Pre-empting this to ask everyone to please remain civil.
We know that caffeine is poisonous to deer and that this is a sensitive topic. The Onion has great tips and tricks to help you remain calm in the moment.
Republicans can vote third party all day long. You will hear no complaints from me. If you are a Republican, please vote third party if you can't vote for anyone else.
Or just stay home. Consider not voting if you are a republican.
"Third-party" in the context of US politics (I think that's where it comes from and is most widely used, owing to its major structural problems that almost inherently create only two major parties federally) is an abstract term referring to any minor political party, not specifically the third-most-popular. There's no such thing as "voting fourth-party", so an nth level of abstraction beyond that becomes absurdist.
Sigh... I was that guy in my 20s, voted for Ross Perot twice. Didn't expect him to win but I wanted to send a message to Washington that I wasn't happy with either party. He got 20% in '92 and 8% in 96.
As a trans person, please dont let the face eating leopards burn our democracy down. I know the rabid horses aren't much better, but they at least dont explicitly promise to eat our faces.
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Pre-empting this to ask everyone to please remain civil.
We know that caffeine is poisonous to deer and that this is a sensitive topic. The Onion has great tips and tricks to help you remain calm in the moment.
I'd love it if people just voted, period.
Republicans can vote third party all day long. You will hear no complaints from me. If you are a Republican, please vote third party if you can't vote for anyone else.
Or just stay home. Consider not voting if you are a republican.
Wait does this have something to do with that thing with Joe Manchin and Matthew McConaughey?
*nervously looks around for people who would shoot me for having magnificent horns or voting ninth party*
"Voting ninth-party" sounds like a level of abstraction that describes writing in a termite mound in the Gondswana Rainforests.
Why so abstract? We have 5 parties that have seats in parliament and 9 other registered parties that don't.
"Third-party" in the context of US politics (I think that's where it comes from and is most widely used, owing to its major structural problems that almost inherently create only two major parties federally) is an abstract term referring to any minor political party, not specifically the third-most-popular. There's no such thing as "voting fourth-party", so an nth level of abstraction beyond that becomes absurdist.
with the coalition-building and last-minute allegiance changes that goes on in this country it might as well be
America is fucked and voting for anything other than the big two is throwing away your vote.
Gasp. But. The status quo!
You will get progress at the doctor prescribed rate. How dare you think you know your own wants better than some random person on the internet
Sigh... I was that guy in my 20s, voted for Ross Perot twice. Didn't expect him to win but I wanted to send a message to Washington that I wasn't happy with either party. He got 20% in '92 and 8% in 96.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR SUCH SHENANIGANS.
As a trans person, please dont let the face eating leopards burn our democracy down. I know the rabid horses aren't much better, but they at least dont explicitly promise to eat our faces.
I do mean that, btw
I just want to highlight, despite the guffaw this post gave me...
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