• DefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nl
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    5 months ago

    What if you really want a warm hug but you only have the choice between a poke in the eye with a sharp stick and not a poke in the eye?

    You still choose “not a poke in the eye”, dumbo.

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      5 months ago

      How about the people who keep voting against the warm hug in the primaries get some of these lectures? Is that an option at some point?

      • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        5 months ago

        David Attenborough voice: “We see here an ‘internet troll’ employing a strategy known as ‘whataboutism’. It shows that it’s desperate, and feels threatened by a stronger opponent.”

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            5 months ago

            Refusing to make the optimal play when lives are on the line isn’t brave, good, or noble. If you increase the danger of others to preserve your sense of pride, innocence, or purity then you commit a deep evil.

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              5 months ago

              I don’t want Biden to be president. So I’m not going to vote for him. It really is that simple. If the Democrats want my vote, they need to earn it by running a worthy candidate. My vote shouldn’t be taken for granted.