- If you think I owe you my vote because I recycle and enjoyed To Kill a Mockingbird, you're not going to work very hard to keep it. That's particularly true if the only standard you think you need to worry about is not being worse than Donald Trump, which is almost the same as no standard at all.
- There's nothing particularly radical about not taking money from companies you think you might need to regulate someday. And there's nothing particularly centrist or "realistic" about taking that same money.
- It's not going to be me, that's for sure. Am I an egotist for being annoyed by that? And how exactly should I take being told on top of that that I still owe this party my vote, and that I should keep my mouth shut about my irritation if I don't want to be called a Republican-enabler?
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Wait a second. It's immature to refuse to vote for a candidate that while the lesser of two evils has many values that are directly and significantly at odds with most the goals of liberal democracy? I can't vote for someone that I think in the long term is going to destroy the very ideals that make this a great country. It's your sort of pragmatism that is going to lead us down the road to hell.
I was pretty much done with mainline Democrats since Obama lobbied Levin and McCain to add language to the 2011 defense authorization bill to authorize indefinite detention of American citizens without legal recourse. https://www.aclu.org/blog/senators-demand-military-lock-american-citizens-battlefield-they-define-being-right-outside It's beyond the pale and I don't give a damn what Obama said in his signing statement. There are a few other examples in the Obama administration which I think escape the bounds of supportable governance. Maybe it's unfair but I did look at a Hilary Clinton presidency and an extension of the Obama presidency. I think we are on a path that will end in a great deal of misery regardless of who wins the presidency because these are the people who are running for president. I couldn't cast a vote for Trump but his presidency might be the one that leads to a reckoning of who we are and what we should be sooner rather than later, which will probably be ugly and terrible but necessary. I don't think either candidate expressed any interest in the issues I care about most. I think both took positions contrary to my own views on most of my second tier issues. After taking a look at two candidates that are going to lead us into hell, Hillary is the winner. I'll keep voting for people who's values come a bit closer to mine rather than vote for candidates I think are dangerous and corrupted.
I always notice older people have this weird vision that they have to like everything the government does and have a tendency to try pointing out something bad the government does as a reason people will regret voting for them. Like no, of course I'm not going to like everything the person I vote for does. I think maybe politicians used to be a little too romantized or something because I only see it in older people or young people who basically quote their parents. Is that similar in America ? you will need to compromise with some of them in order to get some what you want.
Third party candidates were more popular than ever before. Gary Johnson got 4 million votes Hillary got 15, Bernie got 12. That's closer than ever before. Maybe one day, there might be a choice between left boot and right boot.that certainly didn't help change the system,
You are stating in no uncertain terms that you feel that Gary Johnson, through his ignorance of foreign policy, will therefore provide a better standpoint on complicated issues such as Syria by virtue of his lack of knowledge. You are literally arguing that ignorance of an issue is better than knowledge of an issue for handling an issue. You are advocating ignorance for its own sake. No, that's not true. You're arguing ignorance because you're so far up your own ass that the only thing you can see anymore is your own dudgeon, the only fight worth having is spite for spite's sake, the only position worth having is the minority one, a plague on both your houses, everyone is wrong except you because fuck the world. Take it from someone who's been there: bitterness is not moral authority, no matter how much you want it to be. So when you have these little discussions? You're basically saying "you're wrong because I hate you." Let's examine this statement:What does it say that my conscience voted for 'what is Aleppo?' over literally everything else?