Logically if you refuse to vote for X and don't turn around and also vote for Y then your not helping either side, you are casting a negative half vote to both sides. People spouting that line are only doing so to guilt you into voting one way or another.
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Well if you would vote Trump you're kind of a part of the "problem"....
But then again Hillary is shit too
"I was a normal baby for 30 seconds, then ninjas stole my mamma" - Deadpool
"so what do we do?" "well jack, you stand there and say 'gee rocket raccoon I'm so glad you brought that Unfeasibly large cannon with you..' and i go like this BRAKKA BRAKKA BRAKKA" - Rocket Raccoon
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"I was a normal baby for 30 seconds, then ninjas stole my mamma" - Deadpool
"so what do we do?" "well jack, you stand there and say 'gee rocket raccoon I'm so glad you brought that Unfeasibly large cannon with you..' and i go like this BRAKKA BRAKKA BRAKKA" - Rocket Raccoon
FC: 3437-3046-3552
What I love is the people who don't vote but complain about politics on end. Those are the people I like
I could fill in "Your Mum" and at least I fucken voted - it doesn't even matter. Obviously I'm voting for one of these frontrunning scumbag frauds, BUT - I'm still voting even if I feel sick to my stomach voting for Hill/Trump
If we want the House to chose president every time, get all those parties running! If a candidate fails to get 270 EVs, then the house chooses from one of the top 3 Electoral Vote getting candidates.
That's why we have a two party system. Don't like one of the two main parties? Work to change it. The dems are demonstrably more "progressive" with this platform than ever. And the republicans are certainly not the party of Lincoln.
“You know, it really doesn’t matter what the media write as long as you’ve got a young, and beautiful, piece of ass." - President Donald Trump
"I was a normal baby for 30 seconds, then ninjas stole my mamma" - Deadpool
"so what do we do?" "well jack, you stand there and say 'gee rocket raccoon I'm so glad you brought that Unfeasibly large cannon with you..' and i go like this BRAKKA BRAKKA BRAKKA" - Rocket Raccoon
FC: 3437-3046-3552
"I was a normal baby for 30 seconds, then ninjas stole my mamma" - Deadpool
"so what do we do?" "well jack, you stand there and say 'gee rocket raccoon I'm so glad you brought that Unfeasibly large cannon with you..' and i go like this BRAKKA BRAKKA BRAKKA" - Rocket Raccoon
FC: 3437-3046-3552
No, it is indicative of a system of voting that is harmful to democracy.
And then when they achieve meaningful representation, you run into 12th amendment, which might as well be labelled "in case of third party emergence, break glass".
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What the world has learned is that America is never more than one election away from losing its goddamned mindMe on Elite : Dangerous | My WoW charactersOriginally Posted by Howard Tayler
Are you an idealist or a realist?
From a realist point of view, that is an accurate statement. America is not a true Democracy. America is a political duopoly largely made up of people who put their party agenda above the welfare of the country. Neither Hilary Clinton nor Donald Trump are fit to be president and its fucking embarrassing that these are the choices we have... However, vote or not, one of them will be your president so you may as well pick the side you think will do the least harm.
It is an uncomfortable reality of adulthood that comes up from time to time. Whether it is true at any given time requires you to dig into a lot of information (no, not just your favorite news website) and think.
Another uncomfortable reality of adulthood is that many times you are stuck with choosing between 2 or more undesirable choices. If you ever think you are choosing between an easy slam dunk choice and an absolutely horrible choice, you are fooling yourself. No choice is ever perfect, and you will probably never actually run into a choice that is pure horrible.
In terms of voting, in the US at least, if enough people split their vote, someone that was the majorities last choice can end up winning. This is how the Nazi party came to power in Germany. The majority did not want them, but they split their vote between enough other groups that the Nazi party won by default.
I don't see the problem. Assuming you are in swing state, you have a choice of Trump and Clinton. If you abhor both equally, then you are a strangely eclectic person (because their policies and personalities are completely different) but by all means, stay at home. If you don't, why would you not vote for the one you abhor the least?
If you are not in a swing state, then do what you want.
Just don't be like the 10,000 Nader voters in Florida in 2000 who enabled the Iraq war and all the associated IS shit that is still flowing from it. If just 538 of them had used their heads, George W. would have been the worst President you never had. (Here's an idea, why don't you let Trump have that honor?)
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What the world has learned is that America is never more than one election away from losing its goddamned mindMe on Elite : Dangerous | My WoW charactersOriginally Posted by Howard Tayler
I hate to be that guy, but there is already a thread on this topic basically-
http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...-quot-nonsense
It just happened to fall back onto the 2nd page, but it's still active with posts from today.
So, on that note, I'm gonna close this, but please feel free to continue the conversation in that thread.
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