excellent post 🫡

real human beings are already suffering, both abroad due to the genocide and endless wars our country funds, and also at home where people are condemned to the slow deaths of poverty and homelessness. you are privileged enough that the suffering has not reached you yet, but it will. I would argue that the selfish hypocrisy here is voting to preserve your own comfort at the cost of the countless people suffering that you can't see.

the Piers Anthony novelization of the movie Total Recall. it's very bad!

personally, I think ignoring the concerns of voters in a historically very important swing state months before the election is a recipe for a disastrous rerun of 2016, and should be avoided if you're actually concerned with winning, protecting democracy, etc. but I guess we'll see if the strategy of "fuck you, vote for me" works out this time 🤷

"protect civilians" by providing unconditional support to Israel (this one is also funny, Israel is not protecting civilians, and are instead bombing hospitals, aid workers, journalists, expanding into Lebanon, etc etc)

"let Israel kill whoever they want" by providing unconditional support to Israel (we already let Israel kill whoever they want with no repercussions)

they are functionally the same (unconditional support to Israel), differing only in how they are phrased. one is uncouth and absurd, the other is the Pragmatic Adult In The Room, but they are both saying the same thing.

You’d have to be an idiot to make another countries conflict an election issue

apply this to Ukraine :)

single issue voters

the single issue is the eradication of their families and friends

yeah man I wonder why they don't support that

yeah man, denigrate them more, that'll surely get them on your side! maybe a touch more smug condescension? anything except engaging with their concerns, of course.

don't you see?? we have to continue our policy of giving unlimited material support to The Baby Chipper 9000, the electorino is at stake!!

even if she did, which she won't, at this point it's probably too little too late tbh. I hope all the moderate republicans she courted were worth it.