In my previous comment “good” is synonymous with “least bad” which apparently isn’t obvious enough despite my previous clarification about the world not being black & white.
So no, when faced with multiple options, all of them bad, picking the least bad option ISN’T the same as picking the most bad option and therefore a person picking the least bad option can’t reasonably be “shit on”
Voting FOR trans rights accomplishes nothing beyond making sure that trans people have rights.
Voting AGAINST trans rights undermines the freedom and safety of everyone.
I don’t disagree about anything you said, just a quick note because it’s a term that’s worth understanding:
“Newspeak” is a concept based on the dumbing down of language in order to make communication more difficult and complex concepts almost impossible. It’s not just new words or phrases. If it’s not damaging our ability to think and communicate, it’s not Newspeak. For this reason, “politically correct” alternatives (like “POC”), as well as increasingly specific terms (like “omnisexual” or “demi girl”) don’t qualify as Newspeak because they either continue the existing ability to think and communicate or enhance it by being more exacting about the concepts involved.
I’m not trying to be pedantic, it’s just important to me that people understand what Newspeak really is because the fascists really are trying to implement it as a means of reducing resistance against them. My favorite example is “climate change” which was a term introduced by right wing think tanks to undermine the more accurate (and more alarming) term “global warming.” And it worked.
Anyway, again I don’t disagree with your points, so please carry on!
Not having a good choice doesn’t excuse making bad choices.
It’s --almost like-- we live in a world that not black & white and people have to make the best choices they can under the circumstances
Of all the other criticisms people have had of Newsom, you’re only posting about his relationship with Israel. This suggests an ulterior motive or a bias on your part.
So you are saying that by not voting, you voted for everyone.
Literally not what they said. They said “supporting,” which is different. One doesn’t need to vote in order to support. But by giving equal support to all candidates, you bear some tiny responsibility for whoever wins regardless of whether the winning candidate is “good” or “bad.”
Basically your abdicating control of your responsibility to everyone else, but that doesn’t make you any less responsible for it.
Exactly. Fascists operate in bad faith, there’s absolutely nothing to be gained by engaging with them in good faith.
They’re now the most well funded domestic law enforcement agency to exist in the world, ever. With the sole task of deporting non-citizens.
What happens when there aren’t any more non-citizens to deport? Well they sure as hell are going to find SOME way to justify all that funding, don’t you think?
Obama asked permission from McConnell to release the info about Trump. He could have just done it, or even done it regardless, but he didn’t.
That, and the way he wasted the first six months of his first term trying to be bipartisan, are two of his biggest mistakes ever and radicals altered the course our country would take. I’ll genuinely never forgive him.
And he’s still the best president I’ve ever had the opportunity to vote for :(
Right? Headline should really read “Trump admits Epstein list is real, defends some of the people on it.”