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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://spore.social/@Greengordon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Greengordon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@benroyce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>benroyce</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@me_valentijn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>me_valentijn</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@mls14" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mls14</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heidilifeldman</span></a></span> my point is that those who didn't vote under the pretense that this ain't gonna help Palestinians are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UsefulIdiots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UsefulIdiots</span></a> because that election wasn't just about that but because everyone knows that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo77sTGpngQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">and</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leOtTTMWGGg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">his goons</a> want a jewish ethnostate for their feverdream of Armagheddon.</p><ul><li>And I kid you not, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Evangelical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evangelical</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Christofacists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofacists</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CUFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CUFI</span></a> from the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BibleBelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BibleBelt</span></a> outnumber Jews globally, so if any conspiracy <em>were</em> true (they ain't but for the sake of argument), it's that the USA is in control of Israel and not the other way around.</li></ul><p>I know the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> system is shit, but since noone has the balls to replace it with something better, people have to <em>choose the "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LesserEvil</span></a>"</em> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Waltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waltz</span></a> are that by a long shot ( I wished for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sanders</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OcasioCortez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OcasioCortez</span></a> [<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AOC</span></a>] but alas I never was eligible to vote and I also know both of them never had a chance cuz corporate donors hate <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/based" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>based</span></a> candidates like them!)</p>
iam-py-test :unverified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@bodhipaksa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bodhipaksa</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>briankrebs</span></a></span> <br>Their Facebook, which was last updated in 2014 and was never used much, states they were at one time employed by LesserEvil: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/edward.coristine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">facebook.com/edward.coristine</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>They did work at LesserEvil in 2012, according to a now-deleted Facebook post: <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/metro/doge-staff-northeastern-coristine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/met</span><span class="invisible">ro/doge-staff-northeastern-coristine/</span></a></p><p>Their father bought LesserEvil in 2011: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/07/lesserevil-ceo-why-i-left-wall-street-for-a-failing-snack-company.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2024/09/07/lesserevil</span><span class="invisible">-ceo-why-i-left-wall-street-for-a-failing-snack-company.html</span></a><br>It's possible he hired his son when he bought the company.</p><p>Obviously, that does not mean the company or it's leadership supports them <em>today</em>.<br>Unless someone has actual evidence of their support, this is just speculation, and baseless speculation should not be enough to punish a company.<br>Sure, sometimes children share their parent's beliefs, but that should not be taken as an absolute. Parents certainly shouldn't automatically be held guilty of their child's crimes.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LesserEvil</span></a></p>
Plaid<p>I voted for this. I have only myself to blame. <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LesserEvil</span></a> <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/monsterdon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monsterdon</span></a> <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/tentacles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tentacles</span></a></p>
Radio Free Arabia<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LesserEvil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a></p>
Sam :verified:<p>Hitler was appointed to power by Hindenburg, the lesser evil candidate.</p><p>If you think that "harm reduction" or "lesser of two evils" voting stops fascism, you are ignoring history. History shows that voting has absolutely no impact on the ability of fascists to gain power. </p><p>Voting cannot and will not stop the continued rise of fascism. It will not pause it. It will not get rid of it. It has no impact.</p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/lesserevil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lesserevil</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election2024</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a></p>
Abdullah<p>You should all watch this! Ahmed Hudhayfa of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AbandonBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbandonBiden</span></a> movement talks to Briahna Joy on their principles, positions wrt Kamala Harris, democratic party, the rhetoric of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lesserevil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lesserevil</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/109035309?utm_campaign=postshare_fan&amp;utm_content=android_share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">patreon.com/posts/109035309?ut</span><span class="invisible">m_campaign=postshare_fan&amp;utm_content=android_share</span></a></p>
Néstor 🇵🇸<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@RickiTarr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RickiTarr</span></a></span> Context is Trump "fixing democracy", so Kamala Harris could have been a polar bear and still continue being a better option.</p><p><a href="https://mastorol.es/tags/lesserevil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lesserevil</span></a></p>
F.U. 🅭🌹🇺🇸<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/4MoreYears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4MoreYears</span></a> of broken promises of better things, because the alternative is kept promises of worse things.<br>The quintessence of <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LesserEvil</span></a></p>
Ray Gulick, he/him/wtf 🇺🇦 ❌👑<p>No one believes Cornel West will get elected, so it's obvious that voting for him is virtue signalling (tired-of-voting-for-lesser-evil). But a vote for West is a wasted opportunity to defend women from christo-fascists, and to defend the US from becoming a Russian satellite nation, making it more likely Trump is elected.</p><p>But hey, worth it if you can feel morally superior, right?</p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LesserEvil</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.coop/tags/CornelWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CornelWest</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.coop/tags/ChristoFascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristoFascist</span></a><br><a href="https://social.coop/tags/AnotherPutinPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnotherPutinPuppet</span></a></p>
Stiofán de Buitléir<p>I don´t pretend to understand <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> politics, but isn´t it the case that if more states disqualify <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> from the presidential ballot, then the <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNC</span></a> could afford to (in theory of course :-)) stand a somewhat less evil <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/lesserevil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lesserevil</span></a>, perhaps someone younger, a little more humane... etc. person as presidential candidate?</p><p>I must be mistaken, as is often the way.</p><p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/biden2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biden2024</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biden</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@evan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>evan</span></a></span> Serious answer:</p><p>In general, one ought to choose the lesser evil, but it may occur that all choices are so gravely wrong that they are disqualified; it would be unethical to choose any one of them.</p><p>For instance, if I have 3 candidates, one promising to seize the Alaskan panhandle; another to annex the Danish half of Hans Island; and the third to conquer the Turks and Caicos — then I ought to spoil my ballot.</p><p>This is ultimately a question of the limits of <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/utilitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>utilitarian</span></a> ethics.</p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LesserEvil</span></a></p>
Pensive™️<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@barney" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>barney</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PythonLinks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PythonLinks</span></a></span> <br>What we’re saying is it’s damned we’ll time to break this false <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Duopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Duopoly</span></a>. It’s you that’s wasting your vote on a party that doesn’t give a shit about you.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SuperDeligates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperDeligates</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RiggedPrimaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiggedPrimaries</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LesserEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LesserEvil</span></a> is still evil.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/cornelwest/status/1668781531849199616?s=61&amp;t=dqeSnDBW1HaCGkxVHthtxg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/cornelwest/status/</span><span class="invisible">1668781531849199616?s=61&amp;t=dqeSnDBW1HaCGkxVHthtxg</span></a></p>