• buttnugget@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    3 days ago

    It does not bode well for you when you call your moral and intellectual superior a moron. I am the reason that Democrats are shit? Lmao you should be in prison just for thinking that let alone writing it in a public space. You are a know nothing witless parasite that doesn’t understand the first thing about the world. Come back to talk when you can learn some respect for your superiors.

            • leftytighty@slrpnk.net
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              2 days ago

              and you have the reading comprehension and reasoning ability of every other “vote blue no matter who” I’ve ever seen

                  • buttnugget@lemmy.world
                    link
                    fedilink
                    arrow-up
                    1
                    ·
                    2 days ago

                    Ok so I’m feeling kind of generous today. I will try to explain this to you as best I can. Vote blue no matter who is an Election Day-only strategy. It is not an advocacy for shitty right wing candidates to win in primaries or for decent people to support prior to the election.

                    As I mentioned a few days ago, the right wing corporate Democrats never adhere to vote blue no matter who, as Joe Lieberman, Byron Brown, and Andrew Cuomo prove. It is not a strategy for them, it’s a strategy for us; those of us who understand that when there is a guaranteed outcome of one of the candidates no matter what, we have a moral obligation to vote against the worst candidate.

                    The important part is that since this is an Election Day action, it does not have any effect on the Democrats. The (corporate) Democrats don’t learn lessons, that’s the thing that folks like you need to understand. When they win, it’s because they moderated their message; when they lose, they didn’t moderate their message enough.

                    If you think random people sitting out elections, even in larger numbers, constitutes collective action, you are sorely mistaken. Only something like a drastic highly organized boycott of the Democrats could yield something like that—and by the time you’re at that level of organization, you might as well be voting real socialists into office. I helped elect Kshama Sawant here in Seattle, so it’s not like that’s hopeless, but we’re talking about a different kind of race.

                    Democrats don’t get more right wing because voters just keep electing them. The alternative is Republicans in most cases. That’s where vote blue no matter who comes in. Once one of them is gonna win no matter what, you vote against the Republican. This does not have any effect on Democrats whatsoever. Real activism is done in the other 99.9999% of the time you’re not in a voter booth.

                    It’s time to recognize the stakes for decent folks here. Those of us who understand elections, voting, and politics know that the difference between a Democrat and a Republican can mean life or death for people. That trans person is being ridiculous. Gavin Newsom is a loathsome right wing corporate garbage monger, but he is infinitely better for trans rights than literally any Republican. The Republicans are trying to genocide trans people. Standing on principle that you refuse to vote if he happens to win the primary is insane, selfish, and treasonous.