Comment on Do most Americans vote just based on name recognizing without any thinking of the platform? Or pigeon hole a candidate to one issue and vote for them? Even if that issue is way against beliefs?

warbond@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• dan1101@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Or pro gun. I know many people that would never vote Democrat because of guns.

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  • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Or anti-minority. Actually, I think most of the other issues are smokes green these days for people who just hate minorities.

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• QueenHawlSera@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I used to be anti-abortion, but then Republicans kept trying to say what I could do with my body while denying me healthcare coverage and I’m like… “Damn this must be what ciswomen go through.”

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  • neatchee@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yup. Bodily autonomy is non-negotiable. Abortions should be legal for the same reason organ donation is opt-in, not opt-out. Nobody, fetus or otherwise, has a right to the use of your body without your ongoing consent.

    Once you’ve donated something you cannot take it back, sure, but you cannot be forced to continue donating against your will.

    Could you imagine if someone argued “you agreed to donate plasma on an ongoing basis, and the recipient needs it to live, so you’re not allowed to stop donating, even if it could kill you”?

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