You underestimate how many ignorant non-voters can make or break any election. We need to bring out the roots and the mycelium to guarantee the fascists lose. If we don't win by a wide enough margin, some state legislatures might succeed in overturning close races. They will try to throw out the will of the people of there's enough ambiguity. They failed in 2020, but the last 4 years have been dedicated to making it possible. We need enough swing states to prevent the steal they projected onto us.

No amount of fear or concern is unwarranted. There is no overblowing the threat. We need to scream and yell for our fucking lives, or there will be no tomorrow for many. I will not pretend that your bullshit about "moving on" has any reasonable place in the conversation. We cannot look away from the monster charging us. If we lose concentration, people will die.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I totally agree with you, and in no way Trump should be taken lightly. But my original comment was misinterpreted by many people and it steered some of my following responses (like the one you're replying to now) in a different direction. My original point (laid out in a response to another comment) is that this specific case of blowing things out of proportion by the media causes desensitization and will only reduce the engagement in the future. And this happens often, Trump will say something insane or fascist in his unstructured dementia-induced rambling speech, and then never mention it again. Meanwhile, the media will put it on full blast for a week for the views. People will focus on that one-off stupid thing he said and miss the real issues with him and his party that need to be address.

At this point I'll admit that using "let's move on" was a little bit triggering and acted like a red herring. Everybody thought I mean "let's move on from discussing Trump being fascist", while I really meant "let's focus on actual issues".

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

That makes some sense, but Trump being a fascist dictator is an issue that needs to be talked about, especially for the left wing people who think they can sit this election out for some bullshit reason.