Biden campaign plans first big push - skewer the Republican debate
reuters.com
U.S. President Joe Biden's re-election campaign will use next week's Republican debate in the battleground state of Wisconsin to engage thousands of social media volunteers and launch their first advertising campaign aimed at Black and Latino voters, according to a Democratic official.
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That's all well and good, but any kind of non-involvement only pushes us deeper into that system. One side sucks and cares about general human rights, the other side doesn't. One side attempted a coup, the other is largely pretty pissed about it. And unless something happens overnight that hasn't happened in the modern US, the winner is going to be D or R. One side will get us closer to bring able to get a better system, the other side would gladly make up election results and stay in power indefinitely a la Putin.
You can still act while complaining about the system. This constant bashing of anyone who expresses dissatisfaction at the current state of affairs is as likely to cause disenfranchisement as anything Republicans pull.
I don't think my previous comment would constitute bashing, but I may just be misreading it.
And I'd argue that a person on the internet leaving a comment is wayyyy less likely to lead to disenfranchisement than Republicans actively gerrymandering, taking away voting machine in minority heavy precincts, changing voter ID requirements, making the distribution of food and water in long election lines illegal, etc.
One is making likely voters less capable of voting, the other is making unlikely voters less likely to participate.
They're both bad, but one is done with malice and the other is just done out of complete lack of empathy for the feelings of your compatriots.
At no point in the comment you replied to said they didn't want to vote, just that the system as it is makes voting feel like a losing battle either way. Even if one way is technically better. You decided that someone complaining about the situation was simply refusing to participate in it. I'd say that would constitute bashing, as it's construing an opinion as an action you don't like.
Maybe try empathizing with their situation, and offering sympathy, rather than chastising them for feeling bad about an already awful situation.
I think there is maybe a misunderstanding of what was meant by "disenfranchisement".