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@birthofamenace @TerrellSocialst They don’t. There’s no such thing as middle of the road voter. Elections are decided by who motivate their side to come out and vote. Most Americans don’t vote. When they do vote they vote for one party all the time for the most part. Winning is bringing those people out.

@MalVaranide @TerrellSocialst Wdym "centrists don't exist"? They absolutely do as a voting bloc and they aren't like far left voters that want every single demand to be capitulated to before they decide to support. This makes them strategically more winnable and easier to cater to

Let me address the Black community real quick. Some of y’all “vote warriors” get on my last nerve. Because what I’m seeing is this: a lot of y’all treat voting like it’s a sport. Like it’s just something you’re supposed to do, no matter what, no questions asked. I recognize that a lot of y’all vote out of obligation because of what our ancestors went through. And yes, that history matters. But voting is not just a rite of passage. It’s supposed to be a tool. It’s supposed to be strategic. Meanwhile, there are people like me, Black leftists, who take voting seriously as part of a larger fight for real democracy. But a lot of y’all Black liberals are just voting out of habit and calling it activism. It’s the same reason you’ll say “vote blue no matter who,” but in the same breath admit that not everybody Black is for us. If you can recognize that about Black people, why can’t you recognize that not every Democrat is for us either? Y’all love to act like you’re warriors for voting rights, but you’re treating it like a game. Our ancestors risked and lost their lives for liberation, not just participation. But a lot of y’all just want comfort. You don’t want to disrupt anything. You don’t want to struggle. And the truth is, sometimes you have to go through the ugly to get what we actually deserve. Our ancestors fought for Black liberation, but what we got came with constraints and means testing. And now Black leftists are trying to push us beyond those limits, while a lot of y’all are comfortable staying inside them. We’re never going to move forward if we keep voting for anybody just because they have “Democrat” in front of their name, especially when they’re not willing to challenge a system that was built on racist foundations and still operates on racist rules. Ask yourself this: why is it that every time we need policies that would actually move us forward, we get means-tested half-measures instead? Just enough to say something was done, but never enough to actually change our conditions. Universal healthcare would lift a huge number of Black people out of medical debt. Tuition-free college would help address the student debt crisis that disproportionately affects us. We are among the poorest groups in this country, yet many of y’all stand next to white liberals calling these policies “too radical” or “unrealistic.” But let’s be real. The Black Panther Party was advocating for these kinds of policies. Malcolm X spoke on these kinds of issues. Martin Luther King Jr. was pushing toward economic justice and the Poor People's Campaign before he was killed. These ideas are not new. They are part of our history. But somewhere along the way, a lot of Black people shifted away from that and settled into moderate liberalism without realizing that liberalism has often meant maintaining limits on our liberation, not removing them. And that’s the problem.

@CrestedEcho @TheDerpaholich She’s the one that hired us to go in the first place? Did you okay this game?

@MalVaranide @TheDerpaholich Yeah, the nepo baby is the best fit to travel with because...?

I’ve only just started DawnTrail and I don’t get why she isn’t very well liked??? She’s absolutely amazing!!!

@CrestedEcho @TheDerpaholich She has lived in one city her whole life and only left once or twice on a trip with her day once or twice.

@TheDerpaholich All I will say is: Wuk lamat has lived in Tural her WHOLE LIFE! Remember these words as you travel with her

@birthofamenace @TerrellSocialst Because the people who say they wanna represent us keep trying and failing to appeal to republicans.

@birthofamenace @TerrellSocialst Who said anything about voting for republicans? People will just stay home. They move to the right because they are trying to move to the right, because they aren’t actually trying to fight republicans. People are coming out to vote republican more. Dems are just at home.

@birthofamenace @TerrellSocialst They don’t though. Centrist don’t exist and undecided people are not gonna come out and vote for a dem who clearly isn’t doing anything. They’re just gonna stay home.

@MalVaranide @TerrellSocialst No cuz Dems also listen to public sentiment, but if ur constantly anti Dem they won't listen to u cuz they will view u as someone that is unwinnable as opposed to centrists or undecided mfs who don't oppose them at every turn.

@catgirlxenxen My point is the 14 community is already toxic and got more toxic to try and “defend the game” from WoW players who are no longer here to begin with.

@MalVaranide do you realise the post blamed 'people who came over from WoW because of Asmon', not wow players in general? the problem lies with the toxic ass fan base of that cockroach, not the entire community of wow. toxic xiv people jumped on the bandwagon as soon as the n*zi rally came

i think ffxiv's toxic negative people are the loud minority, who came over from wow because of that stinky cockroach As*****ld, and all we need to do is to not even acknowledge they exist and the moment you find out a person is one of these, stop interacting

@birthofamenace @TerrellSocialst You’re basically saying to the Democrat “do whatever you want don’t listen to me at all. Go back in your word and I’ll still vote for you.”

@birthofamenace @TerrellSocialst Does that mean we shut up and let the democrats do whatever they want. Or do we pressure them. They have to earn our vote. That don’t mean we vote republican but they also can’t be shocked if people aren’t rushing to the polls.

@Sawyer_DAA Why would they bring him back? Did you watch the cutscene? She’s just saying we’re acting like him and giving a visual.

Huge Zenos enjoyer here. Like after EW genuinely one of my fav FF villains. Don't bring this motherfucker back. x.com/zanelionhartxi…

@lonestarcolt @LJJ3k People hop on and play the story and don’t come on twitter to talk about how they do the story. It’s just people like you who come online telling everybody you skip cutscene. Do you think you make up the majority of the playerbase or a big chunk?

@lonestarcolt @LJJ3k That doesn’t make sense. What are they doing if not the story? Raids. Not even half the playerbase even tries those it’s like 15% clear rates and clearly not all of those people skip the story. I’d say most of those raiders play and enjoy the story too.

On the topic of Skipping FFXIV's Story, a lot of people are saying you shouldn't because you'd be missing out on the biggest part of FFXIV. Trust me when I say that the story is the SMALLEST part of FFXIV. You only do it once per character.

@LJJ3k @lonestarcolt You think cutscene skippers Mae up half the playerbase. The raiding playerbase is less than 20%

@lonestarcolt Seriously. Also it’s a deluded way of thinking because it ignores the fact that CS skippers make up at least half the playerbase

@lonestarcolt @GarethElton Okay? That doesn’t mean the main part of the game is the story. Where you spend your time doesn’t change that. Also the content you like is optional. The msq is required.

@GarethElton I like the raids and dungeons! I solo'd Palace of the Dead because the challenge was awesome. I spent hours in Eureka to finally got the Ozma mount. I like playing the content! Story is great, but it's only a very small amount of my time spent in the game.

@_Jeesh Not you doing a quest that has you investigating somebody who claims to have been part of the team of the primal you’re currently hunting. But knowing that would require you reading more than the quest title.

People online: YOU CAN'T SKIP THE FINAL FANTASY XIV!!! ITS A STORY FIRST, MMO SECOND!!!! The "story":

@EENlX Or it’s just you guys being overly dramatic and forgetting that life force and aether mean the same thing. It’s even in her tone of voice that she is just sounding like a worried mom.

your regular reminder that y'shtola draining her life force/slowly dying from aethersight usage is NOT a dropped plot thread, but an overdramatic translation that exists only in english 😭 matoya was merely warning y'shtola about overexertion, knowing the kind of person she is

@Auria_of_Light @AceofSppades @MinModulation It’s just you not reading. You took life force to mean it was draining her life little by little to see. You were wrong. All this is is a mother telling her child to be careful. Aether is your very life force.

@MalVaranide @AceofSppades @MinModulation You may just be combative. Yes, she uses aether, but as shown in 6.x it can be replenished through the regular consumption of food. It was a poor translation, as they said life force, when in reality she's simply using more energy than others which can be offset with food.

Careless translation is just kind of stupid. Early on in FFXIV, they had altered some characters personalities from Japanese, only to run into problems when they had become major characters later down the line in the first expansion, because they lacked the necessary foresight.

@s_samuel92 @king_of_games34 He says that he hates some of their methods

@king_of_games34 No no not that part the part equating us to zenos. Hell I’m curious to know if all the winterers methods are so horrible. Would be cool if they ran the same gambit from as bad as calyx to “yeah I’d rather keep as little blood on my hands as possible”.

Its not meant to be interpreted that Zenos is still alive. Based on what Halmarut said, we are basically no better than he was if we get in the way of the Winterers.

@s_samuel92 @king_of_games34 Zenos was willing to destroy the world to reach his goal: fighting us. Are you so intent on stopping me from rejoining the shards that you’ll do it even if it means all life ends. Is your desire to do what you want that strong? Just like Zenos.

@king_of_games34 Even that still didn’t make much sense.