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The problem with not voting (fedia.io)

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[–] abbotsbury 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That’s not how living in reality works

Funny choice of words, because in reality, it's a zero sum game and you either vote for the person closest to your views or risk getting the person you disagree with more. That is the reality of the situation.

They used their voices for multiple nights and it mobilized the community like never before

Yes, direct action is very cool and very hip, and I encourage it, but we're talking about voting.

You are essentially telling them that they are voiceless

No, I am telling people that abstain from voting that they are voiceless, because they are choosing to not use it because of ~dignity~ and ~integrity~

Yet what this allows people to do is say they don’t need to participate in direct action and they create “officials” that maintain narratives that further disenfranchise more people. And democrats do this too, not just republicans.

Nobody said anything like that, you are injecting that narrative out of nowhere. Nobody said voting for Biden is the only political thing you have to do this year. Go advocate and go protest, I encourage you, but also vote.

[–] Clubbing4198 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes, direct action is very cool and very hip, and I encourage it, but we’re talking about voting.

not voting and voicing why you are not voting has so far created more discourse around the failures of the democratic party than saying "vote blue, no matter who". so to me this seems much more direct than just quietly voting.

dems thought they may have it in the bag with biden but they don't. the biden admin has the lowest approval rating of any administration. enabling a genocide and aligning with the country perpetrating it for most of your political career will do that to your approval rating.

all they have to do is say permanent ceasefire and they get all those votes back. its not a hard concept. maybe instead of threatening voters with what will happen if they lose, they should do the thing that is preventing them from winning

[–] abbotsbury 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

not voting and voicing why you are not voting has so far created more discourse around the failures of the democratic party than saying “vote blue, no matter who”. so to me this seems much more direct than just quietly voting.

Sure, but is creating discourse the goal? Is the discourse even helping?

all they have to do is say permanent ceasefire and they get all those votes back. its not a hard concept. maybe instead of threatening voters with what will happen if they lose, they should do the thing that is preventing them from winning

Agree

[–] Clubbing4198 -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but is creating discourse the goal?

I can't speak for everyone but for me, yes

Is the discourse even helping?

Depends on a lot of things. I know I'm not the only one that feels this way. Ik there are aggressive democrat voters trying to shame and bully people into compromising themselves in an already compromising situation. They are told that what they think doesn't matter and they "don't have a voice" unless they vote. They don't have a voice because y'all wont listen. We have voted, for what... to feel dirty and used by people you will never meet? I hope my replies and posts reach the eyes of those so they know that they aren't voiceless and that this is an effective means of protest. Its obviously working by how much time and energy has been spent to try and convince us we are wrong. This is how democrats disenfranchise leftists. By saying this kind of protest and that kind of protest is ineffective, which is as ive pointed out demonstrably false because they are talking about it. You're only allowed to protest a certain way even by democrats standards.

One fateful night, Marsha P. Johnson dropped a bag of bricks on a cop car and inspired millions of LGBTQ+ people over multiple generations. A trans woman that lived on the streets and was disenfranchised her whole life and couldn't vote made real change happen that politicians could only dream of. Even trumps failed insurrection can't put anything on that series of nights at the Stonewall Inn

There is a time to vote for people based on principle and that is what you are asking me to do by voting for biden. When the next major genocide is literally being conducted with the full support of the United States and the ones overseeing it are up for election and you can literally stop another holocaust like event from happening by telling those in power that they better do something or fuck off and make a lot of noise about it, then you have to take that opportunity.

[–] abbotsbury 1 points 8 months ago

which is as ive pointed out demonstrably false because they are talking about it

Again, is talking about it even effective? For all you know it could be having a negative impact.

and you can literally stop another holocaust like event from happening by telling those in power that they better do something or fuck off and make a lot of noise about it, then you have to take that opportunity

Can you though? Do you really think abstaining from voting will help at all? Either Biden wins anyway, or you get someone else even more pro-zionist. That's it, those are the choices. Abstaining is literally just throwing your voice away.