I was very surprised by the nature of the comments, until I got near the end and found a lot of:

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A-CAB[M] 1 point 2 hours ago

Rule 6, no lesser evil rhetoric. This includes encouraging people to vote for any capitalist political party and any capitalist politician. There is no harm reduction in supporting either of two parties headed by genocidal fascists. The extent to which any elected official of a Capitalist Party in a Capitalist state can enact evil is the extent to which that official is allowed to do so by Capital. As such, neither candidate is the lesser or greater evil. See more on our position here: Rule 6 “no lesser evil” rhetoric - is it accelerationist or doomer? Is it intended to discourage voting?

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    2 months ago

    It’s intended to control the narrative. Any community that has language policing like this has the potential to abuse it.