• OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    I’m not accusing you of supporting genocide for voting against a fascist, I’m also voting against a fascist. I’m accusing you of supporting genocide for voting for a candidate that supports genocide. There’s nothing “secret” about it, it’s your openly expressed position.

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        5 months ago

        So are you not voting Biden, or do you deny the genocide being done to the Palestinians?

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              5 months ago

              And do you understand that under the current American electoral system, any action other than voting for Biden will directly assist Trump in getting into power?

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                5 months ago

                No, because that’s not true. The only thing that assists Trump getting into power is voting for Trump. Voting third party provides the exact same assistance to Trump as it does to Biden: 0.

                But I’ll tell you what - if not voting for someone counts as assisting them, then you can rest assured that Biden will have my assistance.

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                  5 months ago

                  It is a simple, statistical fact that votes for Biden reduce Trump’s chances of winning. So you can either choose to impede Trump’s chances of winning, or choose not to.

                  Explain to me, if you can, how refusing to take an action that reduces a fascist’s chance of assuming power is, functionally, any different from assisting them.

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                    5 months ago

                    That’s not a reasonable standard for what constitutes “assistance.” If I see a bank robbery happening and do nothing to stop it, does that mean I assisted the robbery? Am I assisting every single thing happening in the world right now?

                    If you mean “not impeding” then say “not impeding.” Calling that assistence is false and disingenuous.