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We've repeatedly hit record high turnout during Presidential cycles, even in the face of widespread disenfranchisement.
Far more than two. They're heavily underreported, but I see (and periodically participate in) marches and rallies at Houston City Hall twice a month, easy.
Slacktivism Will Save Us
Dude, please touch some grass
If you are referring to voter turn out, still the largest group belongs to those who could but did not vote
Happy to fill my brain with this good news if you can provide any source
Definitely would be more efficient than just slacking...
As soon as your rapist dictator stops killing people around the world, I will take a day off... I know this is likely not something that causes you ANY concern but in this last year, literally tens of thousands of people have been slaughtered by your country's actions with not even a flimsy justification for it
Makes a declaration with no substance, is refuted, asks for a source.
What's your .ml/hexbear account?
This isn't a Tankie. They're a TurboLib.
What is that?
How can you tell?
Tankies aren't into electoralism
Honestly, I'm sort of just angry at .mlers so I didn't even really think here — I just accused.
I should probably reign in my stigma towards them, it isn't productive. Thanks.
Buddy, you claimed, with no source, that there are protests twice a month. I am giving you the benefit of the doubt but would like some evidence of your claim
No, no — see you made the declaration that no protests are happening. Do you understand what the burden of proof means? You made the declaration, they refuted it using 0 sources because you didn't provide any sources for your claims.
Because you don't have any.
Edit: oh, I looked into the protests they mentioned — they're absolutely happening, so not only do they not need to provide sources because you are arguing in bad faith, they don't need to because what they're saying is true.
... and again no evidence of these biweekly protests that are totally happening