cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18991756
In a double boost for Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday afternoon threw his backing behind the former president in the 2024 presidential election while Jill Stein unequivocally stated she will not drop out of the race.
this is why i take every opportunity to shit on people bleating about “vote third party”
Is that really a good use of your time tho?
if it makes people realize how dumb it is to waste their vote on third party, then yes
But do you think, with your attitude, anyone is gonna read that and go, “OMG, he’s soooo right. I’ve been totally wrong”?
OR do you think people have already pretty much made up their minds, resent you trying to make them feel stupid, and then it reinforces that they are doing the right thing because some people are such dicks to people who vote third party?
The hate and vitriol (and bullying) that I have received for voting third party, 100 percent reinforced that I want no part of the Democratic Party. Some people on here can be just as ugly and hateful in their comments as the Republicans are.
I’ve been called a Russian asset and/or Russian troll farm worker almost daily. Let’s not even mention the Russianphobic comments and the hate in those now. Do you guys hear yourselves?! It’s getting very ugly about how hateful you are when talking about Russians. You wanna hate Putin, fine. But not all Russians are evil.
Democrats are getting as bad as Republicans in their hate now. And yes, I mean that.
I was a third party supporter before, but after being on Lemmy for these last two weeks, I’m even more convinced that I made the right choice!
(And yes guys, I am fine with your screen shots of how many posts I have posted, and the exact count of days I have been on. That does nothing to stop me. And does nothing for your arguments.)
if you’re voting third party for no other reason than people are pointing out the fact that third party is one hundred percent going to lose, then that’s what you’re going to do. i’m not going to stop saying it’s an objectively dumb decision, and no, it doesn’t put you on some moral high ground. literally all you’re doing is increasing the chances of a trump win, especially since RFK dropped
everyone’s top priority from now until november should be keeping trump out of the white house. you think you’re making some “statement” about principles or whatever, but what you’re really doing is throwing your vote away
vote however you want, but don’t sit there and try to blame lemmy for your wasted vote