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    Stein’s campaign says it wants nothing to do with Duke, the former American Nazi Party member

    That is how it is done.

    Unlike Harris who went on a parade with Liz Cheney, and praised Dick Cheney for his work after they endorsed her.

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    The funniest part about this is I had no idea David Duke was alive. He was the main villain of BlackKKlansman. Imagine living to see yourself get written as the villain of a hit movie.

    Also, mandatory fuck David Duke and Jill Stein.

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    If you think this reflects badly on stein ask yourself 2 questions, did he endorse her because she’s also a white supremacist? Did she accept the endorsement?

    The answer to the first is probably no since stein is a Jewish women so I don’t think she’d get along well with all the other white supremacists who think she’s sub-human. The reason he endorsed her was because she’s the only one who would end the war in Gaza and fight the “Jewish lobby”. If your a Zionist and believe that any action against Israel is anti-Semitic then yeah stein and Duke are the same. If you live outside that delusional world then you’d recognize dukes dislike for Israel and steins, (and most of the worlds) dislike for Israel come from two completely different values systems and world views.

    The answer to the second is easier, No, her campaign rejected it and called him trash as soon as they heard about it.

    So does this actually reflect badly on stein, or is this just the ravings of an insane person who’s trying to elect a Jewish woman to take out his imagined grand Jewish conspiracy? Critique stein if you want but this is nothing.

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      For real. If David Duke endorsed Harris, democrats would be crowing about it and saying they’ll take all the help they can get (see all the recent neocon ghoul endorsements).

  • Queen HawlSera
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    Didn’t Richard Spencer endorse Biden in a game of 64D chess as a 5000 IQ play?

    Still either way, Jill’s an Ableist Transphobe on Putin’s payroll and even if she wasn’t, she cannot win a single state under the current Electoral College so she could be literally the second coming of Christ and it wouldn’t matter.

  • @BeatTakeshi
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    No more burnin no more hangin. From now on we will compost the bodies. #GreenHoods

  • @elliot_crane
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    Hmm… I wonder why a certain user who’s been posting non-stop about third-party candidates for the entire lifespan of their account chose to ignore this particular article. One would assume it’s important for the voting public to know about this, no?

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      Here, I’ll channel my energy into a representative comment so you don’t feel left out.

      “I’m not voting for her. You’re free to vote for whoever you want.”

      “I didn’t write the article.”

      <insert 40 paragraph spiel about fairness and lemmy always attacking them boo hoo>

      • @elliot_crane
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        You forgot to call me “friend” and channel punchable face energy with one of these 🤗 but I’ll give you an A for effort.

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              They’re ecstatic to be on the same team as Duke, but as usual everything they say is meaningless bullshit with about the same value as a 10 second long wet fart

            • Socialist Mormon Satanist
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              Dude, I didn’t even post the article. Maybe you can ask the person who did? Did you even look at the name of the poster?!

              And what is there to “defend”? NBC News wrote an article that David Duke endorses Stein. I didn’t write it, produce it, edit it, publish it, or even post it to Lemmy. I have nothing to do with this article being on Lemmy.

              Exactly what part do you want defended? That NBC news talked to someone? I’m unclear on what you’re trying to ask me to do. Thanks!

    • @Blue_Morpho
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      Who are you referring to? I’m debating some “Harris needs to earn my vote. So it’s her fault if Trump wins.” idiots right now.

      • @elliot_crane
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        Unfortunately if I name this person there’s a good likelihood this discussion gets removed since the rules prohibit calling out bad faith actors, even the painstakingly obvious ones. So I’ll leave you with this: you needn’t look far to find that which you seek.

        • TheTechnician27
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          It’s @[email protected]. It’s always @[email protected], and it’s so unbearably obvious that they should’ve been banned long, long ago because all they do is pollute this community with Russian propaganda. I don’t honestly care at this point if they are or are not literally paid (their post/comment frequency is staggering if they aren’t); it’s nevertheless the effect they have. This community is objectively a worse place with them here.

          Edit: Again, I emphasize without engaging with them and giving them carte blanche to spam even more: every single word that comes out of their mouth is dripping with disingenuity.

          • @finestnothing
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            My life got much better after I blocked that account a few weeks ago

          • Socialist Mormon Satanist
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            You think that articles from Newsweek, AP News, CNN, The Hill, USA Today, and Reuters are “Russian propaganda”?! Really?

            And why would I get paid to post news articles from news sites to Lemmy of all places?!

      • Socialist Mormon Satanist
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        Or some people just don’t agree with the echo chamber. Just because the don’t change their minds and vote differently than others, doesn’t mean it’s in bad faith. Thanks! :)

    • Socialist Mormon Satanist
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      Because it’s already been posted here and this community doesn’t allow duplicate posts. It’s also been posted in Politics Unfiltered.

      I don’t know what user you’re referring to, but I’ve commented in this thread. And I posted another article referring to David Duke and Jill Stein. https://lemmy.world/post/20893592

      I thought it was interesting, so I posted it. Thank you! :)

      • @elliot_crane
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        Ah so you were late to /c/politics. Well I suppose we all have busy days at work sometimes. You’ll get ‘em next time champ.

        • Socialist Mormon Satanist
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          Wait, I thought Lemmy was under the impression that I post every 17 minutes, 24 hours a day?! And that I’m a team of people. Oh AND that I’m a bot.

          So if all that’s true, how was I having a “busy” day at work?!

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            Look at you deflecting.

            You average a submission every seventeen minutes and thirty-eight seconds and that’s public information.

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            Woah hey now all I said was you probably had a busy day at work. A little weird to bring up bots and teams of bad actors dude, chill.

            • Socialist Mormon Satanist
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              People have said that about me. So I’m just wondering how all of those diverse viewpoints can be correct if I am at work and having a busy day.

              • @elliot_crane
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                I don’t recall having brought any of that up? At any rate, it seems like whatever your occupation is, it’s pretty stressful. That sucks.

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                  I didn’t say that you brought it up. I mentioned that many on Lemmy say that about me.

                  My job isn’t stressful at all. Thanks, friend! :)

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            No, “Lemmy” isn’t under that “impression”. Are you trying to say your profile page is wrong, or that math is?

  • @taiyang
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    Ok, that’s pretty funny. An endorsement shouldn’t be taken too seriously (given a certain string of endorsements I don’t like for Harris) but it’s still really funny. Fuck Jill Stein.

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    I can’t laugh heard enough about this.

  • @WrenFeathers
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    Aaaaand there ya go. This is all you need to know about Jill Stein right? Because if Harris is a conservative because of Cheney’s endorsement….

    Or are the rules different?

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      Stein’s campaign says it wants nothing to do with Duke, the former American Nazi Party member.

      It’s one thing to be endorsed by an undesirable party, it’s another to accept it or even invite them to campaign with you.

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        It’s one thing to be the type of person that a racist piece of shit would endorse, and another to be the type of person that a person who hates racist pieces of shit would endorse.

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          Harris has her own share of problematic endorsements (Cheney, Gonzalez,…). Sure, they’re not explicitly racist, ‘just’ war criminals, but she accepted them and is actually bragging about getting them.

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            Right. Because Harris needs the support to keep a criminally charged rapist from being a dictator for a day and calling the military against his own people. Having the support of a Republican in this environment is a pretty big deal. That is reaching FAR across the aisle in an almost unheard of show of support- and it sends a message of solidarity against a fascist.

            Having a dirt bag irrelevant racist support a sketchy spoiler candidate?

            Well, that’s just damn easy to “deny,” isn’t it? I mean… there’s no downside. And it sure looks good to the press to turn him down, doesn’t it? But then again, it doesn’t look good to have him up her ass to begin with…

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              Why can’t she reach far to the left to get their support instead? If potential Jill Stein voters can lose her the election, she could see what those people care about and reach out to them?

              They would’ve probably been fine with a stop on sending offensive weapons while keeping iron dome stocked or something like that.

              Instead they’re trying to find the mythical voter that gives a shit about what Dick Cheney thinks.

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                Because sadly, FAR more people give a shit about what Cheney says than there are those that give a shit about what Stein says. And not only that, but I’d wager that no matter what she does- a large percentage of the far left and socialists aren’t going to vote for Harris anyway. Even if Stein endorsed her. (Remember a guy named Bernie back in 2016? Yeah. A lot of the “Bros” voted for Trump to spite the DNC)

                Their minds are made up and are locked in every bit as tight as their folded arms are.

                And I’d wager that she is ACUTELY aware of this. Between her, and all of her advisers- do you think there is no one that understands what she must do to get the votes she needs? Do you seriously think she hasn’t thought of courting the far left vote? She’s not an idiot.

                She knows you exist.

                And she knows you have a track record of not showing up regardless. Over 100,000,000 people didn’t vote in 2016. And we got trump- with warning signs of what he would do.

                We don’t have warning signs now. We know EXACTLY what he will do, and you are all holding your vote hostage over shit you didn’t even care about a year ago.

                So I’m sorry, but your demands are going to fall on willfully deaf ears. The far left vote is not something they are going to risk losing an election over. And historically, candidates that lean too far left…

                Lose.

                And now, at this point, I’m going to say that we’re far too late in the game for me to care about how you feel about this. This is what it is. This is where we are. You can help us keep America breathing by voting for the one person that has a chance to win, or you can pull the plug because of a single-issue that most of you don’t even really understand.

                Either way. Someone is getting elected. Whether you like it or not- with or without your help.

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        Source on Harris accepting a David duke endorsement? Else willful misinformation/trolling

        Edit though it can be confused because the article is about duke, this thread is not, and my assumption of commie’s correlation was wrong.

        • @[email protected]
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          You should read the comment chain before making non sequitur requests. It was literally two comments long. You couldn’t help but have read it before getting here.

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          I was about to say that that isnt really much of an insult these days, given that its not really much different from insulting a republican by calling them “conservative” in some shortened manner and the cold war ended awhile go, but then I saw the username of the person you were replying to.

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    He is not just any wizard. He is grand.

  • @[email protected]
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    Hahahaha. Of course he did.

    Can we all finally agree that supportingJill Stein is being the 11th person at the table?

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    Best endorsement dems could hope for, really.

  • Rhaedas
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    I see this more as a loss of support for Trump, just like the many Republican endorsements for Harris. It doesn’t change Stein’s chances either way, and who supports someone is more a sign of how that person leans, not the candidate.

    What will be interesting (but again, inconsequential) is how Stein will treat this. Ignore? Simple thanks? A rally to try and pull more of those who would follow him? (I think some will see where I’m going there)

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      They rejected it. From the article:

      Stein’s campaign manager, Jason Call, disavowed the endorsement and called Duke “trash.”

      “We had no idea about this and are very, very not interested in David Duke’s endorsement,” Call told NBC News.>

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      Nothing can hurt or help Stein’s chances. She’s not a real choice. I don’t even think she’s on enough states’ ballots to get the required number of electoral votes.

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        She can’t win, but she’s on enough ballots to affect the outcome. I assume she knows this and either directly wants Trump to win or is so twisted around with hatred for the Democratic party she doesn’t care that hurting them hurts the entire country.

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      Right? Imagine Trump not being racist enough for David Duke. I bet he’d be really mad if he weren’t straight vibin