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I am trans and not voting for Biden. I refuse to sacrifice Palestinians for my own safety or the safety of my loved ones. All the stuff people say now about them being an acceptable sacrifice or there being nothing they can do about it, that’s what they’ll be saying about us tomorrow. Solidarity between marginalized groups is the only viable strategy for long term survival.

I hate being used as a rhetorical token to make people feel better about selling out another vulnerable group.

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drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If you actually cared you would vote biden. No one capable of it will save them. None. At least with biden someone survives.

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- Objection@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If our “democracy” has decayed to the point where I’m not able to vote on whether or not we do a genocide, then it is not a democracy and I should not legitimize the sham through participation.
  
  There is no circumstance under which I will support genocide. If that means I die, then I will die. If any of you had a backbone you’d do the same. And if enough people drew that line, they’d have no choice but to listen to us.
  
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  - drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Grow up. If you really want to fix our democracy it’s going to take time. Vote for every chance you get. We already have one state with ranked choice voting. If you want a real democracy that is our avenue
    
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    Objection@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Oh, does Biden support ranked choice voting?
    
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TokenBoomer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I respect this decision.

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- Objection@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Tbh I’m fine with respectful disagreement.
  
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  - TokenBoomer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Thoughtful, educated and informed voting decisions should be respected. Shame on this duopoly for forcing its electorate to choose between tacit support for a genocide, and outright fascism.
    
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    Objection@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Thank you. I have to vote according to my conscience and what I believe is right, but if someone else’s conscience tells them differently, I can make my case but ultimately it is their decision to make. So many people on here expect everyone to think and see things the exact same way as them and can’t even seem to imagine someone having different values or a different perspective, and that can be very frustrating.
    
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assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Trans people are not a monolith. There’s other trans people in this thread begging us to vote for Biden for their safety. Your feelings about being a rhetorical token are not invalid, but recognize that other people in your vulnerable group are legitimately crying out for help.

Either way, I’m glad I’m not one of your loved ones. Your own safety is one thing. Their safety is another.

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- Objection@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  They’re entitled to their views, as I am to mine.
  
  I will do whatever I can to protect my loved ones and ensure they retain access to their meds. But I cannot go against the dictates of my conscience. And as I said, in the long term, solidarity between marginalized groups is the only viable path forward and I will not sacrifice that long term strategy for some fleeting, half-hearted protection. In fact I’ve already seen people applying the “lesser evil” argument to sacrificing trans rights since I posted this. Only by uniting and drawing a red line do we have a chance in the long run.
  
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