Oh, just one issue…?

 

This is one of the things that is driving me up the wall this election period. It's one of those 'STOP THE CAR' issues Mads sometimes talk about. I wanted to write about the fuckery this bullshit has brought to social media but I found people in the comments who basically summarized what I wanted to say:

Oh, those 'single issue voters' who blast those of us who have so many times said 'vote Blue no matter Who' and have kept that mantra these four years. They're a gift to the MAGAts, to the Religulous Wrong, to the White Supremacists, to the Project 2025 creators, to the Right-Wing think tanks. I see them as idealistic and earnest and I understand their ideas but I also see as absolutely misguided. This is not how you bring change to politics. 

Some Americans do need a Civics lesson. Seriously. Joe Biden is NOT a king. He cannot rule the United States as Camelot. But you know what? People really do not know how disruptive and obstructionist the Repugs have been ever since Biden took office, so they really cannot see how things work. It’s a simplistic, damaged view of politics. It harms us all. 

And lastly:

I'm not gonna get in the Palestine/Israel tragedy here. Because there are so many other issues at play if Don Poorleone gets the White House again, that I refuse to explore geopolitics and the historical interference the United States have perpetuated across the globe in a blog post. There’s people here who can do a much better job when talking about that. 

So there you have it. The next time one of those idealistic but misguided people whines about a third party and about how Biden and Trump are 'the same', and about how the American flag is covered in blood because of the U.S. ongoing support of Israel, just tell them that you really don't understand one-issue-voters and ask them to tell you how their Susan Sarandon-ing of Joe Biden in November is going to help Palestine.

I’m sure they do not have an answer. 

XOXO