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Thank god he’s guilty

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Americans, these are things we are NOT saying in 2024:

"Voting blue won't solve anything." Yes it will: if enough of us do it, it will solve a problem called Trump's second term in the White House. We unfortunately live in a two-party system. If you refuse to vote, you're effectively voting for Trump. I shouldn't need to explain this to people, yet here we are.

"It doesn't matter who's president. Both candidates are the same anyway." No, they are REALLY not. Biden was never my first choice, and his shipments of arms to Israel are despicable, but don't try to tell me even for a second that a second Trump term would be the same for the world as a second Biden term.

"But voting blue won't fix [fundamental underlying problem in America]." Voting for Democrats cannot fix every issue, this is true. But by saying this and ONLY this you are discouraging people from voting by making them feel hopeless. Voting is one of many tools in our arsenal, not the only tool, but an important one, and it does matter.

"You shouldn't vote blue, you should do [other thing] instead." See above: you can vote and protest and organize at the same time. It's not either/or. You can do it all. Stop discouraging voters from exercising their rights under the guise of leftism.

"Voting is just legitimizing government power. It makes you part of the system." Literally just shut up. Women and people of color didn't fight for their voting rights to have you say things like this. If you live in America and you can legally vote, then you should fucking vote, and vote blue. There is no neutral option.

"Voting blue just makes you complicit in [this bad policy]." Inaction, and allowing Trump to have a second term, is worse for the entire world than any Democrat policy. Yes, even that one. Voting is not about finding a perfect unproblematic candidate. It is about choosing the lesser of two evils.

"Voting doesn't work because—" STOP IT. STOP DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM VOTING.

You know who wants you NOT to vote? Trump supporters, that's who. You should be suspicious of ANYONE who is suggesting that your vote doesn't matter, or that both candidates are the same, or that Biden's policy on XYZ means you shouldn't vote for him. Trump supporters aren't trying to get your vote by saying, "Vote for Trump!" They're trying to get your vote by DISCOURAGING YOU FROM VOTING AT ALL.

I don't like Biden either, but Trump is unequivocally worse. Voting doesn't fix everything, but it is the minimum fucking requirement of living in a democracy. Voting for president has real, tangible, immediate impacts on people's lives, and choosing not to vote is not the rebellion you think it is, it is just relinquishing your voice. So fucking vote. THIS IS A GROUP PROJECT AND DAMN IT WE ARE NOT FAILING BECAUSE OF YOU.

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I really think people have forgotten just how bad things were under the Trump Administration. Literally every day there was news about some service being cut or someone terrible appointed somewhere they shouldn't be or what have you. He constantly flirted with WW3 and military dictatorship. It was such a blur of badness that there aren't big standouts for people to point to to make him "the XYZ president." it was everything. all the time. Why do we not remember this.

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There's a post going around that says everyone needs to get out and talk to older people and I agree with that sentiment 100% but then it says "go to a local lutheran churches coffee hour and chat with the old ladies" and I'm sorry but I will stick needles into my eye before willingly walking into another Christian church. There are endless places to meet people that's not a fucking church, why is that the fucking go to of this post.

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This thread is incredibly important to read.

It is also extremely difficult to read. I don't know if I need to point this out, but the document itself is obviously full of bigotry so please take care of yourself if you choose to read it. Antisemitic phrases like "cultural marxism" and "global elites" appear before the document even really gets rolling, and are mixed in with transphobia, racism, and more.

If you want a taste of how this document starts in the first main section about "The Family", here is a taste:

"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-sensitive, 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."

It is all bad. ALL of this document is bad, and dangerous, and threatens the lives and the safety of everyone living in this country.

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I mean, what’s the alternative? There are no viable candidates that don’t support Israel. The closest we have are Williamson and Philips who are still trying to ‘both sides’ the issue and also have no chance in hell of winning the democratic primary if the polls have anything to say about it. Your republican choices are the author of the don’t say gay bill, a woman who said the don’t say gay bill didn’t go far enough, and the guy who is banned from the Colorado ballot for trying to overthrow the government. One of these nasty fucks is going to be president.

The examples of things that happened during Bidens presidency were either the fault of the republican Supreme Court or the conservative Florida governor.

My spouse and I have had serious conversations about fleeing the country if a republican is elected president. This isn’t over ‘fake’ anything. I’m probably going to block you just for that comment tbh.

What is your (general you) plan? Convincing 100 million people to write in sanders? Do you have a plan for a revolution that is concrete and actively in the works and actually going to work? What is it?

I swear a lot of you ‘don’t vote for Biden’ people are republicans trying to spread disinformation.

You know republicans also support Israel, right? There is no candidate you can vote for that doesn’t support Israel. I wish there was but there isn’t.

Republicans don’t believe in no-fault divorce. They don’t believe in marital rape. They’d fucking repeal the 19th amendment if you’d let them. Use your brain and have some self preservation, especially if you don’t have the resources to leave if the US becomes a facist hellscape.

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listen i am not american. i understand that even democrats fucking suck and its a genuinely shitty situation to be in. im so sorry. but hey, hey look at me. why are you guys bullying people for saying "you should still vote blue?" Like im curious about the alternatives youve got. voting red? firebombing walmart? tumblr user catboyssepticbutthole, i know you will not be firebombing walmart.

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I swear a lot of you ‘don’t vote for Biden’ people are republicans trying to spread disinformation.

You know republicans also support Israel, right? There is no candidate you can vote for that doesn’t support Israel. I wish there was but there isn’t.

Republicans don’t believe in no-fault divorce. They don’t believe in marital rape. They’d fucking repeal the 19th amendment if you’d let them. Use your brain and have some self preservation, especially if you don’t have the resources to leave if the US becomes a facist hellscape.

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it's always sunny in japanifornia

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katniss' thoughts: this boy is manipulating me. he is pretending to be kind so i will find difficulty in killing him later. but i see through his lies and deceptions. as to show that i am aware of his mind games and manipulations and will not tolerate it, i will further aggravate his bruise. but i will do so in a manner which hides my intentions from the views of others so that this battle only remains visible to us. this is a masterful move on my part as it shows that i am aware of the poisoned honey that has filled his words all throughout our journey and am willing and ready to respond in kind

peeta's thoughts: omg katniss gave me a kiss on the cheek.

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sorry but i want to hit every american talking about not wanting to vote democrat anymore with hammers. lol

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“you don’t like the proliferation of terms like Unalive outside of TikTok because you realize that you’re aging out of youth culture and it makes you uncomfortable!”

no I don’t like it because there’s something INCREDIBLY dystopian about being forced to soften terms for basic parts of the human experience like death and sex (and even more so terms for oppressed minorities- call me a “le-dollar sign-bian” and I will bite you) purely because advertisers and corporations demand it

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>IS CALLED TUMBLR LIVE

>DIES

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