• mommykink@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Assume I haven’t. Just indulge me, because “we have to prevent people from voting the way they want to vote to protect democracy” doesn’t add up to me.

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      2 months ago

      I remember you from the past. I can explain that your protest vote is not more important than preventing fascism until I’m blue in the face, but it would be like talking to a wall.

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        2 months ago

        Who ever said anything about a protest vote?

        You do know there are third party supporters who vote for them because they actually support the policies, right? Although I do suppose this is probably an alien concept for someone whose only reason for voting the way they do is because “they’re not the other guy.”

        until I’m blue in the face

        Heh

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          It’s a protest vote because you know without any doubt whatsoever that the third party candidate could not possibly win. They will surely lose and you will have done nothing to prevent the harm that Trump will certainly bring if elected. It would not be a protest vote if you knew that in America third party candidates could win, but you know the opposite is true.

          If you think I’m going back and forth on this bad faith escapade, you’re mistaken. It is literally the same fucking argument every time with you people.

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            It’s a protest vote because you know without any doubt whatsoever that the third party candidate could not possibly win.

            That’s not what a protest vote means. “Vote for the person you want to” is the foundation of democracy. You cannot subvert that concept and still claim to be pro-Democracy.

            They will surely lose and you will have done nothing to prevent the harm that Trump will certainly bring if elected.

            A well-informed voter would be aware of this and will have decided that support of the third party is worth more than that. As a self-descibred savoir of democracy, you have to respect their choice or recognize yourself as a hypocrite.

            It is literally the same fucking argument every time with you people.

            Ditto. It’s always the same “We love democracy! Unless you don’t support The Party, then your vote doesn’t matter. Vote for us even if you don’t want to because we’ll protect your right to vote (for our party),” coupled with some weird Abrahamic Doomsday scaremongering to keep the rubes in line.

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                2 months ago

                But you surely took the time to dowvote it immediately 👍 okay dude

                U lost lol

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                  Nah I’m not a third party candidate…

                  Curious, why did you waste our time here? You 100% knew it would end like this, you knew it even before I told you it would.

                  Edit: no response so I assume it was canvassing

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      “Assume I haven’t. Just indulge me,” has got to be the most hilarious and self-aware thing a sealion has ever written.