• Flying Squid
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    11 year ago

    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.

    • Sybil
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      11 year ago

      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?

      • Flying Squid
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        11 year ago

        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?

        • Sybil
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          11 year ago

          that isn’t my standard. my standard is whether I want someone to win. that’s why I vote for people.

          • Flying Squid
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            11 year ago

            Again- what does that achieve if they have no chance of winning?

            • Sybil
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              11 year ago

              I vote for the person that I want. that’s what it achieves it’s an end in itself.

              • Flying Squid
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                11 year ago

                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.

                • Sybil
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                  11 year ago

                  circular reasoning is internally consistent.

                  • Flying Squid
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                    11 year ago

                    Circular reasoning is a logical fallacy.

                    Why are you bothering to vote at all beyond mental masturbation?