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I live in a different state now, so now I get to vote for her! Which is also why I started a community, x.com, and Mastadon accounts for the party. Now I can be much more involved. And it's awesome! :)
Well, hey, props from moving from a dead end candidate to an even deader end candidate I guess.
When 1% of the vote is just too mainstream! LOL.
If they continue their average of 79.2 submissions to Lemmy a day their submissions will surpass the 6,791 votes that Alyson Kennedy got for running as 2020 presidential candidate for the Socialist Workers Party (United States) on November 2, 2024!
I just posted more stuff. So please update your stats. Thank you!
Yeah, you post more stuff like every eighteen minutes.
Why do you save some time and let me know when you don’t post some propaganda?
I didn't write the news article, friend. I just posted it. If you believe any part of the article is inaccurate, I encourage you to reach out to the news organization that published it. If you think the article doesn't align with the community guidelines, feel free to contact the moderators. Thank you!
How many times do you spam this cop out copypasta per day?
I don't know what you mean. You seemed to have a problem with the article, so I let you know that I didn't write it and gave you insight on how to rectify your issue with the article.
I have a problem with people spamming propaganda on Lemmy eighty times a day, I don’t see an issue with this article.
Who is spamming propaganda on Lemmy eighty times a day?
Is this a riddle like the one that goes what can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
In the 447 days that the @SatansMaggotyCumFart account has been active, it has made eight thousand two hundred and ten submissions to Lemmy, which is on average eighteen posts every single day.
You made this exact post twice now.
And every time you post my stats, I'll post yours. That's what friends are for!
I’m not your friend and I’m not concerned with what you post.
I am your friend. And I'm not concerned with what you post.
Never have been. Never will be. And I won't stop posting. :)
On November 6th I’ll applaud your efforts to promote third party candidates but until then they’re basically useless and arguably helping Trump get back in power.
And before you say you’re not worried about him being it power again I’ll counter with the fact that I’m worried about his plans for people like my friends and me.
Ok, I look forward to the applause, but I'm not promoting anything in this community. I'm just posting articles and giving my personal opinions. I support and respect people right to vote for whoever they want to.
Every vote for Harris is stealing a vote from third-party candidates who represent real change. By sidelining those voices, you’re indirectly helping Trump win!
If you really want to avoid a Trump win, supporting a viable alternative outside the two-party system is the only way to push the conversation forward.
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Yeah, I saw the comment that inspired this copypasta.
This election there are only two viable candidates.
Trump and Harris.
But I’m hoping and cheering for you to put in the effort for third party candidates for the next four years, local, state and federal!
I chose the candidate who aligns most closely with my values.
Despite the fact that voting for them makes it easier for the person LEAST aligned with your values.
One person can beat Trump, they aren't a fringe candidate.
Fortunately, none of the states where she's on the ballot are going to be even close.
Louisiana (8) - Trump (2020 - 58/39 Trump)
Minnesota (10) - Harris (52/45 Biden)
New Jersey (14) - Harris (57/41 Biden)
Tennessee (11) - Trump (60/37 Trump)
Vermont (3, as Independent) - Harris (66/30 Biden)
Washington (12) - Harris (57/38 Biden)
The idea that only one candidate can beat Trump assumes the current two-party system is unchangeable and doesn’t give people any room to voice dissent.
Instead of falling into the trap of lesser-evil voting, I think that supporting third-party candidates can pressure the major parties to adopt more progressive platforms or even pave the way for alternative political voices to gain real traction over time.
Dismissing third-party votes as wasted just reinforces the limited choices we’re stuck with.
I refuse to support the Duopoly, and honestly, the hostility and bullying I’ve received on Lemmy only strengthens my resolve NOT to vote Democrat.
No, it's that the election system is not going to change in the next 41 days before the election.
So, yes, one person can beat Trump. Kamala Harris. Or, you know, heart disease. Give it 50/50. ;)
And while I respect your opinion, it's exactly this kind of thinking that keeps the duopoly in power. People are too afraid to make a change or take a stand, which is why nothing ever shifts.
Oh, there's no question the system needs to change, the problem is it's not one system. It's 50 + D.C. + territories. Well, 49, Alaska fixed theirs... if they can keep it. I guess there's a referendum on Alaska's ballot this cycle to remove it.
https://alaskapublic.org/2024/05/29/ranked-choice-voting-that-has-rocked-alaska-politics-faces-november-tests-across-the-nation/
Oregon and Nevada are next... Portland already has it for City elections, this will be the first time and it's frankly, with 118 candidates, looking like a clusterfuck. Going to be super fun voting this year:
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/09/117-candidates-running-for-city-office-in-portland.html
But like I say, for the next 41 days, this is the system we have and we're working within those rules. The winner will be Harris or Trump and, while I agree, Harris is a terrible candidate, she is INFINITELY preferable to Trump.
And I still refuse to vote for either one of them. Because I'll be voting for a candidate who I like and who aligns with my values.
Which helps Trump. :)
At some point you will walk away from an election going "What could I have done differently?" When that happens you'll realize voting isn't about a purity test, it's about harm reduction.
Two unsavory candidates, who is going to hurt us the least? Vote for them.
When you get a chance to fix the system, then do that. If you don't have a chance to fix the system, then it's time to get that started.
I'm actually excited to support ranked choice balloting here in a couple of weeks when our ballots arrive. We moved the needle with 100% vote by mail in 2000, it's time to do it again.
https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Measure_117,Ranked-Choice_Voting_for_Federal_and_State_Elections_Measure(2024)
The idea that voting for a third party automatically helps Trump is just a scare tactic meant to keep us all locked in the same two-party system. I'm not helping Trump. I’m making a stand for actual change.
Voting isn’t about picking the "least harmful" option, it's about standing for what you truly believe in.
If we keep settling for harm reduction, we’ll always be stuck with unsavory choices and never build momentum for real change.
I’m not walking away from an election thinking “What could I have done differently” because I’m voting for the candidate that actually aligns with my values, not just one who’s slightly less harmful than the other.
That’s how I personally feel that I can start fixing the system, because I'm demanding more from it now, not later.
Guys, I'm not voting for Harris. And honestly, the constant hatred and mocking (not from you personally, OP) that I’ve gotten here because I’m not voting for her has totally pushed me further away from the Democratic Party. You've completely turned me off from it. So yeah, definitely not voting Democrat anytime soon.
"Voting isn’t about picking the "least harmful" option; it's about standing for what you truly believe in."
I recognize you feel that, but there's a functional difference between what you feel and the reality of voting.
The people counting the votes do not care what you believe in. People running in an election don't get participation trophies when they lose.
Nobody who wins an election looks at the losers and goes "Maybe they had some good ideas I should adopt."
The person who wins sees that as a mandate and runs with it.
If that person is Trump, your beliefs will be a thin blanket in Trump's concentration camps.
And this is the crux, which this user will never acknowledge. I don't believe they're coming to the conversation in good faith
And I don't care that they don't care. I vote based on my beliefs and values, because at the end of the day, I live by what I think is right, not by what others think. That’s how I live my life.
Statements like this are pure hyperbole and designed to scare people into voting a certain way. Using extreme and baseless scenarios like "Trump's concentration camps" is not a serious argument. it's fearmongering meant to push people into wanting to stick with the Duopoly. I won't play that game. I'm not afraid of Trump. And I don't care if he wins. I'm not voting for Trump.
This is literally everyone's point who criticizes you
Of all the untrue things you have said, that may actually be the most extreme. And your attempts to guilt people into not calling you out will be just as ineffective as the rest of your posturing. I really hope you get some rest because keeping up this act must be exhausting.
You don’t engage in good faith, you don’t actually want to discuss anything, you just keep banging the same drum and play the victim at the drop of the hat. You’re playing a character and everyone can tell you’re not being authentic - which is why your posts get downvoted into oblivion. It’s not persecution, you’re just a really bad actor.
I’m not trying to guilt anyone into anything because I know that’s not how this works here. Mocking seems to be more Lemmy's style.
There’s no “act” for me—I’ll keep posting what I want, whenever I want, and you’re free to keep mocking or downvoting. Or block me. Your choice, friend.
Go ahead and downvote all you want. I’m still not voting for Harris, and I’ll still keep sharing articles that I think are interesting. :)
This is 100% the language of someone trying to guilt trip folks. And of course there’s an act. Between the transparent agenda of your posts to the fake “folksy” comments you think are somehow disarming to the folks criticizing you, and on to the sealioning and martyr complex you project - it’s all a complete, total… and bad act.
Isn’t that right, friend?
Nope. But hey, believe whatever you want, friend.
You keep saying stuff like that, but it’s not because you won’t defend your behavior, it’s because you can’t. Because none of it is rooted in anything real. And you do the job of proving that by your behavior.
So again, thanks friend for helping support my argument. Couldn’t do it without you!
Nope. And I don't have explain anything to you. Besides, you're mind is already made up.
I'm not voting for your candidate, friend. Oh, well.
And I'll keep posting whatever I want, supporting whoever I want, whenever I want. Thank you! :)
That’s it bud, keep proving every point I made. Really appreciate your dedication friend!
I don’t have explain anything to you. Believe whatever you want.
I'm still not voting for your candidate.
And I’ll keep posting whatever I want, supporting whoever I want, whenever I want. Thank you, friend! :)