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In the end, The Hill lied and Harris was right.
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I wasn't old enough to be politically involved when Al Gore ran, but I heard he had good policies. How many people can tell you what policies Kamala ran on?
Gore’s election was the first I could vote in.
I voted for Kucinich in the primary and then traded my vote for Gore in a swing state for a vote for Nader in MA.
Then my “Al Gore won the votes” bumper sticker was torn off my car while I was at work at Cracker Barrel.
She was pro fracking. Got to line those pockets afterall.
And Trump? What’s his policy about the environment? Please, do enlighten us!
The Rapture. Trump's plan is to utilize the environment to Rapture the entire species, all at once.
That explains the Zionism, at least.
As always, any criticism for harris is interpreted in bad faith as support for trump.
No argument, no talking points, no facts, no sources, just a biased opinion and a salty comment.
That’s not criticism. That’s badmouthing.
I’m tired of these people pointing at one candidate’s speck of dust, while ignoring the other candidate’s plank to justify not voting against a fascist dictator.
Maybe she was. Maybe she wasn’t far left enough. And so, because of that one specific detail, that as enough to tip the balance and swing the vote for the guy who is not only very pro fracking, but also for destroying the entire ecosystem and environment scorched-earth style.
I’m so f… tired of the double standard.
You assume that about anyone with any criticism whatsoever of harris.
I voted for harris; you just can't abide anything other than unconditional worship of her.
And you're doubling down on the bad faith assumption that criticism of harris is support for trump.
That’s the awesome part about democracy: you get one of two shitty choices.
*American "democracy".
Other countries don't have this problem, most picked other voting forms than "first past the post", which over time destroyed our ability to have more than two actual serious political parties. So both those parties get overtaken by ethically dubious people, overtly for the entire republican party, and subtly with the establishment democrats, and it all collapses.
Let's list out all the good and bad policies Harris and Trump ran on then see which is the lesser of 2 evils.
And then throw them all away and burn it down with the greater evil just for funsies, apparently.
Yeah, but eggs are cheap again, so…
Oh wait.
I don't think Kamala could even tell you what policies Kamala ran on.
Straight up cash to help buy your first house. I wasn't thrilled about it.
So you think increasing military spending in exchange for having no healthcare, and supporting a genocide is correct?
I'm so glad that the one that did win ended the genocide, got us universal healthcare, and decreased military spending... oh wait....
Wow, it's almost as if there wasn't a proper candidate?
Harris was the correct option.
only option.
Harris was the better option. That's not the same as a good one.
Left? Like Dale Earnhardt and Hillary Clinton, she failed to turn left, then smashed into a fucking wall.
Not my favorite candidate. By any means. Better than what we have with Trump? Absolutely undisputed. It's not even a conversation. Wild that someone would even try to contend it.
Welcome to the reality of the broken US voting system bud
And instead of doing anything to fix it, I'm jerking off to what would have happened if another terrible candidate would have won.
In most of the US, who you vote for literally doesn't matter, because your state will go to the candidate from whatever party has won your state for the last couple decades. Unless you live in the 8 or so states that could actually, realistically flip in a given election cycle, there's literally no point in voting for the lesser of two evils.
Going into any given election, I can say with high certainty that my state will go to the dominant party with a 15% split with very high confidence, and that all votes outside of the top two will be under 5%. The only way for this to not happen is for the minority party to run a very strong candidate, the majority party to run a very unpopular candidate, and for a large third party to steal a ton of votes from the majority party.. And even then, you'll probably trim the gap to 5% or so and the majority party candidate will still win by inertia.
If you understand that, you can be free to actually vote your conscience and pick one of the third party candidates. If third party candidates collectively get enough votes to actually spoil an election in your area, maybe you have a chance to get voting reform discussed on the media, and if the majority candidate doesn't get 51% because of it, maybe it features in the debates.
So until the gap between the top two candidates narrows to where all third party voters collectively voting for the second candidate could actually flip the state, I'll keep voting for a third party candidate.
To your point, at least for third party voters, only two states had enough third party participation to even theoretically move the end result: Michigan and Wisconsin. So even if every person that voted third party instead voted for Harris, she would have still lost 287:251 (though she would have won the symbolic victory of popular vote).
Of course, there's more than just a single election in the country, so more important to keep active in down ballot races.
The biggest potential complaint of consequence would be non-voters/people who boycotted the election, but no way of knowing anything about it.
Still it is utterly obnoxious when someone seems to act all high and mighty that they didn't vote for the lesser of two evils.
Voting? You must love genocide...
/s
Fuck off back to whatever Putin-compromised chanboard birthed you
Any criticism of liberals means I'm alt-right?
Is your name Israel, by chance?
I think it's more correct than sending the FUCKING MARINES TO SHOOT AT PEACEFUL PROTESTERS IN YOUR OWN FUCKING COUNTRY. Something something Tiennemen Square...
When did I say I was fine with it? Also we are still doing that too. GTFO with your all bad choices are equally bad bullshit. That's not how the world works.
The feddieverse is still a small place, so PSA @BrainInABox@lemmy.ml is really just here to troll some both sides stuff. If you try to have some dialog where you ask what their alternative is they will just never answer. They are just here to troll and grand stand about how much they care, but not enough to do something material for the cause.
Gotta love the freaks over here complaining about a prosecutor with a doctorate in law while a felon rapist traitor descends fascism upon our nation and sends the military to assault Americans.
Pull your head out of your ass.