larrikin99 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoIt's called harm reduction when you pick the lesser evil in an election. it's called campism when you support a 3rd world country defending itself from the West.hexbear.netimagemessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up162arrow-down1imageIt's called harm reduction when you pick the lesser evil in an election. it's called campism when you support a 3rd world country defending itself from the West.hexbear.netlarrikin99 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square11linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down1·2 months agoBit idea: explain the concept of critical support to progressives by telling them it’s like voting for Democrats
minus-squareShaleesh [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 months agoYou say this as a bit, but it makes sense as an analogy and might even work.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoYeah, but then you’ll have to vote for Democrats to be consistent. Is it worth it?!
minus-squareWheaties [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoAh, but you only really have to if you live in a swing state. Saved by byzantine chambers of a fundamentally undemocratic institution! …oh, and in local politics, but only you don’t have anyone better on the ticket.
minus-squareShaleesh [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoOh you silly goose! Consistency isn’t for rhetorical devices, its for gaining muscle mass!
minus-squareWakmrow [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoWho says I have to be consistent lol
minus-squareSamotsvetyVIA [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoit’s perfect. makes just as much sense as voting for hillary biden obama kamala gavert newson to stave off fascism
minus-squareCommunistCuddlefish [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoOn the one hand yes, on the other hand I’m afraid then they’ll just use that to keep justifying voting for their preferred genocidal mass-murderers
Bit idea: explain the concept of critical support to progressives by telling them it’s like voting for Democrats
You say this as a bit, but it makes sense as an analogy and might even work.
Yeah, but then you’ll have to vote for Democrats to be consistent. Is it worth it?!
Ah, but you only really have to if you live in a swing state. Saved by byzantine chambers of a fundamentally undemocratic institution!
…oh, and in local politics, but only you don’t have anyone better on the ticket.
Oh you silly goose! Consistency isn’t for rhetorical devices, its for gaining muscle mass!
Who says I have to be consistent lol
it’s perfect. makes just as much sense as voting for
hillarybidenobamakamalagavert newson to stave off fascismOn the one hand yes, on the other hand I’m afraid then they’ll just use that to keep justifying voting for their preferred genocidal mass-murderers