#protest votes

[thingstrumperssay]

I'm sure I've explained this before the election but apparently I didn't dumb it down enough for people.

For all of the dumbass protest voters telling me "It's not my fault I voted third party or didn't vote! You can't just let the Democrats roll over you every time!" here's a reality check:

Third parties will never win an election.

Third parties know that they're just there to steal votes away from one of the actually two candidates because of dumbasses who cries "both sides are just as bad!" like you.

RFK Jr. only ran because he believed that he would take votes away from Kamala, and he dropped out when that didn't work. Jill Stein is fucking buddies with Putin. (And I'm pretty sure her VP is super anti-trans.)

And do you know why they will never win? Because the vast majority of Americans don't put in the fucking research into who they're voting for anyway. They choose based on vibes and grocery prices.

The amount of minorities for Trump that were like "wait I didn't know that he actually hates us!" despite Trump shouting "I hate you!" for ten years is staggering.

They've been having their fellow MAGAts shouting "I hate you" at their fucking face for a decade and they missed it.

So how the fuck do you just assume that every Democrat is going to know how complicit Biden was with Netanyahu (which spoil alert: A lot less complicit than Trump already is!) There are likely people who don't even know that a genocide is even going on over there.

All your "protest vote" to "punish the Democrats" did was not only make the genocide even worse for Palestine, (the thing you claimed you were voting against,) but made thing a lot, LOT worse for Ukraine and a lot worse for the majority of America. (From minorities to people using public services like SNAPP and Medicaid.)

You are just as complicit for every death that happens because of Trump's administration as the people who voted for him.

Fuck you.

[originalleftist]

A Major Muslim American organization, Emgage Action, has endorsed Kamala Harris, and advised against third party votes!

Though not uncritical of Harris, they have clearly recognized what the priority is- stopping the virulently bigoted fascist maniac who is one bad day from becoming "dictator on day one".

[nokingsonlyfooles]

“It’s my hope, Mr. President, that you listen to us, that you choose democracy over tyranny.” - Abdullah Hammoud, Dearborn Mayor and Voter

YES! I can't fuckin' believe the media accurately reported this as a protest and printed/publicized the words of the voters explaining why they did it. AND NOBODY HAD TO ATTEMPT SUICIDE! This is big and it could get even bigger! But it's a qualified bigness, because...

Walz, a major supporter of Biden’s reelection campaign, said Michigan’s “uncommitted” results were a healthy demonstration of democracy. “I think they feel passionate, as they should, about an issue we all care about,” Walz said, adding that he expected most protest voters would eventually return to Biden’s side in a likely November rematch with former President Donald Trump, who himself has struggled with college-educated voters and suburbanites in his ongoing Republican primary against former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. “I’m much more convinced there’s a chance bringing those folks home is much greater than bringing the ‘Never Trump’ folks back home,” Walz said.

Yeah. I know this song and dance. I've seen it happen in person, at protests, in reatime. They come out to "do voter outreach" and they're all smiles to start. "Yes! Please do continue to act upon your freedom of speech in a way I, an advocate for the status quo, find nonthreatening. Your feelings are valid, ha-ha! I expect nothing to change, and indeed I will act to change nothing, but good for you!" A few folks always believe the message has been received and quiet down, that's why they do it. But wait and see what happens to that smile when a few people start interrupting and yelling, "THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH!"

At least this guy's willing to suggest Biden would pick up more votes by moving left than moving right, although I doubt he actually expects anything radical. A few more forgiven student loans or somewhat cheaper drugs aren't much of a problem, and that's leftist too! So we don't really have to worry about the ongoing genocide.

The thing is, if/when this picks up momentum and the DNC starts to think they might have to change something or lose, it will become something other than a positive demonstration of free speech. It'll be childish tantrum-throwing, pointless, uncivil, attention-whoring, astroturfed, counterproductive foreign interference, and whatever else sounds bad. If any of you out there in internet-land already feel threatened by it, you're probably saying that right now. (Go ahead and comment, you'll boost this with other people who think like you, and I might change some minds.)

And, if you are comfortable with it and want voters to do it instead of threatening to withhold votes from Biden in the general, check your privilege. Not every state offers this. Unless something changes real fast (at least, I THINK it hasn't changed, it's hard to do a search when "uncommitted" brings up SO MANY news articles about Michigan 😁), mine won't. I can't do this. I can't vote in a third party primary either. It'd be all blue or nothing. And neither of those things will get me any press, so I gotta keep talking. Maybe I'll motivate someone who can vote uncommitted! Or scare a politician! I still think I'm doing more good by staying alive, and I'm a bit distant from any property I might meaningfully damage (although I am open to suggestions that won't get me arrested and silenced), so this is the only thing I got that won't injure a human being.

Tumblr, no matter how you actually intend to vote, if you're not up for living in a two-party system where both parties think they can do a little genocide and stay in power, you have ways of making yourself heard. There are options beyond falling in line behind the lesser evil. Don't let anyone tell you there aren't. And when you start hearing "stop!" or "you can't!" that means you have something they want. A cessation of hostilities! Well, now you might be in a position to negotiate terms! Don't give up!

Please, please, please don't give up. There is so much to be done.

[geezerwench]

It's very simple.

[tomorrowusa]

When Clarence Thomas renames the SCOTUS building after his far right patron Harlan Crow, perhaps ol' Harlan will put some of his Nazi memorabilia on display there.

Clarence Thomas’s Billionaire Benefactor Collects Hitler Artifacts Harlan Crow also reportedly has a garden full of dictator statues.

Justice Thomas is probably the only person on the court who has a friend who owns a signed copy of Mein Kampf. Mr. & Mrs. Alito must be jealous.

The odious Clarence Thomas has been on the court for 33 years now. And he was appointed by one of the less bad Republican presidents – George H.W. Bush. Trump's three SCOTUS appointments could still be handing down terrible decisions well into the 2040s.

When you vote for president, you vote for the person who nominates Supreme Court justices. When you vote for US senator, you vote for somebody who confirms Supreme Court justices. People considering casting useless "protest votes" for candidates with zero chance of winning should keep that in mind.

[aunti-christ-ine]

[catsarecoolstudios]

From the linked article:

"As expected, the picture statewide was more mixed. Overall, more than 100,000 people voted uncommitted. Some commentators have pointed out that that is not all that different from the 11 percent who voted uncommitted statewide in 2012. But there are significant differences between the two elections.

In 2012, the Obama campaign was actively discouraging its supporters from voting in the primary since delegates were actually awarded via the state’s caucus. Partly as a result of that, turnout was unusually low. Fewer than 200,000 people voted in the 2012 Democratic primary, compared to more than 1.2 million in 2016 and 2020, and more than 750,000 this year."

[reasonsforhope]

Literally begging anyone who can vote in US elections to vote, and to vote against Trump. Which means voting for Harris, not abstaining or voting third party.

My family actually did move here from an authoritarian country, where voting literally didn't matter, they literally did throw out your vote, and they literally did assassinate citizens who spoke out against them.

We would all very much like to keep living in a country where those things are not the case!

You know, the same things that Trump and his stooges have openly said they want to do. And two of the main propaganda lines for why people in the US shouldn't vote, which is a lie.

Voting matters. The parties are not the same.

And make sure to vote in down-ballot races!!!

And like. The fact that voting matters in the US is a very real reason for hope. It is something you should genuinely appreciate. We can make a difference.

And a lot of people risked their lives or even died to earn that right, and it's a right not everyone has.

[bunnyhugs22]

[thingstrumperssay]

Hope those protest votes were worth it.

[originalleftist]

It didn't start with that, though.

The indoctrination of GenZ, particularly GenZ boys/men, into Nazism began with the Manosphere, especially Andrew Tate, who actively targeted and recruited young boys.

This was all given an immense boost by the circus around Depp v Heard- polling showed Depp's strongest support by age group came from young people (ie, the folks who grew up watching PotC and spent the most time on social media). It was then that Tate became a household name.

The Gaza War poured fuel on the fire, as college age kids were bombarded with relentless propaganda (often from their professors, as well as celebrities and social media) exploiting their desire to be good allies against racism and oppression and misdirecting it to Jew hate and "pro-Palestine protest votes" that just ensured the new US regime will recognize Israeli control of the West Bank.

Most GenZ women who voted still voted for Harris. But slightly more GenZ men voted for the Fascist.

The TikTok stunt isn't winning over GenZ to fascism- it's just cementing the grip they already had.

trump using the tiktok ban as a way to get gen z to like him is crazy to me just as is

but you know what's crazier?

THE FACT IT ACTUALLY WORKED??? cause why am i seeing everyone say shit like “in trump we trust 🙏🙏” ARE WE FORGETTING ALL THE AWFUL THINGS HES DONE OVER A DUMB APP THAT FRANKLY MOST OF US DON'T NEED???

listen, i know it was a big deal for some people because being an influencer is their job BUT THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING THIS SHIT ARE PEOPLE WHO USE TIKTOK SOLELY FOR RAGEBAIT AND BRAINROT???

[originalleftist]

The thing about "protest votes" that makes them, in this of all elections, so mind-bogglingly intellectually and morally bankrupt, is that the potential consequences now are NOT A HYPOTHETICAL.

We don't need to speculate on what could happen if a bunch of people decide to stay home or vote third party, because they did that in 2016 against THIS EXACT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, and we all enjoyed four years of hell culminating in an attempted coup as a consequence. And three years and counting of the aftermath since, including the destruction of abortion rights across much of the country. To say nothing of the ones who didn't make it through, like the migrants who died in detention, or the HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of preventable Covid deaths.

And now fuckers are saying, "Well, we better do it again just to make sure we get every last bit of the world we haven't burned down yet".

How many real, actual, living people are you prepared to throw under the bus for your "protest vote"?

[bellaciao-ciao-ciao]

[notaplaceofhonour]

𝖂𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖉 𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖛𝖊𝖘 𝖙𝖔 𝖇𝖊 𝖆 𝖕𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖗𝖋𝖚𝖑 𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊…

[stil-lindigo]

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[wuornosreincarnate]

Now this is my type of protest.

American women please start doing this I need to see used pads stuck to every republican house/car/van, every church, every political building, buses ect

I need trump to be greeted at the White House by a sea of women throwing used tampons at him

BE LOUD. BE DISAGREEABLE.