uspol, rant, brace yourselves kids
I'm not gonna back off on hectoring people to vote for Biden anytime soon, so if you're going to take offense at it, you are cordially welcomed to take a zero-fault vacation from me until November.
I'll say this, though: if you're absolutely determined not to vote for him, I understand. But you know what I do demand?
A goddamn plan. No amount of complaining on social media will make Bernie president from 2020-2024. A certain amount of playing refusenik with your votes *will* make Trump president from 2020-2024. And I'm actually OKAY with you refusing to vote, but...
You had better be prepared to do something more than complain if Trump gets re-elected. Myself, I can't see the tactical advantage of having an openly hostile, intractable lunatic to protest against instead of The Usual Slimy Old Neo-Liberal Democrat.
But we were going to have to apply pressure to either one in order to get the country we actually want. Just don't act like your refusal to vote Biden is going to move the DNC one inch.
I think we've got a far better chance if we get Trump the fuck out of office and THEN apply the pressure to the DNC. I think if you've got a better plan, you should tell us what it is, and I might support it, because I am NOT happy about this.
But I've already had to live through eight years of Bush and four years of Trump, and now I'm facing the prospect of another four years of Trump _and_ a conservative-packed Supreme Court that might just run us into the ground. So forgive me if I'm asking your moral perfectionism to take a back seat to Realpolitik right now.
And if Biden gets in and nothing really changes for the better, I will make up for my grouchiness by going ALL THE FUCK IN on helping you protest, strike, organize, and generally tear shit up. Promise. Save this screenshot and use it as a coupon--but I ALREADY wanted to give Biden nine kinds of hell the moment he got elected. 🤷
Also, this one is not negotiable: you'd better look for progressives and socialists in your local and state elections and go support THEM. I might actually be willing to cut you some slack if you do that and stop short of voting Biden. But we gotta win back SOME power, right now, or it's gonna get real bad.
re: uspol, rant, brace yourselves kids
@Zordrak Yeah, honestly, the more I hector people to vote for Biden the more I hate myself--the best I can tell people is it's treading water until the rescue boat comes. And I don't know if there is a rescue boat. ;_; I think trying to focus on the Senate is a fine and sensible idea for anyone who just can't bring themselves to vote Biden.
