E.g. abortion rights, anti-LGBTQ, contempt for atheism, Christian nationalism, etc.

  • NataliePortland@lemmy.ca
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    You know I voted for Hillary and Biden even though both trashed the idea of Medicare For All. That’s a huge issue for me, but you don’t really get to pick your politicians. You only pick the lesser of two evils. Republicans don’t like Dems. They might not love Trump or even Ted Cruz but for some people that’s their lesser of two evils. So I can’t speak for this other commenter but I can understand why you might vote for someone who doesn’t share your values

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      And for plenty of policy points that’s not an issue. When we’re on the topic of basic human rights, I’m not entirely sure how you* can handwave those abuses away because you want lower taxes.

      * generic you

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          If there’s an answer that isn’t basically “well they’re not on my priority list so they can get fucked”, I’d love to hear it. We’re not talking about some relatively benign issue like zoning laws or whether or not we should introduce a new sales tax to fund the park system. Sitting by complacently is actively tacitly supporting the policies trying to further these abuses, and it’s not some trivial issue that doesn’t matter.

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            The right is pro-2a. The left is not.

            The lgbtq should arm themselves, before anything else.

            The gop is unintionally better for lgbtq than the dnc.

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                The DNC is trying to disarm lgbtq. The GOP isn’t.

                What else is there to say?