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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

No one’s voting 3rd party because they think they’ll win, they’re just throwing away a vote for Harris.

Would you prefer people voting 3rd party not vote at all?

If Malcolm X were alive

Why Malcolm X’s Family Is Suing the FBI, NYPD, and CIA 58 Years After His Death

Do you seriously think X was pro-FBI? Why on earth would he support a candidate who was?

[-] mlg@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Did... did you even read what I wrote....?

My point was that he is exactly against the system and playing it by voting for a major party. His whole speech was literally about utilizing your status as a voter in key swing states to demand change from candidates by threatening your power as a voter to choose, regardless of whether you vote 3rd party or not at all.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

My point was that he is exactly against the system and playing it by voting for a major party.

That's not true.

His whole speech was literally about utilizing your status as a voter in key swing states to demand change from candidates by threatening your power as a voter to choose

That's a wildly inaccurate interpretation

[-] mlg@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

What does this mean? It means that when white people are evenly divided, and Black people have a bloc of votes of their own, it is left up to them to determine who's going to sit in the White House and who's going to be in the dog house.

A ballot is like a bullet. You don't throw your ballots until you see a target, and if that target is not within your reach, keep your ballot in your pocket.

Straight from his speech lol.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

You don’t throw your ballots until you see a target, and if that target is not within your reach, keep your ballot in your pocket.

That's very different from

His whole speech was literally about utilizing your status as a voter in key swing states to demand change from candidates by threatening your power as a voter to choose

He was arguing to abstain from voting without a quality candidates on the ballot. Not to court mediocre candidates by promising them your vote.

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