Bit of an oversimplification but: “if you don’t agree with me on 100% of the issues you’re just as bad as the person who disagrees with me on 100% of the issues.”
Often cited as a big reason why we can’t come together to defeat the far-right influenced right who do come together when it matters to get in office.
it’s a democrat pejorative they use when people say, for example, they wouldn’t be willing to vote for gavin newsom as president because he’s a transphobe. in other words, a dog whistle for bigots.
I mean, obviously candidate X is terrible (his platform is literally to give everyone aids), but I can’t vote FOR candidate Y in good faith. You see, world hunger a huge problem and it barely even appears in candidate Y’s platform! Similarly, there’s no support for people with alopecia, from which my dear friend suffers.
All the dermatological apologists want you to just vote for the person who doesn’t want to give everyone aids, but it’s time to send a clear message by not voting at this critical time because it was very effective the last time we did it, and the time before that, and the time before that. If you want me to vote, then give me someone to vote FOR! I really don’t want to just yell into the internet and not vote for anything, but what choice do I have? I have to stand for something by doing nothing!
The fuck is a purity test?
Bit of an oversimplification but: “if you don’t agree with me on 100% of the issues you’re just as bad as the person who disagrees with me on 100% of the issues.”
Often cited as a big reason why we can’t come together to defeat the far-right influenced right who do come together when it matters to get in office.
it’s a democrat pejorative they use when people say, for example, they wouldn’t be willing to vote for gavin newsom as president because he’s a transphobe. in other words, a dog whistle for bigots.
Ah, another ‘othering’ term that the left will use to divide itself into smaller and weaker groups.
Transphobes don’t get to be leftists, but if that’s your kind of person I’ll mark you in Piefed so I don’t forget you’re a transphobe.
I mean, obviously candidate X is terrible (his platform is literally to give everyone aids), but I can’t vote FOR candidate Y in good faith. You see, world hunger a huge problem and it barely even appears in candidate Y’s platform! Similarly, there’s no support for people with alopecia, from which my dear friend suffers.
All the dermatological apologists want you to just vote for the person who doesn’t want to give everyone aids, but it’s time to send a clear message by not voting at this critical time because it was very effective the last time we did it, and the time before that, and the time before that. If you want me to vote, then give me someone to vote FOR! I really don’t want to just yell into the internet and not vote for anything, but what choice do I have? I have to stand for something by doing nothing!