#Tennessee removes its #black #US House district in #Memphis

#MAGA goons celebrate

"It's rigged why vote"

On the contrary people not #voting got us here as much as MAGA

Getting out of this means many things. But voting is a small effort compared to the other efforts so voices against voting are inauthentic or #troll #psyop

#Hungary had as bad or worse manipulations against #democracy, and look what Hungarians delivered

Are you angry? Do you want to fix this?

#Vote

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/tennessee-republicans-pass-new-map-erasing-majority-black-us-house-district-2026-05-07/

@benroyce

if our vote didn't matter, why are they taking it away?

i admit i'm terrified

i live in Louisiana, it's clear the minority that hates is in total control & does not want all people to ever, ever, ever have equal access to representation

@peachfront and not voting is simply capitulation to MAGA malice. some people convince themselves they are taking a principled stand by not voting. this is delusional entitlement. to not understand or not admit the stakes and think they have the luxury is some sort of sick mixture of cluelessness and vanity. vanity because they think anyone gives a shit what they think if they don't vote

@benroyce @peachfront entitlement sums it up. it's the mindset of Americans who want all the privileges of living in a global superpower but none of the responsibility.

this is at the heart of choosing to be powerless, i.e. refusing to vote: power comes with responsibility, and these people think that by renouncing power they wash their hands of responsibility too. but power doesn't work that way: you have it whether you disavow it or not. refusing to act on a moral imperative doesn't negate either power or responsibility. it means that they used their power for ill.

@ignova @peachfront

well said

and there is no such thing as morality without action. sitting in an ivory tower and judging the world for being insufficient isn't morality. it's just ego masturbation

morality requires action. and all action is imperfect

it's messy in reality. it's always messy

but these toxic idealist idiots won't act until it's perfect?

meaning they are just making excuses to themselves to never act at all, and imagining themselves as moral

they have no morality

#vote