It is fragile! But that's not dependent on Jill Stein not running. It depends on having a real democratic process to pick candidate.
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Replying to @emptywheel
Yes, not dependent on Jill Stein not being a vanity candidate. It depends on voters being thoughtful enough to not vote for her.
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Replying to @fpgeek
Go ahead and keep calling Stein a vanity candidate. But the woman who wanted to be CINC couldn't out-persuade her, per you.
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Replying to @emptywheel
Stein is a vanity candidate because she could have done lots of good but making a Green bloc in the MA legislature...
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Replying to @fpgeek @emptywheel
And she chose to be in the papers by running for Governor and (later) President instead.
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OMIGOSH. Now we're against Free speech and other things to save democracy!
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Replying to @emptywheel @fpgeek
Ultimately the theme of this entire convo is people (me, Stein) don't do what you command them to do. Curious. Both women.
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Replying to @emptywheel
I'm not commanding Stein do anything. I'm judging her effectiveness in advancing goals I care about by her actions.
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Replying to @fpgeek
And not Hillary's! Your attention is totally misguided if you believe in democracy in the least. But ...
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Replying to @emptywheel
Same for Hillary. To use your phrase, she won my vote in March 2010.
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Sorry. That's not a logical sequitur. Let's go back. Why don't you ask Hillary to actually persuade voters? You know? Democracy?
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