• EatATaco@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    What does voting for someone do if not show support for them? In a democracy it’s the ultimate form of support.

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      1 month ago

      Lmao, idk maybe go watch her videos, she is definitely not voicing support and certainly not approval

      Just so I’m clear: you’re saying that if I had a gun to my head and was forced to choose between getting shot or eating dogshit, and I chose dogshit, that would be considered an endorsement?

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        1 month ago

        Just so I’m clear:

        She is neither being forced to vote for anyone, nor forced to let us know who she voted for. So, no, you’re not clear about it at all.

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          1 month ago

          You really don’t see the distinction? Being forced into making a choice you don’t like, and voicing a public approval of someone’s candidacy?

          I mean think what you want i guess

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            1 month ago

            Being forced into making a choice you don’t like, and voicing a public approval of someone’s candidacy?

            ? We don’t have mandatory voting, she isn’t forced to vote at all. Additionally, she isn’t forced to publicly say who she is voting for. I see the distinction when it comes to being forced to do something, the question I have now is if you understand the word forced because it doesn’t appear that way.

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                1 month ago

                So wait, are you suggesting that she is forced to vote and forced to announce who she is voting for? I don’t follow your response.

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                  1 month ago

                  Yes, she was pressured into both of those decisions. Pretending as if it were not only a ‘free choice’ but an actual endorsement is cringe-levels of desperate, honestly.

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                    1 month ago

                    Funny, you have now moved the goal posts from “forced” to “she feels pressured” without a single admission that you used the wrong word.

                    Look, I recognize that it’s a weak endorsement, I’m not pretending it is something it’s not. But, by definition, it’s an endorsement; she publicly stated who she is voting for, revealing that she thinks the best way to cast her vote at this point is for harris. You just don’t want to accept the definition of word of “endorsement” and now “forced.” Endorsement doesn’t mean you’re over the moon ecstatic about the candidate. Plenty of right wings and conservatives have endorsed Harris, not because they agree with her policies but that they recognize what a disaster trump is for the country.

                    All it means is that you publicly show your support for a candidate…which she literally did by publicly saying she would vote for Harris.