eldavi

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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 weeks ago

thanks for explaining.

i'm not in the democrat fold; i'm closer to them than i am to the republicans so i've voted for them in the past, but i think my history with them precludes ever joining. i'm not a disillusioned democrat.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

now this is an EXCELLENT argument and it's the only one i'm still wrestling with since they're hellbent on the genocide no matter what i do.

i'm 100% sure that the damage that the democrats and the american system have inflicted upon my life are coloring my perception and i wish i could be sure that my conviction isn't entirely based on it and i think i mostly continue doing it as dying wish from a loved one who was similarly impacted.

if kamala switches positions; then it doesn't matter because then it will only be this and this alone is not enough to convince me.

genocide and this combined convinces me and kamala can't help with this, but she can do something about genocide.

project 2025 is propaganda; i'm not scared of it and neither should anyone else be, we will survive it and thrive again like we did before.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

i think it would be enough if i were younger so that i didn't have first hand experience living through the hiv/aids crisis; 10450; dadt & doma. we've had it worse before; we've literally been doing it for centuries; and we managed to not only survive but thrive enough to shift popular support despite the democrats and the republicans efforts.

also the fact there's significant overlap between the people who created/supported those policies and the people who want us to vote for them now further detracts from this argument.

finally the democrats literally did nothing to protect abortion despite several opportunities when they controlled both houses and the presidency over the decades. they still chose to do nothing with it and their track record convinces me that they never will; the best case scenario is another toothless law like the respect for marriage act.

this is a propaganda originated argument like i was referring to in my previous comment and if you were sincerely reading my comments you would have seen it multiple times.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

it's absolutely the best way; it works so well that it's causing projected population declines everywhere women are close to parity in education with men.

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