Jennykichu

Jennykichu , 7 days ago

Fuck this system for making me choose between bad and worse

Don't make me defend the US voting system but that is not how it works. Primaries exist and that's where voters make the case for a specific person. The large, general, national elections are for forming coalitions and compromising. This is what we do to decide who gets power instead of physically fighting. There will never, ever be a time when a single candidate is the ideal choice for a majority of Americans. Compromise is a core tenant of democracy and by definition it means nobody gets everything they want.

And while we're on the topic, 99% of leftists understand this. Anyone telling you "voting doesn't matter" or that "both candidates are the same" is just trying to reverse the progress that's already been made.

Jennykichu , 7 days ago

Your point? If you have conservative values, then not supporting Trump does indeed help Biden to win.

Jennykichu , 7 days ago

Not voting doesn’t mean you support Trump.

You're saying that if you did vote, it would be for Trump? Because that's the only case in which not voting wouldn't help Trump.

Jennykichu , 7 days ago

I don't get this attitude. Obama was literally against gay marriage. Biden's policies have been so much more progressive than Obama's and yet nobody I know likes him more. I'm not a "fan" of Biden but that's because it's weird and creepy to be a "fan" of government officials. He does a lot I don't like but if you literally hate Biden I don't forsee any president ever meeting your criteria.

Jennykichu , 21 days ago

No... NO. It was appallingly terrible at banning Nazis, worse than even Reddit in many ways. Twitter banned a tiny, tiny fraction of extremely prominent and openly fascist accounts that had been permitted to operate for years, but they ignored Nazi dogwhistles from large accounts and smaller accounts that didn't gain a following and were used to harass 1-2 people were generally allowed to operate freely.

Remember: they didn't even ban Donald Trump himself until he tried to literally violently overthrow the US government. Twitter pre-Musk was an absolute shit hole, but it was at least headed in a hopeful direction. Musk kept it a shit hole and just changed the direction it was going.

Jennykichu , 21 days ago

Uh... source? This runs counter to everything I've seen and read about it.

Jennykichu , 21 days ago

You're correct. It doesn't stop Nazis from having a home or building a following. It just allows users to not see it.

Jennykichu , 21 days ago

It would be funny if he started a Mastodon instance with whatever his values are. The reason he would never do that is because it's not for profit.

Jennykichu , 27 days ago

The way to tell MAGA propagandists from real lefitst activists is that propaganda will ignore primaries and local elections. General elections in America are for forming coalitions, not rejecting them.

Anyone making memes telling you not to form a coalition against MAGA is working to further the goals of MAGA.

Jennykichu , 27 days ago

But the sonic meme says voting is unethical

Jennykichu , 26 days ago

Thank you for the explanation. I essentially agree with your position, but also fear most of the people upvoting this meme aren't appreciating a distinction between choosing "no ethical action" and "inaction". Things inside the US are slowly, but unquestionably moving in a better direction today than they have been the past century. It's upsetting when people who claim to care for their fellow citizens advocate for surrendering the already extremely limited power they posses to turn the steering wheel.

Jennykichu OP , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

You don't believe that, you just want Trump to get elected.

Jennykichu OP , 1 month ago

Nobody actually believes it when you guys LARP as a leftists.

Jennykichu OP , 1 month ago

Here is the joke:

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Jennykichu OP , 1 month ago

Anyone who helps Trump get elected is pro-MAGA.

Jennykichu OP , 1 month ago

Correct. It means not getting fascists elected.

Jennykichu , 2 months ago

all the big brains on wallstreetbets out there saying reddit didnt have any additional value to offer shareholders well THINK AGAIN

Jennykichu , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

"I'm not defending rapists but there's no reason women can't educate themselves on how to make it so they're less likely to be raped.

Yes what rapists are doing is bad. But the person being raped can’t be completely blameless."

Jennykichu , 2 months ago

Meanwhile Apple does this every few years and nobody cares.

Jennykichu , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

"The real harassment is when someone reported harassment in the community I moderate"

My heart breaks for what he has endured 😢

Jennykichu OP , 3 months ago

bad bot context is important