#we’ve seen it. and you can be angry with people who are disingenuously waxing virtuous about not voting but please do not condescend to or

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this isn’t directed at anyone here and i’m just treating tumblr as my outlet for frustrations i can’t or don’t want to express elsewhere, but

i have deep, deep qualms about american electoral politics both as a regular person and as a political scientist. i also recognize and understand the position of viewing voting as a tactical form of harm reduction. i recognize the ever-growing cloud of fascism settling upon us. i am aware of the structural and practical differences of having a democrat vs. republican president. and i am capable of holding these facts and feelings in my head while being frustrated with the increasingly prevalent messaging i’m seeing that is not far off from “do you fucking stupid whiny babies want to stop pissing your diapers for one second, shut up, and come join the adults at the big table to vote blue?”