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13047561, RE: They don't sound the same, that's the point. Posted by Mr. ManC, Fri Jul-22-16 04:58 PM
>You said you were going with her, and she said conscience, >not conscious. > >And note, as your helpful definitions show: conscience is a >noun, conscious is an adjective. You don't have a conscious. >Nobody does. There is no such thing. > >It's not a big deal, but it makes you look like a fucking >idiot. > >>and we've been over this. I'm not sitting this election out. >I >>don't know where I will cast my vote. I was part of a >>coalition which is twisting in the wind right now, honestly. >>But we will reorganize and get on the same page after the >>convention. >> >>All I do know is I am not voting for Trump or Clinton. > >In other words, you are sitting it out. There are two >candidates. There will only ever be two candidates. You can't >turn this into a three-party system just because you want it >to be so. > >>Just >>because I don't vote for Hillary doesn't count as a vote for >>Trump. Just because I'm not voting for Trump doesn't count >as >>a vote for Hillary. I am voting my conscious, my AWARENESS. >I >>am for universal health care, and aggressive and definitive >>economic, educational, and environmental policy. That she >>can't commit to that this late in the game isn't a failure >of >>mine. Talk to your candidate. > >She is more committed than you, Bernie, or anyone else in the >world right now to these issues, because she is the candidate >of the only progressive political party in the country. > >>In the meantime, myself and many other people in this >country >>will probably vote with a candidate who best represents us, >as >>I am sure you are doing in your support of her. I am not >>falling for this "deportation vs MASS deportation = >>deportation is better" mentality. And the fact that the >>swelling of voters who were motivated to participate in this >>and other cycles are looking elsewhere isn't a failure of >>ours. Talk to your party. > >There was no "swelling of voters." Democratic primary turnout >was down this cycle, not up. Furthermore, they aren't "looking >elsewhere." Sanders supporters are supporting Hillary this >cycle at essentially the same rates that supporters of losing >primary candidates normally support the eventual winner. >You're just being more childish than the average Bernie Bro. > >>Hillary has all of her party's support, is running against a >>man with zero political experience, and has the cosign of >the >>sitting President. If she manages to mess that up it is not >>our fault. It is her campaign to do as she sees fit. But >there >>are other options, and they will never be viable unless we >>support them. > >They will never be viable, period. It's not some illuminati >cabal that has left us with a two-party system. It's just a >mathematical consequence of the rules as defined in the >constitution. >
Cool. You've convinced me. Still not voting for her. My conscience is not mulling between whether or not I am voting for her. I consciously am voting my conscience. I am not with her. Better?
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