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WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

No one should be told they’re purity testing for criticizing the democrats.

Purity testing would be saying someone can’t be an ally in criticizing the democrats with you because they’re an enemy for voting for them.

Someone put a coin in my hand and said “heads is genocide, tails is genocide in a different way” and I really cared about not doing genocide so I asked “can I choose none” and they said “you can walk away, but then the coin will be flipped randomly”.

If you walked away from that coin flip and left the consequences to chance, I really don’t have a lot of patience hearing you judge me for all the burden and anxiety I put on myself researching which option was worse so I could make the least worst choice.

Walking away seems the easy choice here. You didn’t stop the genocide, you just washed your hands clean of it.

Criticizing me for choosing, instead of being an ally, saying “that was a tough choice, but don’t give up **here’s what we can do next” is useless.

Instead of saying we should stay home and not vote, suggest something we can do. The endless criticizing of powerless people just trying their best in a shitty situation is why you’re being accused of purity testing.

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