• solarvector@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    This seems incredibly short sighted. People don’t like having their voice silenced, for good reason. Refuse them a chance now and they’re more likely to make their displeasure known in the general election when it will have a much greater effect.

    • D61 [any]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      I find it hilarious as the “vote uncommitted” movement(?) specifically says that they will vote for whoever is on the Dem ticket in the General Election. This is just a complete self own by the Democratic Party.

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        2 months ago

        When party members show a lack of support it suggests that the independent voters are also likely to be questioning their support. It is atill a message that might influence his campaign if it was anything other than Israel.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPM
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      2 months ago

      Precisely, the more of this sort of stuff happens the more people start realizing that the veneer of democracy is paper thin.

  • NewLeaf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    Remember the quote “if voting mattered, they would make it illegal”?

    Here we are.

    Not saying voting matters, btw

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      It only matters in how it makes their vibes feel; which is why they’re doing this. This is the same kind of spite that they ratfucked Sanders with-- not that Sanders would’ve been any net positive.

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    2 months ago

    This is very disingenuous. It wasn’t cancelled “to deny uncommitted challenge”

    It was cancelled to save money.

    They have always done this. They cancelled Obama’s and Clinton’s re-election primaries as well.