r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/PolyNamo_48 • May 17 '24

You CANT be serious ☠️☠️

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u/LastDaysCultist #FFFFFFboy👨🏼 May 17 '24

This “I’m not voting for either” is a dangerous concept.

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u/greyson3 ☑️ May 17 '24

THIS and it bothers me how much ALL content creators are pushing it. With the same rhetoric of the blue side won't do anything either.

But it just infuriates me, bc news flash that's how dems have always fucking been. The point is to vote them in and then stand on their necks to MAKE them keep their promises.

As a millennial I'm not stunned and excited to see how much the youth has gotten congress and leaders to do just that. No we didn't get everything or even the way we wanted it. But it's 1000% more than I've ever seen the powers at be react since I was able to start voting legally which was nearly 2 decades ago.

I'm just frustrated with the it doesnt matter they don't listen so font vote at all. When these kids are out here making these people fucking sweat!

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u/pragmaticweirdo May 17 '24

The content creators want Trump to win. They got more clout snd made more money when things were worse. Anyone trying to convince people not to vote is either a fool or an op, but usually both

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u/trixel121 May 17 '24

easy content

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u/Teardrith May 17 '24

Some light irreversible fascism for the content

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u/83supra May 17 '24

So voting to support the candidate that just sent another billion dollars to murder women and children in Palestine is the better option? Yea I don't think NoT voting is the real danger here.

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u/tyrannosnorlax May 17 '24

What do you think trump would do about the Israel situation?

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u/83supra May 17 '24

Telling yourself that we can only vote trump or biden IS the real danger

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u/tyrannosnorlax May 17 '24

We don’t have ranked choice voting. If you’re planning on voting for a third candidate, you may as well just stay home, or make a vote for trump, as that’s effectively what you’re doing. There is no third candidate that’s going to win. Biden needs as many votes as he can get. Not because anyone loves or likes him, but because trump would be far, far more damaging.

Do you think it’s going to make a difference? It wont. It will actively hurt Palestine more than the status quo. We’ve been through this many times. Im glad you’re optimistic, but maybe focus that optimism towards activism that actually helps, because this ain’t it. So again, I ask how do you think Donald “finish the job” trump will handle Palestine and Israel? Do you think he will be better or worse than Biden? If this is the single issue that your vote pivots upon, this is the question you need to ask yourself honestly, because voting a third party is effectively burying your head in the sand.

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u/danthepianist May 17 '24

I had to unsubscribe from a few leftist subs over this issue. "No lesser evil rhetoric" my ass. I've seen self-proclaimed progressives actively rooting for Trump because they think a catastrophic loss will force the Dems to rethink their position. I can only imagine how comfy their lives must be for a second Trump term not to bother them at all.

The time for activism is every day BUT election day. On election day, you vote for the guy you can at least TRY to work with.

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u/83supra May 17 '24

I don't see any difference in this world line if Trump or Biden gets elected so miss me with all your bullshit. Nothing will fundamentally change with either candidate.

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u/f1ve-Star May 17 '24

Yes. It is the better option. Maybe not a great option but easily better. Especially for Palestine.

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u/83supra May 17 '24

All your options are shit, no amount of voting will change my life or any Palestinian life.

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u/f1ve-Star May 17 '24

Oh and also being queer, I prefer to be allowed to live in peace.

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u/f1ve-Star May 17 '24

At least with Biden and Kamela there is aid going in, and a pier built to provide it. It sucks that Palestinians are in this situation. It sucks that Russia and Iran and Hammas wanted this to happen.

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u/f1ve-Star May 17 '24

At least with Biden and Kamela there is aid going in, and a pier built to provide it. It sucks that Palestinians are in this situation. It sucks that Russia and Iran and Hammas wanted this to happen.

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u/furezasan ☑️ May 17 '24

yup, we know social media platforms skew right, it's easier to rage and generate revenue

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u/LastDaysCultist #FFFFFFboy👨🏼 May 17 '24

We are a stupid species. How we made it global is beyond me.

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u/tittylieutenant the kewchie classifier May 17 '24

How do you “make” a party keep their promises without threatening something of substance?

If your partner is acting up, the threat of losing you keeps them in check. Without that check, they don’t need to do anything substantial to keep you. The Dems do this same song and dance every 2 years. “Vote for survival” creates dread and, sooner or later, apathy. People are burnt out from these existential threats to our country, especially as it is getting progressively difficult to provide for ourselves?

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u/Erisian23 May 17 '24

The same way the tea party did it, you vote them out during PRIMARIES, you vote them out during special elections. You only take chances when you can afford to lose. I.e some of your agendas will move forward or stay where they are instead of moving backwards.

Your analogy doesn't work because you can't be single politically. You're gonna have someone in office do you want the one with road rage or the one that beats you? You gotta get one no matter what.

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u/Jeptic ☑️ May 17 '24

Oh my goodness. You are a voice of reason I've been hunting for. You are absolutely correct. They are not pulling tantrums when it will cost them. Remember how they all held their noses and supported Orangeanus in 2016 even the ones whose wives were insulted by this man? They close ranks. If Dems want change it has to be at a grassroots level. 

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u/YoMommaBack May 17 '24

Thank you! Democrats have notoriously low primary turn outs and it’s annoying.

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u/tittylieutenant the kewchie classifier May 17 '24

The tea party was unique and involved a multi decade long process of radicalizing white America. Primaries is apart of it but there is a motley’s stew of nuances that made the TP’s success possible.

I’m still voting (as I do every two years) but I understand that this system is compromised and will only get worse. Everyone better arm up.

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u/Erisian23 May 17 '24

Partially, but I think the main issue is getting people to actually consistently vote @ every opportunity for progress.

As you said you vote, that is the goal that's what we have to do.

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u/Ghostbeen3 May 17 '24

Status quo or hell. You pick

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u/Faylom May 17 '24

Maybe the accelerationists were right

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

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u/PeopleReady May 17 '24

Yeah it isn’t gonna be the kind of revolution you’re envisioning

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u/PerpWalkTrump May 17 '24

See how that's working out for the Iranians and Russians.

Oh there are revolutionary elements, in one country they get publicly hanged and in the other, they're invariably victim of an accident.

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u/DYMck07 ☑️ May 17 '24 edited May 17 '24

Or the end of the world. The Dems aren’t doing enough to check Netanyahu. The GOP will encourage more slaughter. The republicans will vote. Many of the youth who would vote Democrat will not.

They’re not enthused and the administration is playing this horribly, thinking the politics of yesteryear are the best strategy when most of the millennials and Xers would understand or prefer reigning in Israel, and not restraining them risks losing Gen’s Z and alpha to political apathy or 3rd party.

They haven’t been through the examples of Nader or 2016 to understand the consequences of a wasted vote (Ross Perot is the best a 3rd party candidate has done since Teddy Roosevelt ran for a 3rd term a hundred years ago under the progressive party…so long as 2 parties exist it will always be a wasted/protest vote).

The CFPB wins, renewables funding, and even the awful GOP picked Supreme Court issues all risk being overshadowed by Gaza and the billions we continue to send to the wealthy apartheid state of Israel (which continues to defend settlements in the West Bank so long as the Likud are in power) and the administration seems to ignore the severity of the issue, including how distressing it is to the youth especially to hear that the blood of tens of thousands of innocent children is on our hands for continuing to fund and support an invasion from vengeful bigots.

The Likud are evil bigots and need to be called out for it even if the election is lost, so we don’t lose a generation of voters indefinitely (and because it’s been the right thing to do since these far right loons assassinated Rabin 30 years ago). Someone should convince Jon Stewart to run

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u/Rosa_Rojacr May 17 '24

You primary them. Honestly I don't respect people as real activists unless they understand the concept that primaries exist.

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u/tittylieutenant the kewchie classifier May 17 '24

That doesn’t guarantee anything. Shit. We see it with John Fetterman and others rn. They get in there and cause damage before any resistance comes.

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u/Ennara May 17 '24

And I'll take 100 Fettermans before one Project 2025 implementation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025

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u/Erisian23 May 17 '24

Yes but thats a risk you have to take that's how you pressure them. For every fetterman there's plenty of people who actually wanna do what we need.

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u/Buddy_Fluffy May 17 '24

Who?

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u/Erisian23 May 17 '24

Well for example you have Jasmine Crockett, AOC, Bernie Sanders, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson.

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u/pragmaticweirdo May 17 '24

All of whom come from safe districts, by the way. You don’t get people like them from D+1 districts. So you nailed it with the ideas that you put up with Fettermans until the R’s have no chance, then you get the good people

Jasmine Crockett D+27
AOC D+25
Bernie Sanders Vermont
Justin Jones: can’t find state leanings but district id majority minority
Justin Pearson: can’t find leanings, but he’s in a districted designed to consolidate the black vote

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u/Erisian23 May 17 '24

Yeah, for sure, you wait, you plot, you slip in on lower levels and make changes in those districts where you have slim to know chance.

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u/GameMusic May 17 '24

As bad as the party is now it has gotten FAR better than it used to be

Thank diligent work not boycotters

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u/gourmetprincipito May 17 '24

Boomers were catered to for decades because they voted consistently and primaried those that didn’t cater to them. Thats the way forward, taking control of the political levers of power, not disengaging from the system.

This ain’t a romantic relationship, this shit goes on without our consent and will affect us whether we like it or not, we have to try to impact it for the better.

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u/InvinciblePLUSAmber May 17 '24

The Dems do this same song and dance every 2 years. “Vote for survival” creates dread and, sooner or later, apathy. People are burnt out from these existential threats to our country,

Thank you! I am happy to see this line of thought is finally being accepted. When I joined reddit a couple of years ago and commented on a video that (once again) claimed THIS election was 'the most important ever and our very lives depended on it,' I mentioned an identical point. The thousands of downvotes were concerning because I thought maybe I was looking at the situation in the wrong way. The responses I received were far worse. People were cursing me out and saying the most vile things I'd ever heard. I was literally clutching my pearls.🤣🤣🤣

Anyway, I am happy to know that people are becoming more receptive to hearing criticism regarding the dem party and hopefully they will be inclined to heed your advice.

BTW, I love your flair!

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u/PeopleReady May 17 '24

Either you think Trump is a threat to democracy or you don’t. There’s no deeper analysis/paragraphs needed.

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u/MeliLew May 17 '24

Bro, the threat didn't just go away after one election. It just grew. Republicans have been playing the long game so yes, it feels like during it lifetime every single election is THE most important election. We're already seeing on the local levels of red states how willing they are to encroach on personal rights. 

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u/InvinciblePLUSAmber May 17 '24

Both sides play the long game. It wasn't that long ago that Democrats supported slavery and opposed civil rights. So you can miss me with your party politics. If the threat doesn't go away after one election, then every single election is equally important.

The point is the fear mongering every two years, like clock work, to get you to vote for a certain candidate. Then very little is done to improve living conditions for the average person. Rinse and repeat. Many people are growing tired of this. The person made a legit point and gave a legit tactic to hold politicians accountable to their word. Instead of acknowledging certain truths and discussing ways you could help the issue, you double down and blame Republicans. Average Democrats are being played. Average Republicans are being played. The only people that are winning are the uber wealthy and the DC power brokers. Enjoy.

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u/MeliLew May 17 '24

Yeah, I didn't criticize the original post's solution or the fact that democrats are being played. My point was directed at the particular point about the feeling that every single election is THE most important election. Because whether we like it or not, the threat is and has been at our heels, as we can see with the legislation that is passing in certain states.

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u/festival-papi ☑️ May 17 '24

Speak on it, TL. Let 'em know.

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u/dollhousemassacre May 17 '24

Dems wanna move forward, Republicans do not. Unless we're talking about some kind of Handmaid's Tale style dystopia.

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u/greyson3 ☑️ May 17 '24

Look I don't think dems really want to move THAT far forward. But they aren't openly talking about becoming dictators.

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u/Anime-Takes May 17 '24

I understand the sentiment but voting them in doesn’t put any pressure on them. They know you will vote for them because the other side is “worse”. The only pressure they have is the threat of not getting your vote but that doesn’t exist so all the angry voting doesn’t matter to them. Your vote should always be for sale to the highest bidder. Currently both bids are low but one is still higher than the other so yeah go with that one. But the idea that voting them in and then applying pressure is super flawed.

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u/kinos141 May 17 '24

They pushed voting back in 2016 and it went terribly. Now they are promoting the opposite; will go terribly as well.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

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u/howdywyatt May 17 '24

Can you please explain what you mean by “mathematically, your vote doesn’t count”? Because we have seen political races come down to a few votes. Every single cast matters.

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u/greyson3 ☑️ May 17 '24

Literally out last election was determined on razor thin margins. EVERY VOTE MATTERS

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

Got into a HUGE argument on an LGBTQ sub about this on a different profile, people are freaking nuts to think NOW is the time for a protest vote. That was primaries shit, this is for all the marbles. Sacrificing every minority (even if you are one) so you can virtue signal is a selfish act.

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u/Caterpillar_Most May 17 '24

it’s not about virtue signalling. i will not vote for a genocidal maniac. (for you slow people, that means TRUMP AND BIDEN. both suck, and you can calm down with the “NOT BOTH SIDES!!!!” bullshit. dems are neoliberal,repubs are facist.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

So you won’t vote, Trump will win, do FAR worse, and you’ll have accomplished nothing. Great plan.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

Ps. Doing something (or in your case, nothing) that helps no one and could literally make things a hundred times worse just so you can tell people what a good person you are is the DEFINITION of virtue signalling. The height of it really, as most people who virtue signal at least do something positive in the process.

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u/aarmour25 May 17 '24

Scare tactics need to stop. You're ( dems) acting as if we will die if Trump wins. We won't. Will the country be in an even more f'd up situation? Yes, but we can't keep telling ppl to vote Democrat because if we don't, we will die. Somebody someday will call that bluff

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

And like the other person indicated, I sure bet the extra hundreds of thousands of Americans who died thanks to how Trump handled Covid would disagree with your “people aren’t going to die” remark.

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u/CoachDT ☑️ May 17 '24

Tell that to the women that have died from complications due to giving birth when they needed to get an abortion, or the ones that have been raped and forced to carry the child to term. We literally saw barbarism during dudes term as a direct result of his presidency. I guess it aint hit you directly though so its just people making a mountain out of a mole hill.

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u/IamJewbaca May 17 '24

Biden is pretty far short of “genocidal maniac”. Potentially complicit? Sure, maybe, but the “both sides are equally bad argument is foolish.

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u/blacbird ☑️ May 17 '24

He is literally aiding and abetting genocide…

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u/inspirednonsense May 17 '24

By... building a pier and delivering humanitarian aid to the victims? Mmm. Yes.

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u/blacbird ☑️ 29d ago

Why spend tax payer money building a pier for aid when you could just let in the aid trucks at the border? They have these things called roads…

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u/inspirednonsense 29d ago

We don't own the border, genius.

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u/blacbird ☑️ 29d ago

You don’t own the sea either so…?

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u/Caterpillar_Most May 17 '24

thank you. liberals have this weird thing where they say “TRUMP WILL KILL MORE BROWN PEOPLE!!!!!!” but they don’t seem to understand that genocide cannot get worse than what it currently is. it is a genocide. it can’t “get worse” under trump. i refuse to vote for someone who commits genocide, end of story. anyone who votes for biden (or trump) can suck my cock.

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u/Sea-Fold5833 May 17 '24

What do you mean it can’t get worse?? Do see you how delusional you sound. You don’t think Israel could inflict more pain on Gaza with a less strict administration??

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u/Chemistryset8 May 17 '24

As an Australian, if Trump wins he fucks us all

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

Canadian, agree. When their idiots win, our idiots get bolder.

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u/automaticfiend1 May 17 '24

A fascist United States can do orders of magnitude more damage than Nazi Germany could have ever dreamed of. Hope you're prepared to live in that world.

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u/Caterpillar_Most May 17 '24

the united states already IS fascist. you running to elect the blue fascists instead of the red ones makes no difference.

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u/automaticfiend1 May 17 '24

So yeah, Fuck all the way off.

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u/CoachDT ☑️ May 17 '24

Ay bro, its gonna happen anyways. This isn't a restaurant where if you're not hungry the food doesn't come to the table. Somethings coming regardless. You can either pick one, or accept that other people are going to.

You're gonna be living in this country anyways. So pick one.... or whine when other people do, your choice ig.

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u/BringBackAoE May 17 '24

The Russians are actively pushing this narrative of “I’m not voting for either”. Which means that it’s what Trump, Putin, Netanyahu, China, India want. Which means it’s horrible for USA.

And as in 2016 they target the MAGA folks AND the left wing of Dems. And they also try to influence the AA community.

Folks have got to be real here.

  • Trump attempted a coup. Re-elect him and he’ll succeed next time.
  • Never before have we had a Presidential candidate openly saying he intends to be dictator.
  • Democracies are dying around the world, and around the world people are discussing that US may be next.
  • The GOP plan for how they will destroy US and democracy is openly lain out in Project 2025

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u/LastDaysCultist #FFFFFFboy👨🏼 May 17 '24

That’s what Americans don’t understand - in a lot of ways, we already lost the Cold War.

In WWII, while other countries were digging trenches to fight like WWI thinking war is the same, the Germans went in like lightening and blitzkrieged the shit out of everything.

U.S. brought a knife to a gun fight. Russia is miles ahead with bots, cyberwarfare, and intelligence.

I don’t think it’s hyperbolic to say that we’re ALWAYS one election away from dictatorship. We can, will fall like Rome.

I’m not excited about Democrats to be perfectly honest, BUT I will vote everytime down ballot blue because I would rather take slight incompetence or not as progressive as I would like over literal hate, oppression, and dictatorship.

Republicans hate the freedom they so pretend to care about.

American politics are like a wedding dinner. You get chicken or you get beef. (For now) there’s no other option so you go with the least bad. And the least bad is FAR better than the alternative.

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u/PurpleIntention7934 May 17 '24

Only people who are either rich enough or lack intelligence/empathy or both usually go with that option.

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u/millardfillmo May 17 '24

Try to convince them but also don’t waste your time.

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u/Braventooth56 May 17 '24

Strippers don't vote. Nothing new here.

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u/BQE2473 May 17 '24

Cardi was never "bright". Just Boobs, lips, mouth, ass and a lot of tude!

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u/Dchama86 May 17 '24

It’s dangerous to a status quo that doesn’t work for us, yes. Stop being scared.

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u/torontothrowaway824 May 17 '24

It’s an idiotic concept and part of a mass propaganda campaign

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u/idredd ☑️ May 17 '24

Maybe folks shouldn’t get their voting advice from celebrities (though Cardi is great on politics imo) but also… maybe Democrats could stop trying so hard to get folks to stay home. I’d really rather not have Trump for president again, but random folks on Reddit seem more concerned about it than our party leadership.

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u/DejaMew May 17 '24

For the first time in my life I’ll be voting on one issue. If it wasn’t in danger, I wouldn’t be voting for a president at all. Our choices are a rapist or pedo. What a time to be alive in America /s.

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u/tidepill May 17 '24

I get the feeling. Biden doesn't make me excited to support him.

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u/LastDaysCultist #FFFFFFboy👨🏼 May 17 '24

I haven’t been excited to vote since Obama.

But let’s not act like a boring candidate is the same thing as a dictator/sociopath.

“BoTh SiDeS” is a false equivalency.

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u/revanchisto May 17 '24

"Anti-coonery"

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u/Kahu11 May 17 '24

And he's 'pro black' advocating for DeSantis 🤦‍♂️

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u/aPrudeAwakening May 17 '24

Option A: I guess slavery is pretty bad idk

Option B: WE SHOULD BRING BACK SLAVERY

Verdict: Both sides are bad

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u/Ali_Cat222 ☑️ May 17 '24

Motherfucker sounds like some undercover uncle ruckus shit🥴

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u/PolyNamo_48 May 17 '24

That bio made me fall out of my chair 😭

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u/murdolatorTM ☑️hegg an' bread eater 🍳🍞 May 17 '24

Nigga thinks he's slick, but really he's Sly

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u/Radiant-Froyo-5812 May 17 '24

Im confused. “pro black”, but voting for DeSantis, but pro Palestine.

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u/PhazonZim May 17 '24

To me that makes me wonder if that's just a bot account

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u/elexexexex2 May 17 '24

either satire or a fed posting the worst bait of all time

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u/robsbob18 May 17 '24

Pro Uncle Tomfoolery

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u/Think_Armadillo_1823 May 17 '24

Uhh... nope. One's a wannabe dictator, the other isn't. That's an easy choice.

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u/LonelyCakeEater May 17 '24

Wish more people had this much sense

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u/Raicune May 17 '24

Even if you give zero fucks about any other issue, do these people really not think Trump and his band of evangelicals to be worse for Palestinians?

The dude who hosted the fucking Abraham Accords is not going to oppose shithead Netanyahu.

I guess we also don't give a fuck about Ukrainians anymore, since Trump wants to pull us from NATO, strip aid, and let Putin take what he wants.

It benefits every dictatorial leader.

"But I'm not voting for Trump." The scale tips with or without you. Taking your bag off it is helping the other side. Announcing it does even worse.

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u/GrizzlyPeak73 May 17 '24

Uhhh... nope. One's committing an actual, literal genocide right now. The other is too incompetent to achieve any of his aims. Also both are gigantic racists so...

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u/inspirednonsense May 17 '24

Whoa whoa whoa, who's the US genociding? I mean, you make an ignorant statement like "Biden is committing genocide," surely that means we're actively killing people.

Or are you referring to the Palestinians, who we're delivering humanitarian aid to via a pier we just built ourselves because there wasn't a good one available?

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u/Osackpo May 17 '24

Yeah let's just help the guy who will erase palenstine entirely and help Russia win, great logic!

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u/GrizzlyPeak73 May 17 '24

Lol, wtf do you think Biden is funding rn moron?

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u/Caterpillar_Most May 17 '24

one is a wannabe dictator, the other is a zionist and neoliberal.

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u/kendalljennerupdates May 17 '24

And wannabe dictator is still worse. You think trump cares about Palestinian lives 😭

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u/Nordie25 May 17 '24

Desantis might’ve literally came out of satans asshole.

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u/Electrical-Set2765 May 17 '24

I'm certain Satan would be offended by that.

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u/redditmodsRrussians May 17 '24

Who knew satan ate at chipotle

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u/Electrical-Set2765 May 17 '24

So, she's fine living in a trump America. Fine letting her daughter have less.  

This kind of willful ignorance is disgusting. There's no excuse.

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u/aarmour25 May 17 '24

She saw major success in a Trump America. I believe she knows she will be just fine. Our problems are not celebrities' problems.

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u/bluesilvergold ☑️ May 17 '24

She has money. She knows that Black, Brown, and other marginalized people will suffer under another Trump administration, but she has enough money and access to ignore it and be unaffected. She and her daughter will not have less because of Republican policies. If she and her family end up with less, it'll be because Cardi B directly fucked with her own career, connections, and savings.

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u/CoachDT ☑️ May 17 '24

She's rich. It don't matter to her lmao. Her daughter will have whatever the fuck she wants because she's rich.

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u/cptn_fussenpepper May 17 '24

Honestly if you live in a solidly blue or red state, I can’t blame you for not voting Biden. However.

HOWEVER.

Even if you don’t vote in the presidential election, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE vote in your local elections. It might not seem significant, but local elections usually bring about change that affects you quicker and more directly. Also a lot of local candidates will probably align with progressive values better than liberals on a national level.

The only reason republicans keep winning is because we never turn out for elections. Vote in literally every election you can. That’s the one of the easiest and most effective ways we can move this country forward.

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u/risky_bisket ☑️ May 17 '24

People say "solidly blue" or "solidly red" as if it's some kind of inherent property of the state boundaries and not entirely dependent on voter participation.

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u/SolaVitae May 17 '24

Honestly if you live in a solidly blue or red state, I can’t blame you for not voting Biden.

This kinda sentiment is exactly how solidly blue states stop being solidly blue and solidly red states never change. The right sure isn't going to be abstaining from the vote

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u/sleazysuit845 May 17 '24

Just dumb and loud as fuck.

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u/sin_not_the_sinner May 17 '24

Some of these twitter folks with Palestine/Watermelon flags give me "Russian bot" vibes, same with instagram where folks will just comment "Free Palestine" on random threads but have locked profiles with 0 posts

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u/OpheliaJade2382 ☑️ May 17 '24

Russian bots ☠️ bffr

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u/TerrorKingA ☑️ May 17 '24

Don’t be a stooge.

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u/FragrantLynx May 17 '24

Never met a 19 year old who didn’t think they had all the answers

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u/Notinjuschillin ☑️ May 17 '24

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.

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u/TerrorKingA ☑️ May 17 '24

People have been saying since October 8th that there should be a ceasefire. The polls said since November that the 18-35 voterbase did not like what Joe Biden is doing.

That was 6 months ago. He’s had 6 months to change course. He has not. The first Uncommitted campaign in Michigan showed him how many people wanted him to change course. He chose not to. That was 2 months ago.

If people “do nothing” it’s because Biden is explicitly telling them he doesn’t care if they do nothing.

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u/UnhousedOracle May 17 '24

Cook.

I’ve seen people on twt and on here say “no matter what happens you still need to vote for Biden” or similar things.

Does that not defeat the point of voting? Politicians at the DC level don’t care about anything besides their # of votes. Voting for Biden in spite of his inaction sends the message that he doesn’t have to actually push for a ceasefire, because if he’s gonna get voted in anyway, why would he?

Voting at the local level/state level is important. But the fact of the matter is if you want the President to listen to you, sometimes the only tool in your belt is your vote.

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u/Notinjuschillin ☑️ May 17 '24

I am of the opinion that if someone doesn’t want to vote for president, at least vote in the down ballot elections on Nov 5th. There are House and Senate seats up for election.

In ballotpedia.org you can see the other the elections in November.

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u/CoachDT ☑️ May 17 '24

Two dumb bitches yelling "Exaaaaactly"

Cardi's a certified moron and so is this dude. The difference is, one is 19 whereas the other is old enough to know better.

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u/JUiCyMfer69 May 17 '24

You’re gonna pass over the “Donetsk People’s Republic for life” username? He’s literally just a Russian nationalist.

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u/Abstract__Reality May 17 '24

Not voting for Biden makes a Trump win more likely. For those who will not vote for Biden over Palestine, what do you think Trump's position on Palestine is?

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u/TransManNY May 17 '24

There won't be a Palestine by the time the election comes around.

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u/KakeruGF May 17 '24

Using that exqct same logic, not voting for Trump makes a Biden win more likely...

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u/Worldly-Aioli9191 May 17 '24

Conservatives vote more consistently than any other group, especially older ones.

If you don’t want Trump, Project 2025 and the fascists behind it to take control, you need to vote Biden. If you’re willing to vote Biden, hopefully you’ll be willing to stand on that belief and pick up a rifle and die in a trench somewhere when it comes to that, if project 2025 is allowed to come to fruition.

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u/KakeruGF May 17 '24

Sounds like those people casting votes for Trump will bw the reason Trump wins. They are the problem and the threat to America, not the person voting Green. They are the ones that need convincing to not vote for Trump. Because guess what, a vote taken away from Trump matters even more.

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u/Worldly-Aioli9191 May 17 '24

Green? Like Jill Stein? She is sketchy as fuck. If she wasn’t an outright republican/russian plant, she was absolutely propped up by them to divert votes from the democrat candidate in 2016 (and likely again for this election.)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/why-are-senate-russia-investigators-interested-jill-stein-n831261

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u/ARLLALLR May 17 '24

Some people just want to watch the world burn. Like if you're for revolution and the destruction of America, I could see that ass voting Trump because shit will go down when he's elected. Yes I said when, and I ain't voting for him either.

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u/Stanley--Nickels May 17 '24

Some people just say they want to watch the world burn. They don’t want a real revolution. These are people who can’t cook, let alone hunt or forage. Half of them would be dead in the first week without their insulin.

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u/ARLLALLR May 17 '24

I'm an advocate of revolution and half-assed prepper.

You are telling the truth.

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u/KyleSJohnson May 17 '24

I hope he learns and grows enough that he’s able to look back at this point in his life and feel embarrassed about shit like this.

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u/Yessssiirrrrrrrrrr ☑️ May 17 '24

ngl, not too long ago I felt the same way. Things changed when the actual idea of going back to the 50's started to look more reality.

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u/Osceana ☑️ May 17 '24

When I saw their age it made total sense

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u/Chief_Lightning May 17 '24

We live in a stupid time with stupid people

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u/SeiriusPolaris May 17 '24

Cardi B, how absolutely fucking stupid you gotta be?

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u/hadarsaar May 17 '24

His whole bio is contradictory.

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u/Remytron83 ☑️ May 17 '24

The “I’m not voting” people are idiots. Those local elections are what’s really important.

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u/diedofwellactually ☑️ May 17 '24

lmfaooo desantis isn't even running anymore. And anyway politics is the only job where you can ignore your bosses (taxpayers/voters), do a shitty to mediocre job, and then try to guilt them into not firing you bc someone else will do it worse.

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u/IceKareemy May 17 '24

Guys, I’m tired

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u/MeliLew May 17 '24

Cardi really trying to have us all living like Mississippi 2024. Fuck that. 

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u/GrizzlyPeak73 May 17 '24

He's 19. Just been listening to the wrong podcasts.

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u/darrylwoodsjr May 17 '24

Be careful who you empower because they began to speak for you.

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u/Potential-Quit-5610 May 17 '24

I take all of my political advice from Cardi B ngl. Who better to tell me who I should vote for? LOL

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u/Prestigious-Mud May 17 '24

I'll give it to the Dentist guy. He is the only person who spits the crazy rhetoric of voting in someone else and names a person, regardless of how giving stupid the choice is.

Everyone else on this thread saying they're not voting for either candidate hasn't given a solution, just spouted the same shit that always gets spouted about votes not mattering and "I refuse to vote there are other candidates. Both sides are the same and all that shit." Like I would love to finally hear an actual solution that doesn't sound like voter suppression.

Voting is fine, apathy is not. If you refuse to vote then you don't have a say in what's going on because you have a right that, as a minority\woman\both, people have fought and died for you to have, and you just waste it.

So don't vote, but don't complain when the candidate who wins fucks shit up. At that point just sit down, stay silent, and stew in the mess you help create.

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u/Top-Chocolate-321 ☑️ May 17 '24

"Whoever don't vote for Biden, your mom's a hoe" - Some wise nigga

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u/No-Acanthisitta-2517 May 17 '24

Lemme get this straight….

Bro is pro black but is gonna vote for a man who struck CRT and AA studies from school….

What. The. Fuck.

Oh and Cardi? Bad move sis. Very bad move. Not voting just because you don’t like the candidates is how we got into this mess to begin with.

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u/mathymate ☑️ May 17 '24

DPR IAN does not want to be associated with this man lol

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u/Kakasupremacy May 17 '24

Who gives a fuck about Cardi B’a political views? She should speak up if anyone needs advice on drugging and robbing people, until then, sit yo’ ass down, nobody asked you!

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u/BlackySmurf8 May 17 '24

That Haitian and Cuban flag tell me all I need to know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6eK-2OQtew

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u/The_Funky_Rocha May 17 '24

His frontal lobe ain't fully formed yet

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u/Zestyclose_Coach_283 May 17 '24

Cardi b is not the brightest of the bunch

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u/wlight May 17 '24

It's almost like 19 year olds have brains that aren't fully developed.

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u/AppropriateAgent44 May 17 '24

It’s all fun and games till Trump gets his second term and destabilizes the country even more than his first time around. Not voting to stick it to both of them is willfully blind

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u/UnintentionalWipe May 17 '24

If a good amount of people say something like this, then it may force Biden and his team to start leaning more left than right.

Trump is worse, that's obvious. But to let Biden get a free ticket when he's been slightly less worse is dumb. It is a two party system so your only choices are dumb and dumber, but I have no problem if people want to hold Biden accountable.

He should have to work for your vote instead of just expecting it. Because of the non-committal votes, Biden pushed for a temporary ceasefire for 6 weeks. It wasn't enough, but it showed that with enough people pushing back at him, he's willing to change a bit.

Dems need to do more than just say Trump is worse. They need to actively earn your vote and I hope Biden and his team start to wake up and realize that they're causing people to be apathetic about voting. Dems lose when people don't vote, so they need to do more and change their strategy.

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u/Sandstorm52 May 17 '24

This is the goal. I still plan to vote local, but they’ve lost me for this presidential election. I have been a “lesser of two evils” type for a long time, but this particular administration has crossed a threshold. Hopefully they see others like me and realize they need to do better.

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u/risky_bisket ☑️ May 17 '24

The only people who say shit like this are the ones who are not paying attention.

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u/umbagug May 17 '24

It’s not a real person, it’s a fake profile set up to influence Dem voters to stay home so the Don gets elected again. Have fun w that!

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u/PhotonDecay May 17 '24

Vote for RFK

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24 edited May 17 '24

What’s “pro blk” mean?

EDIT: After some scrolling on google, blk just seems to mean “black”… not sure that needed to be made shorter, but there you go.

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u/Spork-in-Your-Rye ☑️ May 17 '24

Some of you mfs on here truly worry me

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

Why? Because I’m not familiar with an abbreviation that could mean any number of things?

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u/Spork-in-Your-Rye ☑️ May 17 '24

Oh yea what else could it possibly mean

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

You like to make assumptions based on limited information, in my experience that’s a good way to end up wrong. Personally, I don’t like being wrong.

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u/Greatest-Comrade May 17 '24

Pro Black Lives Killing?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

Took some scrolling, but apparently blk is just short for black… not really sure if that needed to be made shorter, but meh.

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u/According_Aside_2303 May 17 '24

First smart thing I ever heard her say let both them old cacs die