How can us older folks explain concern trolling and that among the old out of touch frontman both sides always choose, you can set aside single issues, and just pick the one that will do the least harm?

I hear a lot of black and white ultimatums and statements boiling down to if you don’t do impossible I won’t vote tantrums. Sounds exactly like the trash before, people won’t vote for a woman. Gore came out slightly critical of Iraqi war and the media ate him alive as a antiwar idiot peace nut. He tried to transition to climate change but got called a boring and stiff despite being passionate about environmental activism.

There’s always an ultimatum. Being slightly critical of a blank check for war after 9-11 was an express ticket to no where.

The Democrats, even if they have some fresh ideas behind closed doors, are always running a terrible campaigns with mixed messages : “more of the same” mantra to big business; latest identity politics hot button issues for the people.

But past all the terrible policy that can’t be quickly changed and flat messages one party constantly comes in with a plan to exploit, fucks shit up, dig a deeper hole, and hold onto power. While the other at least seems like they’re trying to act in good faith and approach some issues.

I feel like there’s always a bunch of trolls identitying a single issue and saying, well because there’s some war you can’t have reproductive rights cuz I won’t vote .

Or because some fetuses aren’t fit to live but I like cute babies you have to have even worse and more war, cuz I hate reproductive rights.

For fucks sake nothing is black and white. It’s complex and voting for those that listens to science and lean into harm reduction is a real platform.