The thing about voting for Harris is that if she wins while endorsing genocide it signals to the DNC that their constituents are either pushovers who can’t make demands of their elites or okay with genocide.
Centrists know this. They’re angry because progressives are not pushovers who are ok with genocide.
We need a competitive primary in 2028. We didn’t get one this year.
No, centrists who are against the genocide are over here thinking, you’re cutting off your nose to spite your face. The president isn’t a dictator, the country isn’t a monolith, and you don’t understand how the three chambers of US government works.
But hey maybe that’s the point, you’d rather destroy the system and get a dictator. I love having the freedom I have and it’s served me pretty well these years. I support the cause, but I’m not willing to walk with you if it means the end of democracy.
No, centrists who are against the genocide
Don’t exist.
are over here thinking, you’re cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Already voted for Harris.
But hey maybe that’s the point, you’d rather destroy the system and get a dictator.
Already. Voted. For. Harris.
I support the cause,
Whose?
but I’m not willing to walk with you if it means the end of democracy.
I already voted for Harris.
I’ll ask: What’s your plan when another Trump surfaces for years later? Will you still say vote blue no matter who? What about the four years after? Do you think the Democrats will listen to a constituency that will vote blue while they ignore them and refuse to even hold a primary?
What’s your plan when Trump wins this time? Why won’t that plan still work in 4 years if another Trump does surface? Unless you don’t have a plan and just want to rip the band aid off to get it over with. I don’t like how the DNC operates and we need to work to change it but if Trump gets elected with no plan in place to control him he will just wipe Gaza off the map and build a golf course where it used to be.
Sure, my plan:
- Donate & Volunteer to candidates I support
- Vote for candidates I support in the primaries
- Get as many of those people elected
- Call them and donate to causes that advocate for what I believe in (SLPC, NAACP, CCL, EFF, etc)
- Call them and donate to causes that advocate for ranked choice voting or something better than FPTP
- Throw my hat in the ring one day
I can’t control what others do, I can only strive to influence others. So to entertain the question, if a dictator gets elected - I will fight, I will protest (and have) up until the point that I can’t or it no longer presents as a viable option for change. And if we do ever get to that point, then I’d reassess my options.
And as for your ignore constituency statement, I get it. I didn’t like the way it went down either. The timing was terrible - I was with Joe up until that disastrous debate and then yea, I started to call people and voice my concern. I responded to survey saying he was unfit. Morale was low. The powers that be decided on Kamala, and I stand by much of her platform. I liked her as a top candidate in 2016.
And I’ll just present you with this idea. Wouldn’t it be so lovely to bookend this racist moron and all of his racist followers with a black man preceding him and a black woman after? I think that gives me a little bit of hope and faith in America.
