Florencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Progressive Politics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoCalifornia to become first state to sell cheap insulin through state-backed programlemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square244fedilinkarrow-up11.33Karrow-down14file-text
arrow-up11.33Karrow-down1imageCalifornia to become first state to sell cheap insulin through state-backed programlemmy.blahaj.zoneFlorencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Progressive Politics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square244fedilinkfile-text
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/16/governor-newsom-announces-affordable-calrx-insulin-11-a-pen-will-soon-be-available-for-purchase/
minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoI didn’t realize there was an acceptable level of bigotry
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoThere is bad bigotry and worse bigotry. If you don’t have the option of no bigotry, you choose bad. Harm reduction.
minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoNothing like pushing the Overton Window solidly into Bigotry.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoProtest non-voting pushes the overtone window even farther to the right.
minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoAre you suggesting non-voting and voting for Democrats is essentially the same?
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoNo, that protest non-voting helps Republicans, because it’s much less likely a right-winger will protest non-vote.
minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoHave you ever considered voting for good, rather than one of the two evils?
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoThe time to vote for good is in primaries. In a general election, “good” is usually not on the ballot, just “less bad.”
I didn’t realize there was an acceptable level of bigotry
There is bad bigotry and worse bigotry. If you don’t have the option of no bigotry, you choose bad. Harm reduction.
Nothing like pushing the Overton Window solidly into Bigotry.
Protest non-voting pushes the overtone window even farther to the right.
Are you suggesting non-voting and voting for Democrats is essentially the same?
No, that protest non-voting helps Republicans, because it’s much less likely a right-winger will protest non-vote.
Have you ever considered voting for good, rather than one of the two evils?
The time to vote for good is in primaries. In a general election, “good” is usually not on the ballot, just “less bad.”