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Abstaining is nothing more than a cowardly way of voting in favor. They have veto rights and they know it will pass if they don't veto it.
Silence is consent in the most literal terms here.
The abstain vote was very useful to filter out those who actually care about human rights from those who only speak about it to further their own cause. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubeCHFGZM-E
This is the same logic used by liberals to claim voting for PSL is a vote for Trump, and again, you're upholding Bad Empanada, a known contrarion and transphobe, instead of addressing the actual arguments at hand.
Here's an example of Bad Empanada just shit-stirring:
You also claimed Hexbear are "transzionists," uphold Bad Empanada, and take constant reactionary stances. You blocked me because I correctly called you out, and here is what I said:
Figured it's important for others to know what it is you actually blocked me for. You're correct at least 70% of the time, but the last 30% is marred by letting reaction guide you. You didn't believe China was imperialist prior to the abstention, but the abstention was in line with standard Chinese foreign policy and nothing about China's economy changed from it. Nevertheless, you flipped nearly 180 on that.