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[-] the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I tried making a similar argument on Facebook in 2016 when Trump won.

I didn't vote for either of the top two, but I did vote 3rd party. I voted on someone that i felt would be just as good a fit as the other two at that time. I wanted change, and tried to get so-called friends to change the way they thought about voting. Some of those people were the kind to say "my vote doesn't matter. They'll elect whomever they want in office."

I even went so far as to draw a very shitty comic that pointed out the other options on the ballot, and how we as a society could push for political change BY VOTING.

Sigh.... I was called a classless human being by an immigrant from the UK I went to college with. Her friends, and even one professor kept blowing up my DMs calling me trash for not supporting Clinton. That election really showed me the true colors of people. Since then i just tell people i am "unaffiliated" when they ask which party i support.

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 3 days ago
[-] the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I plan to Vote for the Head Cheeto in Charge this year. His saving grace is Tulsi Gabbard.

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 3 days ago

just write him in a "Cheeto" ;)

aka vote 3p

[-] the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

There aren't any good options for 3p this time around :'(

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -1 points 3 days ago

Well depending on what your goals are... any 3p is a fuck you to the two party regime.

Voting for either is a vote FOR THE REGIME.

That's my 2 cents on the issue.

[-] the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

This is true, but the one i would have voted for filed the wrong form to be put on the ballot and is disqualified. So idk if i trust that one in office.

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