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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Pugjesus doesnt seem to understand that you can elect people with a D by their name who will vote with republicans on critical votes. But hey as long as the D team wins on election day, thats all that matters I guess, right Pug?

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[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Trying to reach the "I don't do politics" crowd with "harm reduction" doesn't really work as a strategy.

Like, they're already admitting that when something is an unappealing and controversial, they'd rather check out than engage. Going on to explain the gritty strategy for approaching unappealing and controversial politics is just adding more reasons onto the "I don't do politics" pile.

It's a crass comparison, but it would be like if someone said "I don't play MOBAs" and the response was to immediately launch into an explanation of League's current meta-strategy. Don't be surprised when they immediately check out of the conversation. (Yes I know games are frivolous and politics is life and death -- but the people who "don't do politics" don't see it that way)

More than that, nearly all of the "I don't do politics" people are almost certainly never going to see this image. We're in an online forum dedicated to talking about politics. The only people who see this are the people who already choose to spend their personal time on the subject. So ask yourself, is this image really about the people who are checked out of politics? Because, practically (regardless of intent) all this really seems to be is a thought-terminating cliche to throw at anyone who points out that running a "We're the lesser evil candidate!" doesn't actually engage or activate anyone who's already checked out!

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[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Meanwhile, the people who want ice cream:

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (6 children)

i mean i've had some ice cream, i contest the validity of the last position

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[–] smol_beans@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The people who want to get ice cream are also helping a psychopath murder innocent civilians so it's a bit of a toss up

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Oh, good thing the people who want to go over the cliff aren't helping a psychopath murder innocent civilians.

... they actually want to increase the assistance to that psychopath so they can murder more innocent civilians?

Huh.

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[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Which side do you think is more realistic to change later on? The people who want ice cream, at the very least, want to live.

[–] smol_beans@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The politicians that are on the "ice cream" side only talk about "ice cream" when it helps them win elections, they spend every other moment arming psychopaths at the behest of their wealthy ~~donors~~ owners

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