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[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Only what you assume. I'm voting for Biden.

I'm glad to hear that. I apologize for lumping you in with those pushing the 'dont vote blue' bullshit while professing* their opposition to genocide. As I said above, that's the virtue signalling I'm talking about, and that's exactly what that behavior is.

I'm not asking anyone to vote for Trump, to not vote, or to vote third party. In this very thread I've said to vote for Biden. Not that you care.

I'm not going to spend 30 minutes to an hour on every person replies to me with what appears to be virtue signaling to not vote left to see if they're actually voting Biden. Again, I apologize for lumping you in with the rest of those. But given the quantity of that behavior it is not out of line to assume.

The only reason I ask people to vote for Biden is because I care about genocide. I want to stop the genocide as much as I can, and prevent a genocide from coming here to our shores. I have family and friends who are LGBT+, and I am afraid for their safety and lives if Trump were to be elected.

And for anybody who pretends that they care about that, while pushing behaviors that actively sabotage their stated goals, I am absolutely going to call out as virtue signalling because that's what it is. I want to see people actually take actions that align with what they say they believe, not just talk about it while sabotaging their goals through messaging pushed by their opposition as well.