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      2 days ago

      Yes, not voting is a vote for whoever won, it’s the same reason being “apolitical” doesn’t exist.

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        This is the part where this conversation goes off the rails. Removing everything under this. It’s not productive.

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          This isn’t reddit, we don’t have advertisers we have to appeal to. Do we really need this kind of nannying? Can’t adults have adult discussions, even if they’re arguments that get heated?

          I didn’t see the removed content, admittedly, but unless it’s overtly hate speech I can’t understand the need to moderate Lemmy as if it was corporate social media. Like isn’t the whole point that it isn’t?

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          Okay, so I would be equally justified in saying: Liberals, this is what you get when you assume people must vote for you.

          THANK YOU. This far down the road and they’re still ignoring this aspect.

          Yes protest voters choosing to make things worse for Palestine and everyone in the US is stupid.

          AND liberals and especially the party leadership made a huge miscalculation in assuming everyone would vote for “not Trump.”

          Both contributed to the loss. Which is more to blame? There’s a discussion to be had there but imo the overall electoral strategy is a much bigger issue than a handful of stupid people who didn’t vote or voted Trump over this one particular issue

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            The party leadership isn’t here. Some of the protest voters are. Any statement posted on Lemmy is directed at the voters, not the leadership, and assuming otherwise is arguing in bad faith.

            The voters had the opportunity to stop Trump. They didn’t. Many people on Lemmy actively encouraged people to let Trump win. He won. Those are the facts.

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              What I saw a lot of on Lemmy was democrat supporters and voters insisting that people will just hold their nose and vote for Harris and accusing anybody angry about the ongoing genocide of either supporting Trump or playing into the hands of Russia.

              Any statement posted on Lemmy is directed at the voters, not the leadership, and assuming otherwise is arguing in bad faith.

              Did I do that? Very confused.

              The voters had the opportunity to stop Trump. They didn’t.

              Ah yes, it’s all the voters’ fault.

              If only the DNC had any power at all in this situation or ability to influence the actions of voters…

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          Those supporting The Establishment Democrats are responsible for all of this. So naturally they accuse everybody else and blame the voters for their own mistakes. They knew running is the status quo with dog shit unpopular candidates was not enough to win and they did it anyway. Forced it on us.