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Two main political parties not the only choices for voters (www.mcall.com)

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[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yah you could be like me and vote for Jill Stein in protest of the Democrats not being progressive enough, end up with 4 years of fucking Trump instead, and then later find out Jill Stein has been taking money from Russia, the most belligerent enemies of democracy and rule of law on this planet.

So yah, you have other even more shitty options to avail yourselves of until 4 years from now when we're not even a fucking democracy anymore.

[+] UniversalMonk@lemmy.world -19 points 1 day ago

There are other candidates besides Stein though.

[-] geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

Yeah, like the candidate you voted for: Pro-Israel candidate Rachele Fruit. Quoted earlier this year:

And anyone who is interested in reading and learning about the history of Hamas will be convinced that it’s not about liberation. It’s about genocide against the Jews.

And then when called out for it, you were proud of voting for someone who's supporting Palestinian genocide. Despite complaining about Harris "not doing enough". You're either a liar or a hypocrite.

BTW, you might want to be careful spamming more comments with copy/paste nonsense - you already had a bunch removed today for just that reason. Which I guess makes you a spammer, doesn't?

[+] UniversalMonk@lemmy.world -17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yep, I did vote for her. Sent in the ballot yesterday. I've never denied it. You've posted about it several times and each time I've not only admitted it, but said I was happy and proud to. Not sure why you keep posting it. You're free to do that, but I've already made a post about it: https://lemmy.world/post/20821124

BTW, you might want to be careful spamming more comments with copy/paste nonsense - you already had a bunch removed today for just that reason.

Here's the modlog: https://lemmy.world/modlog/1252

My comments were answering someone who was copying/pasting the same comment about me several times in a row. So I answered each one. Mine were removed and his comments were removed too. Funny how you left that part out. But here ya go:

[-] geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

So let's recap - in just the past couple of weeks you got a temp ban for trolling and then engaged in spamming replies because… "He started it!"

You like to pretend you get the reaction you do because of your support for third-parties, but in reality it just seems you're getting back what you put out there. Perhaps if you engaged in good faith in anyway, you wouldn't receive the reaction you do? But that's the point, isn't? You have made yourself literally the worst possible voice for the ideals you pretend to hold. Much like the third party candidates you are so fond of propagandizing for.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago

Yes they are.

Trump or Harris are going to be president come January 20th and don’t act like Rachele Fruit or Jill. Stein might actually have a chance.

You’ve stopped responding to me so unlike the candidates you’re promoting you must know when you are beat.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago

Yes they are.

[-] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

"OP has stated that they have no issues with a Trump victory and constantly floods the feed with pro Trump propaganda. They will only engage in bad faith and refuse to take responsibility for the things they post. The people controlling this account are here solely for political purposes and have no interest in anything other than harming this community."

Keep that in mind. I didn't write this, just posting what someone else wrote. Thanks!

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

If you want to vote for someone who will get more than 1% of the vote, no, no there aren't.

Technically writing in Mickey Mouse is a choice, it has slightly less of a chance than voting Green or Libertarian.

Meanwhile, failing to vote for a major party candidate only helps the candidate you dislike the most:

https://www.thirdway.org/memo/the-data-how-third-parties-could-be-spoilers-that-elect-trump

Don't like Trump? Think he's a danger to every single thing we believe in as a country? Vote for Harris. Anything less only helps Trump.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Holy shit yes they are.

If you vote for a third party in an American election, you're only giving a vote to your least preferred option.

The rest of the world is counting on you lot to not vote in the literal fascist you've got running.

Do not fuck this up.

Vote Harris and hold your nose if you have to, but literally any other vote is actively malicious and will likely hasten the end of the modern world.

[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago

We have a two party system. The other parties are just spoilers.

[-] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago

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