• BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
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        13 hours ago

        I’ll point you back to the article. And to my comment: Congratulations protest non voters, this is what you voted for.

        Literally what protest non voters voted for.

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          Sigh. They didn’t vote. That’s quite literally not a vote. No matter how hard you want to blame them for something they didn’t do.

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              Is it? Aren’t we always talking about voter suppression?

              Face it, the Democrats didn’t make a positive argument for themselves and people were tired of hearing that Republicans were evil. They promised stuff.

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                Is it?

                It is. If you have the choice to act, and you choose not to act. You have made a choice.

                Aren’t we always talking about voter suppression?

                Voter suppression is if there is no choice to vote. I haven’t seen anyone suggest those are people we’re talking about. Those would be referenced by language such as “those that couldn’t vote” not “those that didn’t vote” who we are referring to in this thread.

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            9 hours ago

            that is literally a vote, as the saying goes, standing by not to doing anything is bad as helping the enemy.

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            13 hours ago

            Sigh. They made a choice that amounted to voting for this. An intentional and deliberate choice. Thus, this is what they voted for. Congratulations!

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              Oh? Aren’t you guys always yelling about voter suppression? So which is it? Everyone who didn’t vote made a conscious decision or at least some people were prevented from voting?

              As for the rest. Yes apathy is a choice. After decades of watching both parties do nothing about their show slide into homelessness I cannot act surprised that people are more worried about making rent than voting.

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                After decades of watching both parties

                Again: Points to article. Again: Congratulations protest non voters, this is what you voted for!

                You may continue your mental backflips. Ciao.

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              like 3 common things popped right after the elections from non-voters : “how is this affecting me now, or whenever” someone on reddit said this was from POC and persecuted groups which makes them look even worst. 2) dint know the incumbent was even running or dropped out 3) They cant be bothered by election to vote(goes back to the social media distractions they have been obssesed with)? the first 2 knew what was going on, chose to ignore it. the final one it was shown that genz dint vote for either side in large numbers, which helped the republicans, because the gop were afraid of gen z voters, and then a portion of them went over to the R-side for the first time(thanks to incel grifters)