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But in any and every contested race, as my mom Mary Morello always said, we have to fight the fascist every which way we can, recognizing that even if there's but an inch of difference between two candidates, there are a lot of vulnerable people who could be greatly harmed in that inch. So vote your ass off, but don't just exercise your right to vote. Exercise your right to fight for, organize for, struggle for, and manifest the kind of world you'd like to really see without compromise and without apologies before, during, and after election day. And let's stop the fascists every which way we can. Power the people.

He did not vote for Harris. He said he was lucky enough to not have to. Then quotes his mother advocating for harm reduction if you do not have that same luck with your vote.

Tom Morello lives in California.

You don't.

Vote strategically, dumbasses.

But in any and every contested race, as my mom Mary Morello always said, we have to fight the fascist every which way we can, recognizing that even if there's but an inch of difference between two candidates, there are a lot of vulnerable people who could be greatly harmed in that inch. So vote your ass off

I think this is reasonable. A "corporate Democrat", even if bad, can be better than a Republican in many cases. The Democrat might end up being less bad, for lots of disadvantaged people, than a Republican would be. These aren't ideal choices to make, but you have to deal with reality as it is.

Given the plurality voting system, voting Democrat is the only meaningful way to take power away from the Republican fascists.

You can vote third party all you want in the PRIMARIES. When it comes to the general, you vote Democrat or you're helping the fascists.

Vote with your heart in the primary. Vote with your head in the general.

“ if there’s but an inch of difference between two candidates, there are a lot of vulnerable people who could be greatly harmed in that inch.”

Perfectly put and this is all I have been saying.

I can’t square this with his previous statement that he didn’t vote for Kamala. I don’t care if it’s California. He has a platform and in my personal opinion it is irresponsible to use that platform to provide cover for people who could have helped stop this, and found a reason not to.

Sorry if I blasphemed Lord Tom. I eagerly await my downvotes for having done so.

The democrats & republicans have been spending the better part of a century making sure voters are too dumb to figure them out. Making sure other options are never picked, making Communism and Socialism are taboo words...

I hate this title - it’s a bit misleading with respect to the point he’s making.

Well it's fine that he didn't vote for shit Democrats but honestly wish he would have been this outspoken DURING the campaign, when it mattered, instead of now.

Notwithstanding but FFS, organize and make the statement during the election for not voting for crappy candidates.

Dude is my personal hero and he's showing why again here.

He's doing exactly the right thing. Voting Democrat when the only alternative is a Repugnican who WILL hurt more people than the Corpocrat, but always, always and with all his power trying to move things to the left of corporate Democrats whenever he can without hurting vulnerable people.

I see it's time to purity test Rage Against the Fucking Machine!

This is straight up conservative hit piece propaganda. The dude is a Harvard educated pol sci master, maybe if he says one single thing you disagree with, listen to what the cunt is saying.

They're trying to just throw whatever little piece of shit they can on him so they can go- "hey, this guy disagrees with you on one point of all the thousand things you are both in FULL agreement of. See? Everything he says is fake."

GTFO of here with this mainstream media psyop diarrhea.

This is a pretty good response. I wish there was more focus on that 'inch of space' and who gets harmed, and less on the disappointing sock puppet figureheads.

Seems reasonable to me. God knows no one in Pennsylvania has been any better off for voting John Fetterman. Play the game as best you can with the cards you have, and fold when that's the right choice, and then work to make the game function better through organizing and other means.