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Gerrymandered Ohio Republican lawmakers are already scheming to attack voters over election results
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this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2023
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Only if we let them. We all gotta vote or they'll fascism all over the place.
I’m getting genuinely nervous that voting is not going to stop this one. With them lying and switching parties after being voted in, to the judicial system being completely corrupt and stacked, our window is closing fast. It needs to be legal to punch fascist in the face. Intolerance cannot be tolerated.
They want you to feel like it's inevitable that they'll win. It isn't!
No, I feel it’s inevitable that I will be in the middle of a civil war to forcibly push these fascist from our government. I will vote until I have to enact my second amendment rights.
I can respect that. Let's hope it doesn't come to that. Jan 6th has proven they'll go to extremes to win. My big hope is that the maga movement gets crushed next year and the Republicans turn on each other. My fear is that Republicans will coalesce and the contentious coalition of Democrats, liberals, progressives, etc. will fracture. At least one moron is going to say, "I'm not voting for Biden because X I'm voting for Jill stein instead" and that'll make it one vote easier for Trump to take control and run the DOJ like some comic book crime lord.
January 6th was never meant to succeed. It was just a litmus test. See how the public and the judicial system would handle the prospect of insurrection. The next time it happens, the loop holes found will be exploited, and there will be no going back.
I think it was serious, just poorly planned. I think we're pretty much on the same page here though. I definitely think that there will be a next time.
Isn't this literally a post about how people voted and its going to be ignored anyway?
Yep, it is. That's a nuance lost on the party soldiers itt though..
How would you suggest we fix gerrymandering without voting?
You talk a big talk but I doubt you'll be out there in a armed mob.
Organize it....you won't though because you are some troll keyboard warrior who thinks they will walk up to a politicians house with a mob and pull them out and cut their head off and some how that will cause social change. If you think that do it, no one is stopping you
Don't stop at voting. Volunteer to encourage others to vote. Get more involved in local politics. Run for local office.
I don't not have the time to run but I know my city council woman and I've had her sign in my yard twice now. As well as the school board members. They all won reelection this past Tuesday too. I've been thinking about becoming a precinct captain but I'm already kind of stretched thin.
Yeah, that's going well..
Your options are vote or give up and let them do whatever they want. You can be apathetic if you want but I'm not giving up.
These are not the only options. If the representatives don't respect results of democratic vote, organize and go to the streets, protest, don't let them think you don't care!
Protesting without voting is just taking a loud walk. It's easy for politicians to ignore you if you don't ever show up at the polls. That would be like a bunch of people protesting outside a McDonald's because the food is unhealthy and then eating at that McDonald's for their lunch break. Definitely protest but back that protesting up with voting.
Yes, I never meant protesting without voting. In this case people DID vote. But their decision is being ignored. I don't think the reasonable thing to do in such case is to wait peacefully for another election!
I must have misunderstood. I apologize
My dawg WE DID VOTE. I VOTED. I VOTED FOR BOTH OF THE ISSUES IN THIS POST AND THE PARTY IN POWER IS STILL SAYING FUCK YOU.
Sorry for the all caps but like, c'mon guy, do you think people aren't voting? We fucking voted! We did it! We did the thing people have always told us to do and the Republicans are still getting their way! Just voting isn't cutting it anymore! Stop telling people just to vote, and stop belitting other valid forms that the voting populace can use to enact change!
People vote once and a while. In the 2020 presidential election voter turn out spiked. The 2022 midterm though? 46%
You want to protest? Go for it.
You want to scream in all caps? Go for it
You want to say "fuck the fascists" or talk about what you'll do to them? Go for it
Do whatever you want. As long as one of the things you do is vote.
It's much easier if you ONLY show the at the polls and only for them no matter what.