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There were absolutely changes in the separation policies across administrations. While it’s not perfect, we are compliant with international law and it was Trump driving from the sidelines that killed an immigration reform bill earlier this year.
He could have only possibly have voted for 2 of the five in the majority in Dobbs. Any Democratic nominee to the court would be better for human rights and policy reform. Congressional majority beyond Sinema and Manchin could bring real court reform.
The point still is that the philosophical argument for third party ignores the reality of the current system and the real cost for not presenting a unified front with the current voting system. Republicans are working to lock in any systematic advantage they can so the odds are already skewed. Democratic governments, currently at the state and local levels, are the only ones addressing gerrymandering (CA) and ranked choice (MA) which could make third parties viable but right now they are a vanity vote that distracts from the real harm being caused by one party.
I haven't voted for a Democrat for president since 2008, and no amount of mischaracterization of the material facts is going to change that. if Democrats want my vote, it's not as though they don't know what Jill Stein or Cornel West or Claudia de la Cruz are doing to earn it.
Sometimes it feels better to rage than to compromise but I’m guessing there is nothing I can say to change your mind. For those on the fence who may read this though: a third party will not win and not voting Democrat will cause real harm to any community that does not strictly adhere to Christian nationalism ideals.
I don't get it.
Looking though your comment history, you say some wild shit like what you said above including vote splitting is a myth, and the same about candidate viability. Your comment history is about 60ish at time of replying and most of that was in the past couple of hours, and anything beyond 48 hours was done months ago and limited to less than 20 comments. You're either off your meds or you're insincere and this is a burn account. Considering the time frame, you're either not actually a Russian Bot or you get up around 5, but frankly I don't actually care because no one should ever take what you say seriously.
this is a long winded personal attack.
In what way? I’m not sure how someone could make the “both sides” argument this broadly with the current state of both parties but I’ll bite.