Iām in a weird position of (admittedly selfishly) being desperate for Trump to lose because he has literally, verbally, stated that heās going to ban insurance coverage for HRT / SRS on day 1 and for meā¦ thatās basically like being told Iām gonna die.
That's not selfish. You can't even begin to help others in a country that prohibits you from necessary medicine. You should not have to sacrifice yourself and your health in order to remain ideologically pure.
Not to mention all the judicial appointments etc that Trump would put in, we already see how bad the current Trump appointed judges generally are. I personally can't have more of them.
This is where Iāve been for months tbh.
I have no good argument beyond that I fear another Trump presidency more than Iām angry at Biden. I can only hope people understand thatās not a comment about how angry I am about Biden, but how much I fear the consequences of another Trump term.
Thank god for democrats who don't bully people dissatisfied with Biden.
These people who show empathy to marginalized peoples and the youth and listen to their frustrations are the greatest good of democrat voters.
They understand our suffering and show us compassion.
Exemplar benevolence.
Just saw yet another Boomer comment that we don't have a choice in this election because we have to stop Trump from winning.
I have been told for over 30 years that I *have* to vote for the Democrats or else the fascists will win and I will lose my right to control my own body.
Wonderful call out! The criticism of (especially younger) voters lately has stuck me as the same sort of condescension that assholes give to domestic violence victims. āWell, if heās so bad why did you stay with him for so long?ā
I woke up to dead enders who look like they just got out of the senior center telling me the youth vote doesn't matter but also it's imperative that the youth vote for Biden.
None of them seemed to consider that youth do have consistent politics, it's just treated as if they're too stupid.
And not only do they think that the youth are simply stupid for daring to criticize "the good guy", they also all seem so fucking full of contempt. I swear, if we got a repeat of Kent State these people would cream themselves.
this is pretty much exactly where i'm at too honestly. Illinois is prolly safe, but god damn i absolutely would not begrudge anyone, even in a swing state, for sitting it out.
and hey tbh???? it is perfectly valid for someone to judge me for probably voting for biden instead of withholding my vote! I have a lot of trouble justifying that decision amid a genocide he's contributing to, and I don't have any justification other than 'yeah but trump would be worse'!
I don't think it's really helpful to think of voting as anything other than a pragmatic decision. "The other guy is worse" is a perfectly valid justification. A vote isn't an endorsement of a candidate's morals. It's just asking which of the two you would rather have as president.
Yeah, I get that. Idk I'm just frustrated with people who are like "but Biden and Trump are two sides of the same coin!" I think there are a lot of leftists who don't realize how much worse a second Trump presidency would be than the first. Not saying you're one of them! Just venting a bit I guess
But also, even if Biden wins reelection, we just kicked the can down the road by 1-4 years, because Biden won't do shit to stop trump because the only leverage the party has anymore is "orange man bad"
"two sides of the same coin" doesn't mean both sides of the coin are the same. One is definitely worse. It's just that both are built on the same foundation, and the coin keeps rolling towards fascism either way. It's mostly only a question of how quickly.
worse for whom, though?
a lot of folks see an incompetent bully on one side and a protection racket on the other side. āvote for me or the bully will get you!ā
itās the same vibe as āwho will you call for help if you defund the police?ā
well yeah, but I do still have to live with my vote, you know? I'm prepared to do that, and that comes with being judged for it. I think that's important!
That's true. People will always judge you, no matter what.
Afeni Shakur, Tupac's Mom, was right with this quote:
"Remember to keep yourself alive, there is nothing more important than that."
Fair. I have an amount of sympathy for the people who say things like: what good has it been having elections so far; we have active shooter trainings in our schools and no health care and a lifetime of crippling student loan debt because a degree is required even for jobs that donāt use it.
I get that the choice between milquetoast support and outright hostility is unpleasant. But it seems fairly clear. Especially when you consider that a lot of things Biden gets blamed for are the decisions of Republicans.
Adding a skeet to clarify: this could seem like Iām taking a passive-aggressive shot at my wife (I wanted it but we didnāt get it, grr). Iām absolutely not. We couldnāt make it work in the design we wanted, and I had just bought new ovens a year before we had to do the remodel so we saved those.
