• @Godric@lemmy.world
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    I saw that. For the first time, I saw that Kamala Harris was live in my recommended channels, instead of Donald Trump, who is live every other day.

    They’ve a lot of time and some viewers to make up, but it’s a good start.

  • peopleproblems
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    Man I might be imagining things, but I’m pretty sure he played it back in the 00s. I remember him saying something about 40-man raids and leadership when he was talking to a group of high school seniors about voting.

    This was right at the time he was campaigning for his first term in Congress, and I doubt it was recorded anywhere. It still makes me chuckle thinking this guy is running for VP.

  • @ObsidianZed@lemmy.world
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    I realized today that Trump also has a Twitch (because it was recommended to me???) that basically just (re)streams his rallies.

    Reported that shit for Hateful Conduct.

    • @recentSloth43@lemmy.world
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      It was pushed on my home page. I reported for inciting terrorism, and reported the twitch app on google store for political terrorism.

    • neoman4426
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      Even “better”, from what I recall he had what was listed as a permanent suspension after the whole “mildly incited a tiny bit of light insurrection (/s)” thing. They unbanned him specifically for this election season.

      • @recentSloth43@lemmy.world
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        Yeah gotta give him a chance to do a major insurrection obviously, because that sounds like they banned him for failing the first time 🙄

  • The Snark Urge
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    9422 hours ago

    Do kids still do WoW? I assumed it’d be all parent aged folks by now

    • @BigBenis@lemmy.world
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      I was a Bernie or buster in 2016 and I deeply regret it. Genocide is evil and we won’t defeat it by not participating in the system.

        • @itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          That’s not something you vote for, for that you need to take to the streets. But if you can’t even be bothered to go that the 10 minutes to prevent the ‘worse genocide’ candidate taking power, I doubt you’ll do that.

          You don’t need to be enthusiastic about Harris, she’ll still support Israel. But Trump literally told Israel to ‘finish the job’. Don’t pretend they’re the same.

          • @jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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            lol. Don’t make such absurd assumptions. I’ve been Palestine to work for peace there. But, unlike you, I cast my vote to align with my values, activism, and work.

            • @itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              That’s great, I’m sure you’re doing important work! But on the ballot in November there are three options:

              • Vote for a party that will continue the genocide.
              • Vote for a party that will accelerate and expand the genocide.
              • Don’t vote.

              Not voting helps boost republicans, low turnout always has. With the broken FPTP system, voting third party is equivalent to not voting.

              The Palestinian cause will unfortunately not be won on the ballot anytime soon. I don’t know about you, but for me, the moral satisfaction of not having voted for the Dems is not worth throwing immigrants, gay and trans people, reproductive rights, muslims and other marginalized groups under the bus. And with Project 2025 they’ve made it abundantly clear what’s at stake.

              I’m no US citizen, but if I was, I’d vote for Harris in a heartbeat. I’d curse the Dems name for the genocide they’re enabling while doing so. But the lives of queer people and immigrants are more important than my moral satisfaction.

              As it stands, I’ll continue going to protests, supporting boycotts and as much as I can for Palestine over here, before I’ll vote for a German party next year that won’t free Palestine either. My government is sadly just as guilty as yours, and just like you I don’t have a viable party with a strong anti-genocide stance. But I’ll not cynically vacate the stage for fascists.

              • @jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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                This is misinformation. There are candidates on the ballot that are opposed to the genocide.

                Also, you literally have a Parliament in Germany and you’re still choosing to fuck over the Palestinians?

                • @SemioticStandard@lemmy.world
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                  Third party candidates are unfortunately not an option, and you know they aren’t. You and people like you are either arguing in bad faith, or you’re too disconnected with reality to know that you’re arguing in bad faith. By throwing your vote away with a third party, you are playing directly into the Republican’s playbook.

                  Congrats, you’re Trump’s tool.

                • @itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                  To your edit, what would you have me do? I’m asking honestly. At the moment, I’m voting for the most left wing party on the ballot, but even they are lukewarm when it comes to Palestine. There is no party with a pro Palestine stance.

                  For the EU election there was, and I’ve voted for them. I hate electoralism as much as the next gal, but what can we do as individuals?

        • @Vespair@lemm.ee
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          Your abstinence has high potentially to lead to election of the person who will objectively make the genocide worse, immediately undermining any moral stance you think you’re making.

        • Communist
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          That isn’t on the ballot, you don’t understand first past the post do you?

    • @SassyRamen@lemmy.world
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      You’re right! Not sure why you’re getting downvoted. No one is going to vote for Trump who wants to melt Palestein

      • @kurwa@lemmy.world
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        You’re right about Trump, but man it still sucks we can only vote for genocide or genocide slow burn. Not that anything is really slow burn at this point anyway.

        • @whoisearth@lemmy.ca
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          Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.

          Positive change takes time. It may take longer than you and I feel it should, but it happens.

        • @pyre@lemmy.world
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          as aoc said when arguing why you should vote for biden the first time: you’re not just voting for the person who already gives you everything you want. you’re voting for the person you will argue against, criticize, protest and try to convince to do what you want. out of the two, who do you think is less likely to respond to protests? who’s more likely to be open to dialogue, even if it’s an adversarial one?

          vote for Harris, then protest the fuck out of her positions you don’t like. maybe with enough pressure you can force some change. with mango mussolini you have no chance.

        • @littlewonder@lemmy.world
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          It does suck. And it’s ok to still vote based on the other parts of their platforms while continuing to condemn genocide.

          Engage with your elected officials, your local parties, and other grassroot efforts to bring more pressure to stopping war aid to Israel. The work to change politics and policy is done between elections.

  • @ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1620 hours ago

    As someone who swore off WoW not for gameplay reasons, but due to appalling behavior by Blizzard management, I’m not sure I think associating your political campaign with the game is a good idea.

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      I get what you’re saying, but I also can’t fault a political campaign for defaulting to the most “basic-bitch” MMO they can find for this sort of stunt. A VP who’s opinionated enough about Blizzard v. BNETD to eschew WoW is, frankly, too much to hope for.

  • @Dagnet@lemmy.world
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    2121 hours ago

    Ngl, if a politician goes 5/9M on stream, I might just vote for them, 100% chance if they are the raid leader

      • @wellheh@lemmy.sdf.org
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        Tbh Overwatch is already 8 years old. If they picked up the game as a teenager when it was most popular, chances are they can vote. While there are a lot of teens who play the game, there’s quite a large 20s demographic

      • @Sanctus@lemmy.world
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        520 hours ago

        WoW came out in 2004. If I wanted to reach younger voters I would not choose a 20 year old game.

          • @Sanctus@lemmy.world
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            Well reading through the article I actually dont agree with myself anymore if WoW is what he was good at and he was streaming. The headline made it sound like he just picked a game and launched it. Yeah, if you want people to see you play then pick something you are good at with the most players. I still believe WoW is too old for an actual “young” demographic. Once again that would be Apex Legends or something for 18-26 year olds. WoW is going to net you mid to late 30s at the youngest on average.