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If they're wasn't blame to be directed at democrats we wouldn't be directing it at them
To democrats in government, pull your heads out of your asses And stop supporting the genocide
I couldn't make you people any more apathetic if I tried, Jesus
I'm just curious. Were you old enough to vote in 2016?
Not looking to judge or call you out or anything, I'm just curious because you sound a lot like me when they tried to shove Hilary down our throats. She was shit, and I understand how frustrating it is when the only party that hasn't gone bat shit crazy does whatever the hell it wants because they know there's no possible way they could piss us off enough to vote Republican.
That being said. I didn't vote for Hilary. I went third party because the Head Dems needed to learn that they can't just decide who the nominee will be and then put their finger on the scale during the primary.
Obviously, they did not learn that lesson, and since then the GOP has doubled down on fascism and insanity.
If I could go back, I'd have happily voted for Hilary. If Trump had never won, we'd have a more trustworthy Supreme Court, and clowns like MTG and Boebert wouldn't be acting the fool for attention.
And that's why I ask if you were involved in the 2016 election, because we've already done this, and it bit us in the ass. That's why we aren't trying to talk people out of voting for Biden. If we don't unify behind this chucklefuck, we may never get a chance to elect someone we actually want again.
For the record, Israel can fuck right off with the shit they are doing, but that's a conflict that's been going on my whole life, and expecting Joe Biden, or any one person, to fly in and bring peace to the other side of the world just isn't plausible.
We're on the same side here, but if we're divided on Biden, Trump wins again, and NONE of us want that.
I'm old enough to have voted in the last 4 elections, i remember 2016 plenty. Do you know what I remember about it though? Hillary, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and all the major news outlets, all the major online publications being shared on all the major social media platforms proudly and confidently parading around poll numbers showing Hillary would blow trump out of the fucking water. I don't remember hardly any of her campaign positions, because at every fucking stop she was mocking and deriding trump and his supporters. She was even mocking her own constituents by deriding Bernie.
She was as surprised as everyone else that the electorate she needed to show up chose not to come out for her, and if you ask literally any non-voter or protest voter from that election, they would tell you the same thing: 'the establishment doesn't give a fuck about my interests'.
I voted for hillary (and i'm embarrassed by it). I don't think voting third party would have changed anything about that outcome. What I wish i had done was spend every goddamn minute of every goddamn day leading up to election day SCREAMING at everyone that would listen to take the concerns of the electorate more seriously. I cannot stress enough how absolutely idiotic it is to be wasting any time shitting on the interests and concerns of the voters in 2024 by chanting "vote for Biden or else". It is the same fucking thing hillary did, and BIDEN WILL LOSE.
If anyone here is even remotely concerned about Biden losing in 2024, they should be running for the mountains and amplifying what voters are actually concerned about, and pray to fucking god Biden has the compassion to listen. If it means personally threatening to withhold your vote in order to make that possibility ring true, then absolutely do it. I don't care if you think that'll make someone apathetic, if any one of us reliable democratic voters is even considering not voting for him, I would bet it on my life that millions of others are already feeling the same thing.
The level of arrogance displayed in the memes here about 'if you don't vote you'll cause a dictatorship' is absolutely staggering (personally calling out @PugJesus@lemmy.world here) The only people those memes are for are people who will have their reality shattered when their worst fear comes true after november.
No offense on my guess of your age, I like to make guesses about people based on unrelated things, and usually I just like to know if I was right or not.
Again, I got no beef with you, we agree for the most important parts here, and as is a major issue with the Dem party, nobody can agree on how to make things better.
I think it's interesting that I rebelled against Clinton and wished I hadn't, and now want others to not make that mistake, and you supported the "At least it's not Trump" candidate and feel the same way.
I would really like the DNC to listen to voters before lobbyists, and I don't know if there's a way for them to get that message, but I hope they do. So, I'll meet you in the middle. You keep spreading the message, but just to be safe, I'm still voting Biden.
Good luck out there!
Yeah, that tracks.
Pokemon Go to the polls!
And that's about it.
I'm not sure if you're aware but the third party vote in 2016 slanted more towards voters who typically vote Republican.
Also: unless you lived in a swing state in a swing district your third party vote probably didn't cost Hilary anything in the Electoral College.
And I doubt you were the reason her campaign chose to ignore said swing districts in swing states. Don't feel guilty and don't carry the water of their mistakes.