“Yes don’t vote at all to get rid of fascism”

  • Aabbcc@lemm.ee
    214·
    16 days ago

    What are we counting here?

    Evil policies supported by democrats vs evil policies supported by republicans

        • HalfSalesman@lemm.eeEnglish
          46·
          15 days ago

          Sure, but on average when some self proclaimed leftist’s opening is “Democrats did a bad thing” in a vacuum my immediate assumption is they’re a campist/tankie, accelerationist, or a rightwing psyop and my instinct is to immediately challenge them (most of the time… sometimes its me critiquing the dems)

          Sometimes it turns out they’re giving an earnest critique but usually not.

          • Aabbcc@lemm.ee
            81·
            15 days ago

            What in the word salad are you talking about.

            Leftists say funding Israel’s war crimes is bad. Check mark in both columns.

            • HalfSalesman@lemm.eeEnglish
              36·
              15 days ago

              That’s not a critique of democrats, that’s a critique of a portion of democrats and all of republicans.

              • Aabbcc@lemm.ee
                7·
                15 days ago

                It’s a critique of the democrats that were in the running for president

          • Kentifer@lemmy.world
            6·
            15 days ago

            Who made you the arbiter of another person’s earnestness? Can you read minds? And if you’re the one criticizing the Dems, does someone else take over?

            • HalfSalesman@lemm.eeEnglish
              21·
              15 days ago

              I’m the arbiter of who I trust is arguing coherently or in good faith and I am ultimately not trusting of the average internet poster by default.

              I’ve been arguing on dedicated internet debate spaces for a very very large portion of my life and I have a good eye for when someone isn’t worth being taken seriously.