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[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (14 children)

Despite the trolls accusing people here of justifying it- I do t see anyone here is doing that. I’m pretty sure they know this, and this is what makes it hard to call them out for what they are doing. It’s like arguing with Christians.

They just misinterpret your words, rewrite them using their English-to-Troll filter, and shout them back at you once they say essentially the opposite of what you’re saying.

Example:

ME: “of course I don’t support genocide. But not voting for Biden isn’t going to stop it, and Donald ‘finish the job’ Trump is going to be far worse on Palestine than Biden could ever be!”

TROLL: “See! You support gEnOciDe!”

Now, you could accuse me of doing exactly what I’m accusing them of, but I’d urge you to look through my recent comment history. Somewhere between yesterday and today- you can see this exact thing happening.

The point is. From what I can see, NO ONE here is supporting genocide. The ones in other communities that do, get banned pretty quickly. And anyone that is accusing people of it, are proving to everyone that they aren’t here to discuss things rationally- because they’re starting from a complete and total lack of rationale.

[+] [email protected] -9 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Meanwhile:

"I support the Green party."

"So what you're really saying is, you think everyone should not vote on election day, or vote for Trump."

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

In a perfect world, that option would be viable. However, if you look around- and pay attention, it’s not. And it’s not even remotely close.

I’d be all over a third party option if there was even a small chance they’d succeed. But they can’t. And this isn’t an opinion. Vote third party and yeah- hate to say it but you are throwing away a vote. And it’s not a big stretch to understand how a non vote or a third party vote FACTUALLY benefits Trump.

I fucking hate that this is how it is, but I’d rather live in the real world than believe in my own reality.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You lost me when you lied about non-votes “fAcTuAlLy” benefitting trump. That is a blatant falsehood that assumes people would automatically vote for Biden instead. Your fear mongering and dishonesty won’t win over a single vote.