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Written by Ian Betteridge on 2025-01-26 at 18:19

A conversation which often comes to mind: when a hard-left friend said, prior to 2016, that they hoped Trump would win because it would “stick it to the elites".

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Written by Ian Betteridge on 2025-01-26 at 18:19

I still hear some of the same sentiment today. “Harris lost my vote when X”. She didn't lose your vote: you chose not to do the one thing you could have done to stop the slide into actual, proper fascism.

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Written by Ian Betteridge on 2025-01-26 at 18:19

You didn't vote for Clinton, because she wasn't left enough. And so Roe got overturned. You didn't vote for Harris because she wasn't left enough. And so democracy gets overturned.

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Written by Ian Betteridge on 2025-01-26 at 18:19

Stop making excuses. You didn't vote for them because ultimately you don't care. You would rather “your body my choice" became the law of the land than you have to hold your nose and vote for someone impure.

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Written by David Cohen on 2025-01-26 at 18:48

@ianb You didn’t vote for a candidate who you found impure, and so you allowed the most venal, corrupt and two faced candidate to win. Twice. Your impossibly high moral standards are as stupid as you are.

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Written by Ian Betteridge on 2025-01-26 at 18:49

@davidbcohen Amen.

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