• null@slrpnk.net
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    3 months ago

    I saw something similar recently along the lines of:

    Voting isn’t a love-letter to a candidate; it’s a chess move.

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      3 months ago

      Great quote. Also, love your username. SQL injection vibes.

      Edit: Went in search of more info about this quote and thought I’d share what I found:

      “A vote is a chess move, not a valentine.”

      • Rebecca Solnit

      It’s a summarized version of the writer’s idea/turn of phrase she often brought up in her writing around the 2016 election.

      Here’s her November 2016 article from The Nation.

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        3 months ago

        In reality is just results in being @'d regularly in tech-related groupchats when people post error messages.