SEATTLE — A campaign urging Democrats to vote “uncommitted” in Washington’s March 12 presidential primary is rapidly gaining momentum amid protests over President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Ha
I understand the motivation for this, but it’s a terrible plan when the other option is Trump. After this election, when Trump will prove too senile to run again, maybe we can revolt against our lackluster vanilla options.
No he’s not, and because the DNC isn’t doing exactly what I want I’m voting for Trump. We have have to show the DNC that if they aren’t running the candidates that are exactly in line with us we aren’t going to blindly fall in line.
And let’s face it, ours is the only voice that deserves to be heard. Moderade Democrats have run this country into the ground and we need to take it back by voting Republican up and down the ballot.
Thread’s about the primary. And considering the massive strawman you constructed there, there’s no reason to believe that you weren’t muddying the waters on purpose.
That’s an interesting take. It seems like this thread is about sending a message to the DNC establishment, but maybe I missed the restriction of “sending a message to the DNC, but only through the Washington state primary”.
You could start a Lemmings party if you so choose. It would likely only be able to be a state/local party at first though. That said… There could be several groups of us that create a Lemmings party in various states and eventually merge them into a national party.
It would be easier to just find someone willing to hold office and start campaigning / setting up and getting their name out there for 2028 but to be honest I do imagine the party creation thing may create a bigger pool of possibilities in the long run. (Aka funding and recognition).
Maybe the Lemmings party would strive to be like TST to bring science and responsibility to the forefront of a political party.
Obviously the Lemmings name was a joke, but it would be comical. Especially if it grew and members of the party didn’t even know what Lemmy was
Centrists, when people are upset that Democrats have found just enough no votes to block what they ran on: “No, you don’t understand how government works!”
Also centrists: “Voting uncommitted in a primary where Trump isn’t on the ballot is a vote for Trump!”
I understand the motivation for this, but it’s a terrible plan when the other option is Trump. After this election, when Trump will prove too senile to run again, maybe we can revolt against our lackluster vanilla options.
Trump is not running in the Democratic primary.
No he’s not, and because the DNC isn’t doing exactly what I want I’m voting for Trump. We have have to show the DNC that if they aren’t running the candidates that are exactly in line with us we aren’t going to blindly fall in line.
And let’s face it, ours is the only voice that deserves to be heard. Moderade Democrats have run this country into the ground and we need to take it back by voting Republican up and down the ballot.
Not to get in the way of your masterfully constructed strawman argument, but it’s not possible to vote for Republicans in the Democrats’ primary.
I’m not talking about the primary, my apologies for conflating the two streams of thought.
Thread’s about the primary. And considering the massive strawman you constructed there, there’s no reason to believe that you weren’t muddying the waters on purpose.
That’s an interesting take. It seems like this thread is about sending a message to the DNC establishment, but maybe I missed the restriction of “sending a message to the DNC, but only through the Washington state primary”.
There is no strawman, only lived experience.
In my “lived experience,” people who belittle others’ objections to support for genocide do so because they support genocide.
I guess one man’s vanilla is another man’s mummy wraps.
And what options? When were we ever given a real choice?
You have the choice to start right now.
https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/registering-political-party/
You could start a Lemmings party if you so choose. It would likely only be able to be a state/local party at first though. That said… There could be several groups of us that create a Lemmings party in various states and eventually merge them into a national party.
It would be easier to just find someone willing to hold office and start campaigning / setting up and getting their name out there for 2028 but to be honest I do imagine the party creation thing may create a bigger pool of possibilities in the long run. (Aka funding and recognition).
Maybe the Lemmings party would strive to be like TST to bring science and responsibility to the forefront of a political party.
Obviously the Lemmings name was a joke, but it would be comical. Especially if it grew and members of the party didn’t even know what Lemmy was
I keep hearing next time next time next time.
It’s y’all’s turn to do next time
I said the same thing. And got downvoted to hell by the indignant virtue signallers.
That might be because the point is completely and utterly stupid. We’re signalling the virtue of “understanding how primaries work”
Centrists, when people are upset that Democrats have found just enough no votes to block what they ran on: “No, you don’t understand how government works!”
Also centrists: “Voting uncommitted in a primary where Trump isn’t on the ballot is a vote for Trump!”
As well as the virtue of being a (somewhat) free country that doesn’t equate dissent with treason.
Trump isn’t in the Washington primary.
Anything that isn’t fawning worship of Biden for supporting genocide is literally supporting Trump.