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if you don't vote, someone still gets to be president
idk, i see a lot of people talking about the election and criticizing the democratic candidates, which is great, please do that, but please also acknowledge the stakes and the context here. If you're saying talking about something horrible the dems have done/are doing, and saying not to vote for them because of it, then at least let it be a criticism that does not also apply tenfold to the republicans. Because SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE PRESIDENT. It's one or the other. Realistically, it is Trump, or it is Harris. Convincing people not to vote for Harris is advocating for Trump to win. Period. End of. That is what you are doing.
Since I am going over project 2025 - which was written by some very good friends of Trump, and which the man himself has tried to distance himself from without actually addressing any of the contents of the document itself, which align quite well with how he talks about his values and intentions - here are some quotes i have selected to contextualize the stakes of this election (under the cut for length and tw for transphobia, misogyny, )
If you are trans, here is what they think of us, "Look at America under the ruling and cultural elite today: Inflation is ravaging family budgets, drug overdose deaths continue to escalate, and children suffer the toxic normalization of transgenderism with drag queens and pornography invading their school libraries" (from the foreward by Kevin D Roberts, PhD, on page 1. Kevin is the president of The Heritage Foundation, which describes itself under the 'membership' tab of their 'about' page on their website as the "most influential conservative group in america")
and here are a few of the policies they would like to inact in regards to us, "Reverse policies that allow transgender individuals to serve in the military. Gender dysphoria is incompatible with the demands of military service, and the use of public monies for transgender surgeries or to facilitate abortion for servicemembers should be ended." (Page 104),
"Reissue a stronger transgender national coverage determination. CMS should repromulgate its 2016 decision that CMS could not issue a National Coverage Determination (NCD) regarding “gender reassignment surgery” for Medicare beneficiaries. In doing so, CMS should acknowledge the growing body of evidence that such interventions are dangerous and acknowledge that there is insufficient scientific evidence to support such coverage in state plans." (Page 474)
"Restrict the application of Bostock. The new Administration should restrict Bostock’s application of sex discrimination protections to sexualorientation and transgender status in the context of hiring and firing" (Bostock in this context is a legal case regarding workers protections against discrimination in the workplace, this is page 584 saying that they would like it to be legal to fire people for being trans)
Or how about this from pages 4-5, "The next conservative President must make the institutions of American civilsociety hard targets for woke culture warriors. This starts with deleting the terms sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”), diversity, equity, and inclusion(“DEI”), gender, gender equality, gender equity, gender awareness, gender-sensi-tive, abortion, reproductive health, reproductive rights, and any other term used to deprive Americans of their First Amendment rights out of every federal rule, agency regulation, contract, grant, regulation, and piece of legislation that exists." Still the foreward there, same author. Literally calling to restrict speech in the name of 'freedom of speech'. Some irony there. The next paragraph starts by describing 'transgender ideology' (the existence of trans people) as 'pornography'.
Page 5, literally the next paragraph. "Pornography, manifested today in the omnipresent propagation of transgender ideology and sexualization of children, for instance, is not a political Gordian knot inextricably binding up disparate claims about free speech, property rights, sexual liberation, and child welfare. It has no claim to First Amendment protection. Its purveyors are child predators and misogynistic exploiters of women. Their product is as addictive as any illicit drug and as psychologically destructive as any crime. Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders. And telecommunications and technology firms that facilitate its spread should be shuttered."
How are we feeling? But what about foreign policy? What about Palestine?
Page 94 reads, "Sustain support for Israel even as America empowers Gulf partners to take responsibility for their own coastal, air, and missile defenses both individually and working collectively"
That does not sound like pulling support from Israel to me.
Oh, also on page 94 is this, "Implement nuclear modernization and expansion. The United States manifestly needs to modernize, adapt, and expand its nuclear arsenal. Russia maintains and is actively brandishing a very large nuclear arsenal, but China is also undertaking a historic nuclear breakout."
Because what we definitely 100% need is more military spending on nuclear weapons. I also cannot help reading that in connection to Palestine, Israel, and our country's allyship with Israel.
I'm getting stressed. I have linked the full document below. Please look up these quotes yourself, check my work, read the context for yourself. Decide for yourself if you feel I have been unfair. Decide for yourself which of the two sets of options is going to do the least damage. Because remember, it's not just the one person you're voting for. The president gets to appoint the people who run the rest of the government. The people Trump likes very much wrote this document.
Please do not play games with weather or not I can be fired from my job for being trans. Please do not play games with my access to healthcare.
It is horrific that we do not have a choice that will end US support for the genocide going on right now. But that choice isn't on the table. Our choices are genocidal fascist or a lot less genocidal fascist.
#2024 election#election 2024#kamala harris#donald trump#project 2024#tw transphobia#politics#someone is going to be the fucking president#it is going to be him or it is going to be her#and you have to pick#there is no picking niether#there is no chance of third party succeeding#how do i know that?#i don't know anyone in person who knows the names of third party candidates#people who aren't that into politics aren't going to know who the fuck that is#people who are disgusted by trump but don't really follow political stuff in general are voting for harris#and that is the majority#the majority of voters who are pursuaded against harris but hate trump are just not going to vote#or even if they do vote third party#they're going to split#we don't have ranked choice voting yet here#have some fucking perspective
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We interrupt our usual broadcast to ask the USAmericans out there, please make plans to go vote for Harris.
What ever you think of Kamala Harris, remember the other guy is basically a fascist.
One of the two will take office after the election - there is no other possibility.
Please do your part in keeping Trump out of power. Go vote for Harris.
#kamala harris#will be a fine normal president she's younger and more energetic and has experience doing the job#she'll have the the flaws of a mainstream American politician but will stick up for people Trump will villainise#there is no 'none of the above' option or third party of any significance#usa politics#vote for someone who can win#don't be fooled by any don't vote rhetoric#everyone should vote#if you're on this website there's a very good chance you're LGBT or Neurodivergent or probably both#maybe you're female or not whitor not rich#you don't want trump's supporters to become emboldened#remeber the USA has a lot of influence on world politics. Trump in power will inspire others like him around the world#how much less support would Ukraine have got under a trump? how much faster would Israel's war have escalated?#please vote#vote blue#vote democrat#and vote for all the other levels of govement as well so much stuff happens at these small levels you don't even know
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this is what i think of when third party voters go around acting morally superior because they don't want to get their hands dirty like the rest of us. they're toddlers having temper tantrums because instead of using the system in a way that could benefit them in the long term like the extremist Republicans have been doing for decades, third party voters refuse to participate in local civics & then claim the entire country is already fascist. they're so cute in their naivety if they think the US can't get any worse.
what the fuck do you think will happen if you try to protest against a government with a military as massive, lethal, & expensive as ours. who do you think will be sacrificed first? oh what's that? crickets? thought so. i'm a white woman but i will absolutely use my voice to point out leftists can be racist as fuck & the anti-blackness in your spaces can be absolutely fucking wild. not everyone leftist is white, but many that are can be pretty problematic.
if you think i'm selfish then fine. if you state that you would gladly exchange my life for a Palestinian like one of you said in a comment to me a few weeks ago then fine. i'm out here fighting to make sure the people who live here in this country don't experience our own Holocaust.
if you have a problem with people wanting to fight this while claiming you're anti-genocide, you're a fucking liar & a hypocrite. you won't know what the fuck to do in a true fascist country. i don't doubt there are pockets of fascism already existing here but you thinking it's already the worst it can be is as infuriating as people who think the government is creating their massive hurricanes using weather machines. you sound just as childish & delusional. you already sound like children because you will never take responsibility for your choices if it ends up helping him win.
jill stein's campaign is a sham. she is deliberately running as a spoiler. she's a wealthy white woman who lives in a mostly white affluent neighborhood. she's going around lecturing black people about white supremacy. she is getting funds from Republicans as well as help from trump's lawyers. Lockheed Martin has given her money. she's involved in shady as fuck index funds for companies that harm the environment. she only started talking about Gaza during this election cycle to hit you in the feelings so she can bank on it. she made a whole stink about needing a recount, raised a bunch of money for that, & then that money disappeared who knows where. do you all hear this? do you care? no, you're just like maga with their orange Jesus. you don't give a FUCK about stein's red flags because she's "different."
if Harris loses & you blame anyone but yourselves, you're cowardly traitors who threw us regular Americans to the wolves because of your precious fucking principles. history has shown time & time again that protest voting typically allows something worse to take control. it's hardly ever beneficial to the people. you're vile. you don't want to make this world a better place by allowing so many near you to suffer & die. if both sides are the same then please tell me you're okay with another trump presidency. or just shut the fuck up.
i look forward to more potentially heartwarming messages saying that my life doesn't mean shit from people who allegedly are against the death penalty & are pro-human rights 🥰
please vote, don't stop talking about Project 2025, etc. i hope enough of us vote in a way that these pathetic third party voters don't gain any kind of traction. at this point i'm just angry at their hypocrisy when they don't even listen to other protestors who live here & are begging them to not vote third party. i refuse to listen to y'all not take responsibility for your part. Project 2025 will hurt us all but apparently you're okay with that or you think it's already here. smooth brain takes all around. anyways good luck & stay safe to anyone who votes blue 💙
#third party#green party#jill stein#jill stein is a putin plant#jill stein sucks#she will save no one#she can't even call putin a war criminal#do y'all not care about Ukraine#or do they deserve this treatment as well#y'all are so anti war you're more than happy to see it happen tee hee#you're not morallu superior#you're a selfish child#i would like to protect our most vulnerable here#your lack of voting for harris isn't hurting her#it's hurting the rest of us#in the end we'll all be screwed if he wins#the revolution isn't going to happen the way you want it#the fascists here are extremely well organized and have been playing a long game#the leftists in this country are nowhere near this organized or backed up#i kind of fucking hate you#so i look forward to more messages about how my life doesn't matter#you sure showed the system lmao#us politics#please vote#vote blue#let's drown out these selfish naive voters#project 2025#stop project 2025#agenda 47#kamala harris
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idk I don't really understand the stance of "I'm tired of voting for the lesser of two evils, so I'm just not going to vote." would you rather have the greater of two evils, then? we're not voting for the lesser evil because we just love evil so dang much, it's because between a lesser evil and a greater evil, there is a significant difference. and we only get one of the two. there is no third option.
#third party & independent candidates have potential in local elections#in some cases even up to congress – bernie sanders has been registered as an independent this whole time!#but they are not going to become president of the united states#it is mathematically impossible given the current setup with the electoral college and all#if you're going to vote for them you might as well leave your vote blank bc you are having no actual impact on the presidential election#(do vote down ballot though)
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I can’t believe it still needs to be said but please don’t write in any celebrities on your ballot as a joke. The amount of people who voted for a dead gorilla in 2016 is concerning
#no not the typos#so much is on the line it’s not a joke#The amount of people joking about writing in is not funny.#it’s not funny or cute to do that as a joke - it reeks of privilege to be able to be that nonchalant about a crucial election#trump won bc ppl voted for a dead gorilla and celebs as a joke#the margin of write in was enough votes to change things#I can’t believe it needs to be said but please don’t write in#even writing in a politician who isn’t picked does nothing#third party or others are essentially the same#also the amount of ppl who voted for Tay in 2016 was embarrassing
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For the third-party voters arguing that they're pulling for a better candidate with a genuine chance of winning and not splitting the vote--okay. Let's suspend reality pretend that's true. In that case, please answer the following for me:
Why haven't I heard of your third-party candidate before now if they have such a good platform and they're clearly the better alternative? How good of a candidate can they be if they have no public support outside of your very vehement niche on tumblr and apparently no real skill at/infrastructure for getting their message out?
"Well, because they're a small campaign! They're not corporate shills! They aren't taking Dark Money!" Mkay, so are they taking in any money? If they don't have the finances to support their message, let alone their campaign, that doesn't exactly point to the kind of interest that substantiates your claim that they have A Real Chance, Guys, I Swear of winning the election.
For that matter, Insistent That You're Not Splitting The Vote blog, why is it that there is absolutely nothing on said blog about your candidate prior to this spring? Yeah, that's the time frame of most states' primaries, but like...you'd think that since [candidate] is your ideal political blorbo, you would have been boosting their message before then--you know, to support them and get people to vote for them in the primaries. Kinda weird that you weren't enthusiastic about them any earlier than 5 months before the election. Kinda convenient that you're insistent that this, Year Of The Most Fraught And Partisan Election Part 3: Fascism Boogaloo, is the year a third-party candidate totally has a chance.
On the heels of that, what have you been doing to work toward a future where a third-party candidate actually has a real chance? Because there's a whole lot of nothing on your blog about anything helpfully actionable, like how people can work to get ranked-choice voting on their state's ballot. Instead, your blog is mostly just how important it is to "show the Dems people are tired of choosing between two bad candidates by taking your ball and going home instead."
Does your candidate have any political support on the local, regional, or federal level from either party or independents? Because executive orders aside, they aren't getting shit done in their presidency if they don't have any political allies or a party allegiance to draw on.
For that matter, what has your candidate accomplished politically thus far? What can they point to as proof that they could be a successful president?
And the real question it all boils down to: do you really, full honesty, no bullshit believe your candidate can beat Trump?
"Well, if people just--" Nope. No "well, if these 18 extremely fortuitous and equally unlikely things happen" wish-fulfillment scenarios. As things stand right now, in the real world, can your candidate get the necessary votes? Do they have the kind of appeal that can get even lifelong Republicans to endorse them and the track record to back up their campaign promises? Do 270 Electoral College votes' worth of Americans know them and support their policies?
Because unless you're lying to yourself, I'm willing to bet the answer is no. And yeah, this applies to all of the third-party candidates. Look at this piece from Politico: https://www.politico.com/interactives/2024/where-are-third-party-candidates-ballots/ You'll notice that not one of them has managed to get on the ballot for every single state. Please make the extremely obvious conclusions about their chances.
('But calliope, there's another third-party candidate that isn't on there.' Yes, I'm aware. Politico is no doubt aware too. For some wacky reason they decided not to include the Unicorn Party on their list, idk.)
"I'm still not going to support a genocide--" Even if you don't "support a genocide" by voting, I'm sorry to inform you that you are green-lighting a genocide by not acting to prevent a second Trump presidency. Because the reality is that either Kamala or Trump will be winning the election, regardless of what you'd like to believe. If Kamala doesn't win, we get Trump--the guy who wants Netanyahu to "turn Gaza into a parking lot" and wants internment camps in the U.S. for immigrants. You don't want to support a genocide, so instead you're splitting the vote or talking people out of voting so that we end up with both a genocide abroad and one right here at home. Because if you don't think Trump will take the Supreme Court-ordained right to commit any crime he'd like and, backed by the Heritage Foundation, go after immigrants and the LGBT+ community--like he's explicitly said he'll do all throughout the Project 2025 manifesto--then you haven't been paying attention to anything in the last 8 years.
We can't afford a close election like 2020. The right has been tossing around the phrase "civil war" for the last couple years and is just waiting for an excuse. Unless they lose by an undeniable margin, it'll be "stop the steal" and fascist gun nuts storming state buildings and harassing governors and secretaries of state at their homes all over again. And to make sure that we have the margin we need to make it clear Trump has lost, splitting the vote cannot happen.
It's awesome that you're invested in the idea of eliminating the two-party system, because yeah, it's fucked. No arguments here. The two-party system, the Electoral College, the lack of automatic voter registration, the lack of ranked-choice voting...a lot of things are fucked about the U.S. electoral system. But we will be able to change approximately none of them under a Trump presidency, and no one has any chance of beating him in November other than Kamala Harris.
And full offense, but if you're still trying to insist otherwise, I'm genuinely unable to assume you are anything other than stubbornly naive at best and a bad faith actor/psyop at worst.
#if this seems salty toward a certain candidate it's not#all salt is directed solely at people deadset on the narrative#that if you're not voting third-party ''when there's a Truly Progressive candidate with a Real Chance For Realsies''#then you are either a. a coward; b. a huge fan of genocide; or c. stupidly naive to think kamala can be pushed further left#(please sigh with me at the irony of a 'my third-party candidate can totally beat trump' crusader calling anyone naive)#anyway /rant#if you come into the notes to try and be a shithead please be aware that i love blocking idiots ✌️#(wildly unlikely it'll even be an issue as no one outside of my moots and like 2 dozen very patient followers know i exist)#(so i'm mostly doing the online equivalent of angrily yelling out of my window with only four people in earshot lmao)#us politics#long post
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I hope you dumb niggas who voted for Stein because she'd be good for Palestine even though she has ties to Israel, is running with an anti-abortion transphobe, and is genuinely just a shitty grifter are super fucking proud of yourselves right now
#i dont even care about voting third party#no third party candidate has ever had the backing to win but you do you#i just fucking hate stein and her stupid fucking grift#and the white shit leftists who voted for her to feel less guilty#because thats what this is about#white american guilt#i hope youre happy#i hope you walk in front of a semi truck#or commit ritual suicide to cure your white guilt#motherfuckers#complete thoughtlessness#2024 presidential election#she played you assholes so hard and you fucking fell for it
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On one hand this is the most hilarious thing I've ever read, because this person has NO idea how the US government works. On the other hand this is deeply concerning, because this person has NO idea how the US government works. No, the president cannot just "get rid of" his political opponents, although that's exactly what Trump would LIKE to do if he gets back into the White House.
#YIKES LOL#uninformed self-described leftists/socialists who refuse to vote - or only vote third party - sure are something#“trump and biden are the same! i will only vote third party! i am so smart!”#“people told me voting for biden would DEFEAT TRUMP but trump is still around! I was lied to!” <- paraphrasing what they said#where do I even start#?????????#my post
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i libbed out and got too optimistic i forgot the average american voter is a fucking idiot
#like listen i have problems with kamala too#but you cannot convince me the republicans voted against her for any other reason than racism and misogyny#its fucking baffling that a rapist felon whos been impeached TWICE just won bc the other candidate was....a black woman????#TRUMP DOESNT EVEN HAVE POLICIES LIKE ARE WE FORGETTING 'CONCEPTS OF A PLAN???'#maybe im in too much of an echo chamber bc im in a blue state but why is everyone genuinely so fucking stupid#AND NOT EVEN THAT!!! THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE TOO!! SO THESE PEOPLE JUST VOTED TO MAKE THEIR OWN STATE DIRECTLY WORSE!!!#i dont know who to slap bro do i slap the dems the republicans or the third party voters
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"saying that both democrats and republicans are bad options led to trumps victory" im going to eat your face off like a wild chimp, unsuspecting european
#''people voting for jill stein/third parties made harris lose'' and then showing me fucking VIRGINIA#SERIOUSLY. SHE WON VIRGINIA.#like yeah third parties are kinda como se dice useless but their votes are so fucking negligible its not even funny#anyways sorry nonamericans but Especially europeans shut up ab the election#i PROMISE that the fringe activists protesting bombings under biden admin and criticizing harris did not cause trump to win.#just because dems wear a smile doesnt mean they wont stab you like repubs do. itll just be in the back instead of the front
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sorry im not voting for any candidate that will happily continue supplying weapons for a genocide. it would go against everything i stand for
#when i do go vote this week i might vote third-party or abstain from picking a president entirely. id have to do research#also kamalas such a bad pick. saying nothing on queer protections while promising “the most lethal military in the world”#and is a known cop happy to put transgender ppl in jail#i dont trust like that. idk wtf her strategy is but even if she wasnt actively participating in genocide i probably wouldnt pick her#any party needs to earn my vote and if they cant do that idk what to tell you thats their problem#and if they lose so be it. do better next 4 years#idk. ultimately i know no president or government entity will do anything to protect trans ppl bc it goes against their interests#but the least they can do is not participate in genocide and not allow things to get worse#and given the last 4 years the democrats fail on those fronts completely. they have done nothing for us
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seeing clips of the US presidential debate and 😬 ngl i feel lowkey bad for biden. he’s a war criminal at this point but also he’s senile so idek if he knows anything going on around him. every election u think there cant possibly be two worse candidates to choose from & every election that is proven wrong
#every sane person would vote third party frankly but the americans are filled with ppl who are not sane#so unfortunately i think trump may just win#i think americans equipped to push for change are the ones shrugging and saying u can only vote for biden or trump wins#democratic party chose this over the many eligible candidates.#even bernie sanders who ppl would mock bc of his age is doing much better cognitively
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There shouldn't ever be a situation where you'd be okay with any amount of Hitler
#what the fuck is wrong with yanks#'both candidates will do genocide so ill vote for the nicer one' youre still voting for genocide and i will still view you as such#voting third party or not voting at all would be better. even if trump won youd at least show your govt youre against genocide#right now youre showing them that youre perfectly okay with it as long as one candidate treats you a little better
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some leftists, even those who will vote for Kamala Harris while holding their nose, make claims like, "fascism doesn't just go away if you vote against it" & while there are those out there who do feel this way (or at least want to) there are MANY who know that something like Project 2025 doesn't just go away if they lose their chance to implement it nationwide.
a leftist responded to one of my comments on facebook when i mentioned something about "accelerationists." it was only part of my comment & not even my point. they were SO offended by me calling "all of them that" when i did no such thing. what i see is that leftists who claim they're above everyone because they don't fall for propaganda that easily are proving they are just as human as the rest of us & only read what they want to read.
i get it: the US has A LOT of issues. this is not a great country. there are so many things i want to see get changed for the better. there are plenty of folks who feel the same while not identifying themselves as far left.
one other issue i have: i mention Ernst Thälmann quite a bit in my political posts. he was a German politician & leader of the Communist Party of Germany. he regarded the Social Democratic Party as "social fascists" which made it harder for the two leftist parties to work together. when he ran for office again in 1933 he lost by a landslide & Hitler took office. Thälmann was arrested by the Gestapo & sent to Buchenwald. his party rival, Walter Ulbricht, ignored requests to plead for his release & Thälmann was eventually shot & killed on Hitler's personal command.
when i brought up Thälmann recently, someone commented, "yeah, don't be like the guy who wanted to beat fascism but vote them in instead." that is NOT what i meant & these folks who claim they're the smartest ever because they don't like the US (that's actually a low bar; plenty if people dislike it) like to pretend they don't see my point. my only point is this: we are stronger together regardless of your normal party affiliation. working apart? making purity politics your hill to die on? it won't help us & we probably won't like how that'll turn out.
leftists who don't see the forest for the trees: you're right, you can't just "vote fascism away." the issue is your wanting to be superior to the rest of us is you may be part of what helps them get that kind of power. you're not the MAIN problem; our justice system is garbage & there's decades of poor education & people have been falling for propaganda & people are voting for anyone who is as hateful & ignorant as they are. my point in saying to not be an Ernst Thälmann is: don't tear us apart because of even slightly different ideologies. we need to work together. start at the local level. please remember it's not just the president; Congress & the Supreme Court are also filled to the brim with corruption.
#us politics#american politics#leftists#anyone can fall for propaganda#anyone can take something out of context#anyone fighting against what the gop has become needs to be welcome#keeping us all apart is a major problem#voting third party won't solve anything & only hurts the major party closer to your goals#america is awful in a lot of ways#there are pockets of fascism everywhere#and our government has been fascist to indigenous & non-white people for ever#but good things can happen if we work together starting at local level#yes call out the president#but i hope you're doing the same to members of congress#y'all act like our government is already a monarchy#even if the president doesn't wish for somrthing to happen Congress is the one that can make it awful too#liberals#conservatives#libertarians#centrists#moderates#democrats#republicans#you're all welcome if you don't want trump to win
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There’s a certain type of white progressive that I just can’t stand. There’s never gonna be a perfect politician we align with on every single issue, you pick the closest one that represents your values.
I don’t understand how you can look at one candidate who you don’t agree with in a few areas, and another who will literally strip the rights of every vulnerable group ; and think they are both equally evil.
If you’re cool with throwing your vote away for a third party / sitting this election out, and potentially having the US go decades back, that’s an incredibly privileged experience.
#we legit have a progressive candidate now which is progress but you’re still voting third party#it’s so damn childish#you can do what you want but stop acting like it’s about morals when you’re helping roll back decades of progess for human rights#and I’m progressive but you gotta suck it up and pick lesser of two evils#it’s like all the people who wouldn’t just vote for Hilary in 2016 but pat themselves of the back for having morals#even if you live in a very blue state it’s still incredibly privileged#people starting shit about waltz now as if he’s not so much better than the other options and a million times better than Vance#poc often feel isolated in those spaces bc of stuff like this#us politics
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I’ve been seeing a lot of discussions/discourse on tumblr and twitter surrounding kamala/voting for kamala so I want to put my two cents in as someone who will have no actual influence towards the outcome of the election
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Let’s look at the hypothetical that trump wins because the vote was split or people simply just refused to and kamala didn’t gain enough votes to win.
In the scenario, I want every person who decided it would be better not to vote or vote for a random third party candidate who has no shot at winning who only comes up during election years to say all of the “not like the other guys” talking points to explain to not just me but every queer, trans, disabled, non white, AFAB person who is now at severe risk why you chose to not vote to help them have rights. I want to see your explanations if trump wins. you also cannot use Palestinians suffering to make yourself seem better than you actually are
My point is that if trump wins because your delusions lead you to believe that you can single handedly change the way elections work in this country by “sticking it to the dems” and trump wins and we become a facist state, I want to hear what you have to say when we all start loosing rights and palestine gets wiped off the map
“Well we won’t let that happen” Good fucking luck. In project 2025 im pretty sure there is a section about how we basically won’t be able to protest anything anymore, not only that im also pretty sure trump has talked about deporting pro palestine protesters specifically!
You cannot be a single issue voter in this election and in many elections to come. Change doesn’t happen overnight and you need to wake up and realize that kamala will be the start of actually getting more progressive candidates and policies even if it’s not enough right now at this very moment. We all have to actually start putting in the effort instead of sitting around on our asses complaining
If we get kamala in, we won’t have to worry about our country becoming a facist state therefore we can worry more about palestine and putting more pressure on the dems than there already is. That should be a no brainer to some of you
This post isn’t praising kamala or trying to idolize her in anyway, always be critical of politicians. This post is more of a message to the preformative leftists on tumblr and twitter who have zero knowledge on how the US government works.
It’s kamala or trump this november. We cannot change that less than 100 days away from election day
Should I repeat myself? I hope you can understand that.
I’m not trying to bash anyone for continuing to put pressure on kamala and the dems for being complicit in bombing children. That’s not who my post is about like I already said
I think that all the protests outside of the DNC are especially important because it shows we have not forgotten and will continue to put pressure on the dems to do the right thing for once
but like I already said, it’s kamala or trump. Third party candidates are either grifters who only are there to get money and trick gullible leftists or candidates who have never been in any lower level political positions who think they can automatically garner a shit ton of support to win when they can’t. Your other option is to not vote which is arguably worse
I’m not trying to be the one to change anyones mind but I hope this post can help you reconsider your options and start facing the reality of this election
You have an important choice to make this november. I hope you can make the right one
edit: im not trying to beg anyone to vote for kamala or make anyone who is against her because of her handling of Palestine vote for kamala, especially if you are Palestinian yourself. Im not trying to make anyone feel bad about it either. Thats not the point of this post. The point is that change needs to happen now and this election is a perfect start to do so. We cannot have good change under a second trump term. I know im just repeating myself at this point but I want to put this out there incase I come off wrong or offensive. Also, I dont like the dems at all. I dont align with their party but you shouldnt even care abt what party I align with most. Im not a pro activist whose been in the game for 10+ years, im just a trans boy who has essentially been forced to pay attention to the shit going on in the country because of who I am even though it shouldn't concern me nearly as much as it does.
second edit: check out this tiktok and this persons other tiktoks abt palestine and kamala
#Also i’m a queer neurodivergent minor I literally cannot do much outside of spreading awareness#please vote#go vote#kamala harris#tim walz#2024 elections#i’ll delete this if this becomes super controversial#Like can we please please just be organized for once and put on our thinking caps just this once#Also if you just want to argue with me or anyone else or you want to try to paint me as pro isreal im blocking you. Im not and never will b#and it personally offends me that you would assume so because im simply trying to be logical about the upcoming election. Even if it sucks#for me to do so since the dems continue to do so little for Palestine and it hurts my heart to see them suffering and I wish we could all#just vote third party but we cant until we get rid of the electoral collage and implement ranked choice voting#this also goes for centrist dems who just wanna hate on protesters and say nasty ass shit to them im blocking yall as well#I wasnt even going to get into this myself but im admittedly scared. Ik kamala has a good shot but I dont want a repeat of 2016#Turning reblogs off for a bit sorry im being paranoid
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