I'm split on it, but holding your own vote hostage *does* send a message--because in the long term, it seems like people have to vote between "kill 10k people tomorrow, or kill 1 million slowly over time by more and more compromises"
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This is especially complicated when you consider that only a small percentage of Americans live in swing districts, and it seems naive to act like America has a general election when it doesn't. I'm voting as a Chicagoan, which has a lot of complicated elements attached.
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I can say with certainty that I don't think it's worthwhile to spend time picking out people who are angry and frustrated with the system and demeaning them, even if their venting hits you. There are way better battles to fight out there.
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Part of the problem is short term thinking that treats each election like a switch that will turn the country one way or the other in the short term instead of as a long term process. People are looking back at their decade+ of voting, their parents' decades voting, and are angry
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Replying to @arhourigan @AmyDentata
Honestly, I was a lot more sympathetic towards ppl not voting in safe states, but Trump is definitely going to challenge the results if he loses & the popular vote is going to be very important at that point
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Replying to @RationalDis @AmyDentata
That's an interesting argument, not heard it before. That said prepping for the dude to do some Fucky Unconstitutional Stuff is kind of a losing game, I think.
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Replying to @arhourigan @AmyDentata
I just recently heard it & it made me really re think things. Sure, it might be too 4D chess, but I think that it’s really clear that Trump isn’t going to except the results of the election
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Replying to @RationalDis @AmyDentata
Might look into that. Literally never heard that before.
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Replying to @arhourigan @AmyDentata
They talked about it on The Majority Report last week
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I’ll see if I can find it
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