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Gavin Newsom misgenders gay MAGA activist, calling him Nancy Mace
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This all boils down to a very simple question.
Would you rather have Democrats in control or Republicans?
There is no third option, no matter how hard people fantasize about it. There is no reality where we all hold hands and make a 3rd party viable out of nowhere. No 3rd party is even trying to be viable. In 2024 the 3rd party candidate with the most votes got a whopping half of a single percent of the total votes cast. That is rock solid proof that no 3rd party is even remotely viable.
So.
Democrats or Republicans?
Because from my point of view, out of those options, the answer is unbelievably obvious.
Critasism must be leveled at both, and the only criticism that means anything to a party that matters is “I will not vote for them” regardless of the truthfulness of that statement. The only influence we have over the government is who we vote for.
To say you would vote for one party no matter what means you have no influence over their platform and tacitly accept everything they do, meaning you have basically given up any influence over the government in the same way as if you never voted at all. Demanding that others do that is insisting that people not use the one influence they have over the government.