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   💜 Dr. Blight ❤️ (rasp@raru.re)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 10:32:46 JST 💜 Dr. Blight ❤️

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   • Derek Powazek 🐐

   @fraying I'm not willing to vote for Fascists and the main parties in america have not and will not provide that alternative.

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     Derek Powazek 🐐 (fraying@xoxo.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 10:32:48 JST Derek Powazek 🐐

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     And if you’re so radical that you’re willing to take up arms to fight fascism, but you’re not willing to cast a vote for someone who isn’t perfect, you’re no radical, you’re just a fucking poser.

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     Derek Powazek 🐐 (fraying@xoxo.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 10:32:49 JST Derek Powazek 🐐

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     People say I shouldn’t shame others for not voting, but fuck that. We have this one lever we get to pull. This one task. If you can’t make that bare minimum requirement to participate in a democracy, I have no goddamn respect for you. You’re not more morally pure for opting out, you’re just a petulant child.

     Voting isn’t everything, but it’s the first thing. If you have this right that so many fought and bled for and you don’t use it, shame on you.

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     Derek Powazek 🐐 (fraying@xoxo.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 10:32:50 JST Derek Powazek 🐐

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     I keep hearing people I know who I thought genuinely cared for the people on the ragged edges of US society saying that they’re not going to vote for Harris. I wish they’d see voting as a thing we do *for each other* instead of something that speaks to your own self-centered opinion.

     It’s just moral narcissism - the idea that how it makes you feel about yourself is the most important thing. It’s wildly, WILDLY selfish. And these are the same people who lecture others about privilege.

     Wild.

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     Derek Powazek 🐐 (fraying@xoxo.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 10:32:51 JST Derek Powazek 🐐

     What if voting wasn’t something you did to express your personal preference? What if it was something you did to protect the people you love?