Exactly – I agree that the two are unrelated, so I’m not sure why you used it to support your claim.
You’re the one who brought up the question of whether democrats are concerned about me voting Republican. The point is that they are concerned about the possibility of gaining or losing voters, which honestly isn’t a point I should even have to argue for, because it’s obvious.
Choosing to use your vote to prevent the worse of the only two possible outcomes from happening is a better choice than throwing it away.
I disagree, you haven’t established this. Since neither option is acceptable, it is not correct to accept either.
You’re the one who brought up the question of whether democrats are concerned about me voting Republican.
Right, in response to your ridiculous assertion that voting 3rd party puts any meaningful pressure on them.
The point is that they are concerned about the possibility of gaining or losing voters, which honestly isn’t a point I should even have to argue for, because it’s obvious.
I agree, it’s extremely obvious. I’m not arguing against it. I’m arguing against your claim that voting 3rd party puts any meaningful pressure on Democrats.
I disagree, you haven’t established this.
Because it’s obvious. The outlandish claim is that throwing away your vote is better than using it to avoid the worse outcome.
I agree, it’s extremely obvious. I’m not arguing against it. I’m arguing against your claim that voting 3rd party puts any meaningful pressure on Democrats.
It’s not “outlandish” at all. You can’t agree that it’s “extremely obvious” that democrats care about gaining or losing votes in one case and that it’s “outlandish” in another, it’s completely arbitrary.
Because it’s obvious. The outlandish claim is that throwing away your vote is better than using it to avoid the worse outcome.
I don’t consider that obvious at all. First off, I dispute the claim that voting third party is “throwing your vote away,” because I’ve already established the effects it can have regardless of not winning. But I also assert that it’s better to throw away your vote than to support someone who is fundamentally unacceptable.
I do not subscribe to the ideology of lesser evilism, or to act utilitarianism. It is not ethical to kill a healthy person to get the organs necessary to save five people. It is not ethical to murder someone because someone threatens to murder two people if you don’t. Y’all act like your ethical framework is just “obvious,” objectively true, and the only one that exists, but that’s completely false, and it falls apart as indefensible under scrutiny.
In addition, it’s just a bad negotiation tactic.
It’s not “outlandish” at all. You can’t agree that it’s “extremely obvious” that democrats care about gaining or losing votes in one case and that it’s “outlandish” in another, it’s completely arbitrary.
I didn’t say it was “outlandish” to claim they care about gaining votes. I said it’s outlandish to claim that voting 3rd party does anything to meaningfully pressure them into changing their policies to capture your vote. They are more concerned about changing their policies to capture the center-right, like you said.
I don’t consider that obvious at all. First off, I dispute the claim that voting third party is “throwing your vote away,” because I’ve already established the effects it can have regardless of not winning
No you have not.
But I also assert that it’s better to throw away your vote than to support someone who is fundamentally unacceptable.
That is a ridiculous assertion.
I do not subscribe to the ideology of lesser evilism, or to act utilitarianism.
There it is. You don’t care any of the work that has to happen over the next 4 years to push for positive change. You just care about virtue-signaling.
