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I think some people have explained it decently, but as someone who did not vote for Harris, I have a simple explanation:
I do not want the Democratic party to think it's Ok to be slightly better than Trump.
If I'm going to be honest, trans rights and immigration are minor issues compared to inequality and war in Gaza.
The Dems can be better, but they choose not to. Me voting for Dems signals that what Dems are doing is acceptable, but it's not. I supported third party in 2024, and I will continue to do so until the Democrats get serious reform.
(For those who think it would be "less bad" with Harris, that's the problem. I don't care for "less bad" when the duopoly got us here regardless. Represent the people.)
For the love of all that is holy, do not assume that they will figure out everything you just typed above from the fact that you didn't vote for them.
I don't actually agree with your choice, but I do agree with this:
So please, if you have convinced yourself that withholding one vote out of tens of millions will somehow send them the message you are trying to send, please also convince yourself that it would be even more effective to drop them a line and let them know how you feel in explicit detail.
https://democrats.org/contact-us/
Same message for everyone else who chose a protest vote on Tuesday. It's all great to feel like you did the right thing, but maybe now question whether your message will actually be received, and be sure that it does. Otherwise you put Trump in for literally nothing.
So, instead of selecting the better of two bad options (according to you), you chose the worse of two bad options. And that's supposed to make some sort of point?
Do I shoot myself in the foot or the head? The head, that'll show em!
X to doubt.
I like your reasoning. I'm a libertarian myself, so I get it.
But I held my nose and voted Democrat the last two Presidential elections because I think Trump is a uniquely dangerous person. I hate the "this time is different" argument, but I actually think it applied this time.
Thanks for enabling Trump you ginormous ass hat. I will remember your entitled self righteous indignation when Ukraine falls. When Trump talks about eradicating the Palestinian people. And when Russia starts taking small bites of NATO countries, while Trump refuses to respond to article 5 requests.
Sending a message to the democratic party was something you could have done before the election. By getting involved. But noooo let's send the message by handing the US to a fascist and convicted felon, that's far easier.
Edit: I just saw the .ml now. Good one tankie, you got me all riled up. I believe you can now collect a kopek from your boss for your trouble.
You can disagree with that guy. That's fine. But you need to understand that your attitude mirrors the attitude of the democratic party, and it literally just cost them the election.
Ignore the people who want change, assuming they'll vote for you anyway is a great way to get them to vote for someone else.
Reform or fail.
What's so weird to me is how Americans can just be "oh bother! The not fascist prodemocracy party lost. If only I would care enough to do something, oh well better luck next time." why aren't you guys screaming?
Trump's relationship with Putin is going to change the current world order. You know the world? It's where the US is?
If that's too abstract, then look at the remaining SCOTUS judges. With Trump in the Whitehouse then Alito and Thomas can step down and be replaced with more Gen Xers ensuring right-wing dominance for the next 30 years. Repealing Roe v Wade is going to be dwarfed by the what's coming now.
Harris wasn't ideal. Harris was as interesting as a corporate newsletter. But at least she wasn't a threat to democracies worldwide. Harris would have meant less injustice, but not "no injustice". But because people couldn't get no injustice, they stayed home and got 20x the injustice they would have gotten otherwise. And now they're justifying that? GTFO!
The US political system is broken. But it's broken deliberately by one side to suit them, while the other side is too busy blaming each other for their own common failures to do anything.
It wouldn't have mattered anyway. Third party votes didn't total up enough to make a difference if Harris got them all or not. I can't blame people for acting in accordance with their conscience whether I agree with it or not. What's done is done. Let's move on and figure out the next steps we need to take.