“Red is killing”
I disagree with the very common assertion that voting red is killing the people who voted blue. In my opinion the situation itself is doing the killing.
Your home is swarmed by masked men in the middle of the night. You’re grabbed and bagged and taken away. The kidnappers give you two options:
If you ask to be let go, they’ll let you go
If you ask to stay, you’ll stay kidnapped.
If more than half of the people who have been kidnapped ask to stay, they’ll let everyone go. If the majority of the people ask to be let go, they’ll kill everyone who asked to stay.
In this situation, would you blame any of the people who just asked to go home? Does their “vote” come with any malice?
The life or death stakes exist from the onset of the situation, and leaving the situation does not hamper anyone else’s ability to do the same.
I understand why you might pick blue but I don’t understand how you can see someone as a killer for not risking their life.