#obligatory note that this was a one-off vent post I didn't realize would be seen by others

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I’m so tired of election cycles. To the 'Vote Blue' people: please shut up about lesser evils and tumblr russian psyops. The greatest obstacle to voting blue is voter suppression. Help people in your community to vote. Leave those with legitimate fury and grief for Biden alone.

It’s fucking cruel the way you all are treating Palestinian lives. Have some basic awareness as citizens of the imperial core my god. Take your irritation and anger and funnel it elsewhere. You all speak of and to non-voters like they're children. It’s profoundly disrespectful.

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If you're USamerican and feel very strongly about how people vote in this upcoming election, if you feel hopeless about how those around you aren't voting, here's some suggestions.

Sign up to be a poll worker or election worker in your county. You might need to call or email the local election office to find out how to do this.

Get very familiar with your local voting process and its bureaucracy. Know the important deadlines and remind people of them. (Being a poll worker helps a lot with this.)

Ask your friends and family if they're voting. Have progressive voting guides on hand if they don't know who or what to vote for. Offer to drive people or go with them to vote. Fill out your mail-in ballots together.

Organize and join get out the vote campaigns. Canvass. Table. Flyer. Call. Text.

Don't shame people for ambivalence, disinterest, or hostility to voting. Be curious. Provide practical advice and tangible support.