khornechips

I understand the point you’re trying to make, but it’s not possible to find a middle ground between fact-based reality and outright fiction.

That should be polarizing. We as a society have to stop taking people seriously when they look at the political equivalent of a house on fire and want to debate if the fire is really that bad instead of how we should put it out.

It’s a large enough percentage to reach the White House, and unfortunately that’s all that seems to matter.

Nah nah, that’s not cruel or honest enough. “Why should we save them? They deserve to overdose for being an addict! Has anybody seen my coffee order?”

I don’t think you’re being honest but just in case, let me help you. The implication is, this country has a fascist rot that needs to be excised before it kills us all.

Once the fascist party pretending to be conservative gets out of the way, the conservative party pretending to be liberal can take its place.

Then we might actually have a shot at a true progressive movement in this country.

Fascism is incompatible with democracy.

Spoiler alert.

It won’t be.

What’s your suggestion? We can’t exactly peer into the future and see who will use their education for good or evil. The point of an educated populace is to be able to spot and stop movements like Trump’s before we get into this position in the first place.

Except the EU who did but apparently Trump didn’t know about it until a reporter asked him. Only the best people.

You’re assuming we would have been able to actually change her mind somehow when all available evidence shows exactly the opposite. You’re gambling with the lives of the people you claim to care so much about, like they’re a piece on a chessboard. When does this game of chicken end?

When is it acceptable to compromise? On Election Day? Do you wait until 5PM? 10PM? You’ve gotten out there, made your voice heard and Harris still hasn’t announced the changes you want. It’s 11:50PM. Is it okay now?

Do you cling to your principles knowing that you’re enabling Trump to win, which will not only make the situation in Gaza worse but endanger millions of people in our country as well?

Well shit, you caught me. I’m the reason why Harris got millions fewer votes than Biden did in the last election: because I told people to vote for her. You can be mad at me all you want, I was right then and I’m still right now. You can’t make any political change by refusing to play the hand you’re dealt.

But hey, good news! You got what you wanted. A genocide supporter didn’t get elected. Gaza is saved! I’m sure the war will be over any day now.

I think you’re a little confused. The harm reduction I’m referring to is making sure the next president of the United States doesn’t want to turn Gaza into a luxury resort, roll out the red carpet for Russia and return our country to the dark ages.

It doesn’t matter how corrupt and useless the DNC is if our country is taken over by fascists. Absolutely you fight and tell Kamala exactly where to shove it but on Election Day either you vote or you shut the fuck up.

I’m going to preface this by saying that I agree with you, the democrats will never be the opposition that we need them to be and we need a true left (hell, even liberal at this point) party in this country to see real positive change. I actually put my money where my mouth is and changed party affiliation to independent after the election.

That having been said, I believe in harm reduction and there was only one other viable candidate who could have stopped Trump from coming into power. In the context of the 2024 election and the first past the post electoral system that we live under, what else should we have done?

They do, but how many times do you need to stop someone from touching a hot stove before you let them learn their lesson the hard way?