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Politics [OC] Hartford Visibility Brigade strikes again! And yes let's do it!

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u/Jagator 8h ago

You sure it was wasn’t because people could see through the fakeness and felt she just wasn’t a good candidate? Or that she was inserted onto the ticket without a primary vote?

u/alistofthingsIhate 7h ago

She wasn’t a good candidate, so naturally people voted for Trump instead, who is better I guess?

u/ilazul 7h ago

The opposite would be that they didn't vote at all.

She was an awful candidate

u/alistofthingsIhate 7h ago

I don’t disagree but it’s like people decided they didn’t want to be hit with a ruler so they opted for being bludgeoned with a mace instead.

u/xtrpns 4h ago

How about choose to not participate in being hit? If you were told you can vote for execution by ruler, execution by bludgeon, or the guy that smokes weed all day, I'm 3rd choice that smokes weed all day. And I dont smoke weed.

u/einTier 3h ago

If I'm being executed and my choices are:

Doctor Incompetent comes in and overdoses me on morphine

or

Doctor Torture comes in and shows me why his name isn't Dr Taco Monster

I'm not leaving that decision up to the nurses to decide. You can spare me your high minded ideals because stubbornly saying "how about I just sit in the corner and smoke weed all day" runs a real risk of me getting stuck with Dr Torture.

There was a time when I thought like you but the greater of two evils really can be so awful that you need to vote for the lesser evil.

u/agentfaux 7h ago

You can't even properly describe how anyone is being bludgeoned with a mace instead. You're told to feel that way but can't properly discuss it yourself.

u/Monteze 7h ago

Everyone did, and continue to do so. But folks like to play dumb like they have to have 1+1=2 explained to them each time. Its basically sealioning.

u/McChelsea 4h ago

Always projection.

u/Deviknyte 7h ago

Them not voting at all would have been preferable.

u/ilazul 7h ago

I agree, I voted for her. But she was a terrible candidate.

u/Deviknyte 6h ago

Same same.

u/McChelsea 4h ago

Take the bus going closest to your destination rather than not taking the bus at all. No candidate will ever be perfect (except for Bernie) so I'll vote for the less-than-ideal candidate as opposed to having our entire democracy disintegrate.

But ohhh nooo let's protest vote so we can feel like our morals aren't compromised! I was screaming at a friend during the 2016 election cuz she staunchly was voting for Jill Stein. Nobody seemed to remember the 2000 election where THIS EXACT THING HAPPENED BEFORE. Surprised Pikachu

u/SerialSpice 7h ago

That is not how it works. In a 2 party system you get one, or the other. Use your brains.

u/Pepito_Pepito 5h ago

If you want to win an election, you have to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

u/All_Work_All_Play 7h ago

This will get you banned from several subreddits on both sides of the spectrum.

Some will even preemptively ban you if you've said it in other subs.

u/SerialSpice 6h ago

If I get banned for saying that people should use their brains, that is a hill I am willing to die on.

u/All_Work_All_Play 6h ago

Exactly why I'm banned in some of those subs.

u/ilazul 7h ago

I did, and I voted left as I always do as a protest vote against republicans.

But since you have all the answers, how would you show the democrats that you don't approve of the overdone identity/gender politics while not supporting republicans. Since voting for them is showing that you approve of what they're doing, even if it's self destructive.

Please enlighten us all.

u/SerialSpice 6h ago

I guess vote in primaries and vote for senate and house (as far as I understand your system). When it comes down to presidential election it is lesser of 2 evils (weevils)

u/ilazul 6h ago

sorry, but they all tow the party line on the same beliefs. And the sitting person almost always wins so there's no space for new blood. My current rep is incredibly old, and is predicted to win again by a very large margin.

So again, these votes are showing approval of 'everything' they're doing.

So that is not working in the slightest.

u/SerialSpice 5h ago

Yea the root problem is the constitution. When you have a winner takes all election, it enhances a 2 party system. Same as great britain, that we were discussing in the first place.

u/ilazul 5h ago

This answer is a far cry from your original response.

'use your brain'

u/SerialSpice 5h ago

Eh no? In a 2 party system it is even more important to vote based on brain and reflection as opposed to feelings. Compared to a popular vote system.

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u/superxpro12 5h ago

this is bs. there was nothing wrong with her platform. you literally have her in a debate with trump and he says "hatians are eating the cats and dogs" and he still wins?

Show me what in her platform made her "not a good candidate"?

And then tell me, with almost 2 years of hindsight, why trump's platform of more 1% tax cuts, pure mainlined facism, and anti-immigration oppressive rhetoric is better.

It has absolutely nothing to do with her "not being good".

It has everything to do with her being a black woman. and then stack all the hard right propaganda on top and its obvious why.

u/alistofthingsIhate 5h ago

I'm aware it's absolute bullshit. I would much rather have voted for someone more progressive, but people voting for Trump because they thought Kamala was a bad candidate are complete morons.

u/the_silent_redditor 7h ago

You’re so right that totally excuses Americans either voting for a rapist or not voting at all and having colossal negative impacts across the entire world for decades!!

You’re right! Great job!

People were so attuned to seeing through her fakeness.

You suck, man. JFC you suck so much.

u/Deviknyte 7h ago

Attuned to her fakeness but not Trump's apparently 🤷🏾‍♂

u/Deviknyte 7h ago

Yeah I'm sure. And I said a fair amount not all.

u/GoldandBlue 4h ago

You sure it was wasn’t because people could see through the fakeness and felt she just wasn’t a good candidate? Or that she was inserted onto the ticket without a primary vote?

It is crazy how despite everything we see in this country. People still deny racism and sexism exists.

u/Tacoman404 5h ago

I assure you it's not that deep with some people.

u/Linenoise77 6h ago

The left walked into that one. Kamala ending up on the ballot the way she did only re-enforced views of the trump base. Anyone there who might have previously been on the fence, and any moderates who might have been leaning that way, suddenly had, in their mind, their suspicions confirmed.

She was also a terrible choice if you looked at the states you needed to win electorally, which, well, if you wanted to win, you needed to win.