Really you don’t need to read more than one chart:

If you vote for anyone other than Harris, you’re voting for Trump:

  • @[email protected]OPM
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    02 months ago

    A similar article will be posted every time Monk posts one supporting a 3rd party spoiler from now on.

    • @[email protected]
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      -12 months ago

      Spoiler implies we would vote for a Democrat if there were no 3rd party options. We would not. There’s a larger chance you would vote for a republican than us voting Democrat

      • @[email protected]OPM
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        For you, personally, that may be true. Statistically speaking, in general, it’s very much the opposite:

        https://www.thirdway.org/memo/the-data-how-third-parties-could-be-spoilers-that-elect-trump

        “Similarly, Third Way’s polling has found that Biden’s voters are 13 percentage points more likely to consider voting for a third party than Trump’s voters. While Biden has a higher ceiling, with his possible vote totals well north of 50%, Trump has a stronger floor: his voters are more loyal, so third parties are less likely to draw them away.”

        If you lean left, and you fail to vote for the Democratic candidate, you only help the Republican candidate.

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          There’s the confusion, we dont lean left, we are left. Democrat voters lean left then vote for non left leaning candidates. In rhetoric the DNC may sound like they lean left but in action they do not.

    • Coelacanth
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      02 months ago

      Genuine question: why has he not been banned? To me he seems to repeatedly violate the rule about arguing in good faith, and - to be honest - his passive aggressive civility feels at times more hostile than straight up attacks.

      • @[email protected]OPM
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        02 months ago

        We’ve talked about it amongst ourselves with the mods and admins and have concluded that having a shitty opinion is not infringing.

        They do post legitimate sources with legitimate opinions. They’re BAD opinions, but you aren’t going to get banned for having a bad opinion.

        • Coelacanth
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          02 months ago

          I don’t much have an issue with the material they chose to post - the nature of a link aggregator will sort them to the bottom regardless due how how voting works and as you say, they’re legitimate sources.

          My issue is more regarding their conduct in the comment sections.

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              02 months ago

              Have ya ever heard of Southern politeness? Cause ya can technically be cordial while being a complete shitbag, a good example being “bless your heart” more or less meaning go die in a hole.

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          12 months ago

          It’s not the opinion, it’s the JAQ energy and baiting.

          If they just posted articles, that’s one thing.

          They legitimately try to bait people into being heated about things. Afterwhich, they cry victim