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      1 year ago

      I am tired of blaming someone who gets 2% for when bad things happen. Blame the 30% who did nothing.

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        That’s privilege talking. 100% turnout should not be a requirement, when we do not have, at the very least, a national holiday for voting. Voting is not as easy for everyone as it might be for you.

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          Hmm maybe. I agree it should be a national holiday and I agree that the current situation provides far more barriers for some groups than others.

          Do I think those things are solely or even primarily responsible for that map? No, I do not.

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      Nope, totally blaming Stein voters. They’re idiots, truly stupid, to believe that a protest vote does anything except hurt the major party they’re most aligned with. Stein is a useful idiot, funded by fascists to leech votes from Democrats. She got Trump elected in 2016.

      Third parties aren’t a thing under our system. If we were a parliamentary system, sure, but not under our current system, so take your desires for boosting a third party and boost yourself into a lake.