of course I do. how bad faith would it be for me to accuse you of not caring about the people in Gaza? or the people who can't discharge their student debts?

[–] PotatoKat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago (4 children)

The difference is I am trying to minimize the harm done and you are not. If biden doesn't win then trump does, that's the reality. The fate of the people in Gaza are not what this election dictates. No matter who wins the people in Palestinian (my people) will continue to be bombed. But you know what is effected by the winner? The fate of the women who need abortions and the fate of many trans people. That is what gets decided by this election.

You're not doing what you can to minimize the harm done, you are allowing through inaction the worst outcome.

The election will end with either trump or biden winning. If you don't vote for biden you are helping trump by making it easier for him to win.

[–] core@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If you don’t vote for biden you are helping trump by making it easier for him to win.

only a vote for trump helps trump

[–] PotatoKat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I saw someone else post this

If 10 people vote and 5 go to Trump and 5 go to biden then you've avoided a Trump victory and allow for another round.

If in that 2nd round a person who voted for biden decides to go 3rd party now trump has 5 votes biden has 4 and the 3rd party has 1.

The person who switched to 3rd party helped Trump win along with the 5 who voted Trump. If you don't understand that then you're being purposefully obtuse. Or you could explain how that 3rd party vote didn't help Trump without responding with a thought terminating cliche

[–] core@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago

the only votes that help Trump are votes for trump. a vote for Jill Stein or cornel west is a vote against Trump. a vote against Trump doesn't help Trump.

your scenario presumes I would vote for Biden. I did that once in 2008. I haven't voted for a Democrat for president since and I won't be voting for Biden this year either.

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