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If the propaganda is now directly targeting third parties it means that they are becoming popular enough to threat red and blue
Do explain how Medhi Hasan is "the propaganda." He doesn't even work for any major media company. He founded his own company.
He's wrong anyway, the green party isn't a threat to any of the parties, but it's designed to shape off 1-3% off the democratic vote to help republicans.
You said it's not a threat and then gave a reason it is actually a threat.
Context clues
Doesn't mean it works
Tell that to Al Gore.
Why?
Are you under the bizarre idea that Al Gore is influencing Lemmy?
Lol, no. Why would you even think that?
Continuity.
I mean if you're ignoring the context of the election and 2000, then maybe you can make that leap.
The 2000 election, when Lemmy didn’t exist? What on Earth are you talking about?
That's what I'm asking. What are you talking about?
That was a different commenter....?
No, that commenter literally said they're not a threat and then gave the exact reason the green party is a threat to democrats.
Look at the thread again
Are you saying that something helping the republicans isn't a threat to democrats? Or are you saying it's not enough to help because you've already forgotten the lesson from 2000?
No... I'm saying you're mistaking two different commenters as one
No... Because I'm only referring to one post.
I'll break it down for you. The first part of the post literally says this:
And then the very next part of the same sentence is:
Which is exactly what I pointed out. It starts by saying the green party isn't a threat and then gives the exact reason why it is a threat.
Chill? I'm not heated. Clearly it was a misunderstanding, that's why I explained it. I didn't mean any disrespect.
Fair enough. I see what you mean now. I realized I probably read a tone into your response that wasn't there and that is why I deleted my response. Thanks for your patience
Apparently a lot of people were thinking the same way you were if judged by the votes.
Why are you making stuff up?
What does Florida's fuckery have to do with independents?
I don't understand that conclusion. According to their table there, Gore lost by ~550 votes and Nader had over 90,000 votes. Do you really think those votes would have been evenly split?
I know reading is harder than looking at the picture, but give it a shot and you will have your answer. Of course, you won't. You will only cherry pick the things that you think will help your case. Problem is, no one believes you, and you aren't going to convince anyone otherwise
Edit: I did a bunch reading for you
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-al-gore-ralph-nader-2000-20160527-snap-story.html
I did read the link. And it still seems like a ton of mental gymnastics to ignore the vote totals.
I can give you the material but not the IQ
Is it really that hard to conceptualize 90,000 > 550? Or that green party voters back then were much closer to democratic voters than republican? You have to ignore the most obvious fact in order to contrive others.
You have literally ignored every other point I have posted, keep screaming the same thing as if somehow the popular vote has ever won a presidency
Screaming? I thought I was typing...
Uhh, that's exactly how it works per state. The most popular vote in that state gets the electoral votes for that state.
Too bad ~~Nader~~ Florida didn't act in good faith.
A threat is viable. They are not
Flying Squid you have been around here for enough time to know what propaganda is so don't play the fool. There's clearly a bias in which news get posted and reach the frontpage and that's a direct and indirect result of the propaganda. How many news about third parties did you post up to a month ago?
The "bias" on Lemmy is that people use their personal biases to post an article they feel is interesting. If other people agree, they upvote it.
There's no propaganda there. Lemmy just isn't designed to cater to you personally.
The fediverse has grown enough to draw biggest corporations in the world attention. Expect propaganda to be here too and expect people to repost here propaganda they get from other websites. I wonder where you got this news from.
As a mod constantly dealing with spammers, I can tell you that that's just a silly assertion.
So then she indeed did call him a war criminal on the record? You can't pretend that doesn't matter and expect any respect
Current president of usa has probably more pictures shaking hands and being friendly with putin than this person does. Politicians are all rigged and corrupted. I'm highlighting that news about third parties suddenly pooped out of nowhere and that it's most likely propaganda
Hmm, dodged successfully I suppose you think.
How do you expect me to take you seriously when you are using toilet humor smhmyhead