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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 34 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (7 children)

I just need anyone who thinks about skipping voting to "Save Palestine" to refer to this graph

Btw, there's a third choice.. it's pulling the Jill Stein lever.

The Jill Stein Lever is made of rubber and not actually connected to anything, so pulling it will accomplish two things "Jack" and "Shit"

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago

So there's no flag of Armenia, but there are flags of Ukraine and Palestine.

April 2016 clashes happened, when Democrats were in power. Autumn 2020 war - when Republicans were in power. September 2022 and September 2023 - when Democrats were in power. Of these it's 1:1 for election years, and 2:0 against Democrats otherwise.

(All the "Russian ally" types - keep walking, as if there were competing offers, and Palestine is not in any way NATO-aligned either.)

Glad ANCA took the position of endorsing any party only after it does something real on Armenian issues. Should have done that 20 years ago.

(All the "don't care what happens to Armenia, that doesn't affect me" types - keep walking.)

This is one issue, but all others are similar in reality.

Instead of making progress, you have to vote for Harris to avoid regress, and that's 4 more years. Right now Democrats are in power, what will they do differently after the election? Trump is a very convenient opponent, even his voters hate him, they just hate some other groups more.

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[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 6 days ago

Trump is 100x worse. Liberals might be in bed with conservatives on 90% of issues, but fascists actually want to use the military against us.

I upset people when I reject the idea that we are voting to save democracy because I believe the US's two party system is an insult to every ideal that democracy stands for, but I am still voting for Harris. Vote to save our country from fascism. Vote to keep your friends and family from being rounded up for supporting Healthcare for all.

[–] auzy@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Funny how the people who sit on the fence always seem to parrot the current claims right wing media is making

I don't actually believe a lot of these people are undecided

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

We're dealing with people who think the best way to send a message is to hurt more people and destroy democratic institutions.

They watched the Titanic and thought the people losing their shit and dragging everyone down with them was a good play in a crisis.

At least if the ship goes down the rich quarters will be below water too! That way they'll learn to treat us better next time.

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