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[-] piefood@feddit.online 1 points 1 week ago

Third party votes in a presidential election are effectively virtue signaling.

Correct. I don't believe that I ever said otherwise. I was signalling that I wanted the US to stop bombing children, backing a genocide, sacrificing the poor and working-class for the sake of the rich, etc etc.

One of the many things that it signals is that you didn't really care who wins.

Incorrect. I was signalling that I wanted both of them to lose.

Or that you were hyperbolic / disingenuous in calling them both fascist.

I'm pretty sure that I never said that both of them were fascist. Please point out to me where I said that, and I will correct it.

But they certainly aren't the same.

Agreed. I'm not sure why you bring that up, as I never said that they were the same.

Though people are right to point out that you didn't show any sort of solidarity against the fascists.

No, they are incorrect. I tried pushing the Democrats to win by picking popular platforms, which they refused to do. They chose to stick with losing on an unpopular platform, rather than picking up more popular platforms to win. I wanted them to do this so that a "part for the people" would win, and the fascists would lose.

The Republicans margin of victory was so thin.

Then the Democrats should have put in a real effort to pick up more voters, instead of pushing voters away. People were very clear about what they wanted from the Democrats, but Harris' response was "I'm speaking" instead.

Where you could have made the difference. But chose not to.

If all of the 3rd party voters backed Harris, she still would have lost. It seems to me that running a campaign of unpopular polices, and unpopular candidates on the coat-tails of an unpopular president is why they lost. They chose this, not me.

[-] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

If all of the 3rd party voters backed Harris, she still would have lost.

I love bringing this point up. Shit libs have no retort. They have no choice but to look at the mythical four kind of voter: the non-voters!

Instead, they chased after the other active, sizable voting base, which blew up in their face.

I don't know if Democrats have dropped the ball this hard ever in American history.

[-] piefood@feddit.online 2 points 1 week ago

I kinda feel bad for the people that blame third-party voters, actually. I get that they are angry and frustrated, and they should be. But they are upset at the wrong people. Instead of being upset at the voters who couldn't stomach such a terrible candidate/party, they should be mad at the candidate/party for choosing to be so terrible and losing so many voters.

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