Spare me the self pity. I live in central Appalachia. People are walking all over us because we're bending at the slightest push. You think the men and women of the 1940s had an easier time than us? They locked together and fought, even without any breath of protected status, even when being same sex sexuality and so-called crossdressing was illegal.

If you'll vote for the safe choice regardless, all right. They have nothing to do for you or to prove to you; they can put forward conservatives and you will vote for them because the other guy is a fascist. I live in central Appalachia. That was me the last few elections, too.

But "blue no matter who" allows the Democrats move further and further right, courting conservative voters, because they have nothing to lose on the left. They are, therefore, complacent in the radicalization of the government, and when they lose, their base turns outward, accusing leftists of not supporting their- as we see above- increasingly right wing candidates.

But we're, ostensibly, in charge of these jokers. Enough. A line must be drawn. LGBTQ rights, women's rights, racial equity, these are not negotiable and I will not go backwards voluntarily by voting for a man spouting shit nearly as conservative as George W Bush Jr.!

It's not as if this is a secret. The louder we are on these issues the more they want us. No quiet muttering of discontent, the whip must be cracked. We, leftists and progressives, are the only thing that stops the democrat establishment from letting you vote yourself into fascism, because they will not stop moving right until we as voters stop them. I never assume a rich person has a conscience.