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I'm not saying this is the best structured sentence ever, but you need to work on your reading comprehension (though I have a feeling you are being intentionally obtuse).
You're simping for Stein and thus Trump all over the thread
Yeah that's just plain fucking false equivalence. But I suppose libs aren't one logical fallacy short of enlightenment, so that tracks.
My favorite type of person is one who thinks anyone who disagrees with their wrong opinions is a lIbErAl, whatever the fuck that even means.
I mean you are advocating for the democratic party, correct? That would make you a liberal. If you were advocating for Trump or the GOP I'd call you a conservative. You see, my favorite type of person is the liberal who thinks there are only three opposing ideologies, his or hers, whatever is further right of theirs, with which they will side as soon as anyone who is actual left of them challenges them, and tankies. Let me guess, the DSA is also tankies, right? Except for the ones who advocate for the democratic party? Cornell West? Tankie! PSL? TANKREEEEEEEE
Love me, love me, I'm a liberal.
Well that's definitely not what the word means, but also no. It means I understand us elections and am also not a sociopath
What can I say, I'm not the one who keeps doing the same thing over and over again and somehow expecting different results. This is the most important election am I right?
What you're doing is evil
Having morals and evaluating the material conditions this at lead us here is evil? Yeah ok bud.
People will die if you're successful.
People are dying right now because you succeeded.
Ah yes my Lemmy canvassing to sUpPoRt a GeNoCiDe WoRkEd!!111 muAhAH
Yeah this horseshit lie doesn't absolve you of the evil you're doing. Like at all.
waaah waah people who don't vote for the Dems are eeeevil waaah gross dude, get over yourself. Maybe do t use software created by commies then.
There is no lie. The dems, just like the GOP, have been supporting an apartheid state for the better of a century. And that doesn't even touch on the disgusting consequences of neoliberalism and foreign intervention.
ah, so straight admission to being a tankie. I didn't doubt it -- don't worry. You will sacrifice the lives of others to reach your goals, and it's clear as day.
Straight to admitting that you just use tankie as an ad-hominem for anyone left of the democratic party, and it's clear as day.
Using other people's labor that derives from their political philosophy and then calling them names and telling them to go die, typical lib shit.
You realize you're using "lib" as a pejorative? You know one thing about my philosophy and one thing only. That I can see the truth about canvassing against Democrats and how that necessarily leads to helping trump, who will without any doubt whatsoever, be worse for Palestine and everyone else who isn't extreme wealthy.
But sure I guess you're so superior morally because you pretend to care about vulnerable people. All we have to do to see it this way is not care about easily foreseen outcomes.
Hell yes.
You're the one who keeps.ignoring the extremely predictable outcome of neoliberalism. Like I said keep doing the same thing over and over and over and over again, I'm sure the results will eventually be different!
Then I guess you're a hypocrite for claiming that it's so horrible to call you a tankie.
I'm confused. Are you talking about voting third party, or... ?
What you are trying to do will necessarily help Trump, so it rings fully hollow when you claim you want good outcomes for Palestine or anyone else. Further, Trump is fully opposite anything a socialist believes. Wonder why that doesn't bother you at all... hmm...
No need for the strawman, you know full well I never said Trump, a conservative neoliberal, was good for the working class. Get lost lib.
You know, without any shred of doubt, that any vote not for a democrat is one that helps trump.
No need to pretend with me.
That's not how logic works buddy. My non support for A does not imply my support of B. The same way you not supporting option C does not imply you support B. It simply implies that you support A.
Votes are earned, not deserved.
Literally exactly how a two-party system works.
This isn't a two party system. The only thing that makes it a two party system is YOUR continued support of the same party over and over again. If you'd stop doing the same thing over and over again we wouldn't be here. I'm doing my part, you aren't.
Yes, it is effectively a two party system. Until the day that all parties have an opportunity to be treated equally, that will be the case. You know this. Why do you pretend not to?
That's on you bud, not on me.
Yes, it's on me and hundreds of millions of people. Most of which are unreachable with your canvassing and a huge percentage of which are needed to make any positive difference whatsoever.
Unfortunately for you, empowering trump and Israel is on you, because you can easily see that your actions empower them. It doesn't take a soothsayer to know that Stein will get way less than 2% of the vote, 2% that will help trump but gives her zero chance of winning.
You won't move the needle toward third parties but you will be responsible for death and suffering, and then you'll say it was not your fault even though you did something you knew would lead to death and destruction. But you didn't care, did you?
Correct.
That is entirely on neoliberalism creating the material conditions necessary for fascism to exist, and siding with the right whenever the egemony is threatened. We see that clear as day with the recent election in France for example.
The Democratic party needs no help from anyone for that one. Not even the GOP. You're projecting hard.
Why do you assume that those voters would vote for the democratic party exactly? Again, a vote is earned not deserved.
I know I won't, but you could. You don't want too, that's different.
Evil.
Boooooh! Better run, better hide! A specter is upon you!
I don't know what the fuck this means but I said what I meant to say. You give no fucks that you're helping trump and therefore Israel.
It means I'm calling you childish for blaming others and calling them "evil" (w/e that even means) for the consequences of your own action.
Yeah we just cannot foresee the results of 200K people voting for Jill Stein. Just cannot
The result will be 200K voted for Jill Stein. You should be more worried about the 100M who vote GOP and the 100M who vote Democrat. But that would actually be attacking the status quo, libs can't have that.
Lol yeah you're either a complete fraud or not bright at all.