I do want him to be replaced, actually. I think it’s ludicrous that he decided to run again, and that the party is going along with it. But withholding my vote in the general election when they inevitably line up behind him as a way of showing my dissatisfaction with their decision would be the dumbest thing I could possibly do.
You said it yourself: Republicans in power very well could be disastrous for you. The solution, then, is to vote blue, regardless of who they pick. Your plan to not vote in protest is sheer lunacy.
Do you really not understand how cause and effect work? Is that the problem? How in the name of fuck would you withholding your vote in November in any way affect the DNC’s decision in August? Do you believe that posting your ultimatum on lemmy will move the needle in the minds of the convention-goers??
I’m pledging to withhold my vote now, and if I don’t follow through with my threat then it’s hollow
It’s not hollow. It’s completely meaningless.
Do you not understand how threats work?
That’s very funny coming from you, because you so clearly do not. In order for a threat to work, people have to actually realize that you’re making a threat. Do you have a public presence? Any significant pull with anybody? A large and committed fanbase? Or are you just some idiotic nobody that nobody gives a fuck about yelling into the wind, like the rest of us? I very much suspect it’s the last of these, which means that you’re basically doing the equivalent of whispering your christmas list into a corner and then getting mad when Santa doesn’t deliver you what you asked for.
I do want him to be replaced, actually. I think it’s ludicrous that he decided to run again, and that the party is going along with it. But withholding my vote in the general election when they inevitably line up behind him as a way of showing my dissatisfaction with their decision would be the dumbest thing I could possibly do.
You said it yourself: Republicans in power very well could be disastrous for you. The solution, then, is to vote blue, regardless of who they pick. Your plan to not vote in protest is sheer lunacy.
How do you expect to be able to force the DNC to replace him without leveraging your vote?
Do you really not understand how cause and effect work? Is that the problem? How in the name of fuck would you withholding your vote in November in any way affect the DNC’s decision in August? Do you believe that posting your ultimatum on lemmy will move the needle in the minds of the convention-goers??
Magic thinking - not JUST for the far-right!
I’m still unconvinced that any actual thinking at all, magic or otherwise, was applied here.
“If I believe REALLY hard it’ll come true!”
Maybe that’s it - queermunist is just a wh40k ork.
I’m pledging to withhold my vote now, and if I don’t follow through with my threat then it’s hollow
Do you not understand how threats work? A threat that won’t be followed through on is worthless.
(also nothing anyone says on lemmy matters, posting is just for fun and a way to make myself really mad lol)
It’s not hollow. It’s completely meaningless.
That’s very funny coming from you, because you so clearly do not. In order for a threat to work, people have to actually realize that you’re making a threat. Do you have a public presence? Any significant pull with anybody? A large and committed fanbase? Or are you just some idiotic nobody that nobody gives a fuck about yelling into the wind, like the rest of us? I very much suspect it’s the last of these, which means that you’re basically doing the equivalent of whispering your christmas list into a corner and then getting mad when Santa doesn’t deliver you what you asked for.