"BoTh SiDeS tHe SaMe" 🤪
#Democrats suck in many ways but if you don't see a difference with real stakes in your own life, and marginalized communities, you're not a serious person
If you want good, rather than just better in ways that feel inadequate, that requires your participation. Standing on the sideline and judging doesn't help the world in any way. That only helps how you feel about yourself. And how you feel about yourself isn't more important than real world stakes
It matters
@benroyce "I refuse to vote for the lesser of two evils, because that's still voting for evil!"
Cool, cool.
My grandfather had his leg amputated because the alternative was to die from gangrene. He didn't want his leg amputated! Having a healthy leg is much better than having no leg! But he wasn't presented with a choice between "healthy leg" and "no leg." The choice was between "no leg" and "dying painfully."
He chose the lesser of two evils.
In this election, our choice is between a party that is often feckless and sometimes even reactionary but at least articulates ideals most of us can get behind, like minority rights and economic fairness, versus a party that is full-on supporting fascism, kidnapping people based on skin color, denying women and trans people their freedoms.
You don't have a choice between Social Democrats and Democrats. You have a choice between imperfect Democrats and Republican fascists.
Just as my grandfather would have died of gangrene if he had refused to make the choice altogether, our country will die of fascism if we refuse to make the choice instead of voting for the lesser of two evils. Vote. Choose less evil.