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  Matthew Sheffieldmattsheffield@mastodon.social

  Oct 25, 2026, 8:07 PM

  @benroyce @clintruin @draNgNon @not2b @mastodonmigration Agreed. Only a moron or a reactionary troll tells left-wingers not to vote.

  Voting doesn't solve everything, but having delusions of a revolution that doesn't kill millions of people is unrealistic and morally monstrous.

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  ⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce)benroyce@mastodon.social

  Oct 25, 2026, 8:15 PM

  @mattsheffield @clintruin @draNgNon @not2b @mastodonmigration

  you see them pop up now in the #USA. it's a #psyop by right wing forces, domestic or geopolitical, to suppress the left vote

  *any* voice asking people not to vote or casting doubt on the value of the vote with cynical posturing

  you may say "some of these are not agent provocateurs, they are sincere"

  yes: sincerely victims of the psyop

  #vote, you idiots

  if you don't, know this rock of gibraltar fact: you are aiding #fascism

  
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  Jess👾JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange

  Oct 26, 2026, 2:19 AM

  There's certainly a point where a "liberal" politician can become so toxic and indistinguishable from the fascists that I will no longer hold my nose and vote for them. It hasn't happened on any of my personal ballots so far, but there are Democrat candidates in this election that I would literally rather see the Republican win then having that rotten piece of shit going into their next election as an incumbent.

  I'm a trans person. I would rather leave that line of my ballot blank than vote for someone who is campaigning to end my healthcare. There comes a time when you've been tied on both trolley tracks that you simply don't care which way the lever goes. They both want you dead.

  @benroyce @mattsheffield @clintruin@mastodon.social @draNgNon @not2b @mastodonmigration

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  ⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce)benroyce@mastodon.social

  Oct 26, 2026, 2:23 AM

  @JessTheUnstill @mattsheffield @draNgNon @not2b @mastodonmigration

  i'm not going to lecture a trans person on trans rights. i'm not that stupid

  but i will say the GOP in power in aggregate is more toxic to trans rights than the worst fucking shitty democrats in aggregate

  in aggregate

  mostly what i would say to trans people is: mob the fucking primaries. get real leftist candidates. that is where we have a chance to stop the suckage

  or run for office!

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  Epistomaiepistomai@mastodon.social

  Oct 25, 2026, 8:15 PM

  @benroyce I think most people forget to bring out of the loop those we don't want to, and there's also silence others instead of blocking them.

  Just don't engage with useless trolls, I think

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  ⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce)benroyce@mastodon.social

  Oct 25, 2026, 8:24 PM

  @epistomai

  you are speaking to the usual, effective, normal response

  i engage trolls, mock them

  if they are something like a bigot or a vatnik, i then use my goading of them into saying what we all know they want to say into getting their account removed by reporting them

  i've had success with this

  it's harder with "don't vote" psyop trolls as it's just stupidity

  they are not a bigot or a vatnik, so i usually just get a block from them. which is just fine. fuck these losers

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  AT Hayesathayes@mas.to

  Oct 25, 2026, 8:22 PM

  @benroyce @clintruin @draNgNon @not2b @mastodonmigration @mattsheffield At this point it’s hard not to see them as Russian bots.

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  ⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce)benroyce@mastodon.social

  Oct 25, 2026, 8:28 PM

  @athayes @clintruin @draNgNon @not2b @mastodonmigration @mattsheffield

  it's hard to tell. the psyop preying on cynicism and perfectionism works. there are a lot useless whiny cynics and perfectionists

  and it doesn't matter

  if someone is encouraging people to not #vote on the basis of a psychological game, not an ideological position, whether troll or sincere idiot, we treat them the same: castigation

  this is all they deserve. they are not real leftists. they are inert lumps aiding fascism

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  Speed demon 🇺🇳 🇪🇺 🇳🇴🇺🇦🇵🇸hakona@im.alstadheim.no

  Oct 25, 2026, 8:37 PM

  @benroyce
  I've bumped into a handful of unusually querulous people lately. Strong smell of inauthenticity. Something is cooking .
  @athayes @clintruin @draNgNon @not2b @mastodonmigration @mattsheffield

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