One reason I voted for him was because if he reached 5% of the popular vote, the party would qualify for minor party status and all the good things that come from that. I was thinking of 2020 and beyond. And even if I hadn't voted for him, I would not have voted from Trump or Clinton. Couldn't stomach either one. And that is a common view among Johnson supporters.
So you couldn't stomach the option that would at least attempt to prevent minorities from getting murdered in the streets overtime because of some fringe hope that the political system might be overhauled
just enough to maybe help a party with already completely ridiculous beliefs elect a candidate who doesn't even follow those beliefs, somehow all within the next four years. Neato. I don't know how that's supposed to convince me you have anyone's best interests in mind other than your own.
The cold hard reality of it is that this country will statistically never have anything other than a two party system for more than a few terms. Even in times of political upset, and especially in the 21st century. You aren't thinking ahead, you're thinking unrealistically and backwards.
Some here have said they wouldn't vote Johnson because they don't believe in his views. Fine. I wouldn't expect them to vote for him then. So why do the Hillary supporters think we in Johnson's camp owe them our vote when we don't agree with her?
No one owes anyone anything. It just sucks for the people who are going to suffer from this that a sizeable chunk of the voting population decided to abandon the only realistic possibility it had to prevent domestic catastrophe and Fascistic empowerment in favor of what makes them personally feel warm and fuzzy inside.
By the way, Stein was more likely to pull voters from Hillary and Johnson more likely to pull voters from Trump. So quit crying.
You know, I was really starting to get used to the idea of being openly gay. Maybe I'd tell my friends soon. I might be able to even paint my nails or something. But this election has singlehandedly ensured I'm stuck in the closet for the next four years
at least. So yeah, I'm gonna cry about it. I'm ******* allowed that. I'm going to be sad, and mad, and every shade in-between.
My vote didn't lose the election for Hillary. Far from it, in fact.
Cool.
My state always goes blue, even if it means people vote from the grave to make sure of it.
Haven't we proven time and time again that this type of voter fraud doesn't really exist? I mean, to hell with facts and statistics or whatever though.
People have every right to be upset their candidate lost, but they don't have a right to command how the rest of us should have voted.
Am I showing up to your house with a gun and demanding that you revoke your position? Are there tanks full of angry Hillary supporters storming your door expecting an apology? There really isn't any "commanding the rest of us" here. Just anger, and justifiable anger at that IMO.
ETA: It's also worth noting that I'm not upset Clinton lost. I'd have accepted anyone over the Screaming Cheeto and his band of merry conversion therapists. I'm upset because a Clinton victory was the only realistic path this country had to not royally ******* its most defenseless citizens over, and so many people chose to reject that because of their personal ethics (which count for ****) and, as demonstrated above, their misguided and unrealistic long-term agendas.
Why are people screaming for his impeachment? Now that the votes over, trump is our best defense against a total takeover with Pence as successor.
I have to be honest, I wouldn't want Captain KKKangaroo out of the way unless Pence was out of the way as well. Unfortunately, the odds of a twofer like that are very low. Although at this point I'd accept any blow to the hideous administration we're watching be blueprinted right in front of us.
Neoliberalism is a type of economic policy that both the Republicans and Democrats have embraced since Ronald Reagan first took office.
I was incorrect and confused about the context here. So often I hear "neoliberal" used as just a descriptor for the modern movement of liberalism, in the most general sense. I was wrong about that. Sorry.
