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Then you need to do more, on top of voting, to try to further reduce the harm. And, also, don't throw away a crucial tool to move the needle towards "less death and suffering" because it would be way too upsetting.
Not complicated really. Lots of ways of fighting for a better world are upsetting. That's not really the metric of whether they are worth doing.
Again–Explicitly stating that this is not my position, and why it is not my position. I do not need to hear your scripted reactionary criticism of it fir the thousandth time. This wasn't new information the first time i heard it.
The Harris 2024 campaign climbed all the way up your asshole and clearly left a lot of its scripted reflexive reactionary bullshit there. You're just looking for people to attack and shit to strike left about. Fucking stop. This is not helpful. You are not convincing anyone by repeating the same shit. Blaming people for not being convinced by a politician with a multi billion dollar ad campaign is not going to convince them where it failed. It's just going to make you look like a bitter irrational dick.
I have done good productive work with people who literally wanted me dead. I have done good work with someone I met when they literally held me hostage with a knife to my throat. I do not think i could work with somebody who behaves like you're behaving right now. Let it go.
You said, “I personally am of the opinion that voting isn’t very important. I think it distracts from real action.” Right?
If that's not what you said or not what you think, tell me. What's your position on voting? Is it worth upsetting yourself by voting, if you can then take part in keeping thousands of people out of ICE detention or reduce the US government's destruction of the planet compared to the alternative? My position is that it is, but tell me.
No idea why you've moved to cursing and insulting me.
I don't think either of us is going to get anything else out of this.
Sure, have a good one