#harm reduction is so important to me. didn't go on this in the main post bc it's a tangent but just like

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I'm very open to changing my mind when it comes to the people I respect but in this case I feel they're very very wrong. Dems have reneged on multiple promises such as cancelling student debt and they didn't even bother to introduce any policies this time (from what I saw), so even if they DO do good things sometimes, they definitely didn't codify Roe and they have no reason to, I feel, if that's their main draw/appeal. Therefore I understood these arguments back in 2020 but now after a full year of broadcasted genocide, it literally is my red line and limit.

Those I respect, I respect cuz they have good intentions and know about the importance of community, so I would do as they asked because of my faith in them, but I don't have this same faith for the general public. And the general public has proved why that's correct over and over again. So there are definitely different contexts when I hear one person say a line versus the other. In this case, the people I respect actually DO do community organizing and whatnot while the general public only shows up once every 4 years so they can brag about being correct or whatever and then leave and never talk about it again. I feel irritated when these people don't acknowledge they could be wrong and they minimize big issues and downplay how sheerly horrible and evil it is to normalize and accept genocide. "We'll push her left," they say, when in reality they've only been following her as she goes more right. My own position is as someone who has given up on Blue entirely, finds them evil (maybe even worse than Red), and would vote for anyone but Blue or Red. They're not entitled to my vote and I don't believe the "harm reduction" is a real thing when she's bragging about being tougher on borders and is probably like one millisecond away from criminalizing LGBT rights.

The election has been called but we can still wait and see what happens such as if there's an actual recount (I did send a message to The White House about election security), but my impatience majorly comes from what I think is lot of people falling for Blue's lies and refusing to hold them accountable. It really feels like victim blaming at this point.

I saw too many posts that pissed me off which makes me want to cut off anyone who thinks like that, but in a more rational state, I think it might be a net negative to do so even if I did get mad as hell. Practicality > Temporary Anger.

I know some people are well-meaning but that doesn't mean they get a free pass to bash others, especially when they're alienating people who would theoretically be on their side.

Tensions are high and I almost felt like destroying every single connection I have for the sake of my own politics, but if I think about it, it's not a good idea, huh?

I will watch and wait. But I haven't been proven wrong yet. Yes it's bad that he's in office but are liberals gonna sit and do nothing like during a Blue presidency or will they finally fight the evil people for once? You only do it when your own rights are directly at stake-- otherwise you don't care about people who are across the ocean. It's mentally draining but evil stuff has been going on for longer than a year and we can actually do something about it with our votes.

I'm going to sleep now but I doubt I'll get any art or other stuff done for like a week. This is more pressing to me right now, similar to how news of the genocide often tanks my creative output every time there's a disaster. I hate that being normalized and DEMS normalized it.