Peter Link@lemmy.ml to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoUncommitted movement: Trump remains biggest threat, not Democratswww.middleeasteye.netexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down16 cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.mlpalestine@lemmy.ml
arrow-up170arrow-down1external-linkUncommitted movement: Trump remains biggest threat, not Democratswww.middleeasteye.netPeter Link@lemmy.ml to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square4fedilink cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.mlpalestine@lemmy.ml
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down2·3 months ago“But within the context of our broken electoral college system, we know that voting a third party is ultimately inadvertently supporting Trump" I honestly didn’t expect rational pragmatism from them. This is a good sign.
minus-squareCosmonauticus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·3 months agoWhy? Their complaints and protests are completely valid and done in an informed and determined manner. They know Trump would be worse for Palestinians but that doesn’t give Democrats a free pass to be a little less shitty
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down15·3 months agoRepublicans make the inverse argument, with the same basic logic. There are plenty of good reason to vote for Harris over Trump. That isn’t one of them. I could argue that within our broken electoral college system, the only rational vote is 3rd party or not at all.
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 months ago I could argue that within our broken electoral college system, the only rational vote is 3rd party or not at all. This is the irrational BS I was expecting from them.
“But within the context of our broken electoral college system, we know that voting a third party is ultimately inadvertently supporting Trump"
I honestly didn’t expect rational pragmatism from them. This is a good sign.
Why? Their complaints and protests are completely valid and done in an informed and determined manner. They know Trump would be worse for Palestinians but that doesn’t give Democrats a free pass to be a little less shitty
Republicans make the inverse argument, with the same basic logic.
There are plenty of good reason to vote for Harris over Trump. That isn’t one of them.
I could argue that within our broken electoral college system, the only rational vote is 3rd party or not at all.
This is the irrational BS I was expecting from them.