I’ll even vote for the “lesser of two evils”. The only catch is I will vote against any politician who supports genocide and takes AIPAC money.
“I’ll vote for the lesser of two evils except for this one important issue that I’ll just let the greater evil prevail on so I can feel morally superior to the lesser evil.”
I’m flexible on a lot of issues, genocide is non-negoiable for me though. There is no degree by which I will support it and no cause that makes it worthy. I can’t be threatened, shamed or semantically maneuvered into supporting it. That’s what you guys have got to work with here.
But again, it’s very easy to not support genocide, and it’s cheap! So it’s not some impossible line in the sand. If Democrats want my vote that’s literally all it takes at this point, stuff like functioning healthcare, bodily autonomy, fair wages, campaign finance reform etc. I’ve given up on ever realistically seeing that stuff, so corporate Dems are already getting a lot out of the deal here, but it’s entirely on them to compromise on the genocide thing.
Well your taxes support genocide so the least you could do is vote to mitigate the damage you pay for. But I know feeling morally superior is more important than pragmatic decisions that actually spare lives.
I can’t be threatened, shamed or semantically maneuvered into supporting it.
You’re literally supporting genocide by your acquiescence to a Trump regime, but I guess if there’s MORE genocide it doesn’t count, like a stack overflow. Thanks for sending American minorities to be murdered, we’re real grateful to your moral purity.
This is the trolley problem. “Voting for Biden” is pulling the switch to divert the trolley onto the track which kills one person instead of five (although there may be disagreement on how many people are tied to each track).
I totally get the “I didn’t fucking ask for this choice to be put in front of me, so I’m not playing at all” outlook, but the fact is that the choice is there, and doing nothing is a choice.
“I’ll vote for the lesser of two evils except for this one important issue that I’ll just let the greater evil prevail on so I can feel morally superior to the lesser evil.”
I’m flexible on a lot of issues, genocide is non-negoiable for me though. There is no degree by which I will support it and no cause that makes it worthy. I can’t be threatened, shamed or semantically maneuvered into supporting it. That’s what you guys have got to work with here.
But again, it’s very easy to not support genocide, and it’s cheap! So it’s not some impossible line in the sand. If Democrats want my vote that’s literally all it takes at this point, stuff like functioning healthcare, bodily autonomy, fair wages, campaign finance reform etc. I’ve given up on ever realistically seeing that stuff, so corporate Dems are already getting a lot out of the deal here, but it’s entirely on them to compromise on the genocide thing.
Can’t support it ¯\ (ツ)_/¯
Well your taxes support genocide so the least you could do is vote to mitigate the damage you pay for. But I know feeling morally superior is more important than pragmatic decisions that actually spare lives.
You’re literally supporting genocide by your acquiescence to a Trump regime, but I guess if there’s MORE genocide it doesn’t count, like a stack overflow. Thanks for sending American minorities to be murdered, we’re real grateful to your moral purity.
May I shift gears here for a moment?
This is the trolley problem. “Voting for Biden” is pulling the switch to divert the trolley onto the track which kills one person instead of five (although there may be disagreement on how many people are tied to each track).
I totally get the “I didn’t fucking ask for this choice to be put in front of me, so I’m not playing at all” outlook, but the fact is that the choice is there, and doing nothing is a choice.
nobody tell him the engineer on board has time to hit the breaks
Oh, cool, so if he doesn’t do that, fuck those other four people, right? You have no obligation to do anything except watch them die.
“Biden has no obligation to hit the breaks because genocide is too popular”
“If Biden is a bad person, it’s okay to let millions more be murdered by literal fascists. I Am Very Moral”
“I am in no position to criticize the candidates that represent me”
Them’s the brakes.