• MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I think most Democrat voters don’t explicitly support genocide. (And no, voting for the “lesser evil” doesn’t count.)

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          I’ve met enough to know that centrists demand unquestioning support of genocidal candidates. You go down that road, it defines you as a person in your entirety forever.

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                  Then maybe tell me how centrists should change their behavior. So far, all you’ve said is that the left needs to be kind to the genocide wing no matter what they do.

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                    The same thing - show kindness and understanding instead of attacking you for “letting Trump win.”

                    It would also be great if they made an effort to primary candidates one can vote FOR instead of relying on WBNMW and delaying the inevitable (which, as I said, will likely lead to an even worse Republican presidency.

                    But getting them to vote third party/not at all doesn’t seem possible at the moment… because they don’t believe something better is possible. See this reply to my comment as an example.

                    And you could try reasoning with them, but… haven’t you been trying that already? Unfortunately, most people don’t go by reason.

                    Maybe they need to be shown that something better is possible.

                    They need hope in a better future one can pursue.

                    We all do.