• ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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    14 days ago

    And then Jill Stein won, and the genocide stopped, right?

    Like I said, I don’t question the intention or code of ethics for the people involved, but there’s a reason they and people like them get a lot of support from the RNC.
    They aren’t voters who are realistically going to vote Republican, so the best they can do is be diverted to a spoiler candidate.

    Thinking that that translates to political leverage against the Republicans is just naive though. They didn’t vote for them in the first place, so it’s an empty threat.

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      14 days ago

      No because there’s too many genocide supporters. At least Democrats learnt that there are people who unlike Democrat and Republican voters have morals and will not tolerate genocide no matter how hard they fearmonger.

      Thinking that that translates to political leverage against the Republicans is just naive though.

      Because Republicans were not the one doing the genocide at that time, whereas Democrats were. Now they Abandon Harris applies consistent morals and use their leverage to oppose Trump.

      They didn’t vote for them in the first place, so it’s an empty threat.

      Surprisingly Red MAGA is providing a lot more opposition to the Iran invasion the Blue MAGA ever has. I was almost shocked to find out that the Democratic party is a bigger cult than Republicans. This momentum can certainly be translated into a campaign opposing Trump.

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        14 days ago

        unlike Democrat and Republican voters have morals and will not tolerate genocide no matter how hard they fearmonger.

        And yet their principled opposition not only did nothing, it’s very clearly made things worse for basically everyone. The genocide didn’t stop, but now there’s not even token opposition. Iran is being bombed. Civil rights are being rolled back across the country, food aid is being taken from millions, and it’s just starting.

        The Democrats were never “doing genocide”, just like the Republicans aren’t now. The Democrats weren’t saying they would do enough to stop someone else from doing it, and the Republicans were saying they would encourage them to do it harder.

        Red MAGA … Blue MAGA…Democratic party is a bigger cult than Republicans

        Congratulations on being an unwitting mouthpiece for the RNC. "Maga is just a rude word to call someone! It’s not literally what we have on our hats!” "staunch opposition to fascism is closed minded and just as prejudicial as wanting to eliminate trans people!”

        I hope your movement does stop Trump and cause effective change and reform. I’m not holding my breath, because I don’t think they were counting on your votes in the first place and the next time they think about you will be when they want you to be mad at the Democrats again to keep you from voting for them.