sources: cnn exit polling for demographics, ap for total general result counts and https://www.uncommittedmovement.com/
title stolen from @yesman@lemmy.world because i thought it was good
i’m eagerly awaiting 🫨😧😧
.46% of general voters? So 1/4 of our loss margin? That’s not nothing.
Don’t get me wrong. The fall into fascism is primarily on white America. The minority vote is overwhelmingly what has kept us from fascism in my lifetime. That minority support for fascism increased in this election is fucking insane and notable.
That .46% still represents individuals who voted Democrat in the primary, but indicated non-commitment to any candidate as a way to voice their positions.
You cannot in sound faith compare the uncommitted turnout to the general loss margin and draw conclusions without further data, though I respect the inquisitive approach in doing so.
It is good to note the increase, as you have here. To use the increase as an attack or blame, as others have elsewhere, is ignorant and bigoted.
You cannot in sound faith compare the uncommitted turnout to the general loss margin and draw conclusions without further data
Likewise, you cannot in sound faith equivocate people’s general election votes with people’s votes in the Democratic primary.
People are complaining about how others voted in the general election, not about them voting uncommitted in the primary. I, for example, am complaining about people’s general election votes, but I’m also part of that small fraction who voted uncommitted in the Democratic primary. Of course, I’m not bringing race into it - I’m complaining about everyone who didn’t do the most effective thing to prevent Trump’s election.
sounds like this post isn’t about you then :)
No, it’s just a bad-faith strawman.
trust me man it sounds like i have no beef with you or your position. i list some examples of the rhetoric i actually do have qualms with here: https://lemmy.world/comment/13552387
feel free to check those out and understand the difference, otherwise feel free to keep being argumentative and abrasive. i have no investment either way it just sounds like you came on here for a fight rather than to discuss.
I’m not sure where in that thread with PugJesus (which I read before making even my first comment) you show any examples of that. You make statements that you dislike something they and I also dislike, but that’s not the same as examples of the rhetoric.
This post is bad faith because it’s implying that there’s a large backlash against uncommitted primary voters but no backlash against white people who voted for Trump. Both of those are false, so it’s based on two false premises.
those quotes that you and i both dislike are the backlash. those are real quotes i have seen written. my concern is the disproportional count of attacks against an ethnic minority, not that there is “no backlash against white people.” my concern is communicating solidarity and collective consciousness against a common enemy.
your concern appears to ge making up things about me to be angry at, so your account is now blocked. i hope you have a really good rest of your week.
You cannot in sound faith compare the uncommitted turnout to the general loss margin and draw conclusions without further data, though I respect the inquisitive approach in doing so.
Then what conclusion is meant to be drawn in this meme by bringing that data point up?
To expose the hypocrisy in people group A (white voters) getting less attack and blame than people group B (Arab American voters et al), despite being two orders of magnitude larger.
In other words, to expose leftist infighting that disproportionately benefits the status quo and could lead to unjustified xenophobic violence. Thanks for your question. :)
I mean, at this point, most of us talking about politics already know that the majority of white folk in the US are fascist (or, in terms the mainstream media prefers to use, ‘Republican’). That’s like talking about the sky being blue. No one is talking about the white vote because we already expected the majority to vote for the oppression of minority groups, like they have in the past (at minimum) 10 presidential elections. That minority groups have increased their support for the oppression of minority groups is much more noteworthy.
It is good to note the increase, as you have here. To use the increase as an attack or blame, as others have elsewhere, is ignorant and bigoted.
Is using it as an example of leopards eating peoples’ faces an attack or blame, just to clarify?
I don’t know what that leopards thing is, or after googling, care.
An entirely different matter is “solidarity is over/I have no more sympathy for X ethnic group/I hope you suffer X hate crime.” Very real and material statements I have seen.
I don’t know what that leopards thing is, or after googling, care.
People who support something bad being surprised when that bad thing happens to them.
An entirely different matter is “solidarity is over/I have no more sympathy for X ethnic group/I hope you suffer X hate crime.” Very real and material statements I have seen.
Then we’re in agreement there. There’s no excuse for that.
Hell yeah! Thanks 🤝
You’re forgetting that this group deliveredMI because of their stunt. Dearborn has the largest concentraction of Arabs ooutside the Middle East. Note Talib won her seat easily in contrast to Harris despite both being Democrats. It’s not bigotry, it’s just math
I am in fact not forgetting about Michigan.
https://www.270towin.com/ Here is an interactive map of the 2024 election. If you can use your math to get it to show a Harris win by just switching Michigan, I will change my position. 😄
seeing an awful lot of downvotes in ratio to a dearth of screenshots proving me wrong 😉 it’s okay to be misinformed; take your time to learn and grow ❤️
I think it was just to show how badly the democrats and especially Harris read the minorities she was counting on…
Yeah, I believe that is the stated motive of the movement as well:
The movement has highlighted a clear disconnect between the Democratic party and key constituencies in their base. src
And so with the leftist Arabic vote being such a tiny % of the overall voter base, it would be really smart to pivot to single-issue to maybe win some of that 0.46%, right?
restarting this thread just to say you are misreading, i hope not intentionally, an older post of mine. i do not believe this. see here for clarification: https://lemmy.cafe/comment/8372851
I disabled replies because you said /conversation and I thought it was done. I didn’t bait you.
I think we agree on most things. I disagree that pivoting left on Palestine would have net improved voter turnout for Harris. I do agree that the Dems have failed to appeal to undecideds and non-voters. I do agree some people in the Democratic party will be blaming third-party voters, despite them being of little consequence this election. Criticizing Hispanics for voting Trump based on vague notions of “the economy” is fair game, though, along with criticizing white people who thought Biden was still running, etc.
Re: your other post, if your post is so widely misinterpreted that you have to comment a clarification, maybe your communication isn’t clear.
You’re clearly not dumb, but not everyone who replies is committing a logical fallacy.
Waiting until the last minute to link the post you were referencing (which, to be fair, most people didn’t need me to explain) was a bit confusing, so I’ll admit that felt like bad form. But no hard feelings.
It seems like we’re on the same page about most things, and I agree with all the points you listed.
I’ll also apologize for the immediate defensiveness—people on this site can be really mean, and shove words into my mouth without evidence, and after a while, it starts to get to you. You are one in a million for actually having a source for your opinion on me (which I just wish you had linked earlier 😛).
edit: good job you baited me 🙄
erasing this thread just to say you are misreading, i hope not intentionally, an older post of mine. i do not believe this. see here for clarification: https://lemmy.cafe/comment/8372851
It’s only a strawman if you haven’t posted exactly that argument before. So, which is it, though? Did the Dems lose because they failed to pivot left on Palestine to capture the leftist Arabic vote, or are leftist Arabs an inconsequentially small voter base?
Answer: it’s the second one! White people handed this country to Trump, and trying to court Arabs with Palestine wouldn’t have increased Harris’ results.
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Again, not a false dilemma if you’ve previously posted that pivoting left for Arabic votes on Palestine would put the Democrats in power.
I agree that the Dems abandoned appealing to voters on economic grounds, which is what actually lost them the election. But I’m not addressing any arguments in that - I’m commenting on your previous commentary on Dems not pivoting left on Palestine. So hey, fallacy fallacy yourself if you want.
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https://lemmy.cafe/post/9478325
This you? This isn’t a meme you posted about Dems needing to shift left on Palestine? /conversation
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Well since majority voted Trump for president, you obviously now live in the 4th Reich
Trump got less than half of those who did vote, so not a majority.
The majority of active voters, not the majority of registered US citizens.
I call mulligan!
Or filibuster!
Or do-over!
76 million racist adolf hitlers, it’s worse than I thought!
Bro Adolf at least had a reasonable stance on reality at first (besides the scapegoats he invented)
Trump just doesnt.
hitler apologia? on my lemmy?
say sike rn
Apologia?
I just said he was less of a clown and more actually dangerous than trump is, trump is like playing Russian roulette with half the drum full and nothing to win, Hitler is like playing Russian roulette with a shotgun.
hmm okay retracted. your first comment just gave real bad vibes so be careful haha
Hey no, thats Germany exclusive. They live in the Circus.
The Clown College Populous or CCP for short.
fascism is Germany exclusive
I suggest reading a history book
No, the Fourth Reich is Germany exclusive, wich is what I said.
I suggest reading the sentence and context.
Also what project 2025 wants to do is a theocracy not Fascism, I suggest also reading political theory and educating yourself on terminology.
