General elections and primaries are two different things. I'm not going to sabotage the nation by letting someone even further right of the Democratic candidate get elected by protest voting 3rd party. I sure a shit will vote as far left as I can in primaries and will pick the most progressive candidate in state and local elections.
90And while they are in office, you give them hell to get them to act more progressively to keep your vote. This is how democracy is supposed to work. I don’t see what point OP is trying to make.
41I think the meme is endearing. Yes, we will accept you if you're running as a Democrat and hopefully you will have some progressive policies. Once in offic we should hold them to the fire else they might become complacent. They are OUR representatives. Representing so many people with so many differing ideas can be hellish. Very easy to just give in and collect money until you can become a lobbyist.
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I will never vote right of full abortion access to any woman at any time and universal healthcare. Lately America is so far right anything left of martial law and Dicktatership is considered communism.
39what's taters, precious?
6hard to decipher the full hick dialect and bad spelling, but the rights of women and rights of humans to equal healthcare access seems to be an issue.
I'm sorry people still don't understand the effects of allowing women independent bodily autonomy and allowing everyone healthcare equality.
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2Trolling is a lot harder over here isn’t it. Nobody seems to rise to the very obvious baiting. Hmm.
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As the saying goes:
Conservatives fall in line, but progressives need to fall in love.
Progressives are always re-evaluating the candidate and their support for it, as the candidate's value comes from adhering to the plan, while conservatives are loyal to an obvious fault and increasingly so in the face of adversity.
It's the toxic imperialism that only American traitors wished to re-establish 200 years ago, and it's toxic imperialism today.
33Critical thinking has a liberal bias
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its almost as if liberal voters arent indoctrinated cultists and will hold candidates accountable for stepping out of line, even if candidates previous works were well liked and supported.
26And while they are in office, you give them hell to get them to act more progressively to keep your vote. This is how democracy is supposed to work. I don’t see what point OP is trying to make.
1This is how democracy is supposed to work
Oh, right, that must be why the Overtone window is now so far to the right that even basic human rights are considered some extremist plot.. 🙄
Worst thing is, without meaning to or understanding why, you actually are right, "democracy" is working as intended, it was just never intended to work for you.
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Progressive Voters during primaries: file_not_found.jpg
-7I consistently vote in my caucus. It disgusts me because I’ve seen some REALLY wrong political plays happen there, but I still go and vote.
But seriously, there’s a large chunk of democrats who do not give two shits about people, they care about power and manipulating it to put themselves in that place of power. And they see the party system as a way to do it (sadly, they’re right).
That being said, I continue to hold my nose and vote for Dems because at least they’re not fascist. But anybody that says “if only progressives did…” has not dealt with the Democratic Party in any serious level.
2At the end of the day, every progressive candidate who banks on progressive/younger voters turning out in the primaries has crashed and burned. Hell, if younger voters voted at rates comparable to the 65+ crowd, Sanders would've cruised to a victory.
Yes, every political group will have people who are there for their own power and benefit. But at the end of the day, we basically get the candidate we vote for. And the older, more conservative Democrats vote in the primaries unlike the younger progressives. It's a simple and tragic equation.
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