Anti-voting rhetoric will be the death of the left. Literally.
Not a single fucking Republican voted to protect roe. It was fucking overturned in the first place bc trump got three Supreme Court appointments.
Every fucking thing wrong in this country is almost certainly the result of Republicans being in power. In 2020, Texas cut half of the polling places in black neighborhoods, and doubled them in white ones, regardless of population. It was Republicans bitching about mail in voting, and constantly, constantly fearmonger about voter fraud. Literally, their platform is about making civil rights harder to practice.
Would you like to know why? It’s because Republican politicians know better than anyone that higher voter participation means higher republican loss.
But what do I see from the online left, champions of the oppressed?
“Voting doesn’t do anything, the parties are the same, the system is rigged, etc, etc”
Don’t sit here and tell me you give a fuck about marginalized people if you aren’t ready to march your ass to the voting booth and vote out the party actively stripping their rights away.
Protest, donate, community build, unionize, and vote, vote, vote.
The thing about midterms is that abortion bans or maintaining rights are now up to the discretion of states.
Everyone is talking about Republican state officials putting bans into effect.
State Democrats can do the opposite.
My home state is EXPANDING abortion rights, setting up legislation that will shield protections from outside interference.
Forget Biden*. He isn’t up for re-election in 2022. Do you have an on-the-record pro-choice Governor? Senators? House reps? Local judges? How about proposed legislation?
THOSE are the people you’re going to be voting (or not voting) for now, this year, 2022. The people who you will need to demand action from.
There are Democrats out there at lower levels (state & local) who are far more committed to maintaining reproductive rights than Joseph R. Biden. Do you know who they are? Look them up!
Even if you firmly believe the two parties are not meaningfully different in general (which I personally don’t, but that’s irrelevant), one difference is that Democrats do not vote a perfect partly line against abortion rights. Find pro-choice people in your state and lobby the shit out of them. And if you find people who are on your side? Yes, fucking vote for them.
Things are fucked at the federal level right now, but they’ve been passed to the states. Republicans are rushing to control states rights and keep their stranglehold on power. Resist, do it actively, because the bullshit voting rights restrictions mean we need every last one that people can manage.
*Not as in “don’t hold him accountable”, as in “don’t refuse to look at your state and local candidates because he’s fucking up”.
Fucking vote.
The right got here by voting.
If it wouldn't work, they wouldn't be trying to stop you.