In a few short months, primary voters will begin selecting the Republican presidential nominee. The two debates thus far have been underwhelming. A third is approaching on Nov. 8, but it, too, promises to be the kind of unhelpful event that lacks the virtue of at least being entertaining. Yet I’ll be watching — tuned in and deciding which candidate to support. I’m not a Republican, but I’ll play one on Super Tuesday, March 5.

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    8 months ago

    Engagement with a bad party is the same as supporting them. Republicans deserve nothing besides being ignored. Being loud about avoiding them is better than participating in their bullshit. …see any bad uprising of fascists for an example of what not to do in opposition

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      8 months ago

      You’re describing how Republicans win, by ignoring them. You get a neo nazi or some religious wacko on the GOP ticket and the Democrat wins in a landslide. Right leaning Independents vote for the crazy Progressives for the same reason. It’s why moderates win elections.

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        8 months ago

        It’s not ignoring them. Participating normalizes behavior. So they can point at numbers to justify being shitty.

        Be loud but don’t vote for them. Being loud is harder than quietly voting in support of a candidate you think is less bad.

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          8 months ago

          That’s not how it works. They track Republican voters and ignore Independents. The GOP want to block Independents from voting in primaries but have stopped even having primaries and are putting up whomever they want now. Zero Voter insite.

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              8 months ago

              Wut? Didn’t call them Nazis.

              Participating with Republicans is directly voting that candidate into office. They almost never fail to vote their candidates into office therefore voting for the insane candidate in hopes they will win the primary is voting an insane person into office. Now that I wrote it out I guess you could call it voting for Nazis, Germans thought Hitler was insane and stupid when electing him.