Don’t know that it’s the right strategic move for Biden to step down over a poor debate performance, but if he does, please remember, everyone - this election is a matter of voting against fascism. Get out there regardless of the Dem candidate. Remind your friends and family. And for Christ’s sake, vote AGAINST the fascist.
100% would be disastrous to step down.
1 candidate supports roe v wade ( and a bunch of other common sense shit) the other doesn’t. Simple as.
The media circus surrounding it made me feel bleak as fuck however.
Bidens north Carolina speech was better imo
“I may be old but I tell the truth.”
This election? Every election from now on. The fascists won’t suddenly give up, they’ll just wait.
There won’t necessarily be a fascist-sympathetic major presidential candidate every election, but yes, they’re a constant threat from here on out.
I’m not voting for anyone who supports what Israel is doing in Gaza.
If the Democrats want my support, they’ll have to replace Biden with someone who’ll stand up to Israel. Otherwise, my support is going third-party.
If Trump wins, that’s on the people who voted for Trump. It’s not on me.
Your actions have effects in the real world! Shocking, I know. But not voting for the lesser evil in a FPTP voting system like the US’s increases the likelihood of the bigger evil winning.
You don’t get to deny responsibility, however minor, for the consequences of your actions.
See, what’s happening here is that you’re viewing my behaviour as deviant, because in the US, voting for one of the two main parties is a social norm. But there’s no need for it to be a social norm.
US politics will not get better until people choose better options. The Democrats and the Republicans have no incentive to be better until people are willing to vote for other parties.
It’s time for that social norm to go.
Blaming, say, Green party voters for a Trump victory “because they should have voted Democrat” makes just as much sense as me blaming Democrat voters for a Trump victory “because they should have voted Green party”.
The truth is, none of us are obligated to vote for anyone except the candidate our heart feels is best.
voting is not enabling. you have a right to your position, but i encourage you to consider the material outcomes of your actions rather than just the exterior aesthetics of it. :)
That is some twisted mental gymnastics.
American munitions are being used to rip apart Gazan children as we speak. Biden supports it. Trump supports it.
People who vote for Biden are supporting it. People who vote for Trump are supporting it.
The only ones who aren’t supporting it are the people voting third-party.
Did Yang not start a centrist party?
If he’s a progressive, then I’m forklift certified.
(I am not)
Well, I imagine the number of Democrats asking him to step down will increase.
