ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES22h ago

#MarALago

#Trump's Plutocrat-Bigot-Child Rapist power nexus

Now in a #Democrat ruled state district in #MAGA #Florida

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/24/dems-win-mar-a-lago-gregory-00843333

"They'll steal the vote"

You'll do #prematureCapitulation and not vote?

"Both sides the same"

You're an idiot fine with MAGA #fascism?

"But my obsessive single issue"

You're fine with destroying #transRights, #womensRights, #immigrantRights, etc in #ToxicIdealism?

#Vote

#Primaries and November

#Democrats suck but we can freeze Trump's agenda

Show threadAho21h ago
@benroyce will they throw it out, he spends more than 11 days a year there....
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES21h ago

@aho

they can't

see people are worried about the erosion of #democracy in the #usa and they are correct

and the solution is we vote *more* and get real leftists in power and close the loopholes

but there is this unfortunate human hopelessness where people just give up (or outright troll #psyop cosplaying left encouraging that)

i don't understand why people don't #vote. they only help #fascism. it's #entitlement: "won't affect me." or cluelessness (it will affect them but they don't know)

Show threadRusty20h ago

@benroyce @aho I don't see why people wouldnt vote. Its downright lazy not to. It takes little effort.

However, the fascists are just going to keep cheating with rigged machines. Then what

Show threadOrava20h ago

@bridgeenjoyer @benroyce @aho
Then they might get caught cheating which might upset even the most apathetic centrist and some of the rubes supporting them enough, that they join protests/revolutions/anything.

If people don't vote, they just win by default, allowing them to keep up an illusion that everything is working as intended and anybody who'd rather look away than get involved can do so without experiencing even the tiniest bit of discomfort.

Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES20h ago

@painting_squirrel @bridgeenjoyer @aho

nevermind that the vote is controlled by the states. red states might fuck around with the vote but they are already red states

so anyone going "MAGA intends to fuck with the vote, waah, therefore they already did and won, waah" are just describing their own spinelessness, not reality

unless there are enough of such spineless complacent fools. then they are practicing self-fulfilling prophecy, not voting, and handing the country to MAGA

Show threadSlightlyCyberpunk20h ago
@benroyce @painting_squirrel @bridgeenjoyer @aho That's why they're planning to start sending ICE to the polls as an intimidation tactic. Even in Minnesota they're still sending state and local cops out to protect and support ICE no matter what those thugs do...
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES20h ago

@admin @painting_squirrel @bridgeenjoyer @aho

they can send ICE to block polling stations

we show up anyway

the idea MAGA exhibits menace and we just give in and give up is ridiculous

btw, i'm not saying that is your sentiment, i'm just riffing on your comment for those reading out there who are spineless (not you)

ICE at the polls:

1. meek weak americans stay home

2. we fucking shove the goons aside

which scenario is the real left?

which scenario is willing submission to fascism?

Show threadMïkê 💚 👑🐉🗡️🏳️‍⚧️18h ago

@benroyce @admin @painting_squirrel @bridgeenjoyer @aho I don't think being afraid of people who can disappear you makes you meek and weak.

Also, I really don't think it's a good idea to try to push heavily armed trigger-happy goons around. They'll just kill you.

Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES

@mikelovesbikes @admin @painting_squirrel @bridgeenjoyer @aho

they're going to kill us anyway

do you want to go out on your terms or their terms?

if all of us depend on someone else to show up and fix things, no one is going to fix anything. just looking at each other and expecting them to act

it depends on us

and we're either going to act now, with the potential for death, or we're going to act later, with a greater potential for death

those are our only choices

and we have to choose

Mar 25 at 4:08pmWeb
Show threadDopes The Frogman18h ago
@benroyce @mikelovesbikes @admin @painting_squirrel @bridgeenjoyer @aho just act now with little acts of disobedience, easy stuff. For example, taking pictures of unmasked ice agents for identification for trial later.
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES18h ago

@macacator @mikelovesbikes @admin @painting_squirrel @bridgeenjoyer @aho

but there won't ever be a trial later if we don't vote

we have to #vote

any rationale for not voting is simply self-subjugation to #fascism out of entitlement ("it doesn't affect me") or mindless cynicism and learned helplessness: personal weakness

Show threadDopes The Frogman18h ago
@benroyce @mikelovesbikes @admin @painting_squirrel @bridgeenjoyer @aho oh absolutely go vote, but why waste the opportunity to document these people while they're unmasked?
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES17h ago

@macacator @mikelovesbikes @admin @painting_squirrel @bridgeenjoyer @aho

dopes i love you. i'm not arguing with you at all. i support what you're saying 1,000%. i'm just monomaniacally focused on voting so i'm hijacking your comment. not out of disagreement, just out of my self-consuming concern

we doth both

i feel you 💪 😤

Show threadDopes The Frogman17h ago
@benroyce @mikelovesbikes @admin @painting_squirrel @bridgeenjoyer @aho yes, but we have at least 7 months until November. So why wait until then when we have plenty of time for some shenanigans?
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES17h ago

@macacator @mikelovesbikes @admin @painting_squirrel @bridgeenjoyer @aho

we've already had some, but we have some more: #primaries

that is where we can make a serious difference by getting real left #candidates

and yet primary turn out is always abysmal

so anyone who says they are on the left and doesn't show up in the primaries: i doubt their authenticity

so much energy whining online, and not voting in the primaries, is gobsmackingly stupid

but also yes: we do shenanigans too as you say

Show threadMidgePhoto17h ago

@benroyce @macacator @mikelovesbikes @admin @painting_squirrel @bridgeenjoyer @aho
I'm not from there, but isn't the Primary a late stage in the process?
Standing up potentials as candidates for selection in a Primary is where you get suitable people as candidates, since unsuitable people will be already in the queue, clutching the ticket price.

But I know little of the region.

Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES17h ago

@Photo55 @macacator @mikelovesbikes @admin @painting_squirrel @bridgeenjoyer @aho

well yeah, ideally we have a system for getting solid left candidates up, but regardless, in any primary there are lefter and righter candidates

and the choice matters

and not enough make the choice

then people complain it's all centrists

well: did you show up in the primaries, useless whiner?

Show threadOx1de17h ago

@benroyce @Photo55 @macacator @mikelovesbikes @admin @painting_squirrel @bridgeenjoyer @aho They all suck ass. I’m not a fan of any party or popular ideology but will vote for the least evil douche.

Living in a state where u don’t have to be affiliated with a party to vote in primaries is way cool.

Show threadDopes The Frogman17h ago
@Ox1de @benroyce @Photo55 @mikelovesbikes @admin @painting_squirrel @bridgeenjoyer @aho you still need to vote though
Show threadOx1de15h ago

@macacator @benroyce @Photo55 @mikelovesbikes @admin @painting_squirrel @bridgeenjoyer @aho

I mean, I did say I was gonna, don't fret

Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES17h ago

@Ox1de @Photo55 @macacator @mikelovesbikes @admin @painting_squirrel @bridgeenjoyer @aho

as long as you vote, i don't give a fuck what you think

voting or not is the primary point of failure or success

not voting only helps fascism

so many delude themselves that they are entitled to nope out and... it won't affect them? they aren't abandoning their principles? they think they are going to get any movement on what they *say* they care about but won't lift one finger to matter on?

lunacy

Show threadMidgePhoto17h ago

@benroyce

it is better to vote than not. But if you don't like the least bad, then your contribution would better have started earlier.

Please leave me out of further exchanges. And good luck.