06-15-2022, 06:11 PM
(06-15-2022, 05:41 PM)treee Wrote: Strategically voting against trump in a first-past-the-post system via biden is an easily defensible action. I don't know why you think it's some kind of gotcha OP. trumpism is a particularly ugly form of right wing populism and I'll be glad to see it continue to eat itself over the next few years.
I think I can sum up all the neo-con "gotcha" threads:
Q: Look what Biden did, how can you defend him?
A: He's better than Trump, doesn't mean he's good.
Q: Aren't you sorry you voted for Biden?
A: No, because we had 2 choices and the other was 4 more years of Trump.
Q: HA, look how low Biden's approval rating is!
A: Yep, he isn't good, but still...didn't want 4 more years of Trump.
Q: Why won't anyone criticize Biden?
A: Didn't you just point out how low his approval rating is?
Q: Why won't anyone admit they voted for Biden?
A: *a thread full of people admitting they voted for Biden*
Gotcha, indeed.