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

  • @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?

                • Socialist BerserkerOP
                  -14•25 days ago

                  Blocking you because you just can’t take a hint. I am not voting for your candidate. I don’t care about your fear of Trump. I don’t care about Agenda 47. I don’t care about your questions. I’m blocking you because you don’t know when to stop. :) So have fun!

                  And I’m still not gonna vote for you Harris. Even tho that makes you really really mad. And I am very happy to not see your reply cuz you’re blocked. :)

                  • @aalvare2
                    5•25 days ago

                    Okay, but if/when you see this, I still have 3 questions:

                    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 a Trump presidency, given his 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?

                    …

                    I’m [not] Kamala Harris and I approve this message