• monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    9 hours ago

    I’m not blaming the victims. Although I would consider the victims being the ones who voted for Harris or couldn’t vote at all.

    If you voted for Trump, you are an idiot. If you didn’t vote, you’re an even bigger idiot.

    If you think both parties are the same, then in your analogy, there are no victims.

    Take responsibility for your actions or inactions. If you know things are bad and knew things would be worse by not voting for Harris, you are to blame.

    • Glytch@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      2 hours ago

      Convenient that party leadership holds no responsibility for choosing a candidate people actually want. Just vote for whatever “stay the course” or “nothing will fundamentally change” Democrat the party chooses and never ask for anything better because the party says actual progressives can’t win even though they haven’t seriously tried one in over a generation.

      If you think I was speaking for myself you need to work on your reading comprehension along with the listening skills you’re lacking.

      • monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        51 minutes ago

        I didn’t assume you were speaking for yourself. I said “if.” If we’re going to talk about comprehension, let’s at least read the sentence accurately.

        Yes, party leadership deserves criticism. They mishandled the transition and limited the primary. That’s fair.

        But at the end of the day, voters still make choices. Shrugging your shoulders and letting fascism spread isn’t really a solid strategy. It just avoids responsibility.

        You can criticize the party and still acknowledge that refusing to act made things worse. Both can be true. Denying that doesn’t make it more principled. It just makes it convenient.