WASHINGTON (TND) — Dr.Jill Stein, who is a Green Party presidential candidate, has selected Professor Butch Ware as her vice-presidential running mate.

  • @aalvare2
    3•25 days ago

    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.

    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?

    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.

    Again, why tell me to move on when you could simply stop replying?

    I won’t be baited into blowing up

    Idk man, this is a pretty long reply from someone who’s not been baited into blowing up

    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.

    So you have no answers to my questions then?

    • Socialist BerserkerOP
      -8•25 days ago

      Again, why tell me to move on when you could simply stop replying?

      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.

      Idk man, this is a pretty long reply from someone who’s not been baited into blowing up

      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.

      So you have no answers to my questions then?

      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?

      • @aalvare2
        4•25 days ago

        You could simply stop asking.

        But you could simply stop replying though

        Wow, sounds like maybe you are implying that you were baiting me. Were you?

        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.

        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.

        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.

        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?

        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?

        • Socialist BerserkerOP
          -12•25 days ago

          But you could simply stop replying though

          But you could simply stop asking though

          so you were trying to engage with me and move my needle a little towards your side of the argument?

          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 was just looking to understand you a little better.

          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.

          • @aalvare2
            5•25 days ago

            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?

            • Socialist BerserkerOP
              -12•25 days ago

              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.

              • @aalvare2
                4•25 days ago

                Okay but, like, why those questions and not the others?

                • Socialist BerserkerOP
                  -12•25 days ago

                  This reminds me of having a date with a chick, not wanting to see her again, and then she doesn’t stop texting and asking why.

                  I’m just not that into you.

                  Stop, or I block you. Ok? We cool?

                  • @aalvare2
                    6•25 days ago

                    We’re cool.

                    I do have 3 lingering questions though:

                    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?