wouldn’t run again and then did anyway, then cocked it up by clearly not being fit and waiting so long to step down. Or the party that has been moving to the right on every economic issue since at least the 80s, has no positive vision for the future, and has now become more concerned about being seen giving only the most token of resistance with those stupid fucking signs that accomplish nothing rather than actually trying to, for example, take a few pages out of McConnell’s obstructionist handbook.
If you voted blue you didn’t stand in the way of fascism, you enabled it, so don’t put that shit on me.
McConnell used the filibuster to prevent legislation from passing in Congress. That doesn’t work on any of Trumps 100+ executive orders.
I’m not “putting anything on you.” I’m saying if you didn’t vote against fascism, then you enabled it. Simple as.