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[–] -3 points 17 hours ago (10 children)

You might want to check that election data again because Trump would have won with or without Harris receiving those "protest votes." If you want to blame someone for this mess, blame the party leaders who put their thumb on the scale to foist the absolute worst possible candidates on us three presidential elections in a row. This is the result of those party leaders trying to straddle the line of serving the same corporate donors that Republicans do while pretending to stand for "the people "

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago

    Trump would have won with or without Harris receiving those “protest votes.”

    This, in no way, makes me hate non-voters any less. A drunk driver that happens to make it home without slaughtering someone is still a fucking drunk driving piece of shit.

    This also goes for people that voted for 3rd party candidates with ZERO path to victory.

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  • [–] 13 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

    Aside from Kamala, the others had primaries. Primaries historically have 10% voter turnout. Blame the people that don't vote in primaries then bitch about bad candidates.

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  • [–] -2 points 6 hours ago* (2 children)

    It is that easy! It's not like progressives and leftists are sandbagged by the "vote blue no matter who" Dems right?

    https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-skewered-republicans-funding-these-maga-losers-1758128

    It's not like the Dems sabatoged Bernie, twice, right? Vote in the primaries, it's that easy

    They wouldn't sabotage PROGRESSIVES to help REPUBLICANS AND CENTRISTS if you voted in the primaries "The DCCC released opposition research against progressive candidate Laura Moser in Texas and pressured progressive challengers out of races in Colorado, Pennsylvania, and California to support centrist or well-funded establishment candidates." https://inthesetimes.com/features/dccc_left_progressive_challengers_laura_moser_campaign_finance.html

    "In Nebraska’s 2nd District, the DCCC lent a hand to Brad Ashford—a former Republican who favors abortion restrictions—at the expense of his more progressive primary challenger Kara Eastman, who supports reproductive rights, Medicare for All and other progressive policies. Over in Virginia’s 2nd, the DCCC swung in early behind businesswoman Elaine Luria, a military veteran who twice voted for her Republican opponent, over Karen Mallard, a union member who supports a $15 minimum wage and universal healthcare."

    Same source as above and there way more.

    So it seems pretty simple, Dems can tell anyone they want to fuck off (except fellow centrists and Republicans), while the rest of us are automatically MAGA if we don't support "blue no matter who" despite constant opposition and disdain from a party that hates us because they are RIGHT WING

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago (1 child)

    It’s not like the Dems sabatoged Bernie, twice, right?

    Bernie lost the popular vote in the primaries both times. Voters didn't show up for him.

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  • [–] 0 points 17 hours ago* (1 child)

    Who's blaming. I am informing protest-non-voters what they voted for.

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  • I’d like to inform you that it comes across as root cause analysis i.e. “blame”. Not sure if you were going for that, but some people feel that when root cause analysis is applied to them, they are “to blame”. Tone can be difficult to communicate in writing. Confronting “root causes” with egos can be even more difficult.

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