I did. The bottom line is, they're innocently (I hope) faulty framing.
Voting 3rd party in 2000 and 2016 at least didn't give the Dems or Reps a larger, undeserved mandate. It's a shame more of us didn't have the courage of our convictions. 
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Gore & Clinton lost on their own. Though Trump is horrific, Clinton would have been, too. (Remember: HRC gave us Trump via her Pied Piper strategy, and by being a toxic candidate.) Again, by far the best 2020 strategy is to
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You haven’t answer my question: how did voting for the Green candidate in 2000 or 2016 help the left?
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Replying to @SustainableFred @chesaboudin
Yes, I did answer Voting for the Green candidate in 2000 & 2016 didn't support the duopoly. That inherently helped the left, & would have done more, if more people had the courage of their convictions. Let's flip that - how did voting for Hillary "help the left"?
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The duopoly won every time. No less of a mandate ever. It proved the Green party’s irrelevance and hurt the left by feuling and supporting the DNC’s and MSM’s arguments blaming us for . Even though those arguments were false, it made it harder to rally anyone to join the left.
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Replying to @SustainableFred @chesaboudin
Nope. They'll blame us whether we vote Green or not. The LAST thing anyone should do is give a mandate to one's abuser. A Joe Biden administration would be a horrific blow to the left - because it would cause the centrists to go to sleep and ignore progressives even more.
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There is no mandate that could possibly be given or withheld by anyone to either of these candidates. There will be a President in Jan. It will be a Dem or a GOP, he will rule as if he has a mandate. You’re finally getting what really DOES matter: what we do AFTER the election!
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Replying to @SustainableFred @chesaboudin
EVERY SINGLE VOTE IS A MANDATE. Yes, there will be a President in January. But the less votes that Dem or GOP POTUS has, the better. You have *zero* reason to argue against maximizing the Green vote now. Unless you really *don't* want to see the duopoly challenged?
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No politician is entitled to anyone's vote.
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Here's the phenomenon I'm seeing - Folks who are ostensibly progressive. They argue not *necessarily* to vote Biden (though some do.) But downplay voting Green. IE: "it's not helpful", "there are other things to focus on", etc. Despite a 3rd party vote being no-lose.
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I highly suspect at least some (or many) accounts that do such are actually on the Biden "team". Because after all - if indies are discouraged sufficiently to not vote at all, their 'no' votes are easily dismissable as apathy.
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And then they'll be subsequently blamed later
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