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Abigail 23, they/them or it/its. Autistic. GNC. Multifandom blog. Carrd last updated 4/2/22 theexhaustedgraduate.carrd.co

[thesleepykuma]

Thank god he’s guilty

[eowyntheavenger]

Americans, these are things we are NOT saying in 2024:

"Voting blue won't solve anything." Yes it will: if enough of us do it, it will solve a problem called Trump's second term in the White House. We unfortunately live in a two-party system. If you refuse to vote, you're effectively voting for Trump. I shouldn't need to explain this to people, yet here we are.

"It doesn't matter who's president. Both candidates are the same anyway." No, they are REALLY not. Biden was never my first choice, and his shipments of arms to Israel are despicable, but don't try to tell me even for a second that a second Trump term would be the same for the world as a second Biden term.

"But voting blue won't fix [fundamental underlying problem in America]." Voting for Democrats cannot fix every issue, this is true. But by saying this and ONLY this you are discouraging people from voting by making them feel hopeless. Voting is one of many tools in our arsenal, not the only tool, but an important one, and it does matter.

"You shouldn't vote blue, you should do [other thing] instead." See above: you can vote and protest and organize at the same time. It's not either/or. You can do it all. Stop discouraging voters from exercising their rights under the guise of leftism.

"Voting is just legitimizing government power. It makes you part of the system." Literally just shut up. Women and people of color didn't fight for their voting rights to have you say things like this. If you live in America and you can legally vote, then you should fucking vote, and vote blue. There is no neutral option.

"Voting blue just makes you complicit in [this bad policy]." Inaction, and allowing Trump to have a second term, is worse for the entire world than any Democrat policy. Yes, even that one. Voting is not about finding a perfect unproblematic candidate. It is about choosing the lesser of two evils.

"Voting doesn't work because—" STOP IT. STOP DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM VOTING.

You know who wants you NOT to vote? Trump supporters, that's who. You should be suspicious of ANYONE who is suggesting that your vote doesn't matter, or that both candidates are the same, or that Biden's policy on XYZ means you shouldn't vote for him. Trump supporters aren't trying to get your vote by saying, "Vote for Trump!" They're trying to get your vote by DISCOURAGING YOU FROM VOTING AT ALL.

I don't like Biden either, but Trump is unequivocally worse. Voting doesn't fix everything, but it is the minimum fucking requirement of living in a democracy. Voting for president has real, tangible, immediate impacts on people's lives, and choosing not to vote is not the rebellion you think it is, it is just relinquishing your voice. So fucking vote. THIS IS A GROUP PROJECT AND DAMN IT WE ARE NOT FAILING BECAUSE OF YOU.

[eowyntheavenger]

Reblogging this again in honor of the dipshit in my notes crying and screaming about things I did not say. “Why do you like Biden why are you saying he’s good” I don’t. Says it right there in the post. “But voting won’t fix everything” I know. Says it right there in the post. “Voting is the bare minimum” Amazing! Says that in the post too. “Why aren’t you telling people to do things beside vote” I literally did. Read the fucking post.

[beatrice-otter]

If you don't like Biden's support for Israel, you should know that it is nothing compared to Trump's support for Israel, and the Republican Party in general. And they are using American influence in entirely different ways.

Biden: "Israel is our ally, and we support our allies. However, let's talk behind the scenes and use our material support to put pressure on them to stop their part of the violence and come to a viable peace agreement."

Trump: "Fuck yeah, genocide is awesome! Let's kill all the brown people! Let's kill all the Muslims! I'm going to give you everything you could ever want with no strings!" Trump is supported by Evangelical and Fundamentalist Christians, who believe in the Rapture, which is a completely whacked interpretation of Revelation in which, for Jesus to come back, Israel has to be destroyed and all Jews killed, except that God will kill all the people who destroy Israel. Therefore, Rapture believers want someone else (preferably Muslims) to destroy Israel and commit genocide against Jews, so that both Jews and Muslims will be wiped out.

Those are your two choices.

On the one hand, a guy who stands by Israel politically and militarily but is also advocating for justice and peace behind the scenes, or a guy who is 100% ride-or-die for the worst of Netanyahu's violence and backed by people who are hoping to use this to create more genocide in the future.

And if you say "well, I just won't vote," you are contributing to the victory of the guy who is vocally pro-genocide.

[atfisty]

Reminder to register to vote too.

[runawaymarbles]

I really think people have forgotten just how bad things were under the Trump Administration. Literally every day there was news about some service being cut or someone terrible appointed somewhere they shouldn't be or what have you. He constantly flirted with WW3 and military dictatorship. It was such a blur of badness that there aren't big standouts for people to point to to make him "the XYZ president." it was everything. all the time. Why do we not remember this.

[redpinejo]

Yes, you’re right, but the democrats did next to nothing to reverse the policies he introduced. In fact, they’re continuing the ones they said they’d stop, like the border wall. We will continue lurching into fascism is we don’t stand up and stop the establishment now. Republicans push us right, and democrats keep us there until the next republican pushes us a little further.

[runawaymarbles]

You're right, that's why Biden immediately rejoined the World Health Organization, rejoined the Paris Climate agreement, revoked the permit for the keystone pipeline, revoked the border wall emergency, ended the Muslim ban, restored rights to gay beneficiaries, created a White House office of gun violence prevention, challenged trans care bans, signed the respect for marriage act, started allowing X gender markers on passports, and that's what I found in just thirty seconds of googling. It's why he's pushing so much student loan forgiveness and limiting the price of drugs. Because he is secretly upholding the Trump agenda. Obvs.

[serpentsandcrows]

[prof-grace-aspen]

This thread is incredibly important to read.

It is also extremely difficult to read. I don't know if I need to point this out, but the document itself is obviously full of bigotry so please take care of yourself if you choose to read it. Antisemitic phrases like "cultural marxism" and "global elites" appear before the document even really gets rolling, and are mixed in with transphobia, racism, and more.

If you want a taste of how this document starts in the first main section about "The Family", here is a taste:

"This starts with deleting the terms sexual orientation and gender identity (“SOGI”), diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”), gender, gender equality, gender equity, gender awareness, gender-sensitive, abortion, reproductive health, reproductive rights, and any other term used to deprive Americans of their First Amendment rights out of every federal rule, agency regulation, contract, grant, regulation, and piece of legislation that exists."

It is all bad. ALL of this document is bad, and dangerous, and threatens the lives and the safety of everyone living in this country.

[thesleepykuma]

I swear a lot of you ‘don’t vote for Biden’ people are republicans trying to spread disinformation.

You know republicans also support Israel, right? There is no candidate you can vote for that doesn’t support Israel. I wish there was but there isn’t.

Republicans don’t believe in no-fault divorce. They don’t believe in marital rape. They’d fucking repeal the 19th amendment if you’d let them. Use your brain and have some self preservation, especially if you don’t have the resources to leave if the US becomes a facist hellscape.

[moons-of-firdaws]

Right, but right now one is committing genocide unapologetically and it's Biden. What this post essentially boils down to is: The massacre of the global south is acceptable, so long as I put the 'right' man as president.

You are bargaining with the oppressor, selling Palestinians for fake comfort.

Here's the thing — Roe v Wade got overturned while Biden was president. The don't say gay bill passed during his presidency. The ICWA was threatened during Biden's presidency.

So what benefits exactly did he give the american people? What did he do? He fucked over americans and fucked over people of the global south — Palestine, Congo, Yemen, to name a few.

The United States is already fascist, you are no longer in the stage of 'preventing facism'. It is there, it has arrived, it has been there since Roe v Wade got overturned. Since Biden was no longer accountable to the American people demanding a ceasefire and continued to commit genocide.

Are you (general you) gonna keep allowing him to act with impunity?

Make him a dictator?

Because if he can keep acting in opposition to the will of the people, committing genocide despite incessant calls for a ceasefire, contemplating penalizing consumer boycotts of Israel... something which is a direct threat to political freedom and liberty... and he's still kept?

That's a dictator.

[thesleepykuma]

I mean, what’s the alternative? There are no viable candidates that don’t support Israel. The closest we have are Williamson and Philips who are still trying to ‘both sides’ the issue and also have no chance in hell of winning the democratic primary if the polls have anything to say about it. Your republican choices are the author of the don’t say gay bill, a woman who said the don’t say gay bill didn’t go far enough, and the guy who is banned from the Colorado ballot for trying to overthrow the government. One of these nasty fucks is going to be president.

The examples of things that happened during Bidens presidency were either the fault of the republican Supreme Court or the conservative Florida governor.

My spouse and I have had serious conversations about fleeing the country if a republican is elected president. This isn’t over ‘fake’ anything. I’m probably going to block you just for that comment tbh.

What is your (general you) plan? Convincing 100 million people to write in sanders? Do you have a plan for a revolution that is concrete and actively in the works and actually going to work? What is it?

[hiveswap]

listen i am not american. i understand that even democrats fucking suck and its a genuinely shitty situation to be in. im so sorry. but hey, hey look at me. why are you guys bullying people for saying "you should still vote blue?" Like im curious about the alternatives youve got. voting red? firebombing walmart? tumblr user catboyssepticbutthole, i know you will not be firebombing walmart.

[hiveswap]

you guys are falling into the "the revolution will fix everything" mindset and then not even occupying tv buildings or organising the coup or anything. youre just posting. Don't encourage being complacent under the guise of encouraging revolution

[hiveswap]

There's so many people in the notes saying "you can firebomb walmart AND vote :)" let me reiterate, none of us on this fucking website are gonna firebomb a walmart

[hiveswap]

I'm done with yall posers. get off tumblr and do it then idc

[arinrowan]

Re: firebombing a Walmart-

What is THAT supposed to accomplish?

The Walton family won't be at a Walmart. You know who will? The people working and shopping there, who aren't billionaires. You firebomb a Walmart, the people getting killed and injured are them, and the Walton family definitely won't pay their medical bills.

Know what else the Walton family won't do? Pay any employees of that store while the store is shut down. So you then have a bunch of people out of work who won't be able to pay their bills, who probably don't have enough savings to last them until they can find another job.

Shut up about firebombing Walmarts and volunteer at a damn soup kitchen.

[fierceawakening]

This is the thing I have never understood about people's desire to destroy things to somehow... undo... the bad... corporations? How are you going to coordinate it so it's not just poor people getting shafted again?

[thesleepykuma]

I swear a lot of you ‘don’t vote for Biden’ people are republicans trying to spread disinformation.

You know republicans also support Israel, right? There is no candidate you can vote for that doesn’t support Israel. I wish there was but there isn’t.

Republicans don’t believe in no-fault divorce. They don’t believe in marital rape. They’d fucking repeal the 19th amendment if you’d let them. Use your brain and have some self preservation, especially if you don’t have the resources to leave if the US becomes a facist hellscape.

[conservatives-arekilling-america]

[invisiblelad]

I repeat for the people in the back- Both parties are not the same.

I'd also like to add that allowing legislation where medical professionals can arbitrarily inject their religious beliefs into whether or not a person can even get medical treatment was and is horrifyingly biased and potentially deadly.

[nukednick]

it's always sunny in japanifornia

[sweetlucygray]

katniss' thoughts: this boy is manipulating me. he is pretending to be kind so i will find difficulty in killing him later. but i see through his lies and deceptions. as to show that i am aware of his mind games and manipulations and will not tolerate it, i will further aggravate his bruise. but i will do so in a manner which hides my intentions from the views of others so that this battle only remains visible to us. this is a masterful move on my part as it shows that i am aware of the poisoned honey that has filled his words all throughout our journey and am willing and ready to respond in kind

peeta's thoughts: omg katniss gave me a kiss on the cheek.

[vang0bus]

sorry but i want to hit every american talking about not wanting to vote democrat anymore with hammers. lol

[vang0bus]

yes the democratic party also sucks but you know what sucks more? republicans winning elections because the left is too idealistic to vote. fuck you. not only would that have massive repercussions on human rights and just about every social issue in your country but it influences international politics too dipshit!! a far right government in the us is bad for the whole world!! i dont care that you dont like liberals you dont have to like them just fucking vote for the party that doesnt want poc and queer people dead. yes even if they have shit stances on things like israel. because its better than having a republican government. fucks sake

[vang0bus]

i just. i want to grip these people by the shoulders and shake them. i dont care that you dont like biden. i dont like biden. but if your other options are trump and desantis you have a moral obligation to vote for the guy that isnt trump or desantis. abstaining wont get you a better government that doesnt contribute to genocide itll get you a far right government that contributes to genocide even harder

[ashelyskies-deactivated20241121]

THANK YOU

[maryellencarter]

i don't know if any of my followers actually need to hear this but: speaking as an ex-far-right activist. you are competing against people who are trucking their 13 adult children to the polls the minute those suckers turn 18, with prefilled lists of the most far-right politicians on every ballot to vote for.

do they agree with every policy of every one of those politicians? no! they're like "eh, he's on the kkk board and we kinda don't like that, but he'll vote against abortion rights every time, and if we don't vote for him then the democrat will get in". (real example. i was in a campaign ad for him as a toddler. he is still in office.)

so the only way, the ONLY way that anything even remotely centrist let alone left-leaning can get done, is if we are also willing to say "we don't like this guy, but he's kind of on our side, so we gotta vote for him because the other person who could get in is Against everything we stand for". and help with resources of who holds what positions, and with getting our friends to the polls if we can, and so forth.

presidential primaries start in just a few months. that's when you can vote for whoever you like best to try to get the democrat nomination. in november, no matter what, vote your fucking ticket.

[rat2rrj]

Vote blue because my parents vote for whatever loser blindly hates my transgender ass

[dancinbutterfly]

Vote blue because the reds want us all dead yall for real

[megpie71]

Just for the sake of information:

No election, anywhere, at any time, has EVER been called off due to "lack of voter interest".

Instead, what happens is that the ballots of the people who did turn up and vote get counted, while the ballots of the people who abstained from voting (or were prevented from voting, or who just didn't bother to show up to vote because they didn't care) don't. And as far as the electoral results are concerned, all three of those things are lumped together as "did not vote".

Your principled refusal to vote is treated exactly the same as the "fuck it, I can't be bothered" decision of Joe Disinterested Bloggs.

(And for fuck's sake, if you're wanting a shouting chance of getting a candidate you ARE willing to vote for in the general election, then show up at the fucking Democratic primaries in your state.)

[elfwreck]

Voting is not our only tool for improvement and change.

Voting may not be our best tool.

But voting is ONE OF OUR TOOLS, and the assholes who want us all dead or in prison absolutely DO use it - and voting is the only way to block their elections.

We outnumber them. Even in most of the red states. They win elections through voter suppression, gerrymandering, sometimes outright cheating - not public support.

Nationwide, there are 48 million registered Democrats and 36.4 million registered Republicans.

The races only look close because

The media industry likes close races; it sells more papers/gets more views.

They work damn hard to shut out Democratic voices, especially marginalized ones.

And one of their big tactics is "nobody is really worth voting for."

Maybe nobody is. But I absolutely promise you - someone is worth voting against.

[marzipanandminutiae]

“you don’t like the proliferation of terms like Unalive outside of TikTok because you realize that you’re aging out of youth culture and it makes you uncomfortable!”

no I don’t like it because there’s something INCREDIBLY dystopian about being forced to soften terms for basic parts of the human experience like death and sex (and even more so terms for oppressed minorities- call me a “le-dollar sign-bian” and I will bite you) purely because advertisers and corporations demand it

[stripedroseandsketchpads]

The idea that young people are getting used to not being able to speak in public about sex, queerness etc without talking around censors, and see this as normal and not a problem, scares me tbh.

[crippledanarchy]

The fact that people are so comfortable with being censored that they Voluntarily censor themselves on words and topics that aren’t even being limited is a terrifying sign

[transcyberism]

I hate to be like the “THIS IS JUST LIKE 1984” guy but. there was literally a thing in that book where you had to say “double plus ungood” instead of “bad” because you weren’t supposed to talk about bad things. if you told me ten years ago that “unalive” was a word that George Orwell had coined for Newspeak I would have believed you.

[g5-iguazu-deactivated20240408]

>IS CALLED TUMBLR LIVE

>DIES

[carmenpeach]

[picsthatmakeyougohmm]

[thesleepykuma]

The joy of finally being androgynous enough for trolls on tiktok to tell you that you’ll never be a real woman (you have XX chromosomes)