You had your adorable little protest non-vote in 2016, with your “Hillary Clinton just doesn’t ‘do it’ for me” and the result was Donald farking Trump.
Here is my problem with this mindset. I didn’t have “my adorable little protest non-vote”. I was energized and hopeful for Bernie’s campaign, but the Dem’s and their moderate voter base had their adorable little “Bernie couldn’t possibly win enough votes because Socialism, so you have to vote for our candidate that no one is excited about” push, so I sucked it up and voted for Hillary. And the result was Donald farking Trump. Because moderate Dem’s would rather have Trump than meet Progressives even half way in the middle.
And now here we are, with another run of a candidate that fails to inspire passion amongst his voter base, going against Donald Farking Trump. And once again, I’m being told that I need to vote for the Dem candidate that I mostly just disagree with less than Donald Farking Trump.
So when does it stop being the fault of progressives who get disillusioned with the status quo? When does the fault start to lay with the Dem’s and the moderate voters for preferring a Trump presidency over trying to meet the Progressive voting bloc halfway?
I’ll vote for Biden (again), and I absolutely recommend that everyone do so just to do damage mitigation, but I’m getting so tired of the blame game moderates try and run just to deflect legitimate criticisms of their lackluster candidates.
Edit: To any on the left that are feeling really jilted by comment’s like NutWrench’s, please try and ignore the bullshit blame Dem’s try to fling our way and remember that the key to long term success is solidarity, including with those who would blame and ridicule us. We need to play the hands we are dealt the best we can, and Biden is currently our “strongest” hand.
Here is my problem with this mindset. I didn’t have “my adorable little protest non-vote”. I was energized and hopeful for Bernie’s campaign, but the Dem’s and their moderate voter base had their adorable little “Bernie couldn’t possibly win enough votes because Socialism, so you have to vote for our candidate that no one is excited about” push, so I sucked it up and voted for Hillary. And the result was Donald farking Trump. Because moderate Dem’s would rather have Trump than meet Progressives even half way in the middle.
And now here we are, with another run of a candidate that fails to inspire passion amongst his voter base, going against Donald Farking Trump. And once again, I’m being told that I need to vote for the Dem candidate that I mostly just disagree with less than Donald Farking Trump.
So when does it stop being the fault of progressives who get disillusioned with the status quo? When does the fault start to lay with the Dem’s and the moderate voters for preferring a Trump presidency over trying to meet the Progressive voting bloc halfway?
I’ll vote for Biden (again), and I absolutely recommend that everyone do so just to do damage mitigation, but I’m getting so tired of the blame game moderates try and run just to deflect legitimate criticisms of their lackluster candidates.
Edit: To any on the left that are feeling really jilted by comment’s like NutWrench’s, please try and ignore the bullshit blame Dem’s try to fling our way and remember that the key to long term success is solidarity, including with those who would blame and ridicule us. We need to play the hands we are dealt the best we can, and Biden is currently our “strongest” hand.