• archomrade [he/him]
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      -195 hours ago

      People just want someone to be mad at in case Harris loses

      Because Harris losing simply could not be her own fault, if it happened

      • @[email protected]
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        I’m going to blame [Undecided] if that happens, but we all know [Undecided] is going to become vapor just after the election and then reroll and alt character masquerading as a victim of their own ignorance come November…

        So yeah… we all know they won’t be around to take their bow and own it.

      • @Maggoty
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        123 hours ago

        There is a world in which it’s not her fault or anyone else’s fault. You can run a flawless campaign and lose for reasons beyond your control, or any other single stakeholder’s control.

        • TheHiddenCatboy
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          62 hours ago

          Yeah, Picard Principle at play here. You can commit no mistakes and still lose. I can argue that there are a few things that Harris could do better. Americans are stupid and cruel as a whole…you tact too hard to the Left, you piss off the moderate voters and they stay home, vote Third Party, or worse, vote Trump, and if you tact too hard to the Right, you piss off liberal voters, and while they are less likely to vote Trump, you still lose their votes.

          Man, we shouldn’t even be having this conversation at all. Trump is a convicted felon. He should be in jail right now, getting ready for the next trials.

        • archomrade [he/him]
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          How are we defining ‘flawless’, exactly?

          All else aside - yea, I actually kinda agree with this, though I get the distinct impression not in the way you mean it.

          edit - what happens if it’s the undecided vote that causes harris to lose, not Stein?

          • @Cryophilia
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            32 hours ago

            She…still loses? I don’t understand your question

            • archomrade [he/him]
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              036 minutes ago

              I’m asking who you’ll decide to blame, since that seems to be the focus.

              If you’re unconcerned with blame then maybe there’s no disagreement here.

              • @Cryophilia
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                Undecided voters are imo always a contemptible lot, but no more this election than any other.

          • @Maggoty
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            Then she should have messaged better on Israel. On that particular item I also feel like Netanyahu is on a timeline. I’m not sure he cares about the election though. More like he’s trying to get us pulled into a conflict with Iran before January because Biden can’t stand up to him. If he thinks Biden is just locked by the election then he’ll try to do it this month. Harris’ messaging doesn’t really take that into account in my opinion.

            • archomrade [he/him]
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              335 minutes ago

              Then she should have messaged better on Israel

              I’d much rather her do more than message better, but i’d take clear messaging over whatever the fuck we’ve been getting.

              • @Maggoty
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                She’s trying to stay neutral. It’s not working.

                • archomrade [he/him]
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                  231 minutes ago

                  There’s no such thing as neutral - either we’re supporting Israel through their genocide or we’re not.

      • @TrickDacy
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        Yeah why don’t we all just send Harris a harshly worded letter while ignoring people who throw away their vote. Yep absolutely makes sense!

        • archomrade [he/him]
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          Ignoring people instead of, what?.. Railing against voters who are rightfully upset at Harris’s ambivalence about Israel’s genocide?

          You think constantly yelling at undecided protestors and blaming them for “Jim Crow V2 - Electric Boogaloo” is going to change their mind?

          Get over yourself. The only good that comes from whining about third party candidates spoiling democratic victory is situating the blame if/when Harris loses. It does nothing to convince undecideds, and I’d argue it turns a lot of casual voters off from going to the booth at all.

          Might even be radicalizing progressives into tankies, wouldn’t that be exciting.