Posted on 29th Oct, 2024 in Uncategorised
We are now officially 1 week away from Election Day in the United States. I can't say I don't have my concerns. The candidates for President are all godawful in their own special ways. I still can't get over the fact that we had a guy with a literal brainworm (even though he dropped out). Things really start to feel hopeless when we consider the two pro-Zionist mainstream candidates; one of whom tried to overthrow the government when they lost the last election and the other who has moved so far right to court the other's supporters that they risk alienating their own party's voters. On top of that the polling is stupidly close (and likely padded by a deluge of biased polling on the right).
But for everyone participating in this shit show I offer you these thoughts and predictions (slightly expanded from a BSky thread):
To those who are voting for Harris, I understand & respect the desire to do the least harm possible (given the options available).
To those voting 3rd party, I admire your optimism (especially when the odds are stacked against them courtesy of this cursed 2 party system).
To those who cannot bring themselves to vote for either Harris or Trump for a myriad of reasons, whether it's their unwavering support for Israel's genocide against the or the fact that both candidates are tripping over themselves to cage and deport asylum seekers at the boarder, I respect you for being principled and standing firm in the face of great adversity.
Finally, to those voting for Trump: I don't respect you. You have my contempt and my disgust. You are either woefully uninformed or a full-fledged fascist. Neither of these are acceptable to me. To be so uninformed in a matter of life and death for not just millions of people but also the very concept of this nation itself is alarming. It's a failure of not just education and combating propaganda but also a failure on your part in terms of initiative. To be a fascist; the kind that is okay with anti-labor union behavior, mass deportations (including of US citizens), stripping the federal government of qualified expert staff only to replace them with blind loyalists, stripping women of bodily autonomy and maybe even the right to vote. If you're one of those who have ditched their Klan hoods and now walk openly in the streets (sometimes with tiki torches), then you are unforgivable. It is my deepest wish that, whichever category you fall in to, that you will be forced to live with the shame of trying to install a crackpot dictator for the rest of your days.
There is no excuse at this point to still support this treasonous charlatan unless you like what you have seen. If you've seen the Access Hollywood tape, the missteps and abuses of the first Trump term, the January 6th insurrection, the ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the shady dealings with Russian oligarchs, and the numerous federal indictments, and still somehow think "yep that's my guy", then I hope that you seethe with rage as you see women, minorities, immigrants, and scholars flourish around you while you stagnate and eventually become nothing more than another closed chapter in the dark history of this country.
Now with all that said… here's what I predict will happen on Election Night.
I predict that Kamala Harris will win the popular vote. In particular, I predict that she will explicitly win the states of North Carolina & Pennsylvania. I also predict election shenanigans from Donald Trump. Will there be voter intimidation at the poll by his loyalists? You bet! Will he refuse to concede again? Absolutely! Will he try to legally challenge the election results if he doesn't win? Definitely. Will there be another insurrection attempt? Hopefully not but I can't rule it out.
Good luck everyone. Whatever happens, we're all in this together and I am not going back.
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