The presidential election in the USA is near and what astounds me about it the most is that there are apparently still some people who claim to be on the political left who insist on calling a vote for Harris a “vote for genocide” under the pretense that not voting for her will be better for Palestine.
Please stop saying that nonsense already. We had already one election where Trump won the presidency and we had almost a decade of listening to his speeches (if his incoherent ramblings can be called that) Anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows at this point that the next president will be either Harris or Trump and that of those two a vote for Trump is not only a “vote for genocide” but a vote for genocides. And it is also clear, given how the US election works, that not voting for Harris is almost the same as giving a vote to Trump too, because he has an extremely hyped-up and irrational base. Anyone pretending otherwise either denies reality or does not have two brain cells to rub together. I think these people do have functional brains, so why do they knowingly lie and deny reality?
In the real world, there will never be a candidate who can both have a realistic shot at winning the election and agree with everything these people want them to say and do, so there is, in fact, a 100% guarantee that they will disagree with any candidate on something. And from the behavior of some of these people online, I surmise that this is, in fact, what they want. They do not want to make the world better; they want to feel morally superior.
I am generally not someone to kink-shame people but I do consider furiously masturbating in public over your own perceived moral purity unseemly. If you cannot vote for Harris because you are an asshat who wants to see the world burn, at least have the decency to say so.
by the phrasing of the title i was worried for a second this would be the exact kind of post it was aimed against. shoulda known better; u r a cool guy. perfectly stated. i hate those emeffs an awful lot.
Whay Charly said! Doubled.
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*Sheepish grin*
Couldn’t have said it better myself. If you want to vote for somebody who shares your every opinion…y’know, run for office I guess? However, be warned -- if you do so, be prepared to have to say and do things that are diametrically-opposed to your actual beliefs, if you actually want to have a shot at gaining even a moderate amount of power. Because while most politicians are generally able to keep consistently pushing for their top priorities in terms of policy (within limits -- for example, it is more common for liberal politicians to give up on progressive economic policy proposals, but stay the course on social ones -- gotta keep rich donors happy, amirite?), they frequently let lesser preferences wither on the vine, and even occasionally advocate against these policies, because just like voters, politicians have to balance all kinds of competing interests and personal beliefs, and act pragmatically if they want to be effective. So don’t think that going this route is an easy answer to remain “authentic,” because if that’s the goal, it is in conflict with a superseding goal -- winning an election…
…unless your name is Donald J. Trump, of course. But I’m not sure that kind of authenticity is worth it. Even if it makes you the most powerful person in the world. Can you imagine what it is like to inhabit that man’s mind? Because I’ve tried, and it’s a freakin’ horror show.