Iowa Supreme Court will decide if Libertarian hopefuls get on congressional ballot

Socialist Berserker@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world – -1 points –
Libertarian candidates’ ballot access to be determined by Iowa Supreme Court
thegazette.com
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I wish the right-wing spoiler candidate the very best o7

Spoiler candidates for the Repubs sure are ok, right?

Not fair if it's a spoiler candidate for the Dems tho, right?!

Not a question of fairness for me. It's a question of if it's more likely to bring good things or bad things. Spoiler for repugs = good. Spoiler for dems = bad.

Not a question of fairness for me. It’s a question of if it’s more likely to bring good things or bad things. Spoiler for repugs = good. Spoiler for dems = bad.

So it's only unfair when it happens to democrats. But totally fair when it happens to republicans?

What do you think of the Green Party and the Socialist parties?

I never said anything about fairness. You keep fixating on it.

US electoral politics have nothing to do with fairness. They are downright anti-democratic. Gotta play the game and make as few tactical mistakes (like voting for Grifting Jill) as possible.

I support actual left-wing parties when they're viable, but Jill Stein and Cornell West need to fuck right out of presidential elections and end their grift. The Greens and other third-parties that run in other elections they can actually win have my support and my vote.

US electoral politics have nothing to do with fairness. They are downright anti-democratic.

Agreed.

So anyway, god bless Chase Oliver, Jo Jorgensen, Gary Johnson, Ron Paul, and all other right-wing spoiler candidates. We thank you for your service o7o7o7

Also, we had this exact same conversation a few weeks ago, and it's ...interesting... that it followed the exact same dialogue tree and not at all suspicious of the integrity of your account... 🤔

This guy openly admits that he "Doesn't care if Trump wins".

At a bare minimum we know that Genocide and Fascism aren't dealbreakers...

That plus the constant scripted propagandizing? Definitely a Trump Supporter...

This guy openly admits that he “Doesn’t care if Trump wins”.

Correct. I'm not afraid of him.

Definitely a Trump Supporter…

Nope. If I were a Trump supporter, I would vote for him. Thank you!

Correct. I'm not afraid of him.

Congratulations on being privileged enough not to be affected by his policies. The rest of us recognize that many people will needlessly die under his and Republican leadership in general. Your issue is you don't think you'll be one of them, and you only care about yourself.

Congratulations on being privileged enough not to be affected by his policies.

Congratulations on being so afraid of him that you support the duopoly that very much relies on you remaining afraid of any choices but theirs!

The rest of us recognize that many people will needlessly die under his and Republican leadership in general.

Half of the country is not voting for your candidate. So are they all just horrible people then? Welcome to democracy, friend.

Screaming hot take, apparently: If you know about Project 2025 and are fine that it might actually happen if Trump wins because it won't affect you, then you just might be a horrible person.

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Every time you accuse me of being "afraid of Trump", you're just further validating everyone's suspicion that you are a Trump supporter trying to sow discord.

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Also, we had this exact same conversation a few weeks ago,

And I haven't changed my mind. That's not "suspicious," that's me not changing my mind.

You haven't changed your mind, does that mean your account is suddenly "suspicious"?

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So your big argument is "you people care about some things and not others!"

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To cut through the nonsense and save everyone time, especially since many in this community have a habit of resorting to personal attacks when responding to my posts recently: I support and respect everyone’s right to vote for who they want to.

I'm just posting this article that’s already available on a much bigger platform than Lemmy—I didn’t write it, just sharing it for discussion.

I’m clarifying all of this due to past posters refusing to refrain from insults, as well as repeated baseless accusations that I’m a Republican, Russian, and/or that I'm not even an American citizen (sorry guys, I'm all American).