Seven months since my last post. I've pretty much left social media--who knows for how long--so found myself back here, and who knows why. I was on Bluesky for the last couple years or so and liked it there as well as the people I followed. But I also found that I don't need to be pumped up with anger and total disbelief about this country, and the whole world for that matter.
Maybe I will write about some of that here, I have nothing better to do. Since my last post, the war in Gaza seems exactly the same as it was, which means it's worse, because it means more and more people are needlessly dead. It's doubly sad and troubling, because most (elected) Democrats are fully in support of the genocide. What's a person to do? Who's a person going to vote for?
The argument seems to be that it's a no-brainer. Of course you have no choice but to vote for the Dems. But there are problems with this argument. Most recently, for example, many of these voices (the vote shamers) are the same voices that are condemning the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York. Apparently "Vote Blue No Matter Who" only applies to those that they approve of. I also have difficuty with the notion that we have to support the evil Israeli tyrant because it is necessary so that we can defeat the evil American tyrant. Quite a trade-off, huh?
Well, I'm not buying it. It is time for the Schumers and the Jeffries and the Pelosis and the rest to listen to the people who want to vote for them instead of thr other way around. I will not vote for anyone who doesn't in some way explicitly oppose and condemn the genocide that the US is currently and financing. Thta's the current no-brainer for me. I will vote third party if the Democrats continue to support things that are evil.
And it's not only Gaza (and the West Bank). These vote-shaming lecturers vote to confirm most of Trump's nominees. They voted for the crypto scam bill. They invite Third Way conservatives to their retreats and ignore the left (disdain the left is more accurate). Medicare for All? Nah, they aren't for that. Trans rights? Nope, just the latest group tp throw under the bus. They are the Party of donors and consultants and their own oligarch buddies. Time to listen to voters like me instead of David Shor and Ezra Klein and James Carville. You want to endorse Andrew Cuomo? Go for it, but you've lost me.
In short, to steal from a Congressional candidate in my district, I'm not voting for candidates who suck anymore.
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