I found that some people's response to this was to challenge it -- which admittedly is a curious thing to do. It suggests we all have to be on the same page NOW, or we will ensure CERTAIN DOOM, aaaaand, that's not how it's supposed to work, right?
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Like, this is the primary, we're all supposed to vote for the person we think is best by whatever metric -- presumably the metric of "the one I think will lead the country the best." That's how this part works. And then, when we have a candidate, we get behind that candidate.
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Some people's metric is "the one I think is the most electable," which is fine, though one I don't consider useful because a) we don't know what "electable" is (said it about Obama, said it about Trump) b) the primary helps determine electability c) argues from place of fear
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But, your metric is your metric, and that's that. If it's Biden, if you think Biden is the one, then vote for Biden. If you think it's Sanders, then vote for Sanders. If you think it's Tulsi Gabbard, then vote for nobody, just sit in a dark room and think about what you've done.
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(I kid, I KID.) (But seriously, don't vote for Tulsi, k?)
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Why do I choose Warren? I'll do a more proper unpacking of this at the blog after the holidays, but I think she has good ideas with plans to back them up *and* she can explain those plans in a common-sense, clear-cut way. I think she spooks Trump, and I like that, too.
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Do I think she's perfect? No, of course not. These are politicians -- people who seek power are worth being very, very dubious of. All of them. But! I do like that she's sought to exercise power in a way to grant power to those without it.
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Why do I like her over Biden? I think Biden's supporting a center point of political life without acknowledging that the center has moved right. He's a gaffe king who has lost this job a bunch of times. He's older, and maybe committing to only one term, which scares me.
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I fear he's not enough counter-programming to Trump -- he's an old white dude who is easily baited and who says a lot of weird stuff and earns a lot of eye rolls. Do I think he's be a better leader than Trump? By infinite percent, so if he wins the nom, I'll vote for him.
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Do I like Pete? I do, but did a lot more earlier, and a lot less now. I think he's a little in the wind with his positions, and I am distrustful of that. Would I vote for him over Trump? You bet your booty I would.
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Why Warren over Sanders for me? I think they're cut from similar cloth so I see the question -- I prefer her over him because I think she has less baggage and better judgment. Would I still vote for Sanders over Trump? God, yes. Holy SHIT, yes.
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I'd vote for any of them over Trump. Even Gabbard, but that comes with a vengeful asterisk of, *I'd truly feel I was voting for the lesser of two corrupt and compromised evils and we may just be trading one asshole for another but FINE ok jeez
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A lot of folks have also said, BUT WE NEED TO LEARN FROM THE UK, THEY WENT TOO FAR LEFT, but that feels awfully reductive in so, so many ways. We aren't the UK. Our voting system isn't the same. Our society isn't the same. Our "left" isn't AT ALL the same.
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I'll let others speak to what went wrong there, but it seems to me that Corbyn's issues weren't simply, "oh he's too far left," and went deeper than that. Again, I dunno, but I do know we are not at all the same country, and are vulnerable to different things.
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Regardless -- I'm voting for Warren because that's where my conscience puts my vote. Maybe that changes before the primary day here in PA, but until then, that's where I land. You must make your own vote based on your own emotional or intellectual conscience and courage.
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One last thing I *will* note -- some of those who are challenging me on this are accounts with no identifying information and with tweet streams that are wildly political and sometimes feature endless tweets of the same sort of challenge. I am very dubious of these accounts.
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If you seem to be an account ANONYMOUS DAVE or JUST A DINING ROOM CHAIR DON'T MIND ME and your last 25 tweets are you bopping into someone's feed to yell about Elizabeth Warren, I'm pretty cool blocking you because you're not real. Maybe I'm overreaching on that, but, yeah.
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A lot of these seem to be progressive-leaning accounts who appear strongly in the bag for one candidate, or against one candidate, and I caution everyone to recognize that we are very susceptible to propaganda that we don't realize is propaganda. Just a word to the wise, y'all.
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I'll give you an example -- one person comes at me with a question about how Warren sucks because of XYZ. And I'm not going to signal boost them because that's what they want -- but they have no name, appear to be a sports fan, just a Regular Joe. So I clicked.
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New account as of May. Sports tweets. Buried in there are tweets defending the "OK" hand gesture of white supremacists. Also tweets taking the Democrats to task despite apparently being a Dem. No anti-GOP anything. Lotta pro-Gabbard. A few 4channy alt-righty meme imgs.
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Is this person fake? I dunno. They might just be a run-of-the-mill asshole. Lotta those out there. But it's interesting to see a heavily sports-driven account with no identifying information besides a team they like -- and then only other tweets are weird political shit.
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Fake or not, I don't need to answer that person or give them the time of day, so I throw up a preemptive block and save myself the hassle. YMMV, of course. ANYWAY HAVE A GREAT DAY, FRANDOLORIANS Here is a dog photo as payment for bearing with me.https://flickr.com/photos/terribleminds/49159615461/in/dateposted/ …
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