anyway, my point is this "but bad things have happened elsewhere" tact only serves to normalise the bad things
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Replying to @jaffathecake @sarah_edo
I could say the same about UK first-past-the-post elections.
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Replying to @wycats @sarah_edo
we held a referendum about it, and the campaign was awful
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again, this really feels like "Trump is awful because…" "Yeah well people are dying in Africa so bend the knee"
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Replying to @jaffathecake @sarah_edo
what is going on here. Electoral College != Trump. UK FPTP != Africa.
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"Trump is awful" - Yep. No argument from me. No caveats here.
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the issue isn't with the popular vote, it's the electors not doing their job / being constrained and picked
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the issue is with the structure of how our President is selected. Same as L+LD=52, get Cameron as PM
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I still don't see the point in "actually I think you'll find things are also bad *elsewhere*!!"
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unless the goal is "um yeah I suppose I guess I'll just put up with it"
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the goal is to avoid a rush of "we should just do what XXX does!!!" -- believe me nobody is sitting around
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