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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?