@benroyce Ahh yes, "Diplomacy"

"#US ambassador to #Canada goes on expletive-laced tirade at #Ontario’s trade representative"

@ShredderFeeder

my country is going rapidly down the toilet

partly because of #MAGA #fascist #bigots

and partly because of these cringe weak "but i want perfect" #nonvoters

yes, the #USA sucked before: that's a silly observation when you realize how much worse it can suck

you get better or worse in this life. that's all you will ever, ever, EVER get

perfect isn't on the menu. never will be

#vote you dumb motherfuckers

#politics

@benroyce @ShredderFeeder

Asking for people to be better than the least of two evils is before voting for them is hardly demanding perfection. People need a system that allows them to vote for who they want not just who they don't want least.

@the5thColumnist Wow, that sounds like people who regularly sit out municipal elections, where people you want are rarely if ever on the ballot. Those rare times you do find someone you want invariably end in disappointment because they *never* live up to your expectations. You vote for the least worst option anyway, otherwise you are letting a shockingly small number of people do it for you.

Choosing not to vote is a de facto vote.

@benroyce @ShredderFeeder

@dnkboston @the5thColumnist @benroyce @ShredderFeeder

"none of the above" should be an option on every ballot, and if None wins, the election must be held again, without the rejected candidates.

hell, even I'd vote.

@roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder

Yes I too like to go on social media and proclaim how things should be, then not do a fucking thing to make it happen, even the easiest fucking thing

@benroyce @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder

once again, for the people not paying attention -

i just spent 3 weeks at the ICE detention center, 24/7, being gassed and harassed, while you sat on your lazy ass at home.

i didn't get enough to eat most of that time.

i did this to stand up to fascists. as i have done my entire life.

@roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder

If you voted, you fucking moron, you wouldn't have to do that

Unfollow me at least, a block is preferable

@benroyce @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder

fuck yourself, you order-giving fascist wannabe.

@roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder

Oh yeah, I'm a fascist because I want you to vote 🤣

@benroyce @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder

no, you're a fascist because the US has been a fascist state since 1946, and you've voted to keep it that way your whole life.

@roblosricos Right! Because every vote for the least worst candidate was an endorsement of imperialism, fascism, and excess.

Please list out every vote all of us should have taken since 1990 that would have satisfied your conditions. "Staying at home" is not an option.

@benroyce @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder

@roblosricos @[email protected] @ShredderFeeder @dnkboston @the5thColumnist

Votes for Obama were votes for the summary executions of US citizens without trial. Votes for Obama were votes for bailing out bankers while people lost their homes. Votes for Obama were votes for letting torturers go free and for a massive expansion of the surveillance state and deportations.

Votes for Biden were votes for a massive expansion of the carceral state that Trump is deploying against Americans. Votes for Biden were votes for letting Trump walk free after attempting a coup. Votes for Biden were votes for ending all of the pandemic-era protections that gave people a brief and temporary hope that things could actually get better in American society.

Trump and Trumpism are not the product of a single bad vote. Fascism in America has been built by bipartisan consensus, year after year, decade after decade.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6618048