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    9 months ago

    I have not seen this campaign. Are there any particular things i should look out for? Like, are they saying explicitly ‘don’t vote and send a message to the DNC’? I’ve only personally seen peeps saying they’ll not vote for him but that’s not the same

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      9 months ago

      Pretty much that’s exactly what they’re saying. Keep an eye out. They’re around. And they’re obnoxious.

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                9 months ago

                Calling everyone who doesn’t have the same views as you a right-wing conspiracist is what got us into this dilemma.

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                  9 months ago

                  Nope. It’s what got YOU into this dilemma. I have no dilemma. If you’re advocating that people don’t vote come November- you’re spreading right-wing propaganda.

                  Wittingly or not.

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                    9 months ago

                    If you’re advocating that people don’t vote come November

                    So it’s okay if they vote for Trump? I’ve never called anyone a right-wing conspiracist.

                    Edit: Serious question- Should I vote for Nikki Haley in the Republican primary to stop Trump?

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      9 months ago

      It’s everywhere lately. It’s mostly something along the lines of both Biden and Trump being bad choices, so just don’t make a choice to “send a message”. Especially with the Israel/Palestine stuff, a large group has been convinced that Biden providing aid to the massacre of Palestinians means them voting for him is immoral. I agree it fucking sucks, but not voting is the immoral option. Remember how Trump tried to move things even further to Israel’s favor.

      Some of it is a disinformation campaign to get people to not vote, but I think a large portion of what you see is people who have been convinced of it themselves and spread it organically. It’s impossible to tell the difference though, and it doesn’t really matter that they are different. They are effectively the same, but you can’t tell who actually believes it and who just sees it as useful.

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          9 months ago

          I have seen it plenty of times. How can you say no one has said it. In this thread, yeah I don’t think so. It’s all over the place though.