I feel I have to block negative people.
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@benroyce @mastodonmigration @QasimRashid
I'm sort of inclined to another extreme, that is, vote and do more than vote. Move the party to become the vehicle for people that it should be.
@unruly @mastodonmigration @QasimRashid
oh yeah absolutely
nothing about my championing of voting means i'm saying only vote
you do it all
meanwhile, anyone saying do all the good things except don't vote on the other hand, is a moron
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Yes, outsized ego is certainly consistent with the syndrome.
@mastodonmigration @benroyce @QasimRashid
I always think of the Sanders to Trump voters when the purists come out. They always have a reason, I’m just not sure it’s always the one they give.
https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-trump-2016-election-654320
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@hosford42 @benroyce @QasimRashid
Some may be Russian trolls, and we certainly can expect these to be active because it has worked so well in the past, but certainly not all. Somehow these folks equate 'not voting' with strength and fighting hard for their principles. That their action (or inaction) actually hurts, and maybe kills, the people they profess to be fighting for is less important to them than this demonstration of 'character.'
@mastodonmigration @hosford42 @QasimRashid
they are entitled people
they will not suffer the immediate effects (they will eventually suffer negative effects, but they don't know/ don't care)
thus they allow themselves to view the topic of voting as an abstract concept, and have abstract ineffectual attitudes that only serve their sense of self-regard. they certainly don't serve their community
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@mastodonmigration @benroyce @QasimRashid
I always think of the Sanders to Trump voters when the purists come out. They always have a reason, I’m just not sure it’s always the one they give.
https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-trump-2016-election-654320
@fsinn @mastodonmigration @QasimRashid
i voted for sanders in the primary
i gave him money
then of course, i voted for hillary in the general
because i'm not stupid
anyone on a sanders -> trump track is somewhere like a tankie: they aren't a real leftist, they are closet fascists
but we can ignore types like me, and tankies, because the problem now is people who just don't vote. they're a different kind of person. they're entitled
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a final signoff:
If you want to get through hell, you have to go straight through it and come out the other side. Don’t turn back... But don’t settle in, either. Because if you finally escape and all you’ve done is become perfectly adapted to hell; You haven’t made it out at all. You’ve just carried it with you into the next room.
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I feel I have to block negative people. Who come into my mentions with "I agree with you but you are f***ing stupid if you think Trump will face justice."
As James Baldwin reminds us, "I never have been in despair about the world. I’ve been enraged by it. I don’t think I’m in despair. I can’t afford despair. I can’t tell my nephew, my niece. You can’t tell the children there’s no hope."
Do not despair my friends. Be angry. Stay angry. But be not hopeless. We will get through this. We will.
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@fsinn @mastodonmigration @QasimRashid
i voted for sanders in the primary
i gave him money
then of course, i voted for hillary in the general
because i'm not stupid
anyone on a sanders -> trump track is somewhere like a tankie: they aren't a real leftist, they are closet fascists
but we can ignore types like me, and tankies, because the problem now is people who just don't vote. they're a different kind of person. they're entitled
@benroyce @mastodonmigration @QasimRashid I don’t have any patience for non-voters by choice. Tantrum throwers IMO.
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@sruba @hosford42 @mastodonmigration @QasimRashid
are you unable to vote? are there legal reasons or perhaps you have a physical, social, or economic reason why you cannot vote?
@benroyce @hosford42 @mastodonmigration @QasimRashid
I dont legitimize indirect 'democracy' as a choice
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@benroyce @hosford42 @mastodonmigration @QasimRashid
I dont legitimize indirect 'democracy' as a choice
@sruba @hosford42 @mastodonmigration @QasimRashid
but you do
you live in one
you are not in some castle in the sky
you live in a country, and it most definitely impacts your life
you seem like one of those entitled fools who does not understand the stakes you are playing in the game you are in
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I feel I have to block negative people. Who come into my mentions with "I agree with you but you are f***ing stupid if you think Trump will face justice."
As James Baldwin reminds us, "I never have been in despair about the world. I’ve been enraged by it. I don’t think I’m in despair. I can’t afford despair. I can’t tell my nephew, my niece. You can’t tell the children there’s no hope."
Do not despair my friends. Be angry. Stay angry. But be not hopeless. We will get through this. We will.
@QasimRashid He’s so done with the negativity — and honestly? Same. That quote hits hard too. Anger’s okay but hopelessness? Nah. We gotta keep pushing even when it feels impossible.
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@sruba @hosford42 @mastodonmigration @QasimRashid
but you do
you live in one
you are not in some castle in the sky
you live in a country, and it most definitely impacts your life
you seem like one of those entitled fools who does not understand the stakes you are playing in the game you are in
@benroyce @hosford42 @mastodonmigration @QasimRashid
Ofcs im fool its pointles to talk to me
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I feel I have to block negative people. Who come into my mentions with "I agree with you but you are f***ing stupid if you think Trump will face justice."
As James Baldwin reminds us, "I never have been in despair about the world. I’ve been enraged by it. I don’t think I’m in despair. I can’t afford despair. I can’t tell my nephew, my niece. You can’t tell the children there’s no hope."
Do not despair my friends. Be angry. Stay angry. But be not hopeless. We will get through this. We will.
@QasimRashid after all, dictators fall. Sooner or later. And usually to their deaths. Trump too.
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