• @Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      282 years ago

      There are a lot of left wing people in the south that don’t deserve to be left behind or ignored, and treating political campaigning and general efforts to improve things in the south like a waste of time and money only adds to the problem.

      Georgia gave y’all the senate majority and you want to spit in their faces for it.

      • @KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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        32 years ago

        No one wants to spit in their faces. It’s just their responsibility to get out the votes.

        Lots of liberal people in the South don’t vote, and then they wonder why they lose. Local government has one of the biggest effects on people’s lives and many people ignore it.

        • @Phegan@lemmy.world
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          52 years ago

          Lots of liberals in the south have had their vote suppressed so badly it’s nearly impossible for them to vote. Long lines, and no time off for the working class forces people to not vote.

            • @Phegan@lemmy.world
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              12 years ago

              Except states that purge voter roles without notifying people, and when they show up to vote, they can’t. I’d say that’s the state making it impossible for them to vote.

              Also early voting doesn’t mean easy voting. Many of those states only allow early voting one day a week at a single location serving a large population which still incurs large lines which take a long day which they need to take off from work.

              Not actually calling out the intentional movement to reduce the ability for many people to vote is a much larger insult to the Vote Rights Act, not the Civil Rights Movement. It’s also pretending that everything is fine without actually understanding the underlying problems with the system.

      • @not_that_guy05@lemmy.world
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        12 years ago

        Georgia gave us the Senate? Nah, they are finally voting in their interest not everybody else’s. So no they didn’t go "oh guys here you go I was saving this gift just for you democrats.

    • @Wrench@lemmy.world
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      182 years ago

      I mean, they’d instantly sell out to Russian and/or China, flood our markets bypassing import terrifs and sanctions, and militarily give away the gulf for a massive foreign military and commerce foothold.

      Don’t fall for that patriotic crap. They are bought very cheaply.