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Ben Royce 馃嚭馃嚘 馃嚫馃嚛
Ben Royce 馃嚭馃嚘 馃嚫馃嚛
@benroyce@mastodon.social  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

It's hard for average citizens of the world to express their rightful displeasure with the #Trump regime

You can start with a #boycott of #Olympics2028 and #WorldCup2026

I say this as an American

Fuck my stupid fucking country

Shun us

As for my fellow Americans:

We HAVE to #vote in the #midterms

#MAGA and nonvoters are our enemies, our downfall. Shame and condemn them

#USA

midterm 2026
midterm 2026
midterm 2026
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Kevin LaRose, 8647
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@Thumper1964@mindly.social replied  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@benroyce God, please, no more purity tests. No more not voting because it鈥檚 principled. It isn鈥檛, it鈥檚 cowardly at best. We鈥檙e in the mess we鈥檙e in now because too many people decided that their feelings mattered more than their country. No more both sides are the same. No more #GenocideJoe stances that in the end almost certainly will make things worse in the long run for those folks the cosplayers supposedly care so much about. The only way I will interact with those individuals is by blocking.

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DeanFarrell
DeanFarrell
@DeanFarrell@mstdn.plus replied  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@Thumper1964 @benroyce When I vote, it's like making a chess move. I don't vote based on whether or not a candidate is 100% pure on my favorite issue. And I damned sure don't consider whether or not I'd like to fuck them.

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@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online replied  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@DeanFarrell @Thumper1964 @benroyce

This is the perfect analogy. One of the best posts on this subject was back in 2024 by Debbie Goldsmith @dgoldsmith...

https://mastodon.social/@dgoldsmith/111757578619470181

@dgoldsmith@mastodon.social
We need to get over the idea that
voting is a way for us to express our
personal ideals. Voting is one move in
a chess game that never ends鈥攐ne
each voter plays with a hundred million
other voters. You can't win on the first
move, and if you're in a bad board
position it may take a long time to get
out of it. (Narrator voice: we're in a bad
board position, in many ways.)
If you don't play, though, or don't make
alliances with other players, you're
likely to lose. Losing now will be very
bad.
Jan 14,2024,06:21 PM -
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@dgoldsmith@mastodon.social We need to get over the idea that voting is a way for us to express our personal ideals. Voting is one move in a chess game that never ends鈥攐ne each voter plays with a hundred million other voters. You can't win on the first move, and if you're in a bad board position it may take a long time to get out of it. (Narrator voice: we're in a bad board position, in many ways.) If you don't play, though, or don't make alliances with other players, you're likely to lose. Losing now will be very bad. Jan 14,2024,06:21 PM - 263 boosts - 0 quotes - 341 favorites
@dgoldsmith@mastodon.social We need to get over the idea that voting is a way for us to express our personal ideals. Voting is one move in a chess game that never ends鈥攐ne each voter plays with a hundred million other voters. You can't win on the first move, and if you're in a bad board position it may take a long time to get out of it. (Narrator voice: we're in a bad board position, in many ways.) If you don't play, though, or don't make alliances with other players, you're likely to lose. Losing now will be very bad. Jan 14,2024,06:21 PM - 263 boosts - 0 quotes - 341 favorites
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DeanFarrell
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@DeanFarrell@mstdn.plus replied  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@mastodonmigration @Thumper1964 @benroyce @dgoldsmith I knew I heard it somewhere! 馃榿

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@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online replied  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@DeanFarrell @Thumper1964 @benroyce @dgoldsmith

Thank you for bringing it up!

It is also really instructive to read through the thread and see how the matter was framed back then. If we are to counter such information warfare we need to get much smarter about crushing these devious gambits.

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Ben Royce 馃嚭馃嚘 馃嚫馃嚛
Ben Royce 馃嚭馃嚘 馃嚫馃嚛
@benroyce@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@Thumper1964

There's one right in the thread

Claims to be from Tulsa

Tulsa Oblast, maybe

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@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online replied  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@benroyce @Thumper1964

Hmmm... didn't read him that way. He did complain about the current crop of Dems, but missed him saying he wasn't going to vote. In fact, he said he did vote Dem in 2024.

Edit: But to Kevin's point... 馃挴 Let's nip that shit in the bud this time.

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Ben Royce 馃嚭馃嚘 馃嚫馃嚛
Ben Royce 馃嚭馃嚘 馃嚫馃嚛
@benroyce@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@mastodonmigration @Thumper1964

i can be wrong

but...

i'm saying we need to vote dem and they're coming in with some "but muh controlled opposition" comment?

they are correct the democrats fucking suck

as if that is the point anymore

it's all hands on deck to get trump politically neutralized

we don't have the luxury anymore. anyway to stop him we must

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Tody Motmot
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@todymotmot@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@benroyce This. 馃憤

The stronger the reaction from other countries, the more they shun us, the greater the chances of my grandkids living in freedom and security.

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