• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    American democracy is vestigial on a good day. Incumbents are secured through all sorts of ratfvckery, from mass voter disenfranchisement and constraints on voting sites to insidious smear campaigns and October Surprises to court ordered halts of vote counts.

    This isn’t even limited to red states.

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      If you’re opposed to saying ‘ratfuckery’ to the point of self censoring, why wouldn’t you just choose another word instead of projecting that word on everyone anyway?

      Don’t bring this self censoring capitulation to Lemmy. I left other platforms to not be told how I am allowed to speak, don’t let this one end the same

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        If you’re opposed to saying ‘ratfuckery’ to the point of self censoring

        Old habit intended to avoid the anti-vulgarity automated admins of other communities.

        Don’t bring this self censoring capitulation to Lemmy.

        3@+ |\/|y @22

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          Don’t bring this self censoring capitulation to Lemmy.

          3@+ |/|y @22

          How embarassingly immature