beyond being reprehensible as politics, it also shows zero understanding. Those states are red not just because of their constituency, but because of the great lengths they go to to repress voting - ThreadSky

aminus.bsky.social • 23 hours ago

beyond being reprehensible as politics, it also shows zero understanding. Those states are red not just because of their constituency, but because of the great lengths they go to to repress voting

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If you're reveling in the thought of people in red states dying — be it from not vaccinating or climate disasters — because of how the state leans, electorally, you have surrendered the moral high-ground in all respects and are no better than the anti-intellectual death cult you claim to oppose.

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aminus.bsky.social•23 hours ago

redistricting, archaic and racist/classist voting laws, actively spreading disinfo on how to vote, and last-minute closure and moving of voting locations. There are so many mechanics to disenfranchise minority voters

yoganerd.bsky.social•23 hours ago

some people have never heard of the tyranny of the majority which is weird

snarkysteff.bsky.social•23 hours ago

yeah, I used to be ignorant about that until I realized how much they work to manipulate and suppress people.

i support Canada's plan to work to specially penalize those states financially, because jobs seem to be the only way votes swing, but i feel sorry for the average person there.

friskydingus.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Aside from the other very good reasons that this is stupid and evil... even in red states, it's not like people are winning 99% to 1. Even in places that have long been abandoned by Democratic spending, some people are voting blue consistently. Way to spit in their face!

golmia.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I've sympathy for my own here in the south, and the Hispanic, Asian, and Jewish communities. I have none for the white Christians, except for the children among them who have no choice but to endure and suffer as a result of the stupidity and ignorance of their elders.

zmurr33.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Exactly.
Those people stand in line in the heat with no water for hours for a chance at changing their states.

Only to be met with, "everyone there deserves this" by members of the same party.

Liberals continue to dig all of our collective graves while being smug about it.