RE: Tell Me Once More Progressives That Hillary and the WLB are "The Same"
September 22, 2017 at 8:09 pm
(This post was last modified: September 22, 2017 at 8:39 pm by FFaith.)
(September 22, 2017 at 7:29 pm)Divinity Wrote: That Hillary was backed by Romney and Bush says more about how bad Trump is than anything about Hillary at all. But whatever suits you're fucking narrative, right?
I'll gladly take the woman who doesn't support discriminating against LGBT, who doesn't want rapists running free on campus, and who will actually exude competence.
I don't think less of anyone whether they voted for Hillary or Stein. I understand going either way, so I'm fine with any Hillary vote.
(September 22, 2017 at 7:39 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Hillary was supported by Bush. Trump was supported by David Duke. If who supports a candidate matters (and I think it's almost irrelevant), we can move on to the next point.
Bush did kill over a million people while torturing others and bringing in the era of mass surveillance, while David Duke would have endorsed whatever Republican was on top, no matter what. Not trying to downplay how bad David Duke is, but I think you're giving Bush a bit of a pass. There aren't too many people alive more evil than that man. If David Duke had dictatorial power, sure, he could be worse. I understand that, but Bush was still pretty darn bad and has had a much bigger impact on the world.
My point was mainly to show that deciding who is a "stupid piece of shit" based on how they voted is dumb, in my opinion. Dr. Cornell West, a Stein voter, is certainly not stupid and as far as we know, he doesn't seem to be a piece of shit either. Bush and Romney on the other hand, are massive pieces of shit. Romney is not exactly stupid, but Bush is. That was my only real point there. That I think it's silly to go around calling everyone who doesn't vote the same way you do a piece of shit, but at the same time, I do understand the frustration that people feel with having such a clown as President. I'll even go as far as saying that maybe the Hillary voters are right that 3rd party voters waste their vote, and only time will tell if that's the case, but I completely understand people like Dr. Cornell West that want to try and see what can happen, rather than folding and giving up on improvements to their communities without a fight.
