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[–] lengau@midwest.social 7 points 11 months ago

No, I can't defend a strawman you're posing. But I don't have to. I only have to defend my own positions, which are:

  1. Under the current system in the US, voting third party is at best ineffective, but often actively harmful.
  2. People who advocate for people on the left voting third-party are either ignorant of the fact that said actions make a fascist takeover of the US more likely or, worse yet, aware of that fact. Either way, their actions are tantamount to advocating for fascism, whether they're an intentional bad actor or not.

Your comment above implies that by supporting people's right to vote, I give up my right to advocate for how they should vote, which is part of where the strawman comes from. I can defend their right to vote whilst also saying that voting certain ways are stupid or harmful. I never have to say "good on ya for making a terrible decision."