Post Ami8lKEJdmLH1WCfTM by rodhilton@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #Ami8lKEJdmLH1WCfTM by rodhilton@mastodon.social
2024-10-05T21:18:40Z
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I'd give anything to be able to effectively communicate to people who are going to hand Trump the presidency because they want to protest Biden/Harris's support of Israel how much they're going to regret that decision.I'm sure they think they're doing a lot and holding the line by "not voting for genocide" but the degree to which they're going to strongly wish, in a very short amount of time, that they'd made a different choice cannot be understated.https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2024/10/05/michigan-messes-mount-for-harris-00182609
(DIR) Post #Ami8lLBW5fhHz7twkS by rodhilton@mastodon.social
2024-10-05T21:20:22Z
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How do you convince an entire group of people that think they're doing the right thing that they're about to do the one thing that a future version of themselves would go back in a time machine and change immediately?
(DIR) Post #Ami8lLt7TYZkAMIliC by WillA763@mastodon.social
2024-10-05T22:21:06Z
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@rodhilton I don’t assume they will regret it. I don’t think most of them care. They only want what they want, & if it comes at our expense all the better. We need to stop telling ourselves these voters are somehow just regular folk who’ve been tricked. This is an open enough society, most of them know exactly what they’re doing when they say things like ‘lock her up,’ ‘all lives matter,’ & ‘kick out illegals.’ I take them at their words. They’re effectly & actively evil in their sentiments.
(DIR) Post #Ami8lMairRSCLahafw by WhiteCatTamer@mastodon.online
2024-10-05T22:42:06Z
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@WillA763 @rodhilton OP is talking about progressives/leftists who refuse to vote for Harris, thus risking Trump’s win. It’s not about Trump supporters.
(DIR) Post #Ami8lMuveJcJMG9jAe by rodhilton@mastodon.social
2024-10-05T21:22:19Z
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Evidently, "the people you are claiming to support really don't want you doing this" isn't enough. And "the person you're doing this against really wants you to do it" doesn't move the needle.When your allies are against your decision and your enemies are for it, and that isn't enough to make you realize it, what else is there?
(DIR) Post #Ami8lNAsh0NS9jcT2G by WillA763@mastodon.social
2024-10-05T22:48:15Z
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@WhiteCatTamer @rodhilton Point taken. In that case, I’m not going to blame them for refusing to vote for Harris. I’m going to blame the people who voted for Trump because they’re the ones chiefly responsible if he wins. And while I’m voting for Harris, not happily, since the Democrats remain imperialists who look at Palestinians as subhumans, I cannot be mad or upset or police people on my side who refuse to do so. That’s on us for nominating imperialists.
(DIR) Post #Ami8lNlkTvrs04ruV6 by WhiteCatTamer@mastodon.online
2024-10-05T23:07:31Z
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@WillA763 @rodhilton I agree that Trump supporters are overwhelmingly to blame for Trump’s chances, and that the gap between my idea of an ideal world and theirs is monstrous.I do, however, lay some blame at the feet of the ones who won’t vote Harris because they believe they are preserving their good moral character while claiming they are allies for the marginalized groups who will be in the crosshairs under Trump.
(DIR) Post #Ami8lORZyPKQ5oRJhY by rodhilton@mastodon.social
2024-10-05T21:35:28Z
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You are going to wish you hadn't done this. And you're going to probably regret it within 60 days of doing it. And when you stand up and say "wait I regret it can I have another chance" it will be far too late.Too late for you. Too late for Gaza. Too late for Lebanon. Too late for your LGBTQ friends. Too late for your friends of color. Too late for your immigrant friends. Too late for your mothers and sisters and daughters and roughly 50% of you.Hands down, the biggest mistake of your life.