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bUt BoTh SiDeS dA sAmE (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Couldn't even give it an hour before vomiting it here?

https://old.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/1cu92g3/but_both_sides_da_same/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Me when my favorite color isn't red or blue:

[+] [email protected] -7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I’ve never seen anyone say both sides are the same but lots of people say neither side is acceptable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I've run across the latter too.

They're the ones you can't get to admit they're getting one of these whether they like it or not and try to convince others the worse of the two is more desirable for some fucking reason.

But they're "leftists" lol.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I’ve never seen anyone who thinks neither candidate is acceptable try to argue for one over the other.

I know personally plenty of people who advocate sitting this one out and some like myself who say we ought to vote third party (psl in my case) though.

I’m really surprised the dyed in the wool true believer dems aren’t pushing for ol genocide Joe to step down at the convention.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

like myself who say we ought to vote third party

You're exactly who I'm talking about then.

You're getting one of the two in the picture (Dem or Rep nominee). You can help mitigate damage or not. /shrug.

I'll just go ahead and post my next reply now to save us both some time:

"My vote doesn't matter because I'm in a $color state" said millions of people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So what’s your red line? If genocide isn’t enough to get you to turn your back on the democrats at the very least unless they drop Biden from the ticket, how far is too far? How bad can it get before you decide it’s more important to support a third party you actually believe in?

Mine wasn’t even the genocide.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (11 children)

I’m not sure what about the logic of “we’re getting one of these two” isn’t getting through.

One of these two are going to be elected
One is clearly better than the other
Voting for the better of the two has a chance to mitigate damage and has already proven to be a better choice once before

As soon as #2 stops being true I’ll have to reevaluate.

I will celebrate #1 being false if I ever live to see first past the post die in this country but I’m not holding my breath.

I get over what I wish would happen and deal with facts.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

File this under "facts I just made up"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

A table full of money would be things like "government-provided healthcare" and "drugs legalized", not "one specific healthcare need made affordable" and "one of the most mild illegal drugs made slightly less illegal".

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