I like sarcasm tags.

Imho you lose a lot of cues by going from speaking to writing.

You have the peak masc username.

I think there's a slight misunderstanding. And a good part of it is on me.

First and foremost: democrats sucks. They suck so hard it's honestly mind boggling that the republicans manage to beat them to the punch.

My point is that in that instance of first past the post election they're the slightly less worst choice on a lot of issues, including Palestine (and yeah that previous slightly is doing a lot pf legwork). This is why one should vote for them. This is also why they need to be shamed and harassed into better stances.

I know it's a heart wrenching choice. I should have worded my previous comment differently in order to establish that non voters where on the very bottom rung of the blame ladder.

But the US is a reprensentative Republic with a fucked up version of first past the post winner takes all voting (which is already fucked up in its own right). There are absolutely no good choices in that election. Only slightly less bad ones and whatever one can get away with while still retaining a modicum of sleep.

There should be riots about the Democrats, riots about the republicans, riots about how fragile the entire American political system is, riots about the election system where your vote only matters in a few select states, and some more riots for an unending list of reasons.

I do care, even if I'm not a US citizen and live in one of the regions where I'm the most sheltered against American tomfoolery (western Europe).

I just think that voting democrats in this election was the least uneffective way to do harm reduction.

Well not good either ^^`

This trend of backsliding democracies truly is terrifying.

And fourth?

Life could be an all you can eat buffet, except every course is genocide.

I don't understand why only one group of people can be blamed.

Trump voters, non voters, the democratic party, etc all have varying amounts of blood on their hands. Be it the blood of Gazaouites, queer folks, immigrants, or simply women.

I really don't get that.

US is one of the world's hegemons. They have disproportionate control overthe global energy markets, financial sector, and so much more.

Pretty much wherever you are you will be impacted by US politics.

And it sucks because the US is increasingly becoming a shit hole country.

The other may have some of their rights taken.

They may also be barred from exercising certain professions and be treated as all around second class citizens.

They may also be barred from life saving medications and procedures.

They will be subject to more violence up to and including murder and it may be swept under the rug.

At least be a bit more exhaustive. And they isn't restricted to queer people. They're also racized folks, muslim, jewish, or simply women.

And while I agree that there aren't many situations which remotely might compare to the literal hell on earth that is Gaza, let's not forget that a lot of other people are in sucky situations which will get worse as a result of that election.

I don't see why it's exclusive though.

First and foremost, Republican voters are to blame.

Voters who didn't make the choice of voting for the milquetoast liberal instead of the overt fascist are to blame.

People who argued for the both sides are the same rhetoric ad nauseam are to blame. I wholeheartedly agree that both sides suck, but let's not be delusional there's obviously one that's worst.

The Democratic party which propped up the most extreme fascists while courting anything supposedly both undecided and to their right instead of all the leftist voters are to blame.

Even if it's conceptually easier to handle, in such a shitty situation there's usually a lot of blame to go around.

These rules are made by botanists.

A berry is a fleshy fruit without a pit produced by a single flower containing a single ovary.

This definition is different from the colloquial culinary one which refers to anything small, growing on a small plant or bush and without a pit.

The strategy went well as in the NFP (leftwing coalition) got a plurality of the votes.

The issue is that the ruling party (En Marche) said fuck it and allied with the fascists.

Yeah and they grow in the ground too.

A distinction that I find more entertaining than the fruit/veggie one is the berry category.

• blueberry: not a berry
• blackberry: nuh-uh
• Strawberry: you're an accessory fruit
• banana: yup, totally a berry
• watermelon: go for it

That's nuts