• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    But then when you ask them what they want to do it always becomes some nebulous Republican rhetoric about how Trump’s not that bad.

    I tend to see “we need to pull Biden to the left” pitched as a solution, right up until it means doing anything to impede Biden’s political agenda.

    Don’t vote for him? You’re MAGA.

    Don’t donate to him? You’re MAGA.

    Don’t block walk for him? You’re MAGA.

    Say anything critical of him on the Internet? Russian Bot Chinese Wumao Republican Traitor Why Do You Hate America?!

    I saw the same thing from Republicans in 2004. “We’re at war so any kind of dissent means you’re with the terrorists!”

    And it worked for Bush. He got another four years out of the hysteria. Maybe it’ll work for Biden, too.

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      4 months ago

      I don’t think anyone here is equating not voting for Biden to being a Trumpet but due to the reality of our voting system absence of a vote is in and of itself a vote so you have to decide your best option whatever that may be.

      Problem is the opposition has the same or worse policies on Palestine and worse policies on a lot of others.

      I’m not a fan of this “least bad option” we’ve got ourselves into either but to equate the two parties or to deny the reality before us is how we allow it to get worse.