@CantaloupeLifestyle to politics English • 8 months agoCassidy Hutchinson Gives Dark Reason Why ‘Everybody Should Vote For Joe Biden’www.huffpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square185arrow-up1174arrow-down135
arrow-up1139arrow-down1external-linkCassidy Hutchinson Gives Dark Reason Why ‘Everybody Should Vote For Joe Biden’www.huffpost.com@CantaloupeLifestyle to politics English • 8 months agomessage-square185
minus-squareSybillink1•8 months agosometimes the people I vote for win. but why would I ever have over someone if I didn’t want them to win?
minus-squareFlying Squidlink1•8 months agoBecause if you vote for a person who actually has a chance of winning, you actually make a difference. But sure. Jill Stein definitely has a chance of winning this time around. Not the last two times, but definitely this time.
minus-squareSybillink1•8 months agowhat do I care what their chances of winning are if I don’t want them to win? why would I have over someone if I don’t want them to win?
minus-squareFlying Squidlink1•8 months agoSo neither Trump nor Biden will do a single thing you want to happen or a single thing you want to stop happening that the other will not? Not one?
minus-squareSybillink1•8 months agothat isn’t my standard. my standard is whether I want someone to win. that’s why I vote for people.
minus-squareFlying Squidlink1•8 months agoAgain- what does that achieve if they have no chance of winning?
minus-squareSybillink1•8 months agoI vote for the person that I want. that’s what it achieves it’s an end in itself.
minus-squareFlying Squidlink1•8 months agoNo, that’s circular reasoning. That doesn’t explain why you do it. Although it sounds like you’re saying your vote is symbolic. I’m not sure why you bother voting at all in that case. No one will know you voted.
sometimes the people I vote for win.
but why would I ever have over someone if I didn’t want them to win?
Because if you vote for a person who actually has a chance of winning, you actually make a difference.
But sure. Jill Stein definitely has a chance of winning this time around. Not the last two times, but definitely this time.
what do I care what their chances of winning are if I don’t want them to win? why would I have over someone if I don’t want them to win?
So neither Trump nor Biden will do a single thing you want to happen or a single thing you want to stop happening that the other will not? Not one?
that isn’t my standard. my standard is whether I want someone to win. that’s why I vote for people.
Again- what does that achieve if they have no chance of winning?
I vote for the person that I want. that’s what it achieves it’s an end in itself.
No, that’s circular reasoning. That doesn’t explain why you do it. Although it sounds like you’re saying your vote is symbolic. I’m not sure why you bother voting at all in that case. No one will know you voted.
circular reasoning is internally consistent.