• rocci@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    She did fine, if anything it was eye opening to me how many shitlibs are on r/politics

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        1 month ago

        Notable differences between Stein and Harris:

        • opposes genocide in Gaza
        • opposes fracking
        • stronger on the environment
        • approves of single payer healthcare
        • approves of tuition free colleges for all
        • wants to slash our bloated military budget

        I live in a blue state and will be voting Green to try to build momentum for third parties and STAR voting. I do hope Trump is defeated and thrown in jail, and I’d reconsider my vote if I lived in a purple state.

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          It’s so weird you immediately list the differences between Stein and Harris, but not Trump. Totally unprompted. Considering that a third party is going against the other two, that’s odd. Almost like you know exactly what you’re doing, but won’t admit it.

        • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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          1 month ago

          Okay, but who is going to vote for those things if the Greens don’t win any House or Senate seats, even if they win the presidency?

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            1 month ago

            Hey I just want to say I appreciate you treating me with respect which is more than I can say for a bunch of other commenters here.

            I think the president has a decent amount of power, even with a hostile congress. They can declare a climate emergency, and get funding for renewable energy that way; they can enforce an arms embargo or other sanctions (on say, Israel), they can use the bully pulpit to point out the hypocrisy of congress’s inaction.

            But the most important thing to come out of it would be that the Democratic party would be forced to listen to people on the left, and not just court right wingers all the time.

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            1 month ago

            Voting blue in a solid blue state for a candidate I have huge moral issues with (Palestine, climate change) is the definition of throwing my vote away.

            • You’re still throwing your vote away.

              Even if I accept that any state is really as solid blue as people may think, we have the opportunity as a nation to cast an overwhelming vote against fascism. That would be sending a message that the entire free world could be proud of. Nah, you can’t be bothered. You’d rather cast your vote for a Putin asset.

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            1 month ago

            Ah, name-calling instead of addressing my argument; classic!