Yeah. I’ve been at rallies and protests (antiwar for me). I haven’t done as much as I should have; I’m feeling pretty guilty about that now. Friends and family of mine have done more than I have, inside and outside of the political system.
I’ve also been friends with people who’ve tangled with the US system of immigration, whose heads might be on the block if Trump wins. That’s why I am strongly opposed to your “the shit sandwich we’re being served by the two party system” “don’t even agree with the half of the democrat platform because they’re capitalist stooges perfectly willing to bend over for oligarchs” stuff. One, it isn’t true, in this election (although in general I’ll agree about the Democrats). Biden was the first Democrat in decades who actually seemed to make some inclinations in favor of the American underclass. Two, the alternative right now is horrifyingly dangerous. That’s why I use the fireman analogy – like whether the building is clean or dirty or we need to bring it up to code is simply not relevant when it’s going to burn down with your and my family inside.
If you were spending this much energy on saying “holy shit we gotta fix the system now more than ever”, then sure, I’d be right there with you. You can let me know the protest and we can go and get our asses kicked together. If your energy is “ew ugh Democrats I hate this both parties amirite,” then please excuse me if I explain in my own smug shit fashion why that is 1,000% objectively wrong as applied to this election. I am saying that because I do care about the very same vulnerable people you are trying to mobilize to make the point, somehow, in the opposite direction.
Yeah. I’ve been at rallies and protests (antiwar for me). I haven’t done as much as I should have; I’m feeling pretty guilty about that now. Friends and family of mine have done more than I have, inside and outside of the political system.
I’ve also been friends with people who’ve tangled with the US system of immigration, whose heads might be on the block if Trump wins. That’s why I am strongly opposed to your “the shit sandwich we’re being served by the two party system” “don’t even agree with the half of the democrat platform because they’re capitalist stooges perfectly willing to bend over for oligarchs” stuff. One, it isn’t true, in this election (although in general I’ll agree about the Democrats). Biden was the first Democrat in decades who actually seemed to make some inclinations in favor of the American underclass. Two, the alternative right now is horrifyingly dangerous. That’s why I use the fireman analogy – like whether the building is clean or dirty or we need to bring it up to code is simply not relevant when it’s going to burn down with your and my family inside.
If you were spending this much energy on saying “holy shit we gotta fix the system now more than ever”, then sure, I’d be right there with you. You can let me know the protest and we can go and get our asses kicked together. If your energy is “ew ugh Democrats I hate this both parties amirite,” then please excuse me if I explain in my own smug shit fashion why that is 1,000% objectively wrong as applied to this election. I am saying that because I do care about the very same vulnerable people you are trying to mobilize to make the point, somehow, in the opposite direction.