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[โ€“] reverendsteveii@beehaw.org 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

we pick from the menu for dinner tonight, and for future meals we fight to have more of a say in what's on the menu. there's too many people calling for my head right now for me to protest vote or sit out because the guy who doesn't want to kill me is problematic about some niche policy position. remember that a lot of trump's money in 2016 went toward campaigning for democrats to stay home, with reasons alternating between "clinton is an awful candidate" (she was) and "she's got this in the bag so your vote doesn't matter".

[โ€“] fades@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Absolutely.

Anyone, ANYONE that is pushing for protesting the vote is UNdemocratic and essentially actively advocating for fascism.

VOTE like your life depends on it because it will