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We're not endorsing Biden. And here’s why you’re under no obligation to vote for him either (A Thread). #WhyImNotVotingForJoe
As a perpetrator of American empire, Biden enthusiastically supported every war and act of imperialism that the US waged during his career. He has the blood of millions on his hands, and shows no regret for his deadly actions. https://jacobinmag.com/2018/08/joe-biden-democratic-party-military-hawk
Biden lead construction of the ICE concentration camps under the Obama administration, and helped to deport over 3 million people from the United
States. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/04/joe-biden-anti-immigrant-deportation-policies
States. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/04/joe-biden-anti-immigrant-deportation-policies
Biden rose to prominence as an anti-choice, conservative Democrat. He supported the Hyde Amendment, which has been used by anti-choice politicians for decades to rip away abortion rights from poor people and BIPOC. https://theintercept.com/2020/03/07/joe-biden-abortion-rights/
Biden has a horrifically racist history in congress. He worked with fellow segregationists to oppose school integration. Continuing with writing the 94' Crime Bill, which furthered the mass incarceration of BIPOC. https://truthout.org/articles/bidens-racism-is-more-veiled-than-trumps-but-no-less-real/
Biden's record on drug policy is extremely carceral and authoritarian, he even outflanked then President Bush Sr, demanding the expansion of the Police state to incarcerate ALL drug users. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/25/18282870/joe-biden-criminal-justice-war-on-drugs-mass-incarceration
During the Clarence Thomas hearings, Chairman Joe Biden actively worked with republicans to silence Anita Hill and three other Clarence Thomas accusers, allowing for him to ascend to one of the highest held positions in the country. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/441408-timeline-a-history-of-the-joe-biden-anita-hill-controversy
Biden voted for the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act and didn’t come out in support of gay marriage until public pressure forced him to in 2012. He even enthusiastically opposed it in his 2008 VP debate with Sarah Palin. https://twitter.com/leftwardswing/status/1221519399527407616?s=21
Biden brags about writing the Orwellian 2003 Patriot Act. It increased the spying power of oppressive institutions, which targeted Muslim, Immigrant and BIPOC communities. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/surveillance-joe
Biden's Climate plan of rejoining the Paris Agreement and going 100% renewable by 2050 is not going to save us. Scientists say we need radical action by 2030, so Biden being in office until 2028 is essentially a death sentence. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/11/biden-climate-policies-so-uniquely-bad-350-action-launched-petition-demanding-2020
Biden has been in politics for 50 years and has a consistently awful record. He won't change no matter how hard the left tries. Judge him by his actions, not his campaign platitudes.
Plus, there’s always the assumption in liberal technocratic thinking that marginally better = good. Which is far from the truth. As Malcolm X said "If you stick a knife in my back 9 inches & pull it out 6 in., there's no progress... Progress is healing the wound that [it] made."
Biden is an electoral disaster. Therefore we must focus our electoral energy towards advancing a 3rd party to challenge the two party duopoly of the establishment. Compromising on our values by voting for Biden will bring us no closer to achieving our goals.
We went from Obama to Clinton, and now Biden, getting progressively worse each time. Now we say enough is enough! It's time to take a stand.
