I love how democrats scream about a few thousand votes every election. Why is it that democrats cut it so close with a fascist, racist, sexist, dogshit party every election? The democrats should consider that they're doing a shit job and should work to improve themselves instead of shrieking "but other guy!!!" every single election and claiming that everything cost them the election except for themselves. If they lose the election they smugly say "look how right we are with how bad things are!" and if they win the election they smugly say "we won so we must be doing something right, let's keep the shitty status quo going!"
Uhh huh. You seriously think any of the voters that we lose to RFK Jr or West care at all about things like policy or actions of democrats in office? Reality has no place in that discussion. Unless democrats start going for the fringe conspiracy nutter vote, those votes are a lost cause
I would love it if that were the view that most Democrats had - then I could vote for the people I like in peace. Unfortunately, every day we get a new "vote blue no matter the genocide" post trying to shame people into voting for Biden. I pray to one day be a lost cause who isn't worth being yelled at (the earlier the better).
It's always a group that is simultaneously
big enough to ruin the election for the democratic candidate
too small to make it worth pursuing their votes
Which is a bit ironic considering this was a tactic invented by facists.
Anything to place the blame on a small outside group and away from the main inside group who holds power and responsibility over their current predicament.
I don't see how those statements are contradicting each other within the context of US presidential elections.
If they are big enough to ruin re-election chances then they are by definition big enough to make pursuing their votes worthwhile (because without them you will loose)
If you want a system where you can disregard that reality then you need a different electoral process. An easy way to mitigate that risk is to eliminate 3rd party candidates and make voting mandatory (or pressure 3rd parties to drop out and guilt non-voters into voting, as it were), but an astute observer might notice that looks an awful lot like something called a 'sham democracy'.
So just state outright that your intention is to hand the election to Trump.
Lol no, but as long as you're asking what I want: I want a system that can provide actual choices, rather than force a choice nobody wants.
But as long as that's not realistic, I want the choice that's blaming me for the destruction of my country to address my concerns in exchange for me choosing them.
What is definitely NOT what I want is to be blamed for my country's destruction AND have my concerns be ignored. That doesn't seem like a good system to me.
Lol no, but as long as you’re asking what I want: I want a system that can provide actual choices, rather than force a choice nobody wants.
Well voting third party, even if that party managed to succeed, will not accomplish what you claim to want.
We've had third parties that were successful in the past, guess what happened to the old party? It was displaced and became electorally irrelevant and then we were back to two parties again.
I was very clearly not describing our current system
So how does voting for third party do anything to further any change to the current system toward one you're talking about?
This really isn't that complicated. The country doesn't run a two-party system because of arbitrary or conspiratorial reasons, it runs one because the system's structure produces two parties.
Are we having two different conversations? Did you read what I wrote?
I'm not advocating voting third party, nor am I rationalizing a two party system as some type of conspiracy.
I was simply stating a desire for a system that actually produces real choices instead of the one we currently have that forces a choice nobody wants. How we get to that is another discussion, but frankly, we can't have that discussion when one party is panicking about loosing voters who are dissatisfied with the choices on offer because (i'm looking at you here) every statement of dissatisfaction is interpreted as subterfuge.
Last I checked, I'm not Biden and so I'm not panicking about "loosing" voters.
I learned for the final time in 2016 that the voters in this country are determined to take it to the brink of disaster every 4-8 years no matter what absurdity is carried into the office by the R behind his name.
I just genuinely don't understand the positions of third party voters nor their apologists (I'm looking at you here).
Last I checked, I'm not Biden and so I'm not panicking about "loosing" voters.
So you're not critiquing 3rd party voters for spoiling their vote and letting Trump take the white house? What other reason would you disagree with voting 3rd party?
I just genuinely don't understand the positions of third party voters nor their apologists (I'm looking at you here).
I actually think you're selling yourself short here - I think you do understand, you just disagree with the risk they're willing to take in their pursuit.
Yes, there is the whole conspiracy theory thing, but I don't think entire groups of people should be completely written off as crazy since people's justifications and motivations aren't so straightforward. I often see democrats claiming that we shouldn't let perfect be the enemy of good when it comes to faults with their favored candidate, but this luxury isn't afforded to other candidates. If support for genocide can be overlooked, I'm sure far lesser things can be as well (though RFK Jr is the same on support for Israel/genocide as Biden).
I love how democrats scream about a few thousand votes every election. Why is it that democrats cut it so close with a fascist, racist, sexist, dogshit party every election? The democrats should consider that they're doing a shit job and should work to improve themselves instead of shrieking "but other guy!!!" every single election and claiming that everything cost them the election except for themselves. If they lose the election they smugly say "look how right we are with how bad things are!" and if they win the election they smugly say "we won so we must be doing something right, let's keep the shitty status quo going!"
Uhh huh. You seriously think any of the voters that we lose to RFK Jr or West care at all about things like policy or actions of democrats in office? Reality has no place in that discussion. Unless democrats start going for the fringe conspiracy nutter vote, those votes are a lost cause
I would love it if that were the view that most Democrats had - then I could vote for the people I like in peace. Unfortunately, every day we get a new "vote blue no matter the genocide" post trying to shame people into voting for Biden. I pray to one day be a lost cause who isn't worth being yelled at (the earlier the better).
It's always a group that is simultaneously
Which is a bit ironic considering this was a tactic invented by facists.
Anything to place the blame on a small outside group and away from the main inside group who holds power and responsibility over their current predicament.
I don't see how those statements are contradicting each other within the context of US presidential elections.
If they are big enough to ruin re-election chances then they are by definition big enough to make pursuing their votes worthwhile (because without them you will loose)
If you want a system where you can disregard that reality then you need a different electoral process. An easy way to mitigate that risk is to eliminate 3rd party candidates and make voting mandatory (or pressure 3rd parties to drop out and guilt non-voters into voting, as it were), but an astute observer might notice that looks an awful lot like something called a 'sham democracy'.
So just state outright that your intention is to hand the election to Trump.
Lol no, but as long as you're asking what I want: I want a system that can provide actual choices, rather than force a choice nobody wants.
But as long as that's not realistic, I want the choice that's blaming me for the destruction of my country to address my concerns in exchange for me choosing them.
What is definitely NOT what I want is to be blamed for my country's destruction AND have my concerns be ignored. That doesn't seem like a good system to me.
Well voting third party, even if that party managed to succeed, will not accomplish what you claim to want.
We've had third parties that were successful in the past, guess what happened to the old party? It was displaced and became electorally irrelevant and then we were back to two parties again.
I was very clearly not describing our current system
So how does voting for third party do anything to further any change to the current system toward one you're talking about?
This really isn't that complicated. The country doesn't run a two-party system because of arbitrary or conspiratorial reasons, it runs one because the system's structure produces two parties.
Are we having two different conversations? Did you read what I wrote?
I'm not advocating voting third party, nor am I rationalizing a two party system as some type of conspiracy.
I was simply stating a desire for a system that actually produces real choices instead of the one we currently have that forces a choice nobody wants. How we get to that is another discussion, but frankly, we can't have that discussion when one party is panicking about loosing voters who are dissatisfied with the choices on offer because (i'm looking at you here) every statement of dissatisfaction is interpreted as subterfuge.
Last I checked, I'm not Biden and so I'm not panicking about "loosing" voters.
I learned for the final time in 2016 that the voters in this country are determined to take it to the brink of disaster every 4-8 years no matter what absurdity is carried into the office by the R behind his name.
I just genuinely don't understand the positions of third party voters nor their apologists (I'm looking at you here).
So you're not critiquing 3rd party voters for spoiling their vote and letting Trump take the white house? What other reason would you disagree with voting 3rd party?
I actually think you're selling yourself short here - I think you do understand, you just disagree with the risk they're willing to take in their pursuit.
I'm pretty sure everyone cares about their own well-being. I haven't been paying much attention to RFK Jr since he's a non-factor, but at a glance I can see why some would like his policies: https://www.usatoday.com/elections/voter-guide/2024-11-05/candidate/robert-f-kennedy
Yes, there is the whole conspiracy theory thing, but I don't think entire groups of people should be completely written off as crazy since people's justifications and motivations aren't so straightforward. I often see democrats claiming that we shouldn't let perfect be the enemy of good when it comes to faults with their favored candidate, but this luxury isn't afforded to other candidates. If support for genocide can be overlooked, I'm sure far lesser things can be as well (though RFK Jr is the same on support for Israel/genocide as Biden).
Shhh
Democrats are so used to sniffing their own farts that they don't realize how bad they smell.