Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago‘I hate Democrats, but I love Abdul’: voters who left over Gaza return for progressive pushwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square183fedilinkarrow-up1454arrow-down113
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minus-squareTerrorphin@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·11 hours agoThis assumes that every election is independent - which they are not. The ‘lesser evil’ is to lock democrats out of power until they run non-genocidal candidates. The short term sucks, but in the long term it is much much better.
minus-squareBillCheddar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoAgain, one man’s “the short term sucks” is another man’s “and in that short term, my family was murdered by fascists” It’s easy to be flippant with someone else’s life.
This assumes that every election is independent - which they are not. The ‘lesser evil’ is to lock democrats out of power until they run non-genocidal candidates. The short term sucks, but in the long term it is much much better.
Again, one man’s “the short term sucks” is another man’s “and in that short term, my family was murdered by fascists”
It’s easy to be flippant with someone else’s life.