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College kids have crappy turnout. This is very well documented.
The U.S. Census Bureau estimated 54.1% of 18- to 29-year-olds voted in 2020, which had the highest youth turnout overall of any election in the 21st century.
Average across all ages is 60%
(Credit to @jordanlund@lemmy.world)
6% is probably representative of millions of votes.
So you won't be blaming them if Trump wins? If they're insignificant enough to ignore, they're too insignificant to blame.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Of course you'll blame anyone but Biden if he loses.
If you had defensible positions, you would do something other than gaslighting, abuse, and baseless accusations.
I've heard this lie before from you.
You know, for two guys who have claimed, repeatedly, "Imma block you!" you really seem intent on replying to each other.
Please, engage the block. I don't want to have to ban either of you, but the repeated slap fights are tiresome.
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Sorry, no sock puppets here. Just a regular old pain in the ass.
No we’re not, because despite you saying you’re done with the conversation because you know it won’t go anywhere, you seem incapable of walking away without having the last word.
You know, for two guys who have claimed, repeatedly, "Imma block you!" you really seem intent on replying to each other.
Please, engage the block. I don't want to have to ban either of you, but the repeated slap fights are tiresome.
Hey, if that's how you want it.
No, I would blame Biden for being a complete fucking ass about the whole Palestinian Genocide.
There’s a right side and a wrong side here. To be incredibly blunt: the fact that Jewish people endured the Holocaust does not give Israel carte blanche to perpetrate their own genocide. And that puts aside the fact that Israel is NOT, in fact, synonymous with Jewish people. There are a hell of a lot of Jews (including Israeli civilians) who vehemently object to what’s happening.
Sorry, buddy, but no, we won't let you and Biden have your genocide and another term, too. If it's that important that he has four more years, Biden knows what he needs to do. Being able to look past genocide isn't enlightened, pragmatic or strategic, it's moral depravity.
I just call it like I see it man, no point in softening language
Defending genocide with ableist slurs. It's certainly a choice, I'll grant you that.
Show me where I defended genocide, you extremely intelligent individual
Let's see... Oops, the comment was removed due to said ableist slur. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Removed, civility.