Harris v. Trump Debate Thread | Trump DECLINES another debate (in ALL CAPS!)

superrific said:
In which case your position is really that you're OK with who everyone else wants.
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Not really "Ok" with, but more like "not gonna be complicit in" I will live with and accept whichever one wins. It's obviously going to be one of the two (I'd be shocked if Harris doesn't win fairly easily in the end though)
 
CFordUNC said:
I think it’s way more honorable for someone to outright state that they are going to vote for Trump and they don’t give a flying fuck whether you care or not, than it is to do some bullshit like write-in a candidate who is not even on the ballot. One of my close family members, who is a two-time Trump voter but who is disgusted by Trump now, won’t vote for him but won’t vote for Harris, so this person is going to write in Condi Rice, so they say. I’ve told him I would have way more respect for a vote for Trump than I have respect for a write-in.
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And what did he say?
 
EhringhausSouth said:
Not really "Ok" with, but more like "not gonna be complicit in" I will live with and accept whichever one wins. It's obviously going to be one of the two (I'd be shocked if Harris doesn't win fairly easily in the end though)
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You’re complicit regardless.

To steal a line from a Rush song, “if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.” Throwing a vote away on a third party—or choosing not to vote at all—is still complicity in a 2-party system.
 
EyeballKid said:
You’re complicit regardless.

To steal a line from a Rush song, “if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.” Throwing a vote away on a third party—or choosing not to vote at all—is still complicity in a 2-party system.
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Is it really “throwing a vote away”? And is it “complicit” or “trapped”? Complicit in what, specifically?
 
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haroldminer said:
Why vote at all?
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Because I am an eligible voter and I get to use my vote to vote for whoever I choose. And I am choosing to vote for President and Governor of NC the people I want have those offices which is neither the Republican or Democratic nominee for those two races. I'll also go Mo Green. Morrow is nuts.
 
EyeballKid said:
You’re complicit regardless.

To steal a line from a Rush song, “if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.” Throwing a vote away on a third party—or choosing not to vote at all—is still complicity in a 2-party system.
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I understand your point, but I have always disagreed with the notion that a vote against the two major party candidates is thrown away.
 
EhringhausSouth said:
Because I am an eligible voter and I get to use my vote to vote for whoever I choose. And I am choosing to vote for President and Governor of NC the people I want have those offices which is neither the Republican or Democratic nominee for those two races. I'll also go Mo Green. Morrow is nuts.
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There is no President of NC.

If you’re voting for Mickey Mouse then you aren’t voting.
 
ColdBlueSteel said:
Is it really “throwing a vote away”? And is it “complicit” or “trapped”?
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You’re not trapped—you’re free to emigrate to a country that better fits your political beliefs, if you choose. In the COVID and post-COVID era, moving abroad is easier than it’s been in some time.

If you want to stay here and effectuate change, then recognize that it’s gonna take time. Vote for the candidates of whichever of the 2 parties most closely matches what you want. And then work toward pushing that party to change to better suit your vision.

But you don’t get to feel superior by opting out of the process or tossing a vote to a candidate that’ll get 1-2% of the vote.
 
EhringhausSouth said:
Correct. I'm Writing in Nikki Haley.
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That is weak. We aren't in Europe, and there is no ranked choice voting. In America, there are two and only two choices for President. If you don't like either candidate, your patriotic obligation is to vote for the least bad candidate. If you think that is Trump, then vote for Trump. If you think it is Harris, then vote for Harris. No one should throw his/her vote away on a third-party candidate (unless they live in a non-swing state). If you could potentially impact the result, then you have an obligation to choose the lesser of two evils -- even if you dislike both.
 
CFordUNC said:
At this point I have to just assume that anyone voting for Trump is only doing so out of malice, hatred for liberals, and small minded insecure pettiness. The guy literally stood up there on a debate stage for two hours last night and did not mention one single solo policy proposal, but instead talked about crazy shit like transgender operations on illegal aliens in prison, people eating cats and dogs, how much Vladimir Putin and Victor Orban like to give him handjobs, etc. it was all just completely that shit fucking, and even that is the understatement of the century. Nobody voting for Donald Trump in 2024 is voting for policy. Nobody. Not one single person. Because Donald Trump in 2024 does not have any policy ideas. He was given multiple opportunities last night to articulate policy positions on immigration, healthcare reform, foreign policy, etc. and every single solitary time, he completely ignored it. So nobody is voting for Donald Trump because of policy. They are voting for Donald Trump out of one (or both) of genuine spite or genuine stupidity.
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I disagree slightly. The Christian right is certainly voting for his policies because they know the Heritage Foundation would set the policy and try to get young useful idiots on the SCOTUS.
 
EyeballKid said:
You’re not trapped—you’re free to emigrate to a country that better fits your political beliefs, if you choose. In the COVID and post-COVID era, moving abroad is easier than it’s been in some time.

If you want to stay here and effectuate change, then recognize that it’s gonna take time. Vote for the candidates of whichever of the 2 parties most closely matches what you want. And then work toward pushing that party to change to better suit your vision.

But you don’t get to feel superior by opting out of the process or tossing a vote to a candidate that’ll get 1-2% of the vote.
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I don't feel superior at all. First time I've done this.
 
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