- cross-posted to:
- thirdpartynews
- Paraprofessionals
- cross-posted to:
- thirdpartynews
- Paraprofessionals
WASHINGTON (TND) — Dr.Jill Stein, who is a Green Party presidential candidate, has selected Professor Butch Ware as her vice-presidential running mate.
No I don’t ask these questions on Harris posts because Harris isn’t a third-party candidate.
And yes, I would very much like it if Trump doesn’t win. Do you not care if Trump wins, given his environmental policy, and given that the candidate you do support is the pick of the Green Party, aka the pro-environmental policy pick?
Yes, and you’ve chosen to reply to many comments from people who clearly disagree with you. why do that at all, if not that you want to move a needle on something?
I asked if you were trying to sway people on “anything” here. And I see posting about Stein as you have as wanting to move the needle on public perception of Stein, like posting about any other 3rd party candidate would be an effort to move the needle on the concept of voting third-party. You asserted that you posted about other third party candidates too, so I’ll ask directly: are you not trying to sway people to vote third-party, given that you post about third party candidates and then defend third party candidates in comment threads?
Why tell me to move on when you could simply stop replying?
I am not. I am merely posting articles that I am interested in to a political news community. There is not deep-hidden agenda here. You act as if I have some obligation to explain my reasoning to you. I do not.
I’m voting for Jill Stein. I don’t care if you want to know more. I’ve answered what I’ve answered. Move on.
Actually I don’t feel you will move on, you’ll keep asking the same things and I’ll keep answering the same things. But I’m not voting for your candidate. Do you understand that? Do you understand that I don’t have to tell you why? I’m not afraid of Trump OR Harris. And I’m still not voting for either one. And I don’t have to give any more explanation. Do you understand that?
I won’t be baited into blowing up. I’m not angry. Nor do I even care. I’m not voting for your candidate and I find it hilarious that you can’t seem to accept that and want to know why.
And guess what? About half the country isn’t voting for your candidate. Not everyone agrees with you, nor do they have to agree with you. Nor do they have to explain their reasons do you.
And as for your next variation of a question of why I won’t answer you: I don’t want to and I don’t have to. And that’s ok.
But then again, why do you engage in discussions with people who disagree with you if to your admission all you care about is sharing articles?
Again, why tell me to move on when you could simply stop replying?
Idk man, this is a pretty long reply from someone who’s not been baited into blowing up
So you have no answers to my questions then?
And I’ve already told you that I don’t care about your question and that I don’t have to answer. You could simply stop asking.
Wow, sounds like maybe you are implying that you were baiting me. Were you?
Alas, if you look at my replies, brevity has never been a strong suite and most of my replies are long-winded, so unfortunately for you, that’s no indication that I am angry. Because I’m not.
I am under no obligation to answer anything. Because when you first replied, you seemed friendly and reasonable. Now you seem biased and seem like you are trying to bait me. Which won’t happen. Because I’m still not gonna vote for your candidate.
And since most of the readers here are already overwhelmingly pro-Harris, you haven’t changed anyone’s mind. There is no “gotcha” moment. And I’m not gonna vote for Harris. Understand?
But you could simply stop replying though
I was always planning on having a good faith conversation with you until you said “I cannot be swayed” while replying to people who disagree with you with defenses. And then not answering my question of “Then why do you do that?”.
That’s a bad-faith thing to do.
So you replied to me because I seemed friendly and reasonable, but I was still on the side of “I think what you’re doing is not good for either of us”, so you were trying to engage with me and move my needle a little towards your side of the argument?
In other words, you try to…sway me? B/c fyi, there’s nothing wrong with that. You make swaying out to be this bad thing that bullies do, but it’s not. Moving needles doesn’t mean bullying people into feeling a certain way, it means coming closer to understanding one another, and I take joy in doing that.
I don’t take quite as much joy in a person who doesn’t come to a table on a good-faith basis.
That’s my secret, dude, I’m not looking for a “gotcha”. I was just looking to understand you a little better. Maybe you’d poke some holes in my preconceptions, maybe I’d poke some holes in yours.
With that said, I’ll ask again:
Have you researched Agenda 47, and if so, what are your thoughts on it?
Why do you support the Green Party Candidate as your far-and-away favorite pick while not seeming to care about Trump’s environmental policy?
Why do you reply to people who disagree with you if you’re allegedly not trying to sway them and are allegedly only here to share articles?
Why do you keep avoiding the above 3 questions?
But you could simply stop asking though
I’m not trying to engage you at all. I don’t care what you think. I support your right to your opinion. As I have a right to mine. And I’m not going to vote for your candidate.
I don’t know you or care if you want to understand me. I’ve stated my positions. That’s it.
I’m not avoiding anything. I just don’t care about your questions enough to answer. As is my right. I am under no obligation to answer anything you ask if I don’t care to.
Yeah but, you’re under no obligation to reply saying you’re not gonna answer my questions either.
Just seems like a lotta work for a person to reply to a buncha comments disagreeing with them, just to say “yeah well you’re not gonna change my mind”.
Your response?
I’ve answered the questions that I wanted to answer. You should accept it and move on. And I’m still not gonna for for your candidate.
Okay but, like, why those questions and not the others?