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Remember when people said they'd take "Any functional adult" over Trump? Well... That's why I still blame the voters here. They had their functional adult and didn't seize the opportunity
This is what you get when "any functional adult" is the standard you hold your leaders to.
If that was the standard Kamala would've won
I'm not convinced Kamala is a "functional adult" she never won a primary. -In fact she got less than 1% of votes in the two primaries (AK, and NH) she did run in respectively, in 2020..
So you allowed Trump to win? Fuck you
Well it turns out that isn't a good enough standard to get enough people up to vote, but I did hear it a lot from a lot of active posters online.
Anyone who didn't vote for her doesn't want a functional adult in office... So they got what they wanted I guess. I 100% blame those voters
Good luck with that. The election was hers to lose and she lost it.
A racist wine Karen that has personally, purposefully, ruined thousands of innocent lives isn't really a functional adult, it's a functional alcoholic.
You let Trump win? Fuck you
I completely understand your frustration. It sucks knowing that things are going to get worse and it could have been much better if those who didn’t vote, voted for Kamala. And we’re all definitely going to need time to fully process this.
In my opinion though, and I’m not saying that I’m definitely correct - but the feeling I get the reason that the democrats lost is because lots of people felt completely disillusioned with the democratic party. I want to be really clear: Fuck Trump, he’s a fascist in a party of fascists doing fascist things. they will undoubtedly cause death and harm. If there was any justice in this world they’d be on trial for crimes again humanity. But the democrats did not offer enough hope for people to get out and vote. They basically ran on a campaign of “vote for us because you have no better option, the other guy is the worst”, and that is just not an inspiring campaign. Their ongoing support for the genocide in palestine, their lack of interest in fighting for the rights of trans people, all of these things and more left many people, myself included, feeling absolutely abandoned by the democratic party.
I still think that leftists should vote, and they should vote with their heart and with thoughtfulness and think about harm mitigation. But I also cannot blame anyone who just couldn’t muster the energy to go out and queue for hours to express their support for a candidate that they felt very little love for.
I really hope that my love and compassion comes through. It’s hard to express over the internet, and it sometimes feels a little silly, but it’s what we have left. Our love for each other and our hope that the future can be better, even if we may not live to experience that better future.