Attention #fediverse / #mastodon
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Attention #fediverse / #mastodon
We're entering #election season in the #USA. The #midterms
That means something for you:
You will see an increase in #trolls
Messages along the lines of
"Nothing ever changes, both sides the same, waah" #cynicism
And
"The candidate is unideal. Allow me to amplify and manufacture high holy outrage on the point" #perfectionism
All of which is designed to suppress the #left #vote and help #MAGA
You have been warned. Brace yourself
@benroyce you almost convinced me, then i remembered Obama's deportation and bombing numbers. Community organizing and direct action is the way forward and electoral politics is literally the system that got us where we are today.
Nothing against others voting though. Maybe you will get some harm reduction. Or maybe you'll be complicit in crimes against humanity. Probably a bit of both.
Remember the vast majority of rights and freedoms we have today, worldwide, weren't voted for but fought for.
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@benroyce you almost convinced me, then i remembered Obama's deportation and bombing numbers. Community organizing and direct action is the way forward and electoral politics is literally the system that got us where we are today.
Nothing against others voting though. Maybe you will get some harm reduction. Or maybe you'll be complicit in crimes against humanity. Probably a bit of both.
Remember the vast majority of rights and freedoms we have today, worldwide, weren't voted for but fought for.
that's actually pretty awesome
i describe a style of trolling and you show up right on cue as exhibit A
if you want to fight in the streets as a revolutionary cosplayer and only result in fascism using that as an excuse to clamp down on our rights even more, rather than voting because the pace of change is too slow for your precious precious feelings, you're a loser and a moron helping fascism
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that's actually pretty awesome
i describe a style of trolling and you show up right on cue as exhibit A
if you want to fight in the streets as a revolutionary cosplayer and only result in fascism using that as an excuse to clamp down on our rights even more, rather than voting because the pace of change is too slow for your precious precious feelings, you're a loser and a moron helping fascism
@benroyce im just expressing my ideas. But you're obviously not ready to have a good faith discussion. I would just like to point out i said "community organizing and direct action" which you replaced with the strawman "fight in the streets as a revolutionary cosplayer", which is extremely disingenuous.
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Attention #fediverse / #mastodon
We're entering #election season in the #USA. The #midterms
That means something for you:
You will see an increase in #trolls
Messages along the lines of
"Nothing ever changes, both sides the same, waah" #cynicism
And
"The candidate is unideal. Allow me to amplify and manufacture high holy outrage on the point" #perfectionism
All of which is designed to suppress the #left #vote and help #MAGA
You have been warned. Brace yourself
@benroyce relevant meme
Doesn't matter if your candidate is not perfect, show up and vote, don't let the doomerism win
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@benroyce im just expressing my ideas. But you're obviously not ready to have a good faith discussion. I would just like to point out i said "community organizing and direct action" which you replaced with the strawman "fight in the streets as a revolutionary cosplayer", which is extremely disingenuous.
Good day!"im just expressing my ideas. But you're obviously not ready to have a good faith discussion"
yes, yes
we are all familiar with the "just asking questions" troll approach
try harder troll
we need to fucking vote. anyone who doesn't say that is an airhead loser or working for MAGA to suppress the left vote
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"im just expressing my ideas. But you're obviously not ready to have a good faith discussion"
yes, yes
we are all familiar with the "just asking questions" troll approach
try harder troll
we need to fucking vote. anyone who doesn't say that is an airhead loser or working for MAGA to suppress the left vote
@benroyce and yet i didnt ask a single question...
I honestly hope that people with your best intrests get into office and do the most harm reduction they can.
I just choose to focus on things i find way more empowering than voting and i dont think you should feel threatend by it. -
@benroyce and yet i didnt ask a single question...
I honestly hope that people with your best intrests get into office and do the most harm reduction they can.
I just choose to focus on things i find way more empowering than voting and i dont think you should feel threatend by it."and yet i didnt ask a single question"
that's correct. the "just asking questions" troll approach is about changing the topic to MAGA/ geopolitical psyop talking points, which is what you do, then feigning innocence when called out on your obvious bullshit
we vote
we get change
end of story
continue your handwaving to suppress the left vote my trollish friend. show the world what you really are
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"and yet i didnt ask a single question"
that's correct. the "just asking questions" troll approach is about changing the topic to MAGA/ geopolitical psyop talking points, which is what you do, then feigning innocence when called out on your obvious bullshit
we vote
we get change
end of story
continue your handwaving to suppress the left vote my trollish friend. show the world what you really are
@benroyce wow. You just really want to fight. I hope you maintain that energy after election season
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@benroyce wow. You just really want to fight. I hope you maintain that energy after election season
️no, troll, the energy is *for* the election
your energy is suppress the vote to help fascism win
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no, troll, the energy is *for* the election
your energy is suppress the vote to help fascism win
@benroyce yeah, just back business as usuall if it's your party doing the bombing and deporting...
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@benroyce relevant meme
Doesn't matter if your candidate is not perfect, show up and vote, don't let the doomerism win
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@benroyce yeah, just back business as usuall if it's your party doing the bombing and deporting...
right, that's the two points in the original comment of mine you replied to:
cynicism
perfectionism
used by MAGA and geopolitical troll farm to suppress the left vote and help fascism win
so you help fascism because you're a fascist? or just too stupid to realize that's the result of your loser cynicism and perfectionism?
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right, that's the two points in the original comment of mine you replied to:
cynicism
perfectionism
used by MAGA and geopolitical troll farm to suppress the left vote and help fascism win
so you help fascism because you're a fascist? or just too stupid to realize that's the result of your loser cynicism and perfectionism?
@benroyce i oppose fascism daily. I just dont think voting in this style of democracy is the best way to go about it. That proposal gave the world Hitler, Mussolini and Trump. My proposal got us the 8 hour work day, union protections, civil rights, universal suffrage, etc, etc.
Again, Im not against you or anyone else voting. I do think it can serve as harm reduction. But in the long term, the system is a lost cause and the sooner we start working on alternatives the better.Btw, I appreciate you not calling me a "TROLL" for the first time in this conversion
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@benroyce i oppose fascism daily. I just dont think voting in this style of democracy is the best way to go about it. That proposal gave the world Hitler, Mussolini and Trump. My proposal got us the 8 hour work day, union protections, civil rights, universal suffrage, etc, etc.
Again, Im not against you or anyone else voting. I do think it can serve as harm reduction. But in the long term, the system is a lost cause and the sooner we start working on alternatives the better.Btw, I appreciate you not calling me a "TROLL" for the first time in this conversion
️we're both in this war against fascism
i say: we do everything you're doing *and* vote
why?
because it's better to have a shit admin than an admin that sends goons to machine gun us while laughing. it's called shaping the battlefield. lucid tactics
but you insist on suppressing the vote
why?
you desire to face goons with machine guns laughing instead of a shitty indifferent admin?
so i conclude:
you're a tactical moron
or you're a fascist cosplaying left. an agent provocateur
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Attention #fediverse / #mastodon
We're entering #election season in the #USA. The #midterms
That means something for you:
You will see an increase in #trolls
Messages along the lines of
"Nothing ever changes, both sides the same, waah" #cynicism
And
"The candidate is unideal. Allow me to amplify and manufacture high holy outrage on the point" #perfectionism
All of which is designed to suppress the #left #vote and help #MAGA
You have been warned. Brace yourself
@benroyce@mastodon.social
during 2024 run-up I recall accounts claiming to be polling 'analysts'. they had blue team ahead everywhere. afterward they stopped posting. i've always suspected they were part of some scheme. or embarrassed.
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@benroyce@mastodon.social
during 2024 run-up I recall accounts claiming to be polling 'analysts'. they had blue team ahead everywhere. afterward they stopped posting. i've always suspected they were part of some scheme. or embarrassed.put some easy leftist signifiers on an account, jump in with easy lazy cynicism and perfectionism, and serve MAGA/ geopolitical trollfarm's goal of suppressing the left vote
it works because many so-called "leftists" are not leftists at all, but entitled smug fools who value their sense of self-regard over real world consequences
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we're both in this war against fascism
i say: we do everything you're doing *and* vote
why?
because it's better to have a shit admin than an admin that sends goons to machine gun us while laughing. it's called shaping the battlefield. lucid tactics
but you insist on suppressing the vote
why?
you desire to face goons with machine guns laughing instead of a shitty indifferent admin?
so i conclude:
you're a tactical moron
or you're a fascist cosplaying left. an agent provocateur
@benroyce again, you keep strawmaning me with this revolutionary violence trope (not to mention all the name-calling), but im talking about forming and participating in assemblies and unions, organizing collectives to cover our basic needs, providing material support for communities building autonomy, visibilizing struggles,
And for the 3rd or 4th time, im not against people voting. So you can stop beating that dead horse.
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@benroyce again, you keep strawmaning me with this revolutionary violence trope (not to mention all the name-calling), but im talking about forming and participating in assemblies and unions, organizing collectives to cover our basic needs, providing material support for communities building autonomy, visibilizing struggles,
And for the 3rd or 4th time, im not against people voting. So you can stop beating that dead horse.
it's wonderful you're doing all these things. i applaud you
now what you do is you stop lying about the supposed pointlessness of the vote. the vote helps you. at least in the simple tactical way i described above
fall silent on the topic of voting
or ideally, realize that your lazy false words help fascism. and instead insist people vote. because it makes a difference that matters. for your efforts
all of your efforts are for nothing if an antagonistic regime sweeps it away
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it's wonderful you're doing all these things. i applaud you
now what you do is you stop lying about the supposed pointlessness of the vote. the vote helps you. at least in the simple tactical way i described above
fall silent on the topic of voting
or ideally, realize that your lazy false words help fascism. and instead insist people vote. because it makes a difference that matters. for your efforts
all of your efforts are for nothing if an antagonistic regime sweeps it away
@benroyce its not a lie. Its my honest analysis of histoy and geo-politics. Maybe im wrong. But its not a lie.
My goal isnt to discourage people from voting, but to encourage participation in alternative organizating and infrastructure that will, hopfully, long outlast both the comming blue wave and the equally inevitable swing back to the right that always comes after.I will try to take your advice, and focus on promoting alternative action instead of criticizing voting.
And maybe you can take some advice from me, and be a bit more dicerning about who you call fascists and trolls. Just because someone dont share your tactics doesn't mean they are your enemy. -
@benroyce its not a lie. Its my honest analysis of histoy and geo-politics. Maybe im wrong. But its not a lie.
My goal isnt to discourage people from voting, but to encourage participation in alternative organizating and infrastructure that will, hopfully, long outlast both the comming blue wave and the equally inevitable swing back to the right that always comes after.I will try to take your advice, and focus on promoting alternative action instead of criticizing voting.
And maybe you can take some advice from me, and be a bit more dicerning about who you call fascists and trolls. Just because someone dont share your tactics doesn't mean they are your enemy."My goal isnt to discourage people from voting"
so don't speak words as if it doesn't matter. obviously voting matters. in the pure tactical way, at the very least, that i explained to you above
the truth is you depend upon people who vote. without them your efforts are outlawed. and people who vote depend upon you. without you we don't get progress
so the way we get effective change is to do *both*
it's not an either/ or
so don't lie and shit on the vote. *you* need the vote
