@Raccoon So, I am not under any illusion that I have any significant influence on anyone. I'm just sharing my opinion with any who care to listen that Harris and Trump's support for genocide should disqualify them both, and that Jill Stein represents an anti-genocide alternative. If a viable alternative to the duopoly is to emerge, I think that now is the time and that a candidate's support for genocide should be absolutely disqualifying.

@Raccoon I appreciate your arguments, and I think they are rational, though I don't agree with all of your premises. How would you feel about voters in safely "Blue" states voting for Jill Stein to signal dissatisfaction with the duopoly?

@Raccoon I suggest you direct your ire toward the Democratic Party, which undemocratically selected a presidential candidate so unpopular that she's in serious danger of losing to a candidate so unpopular as Donald Trump.

@Raccoon Sorry, I was not willing to vote for what you perceive to be the less evil of two candidates who support genocide.

@Raccoon I am not suggesting that anyone vote for Donald Trump. Rather, I am suggesting that people vote for the major candidate who doesn't support the genocide of the Palestinian people: Jill Stein.

@Raccoon I am not campaigning for Trump to win.

@Raccoon So, these are American Democrats asking people to vote for the Democratic candidate for president. They don't speak for Palestine. In any event, they say, "We respect those who feel they simply can’t vote for a member of the administration that sent the bombs that may have killed their loved ones." Good. I'm among these people whom they respect.

@Beachhart @benroyce @Amoshias @barney @firebreathingduck @GreenFire @fiberologist @WAHa_06x36 @Gargron Trump was elected before, and he was voted out of office after four years. I think the situation is not so dire as you suggest.

@Beachhart @benroyce @Amoshias @barney @firebreathingduck @GreenFire @fiberologist @WAHa_06x36 @Gargron I support third party candidates in local elections as well.

@benroyce @Amoshias @barney @firebreathingduck @GreenFire @fiberologist @WAHa_06x36 @Gargron No, I just happen to think you're wrong about third parties. While they may attract some voters away from the candidates of the duopoly, they also attract persons who would not otherwise vote. That someone may have a different view than you does not entail that they are arguing in bad faith, or must somehow be a foreign agent.

@benroyce @Amoshias @barney @firebreathingduck @GreenFire @fiberologist @WAHa_06x36 @Gargron You don't really think I'm a bot, do you? I'm posting here with my real name. You can Google me, and even call if you like (I'm gwm.11 on Signal).

@Amoshias @benroyce @barney @firebreathingduck @GreenFire @fiberologist @WAHa_06x36 @Gargron I am not aware of any statement by Butch Ware supporting the genocide of any people.

@mastodonmigration @barney On Palestine, Trump and Harris are sufficiently alike that I did not find it reasonable to cast my ballot for Harris based on the hope that she might somehow be better.

@mastodonmigration @barney I can see how one might argue that. But as I see things, whether Harris or Trump wins, the plight of the Palestinians will in all likelihood be similarly bleak.

@Amoshias @benroyce @barney @firebreathingduck @GreenFire @fiberologist @WAHa_06x36 @Gargron On what basis do you believe that Jill Stein's running mate, Butch Ware, supports the genocide of Israelis?

@barney I don't see how my opinions on these matters has anything to do with "white privilege."

@benroyce @barney @firebreathingduck @GreenFire @fiberologist @WAHa_06x36 @Gargron What I know is that I reject any candidate who supports genocide. That rules out both Trump and Harris for me.

@barney @benroyce @firebreathingduck @GreenFire @fiberologist @WAHa_06x36 I didn't come here to help Trump win. I responded to @Gargron's post to point out that the winner of the 2024 presidential election is going to be a fascist, whether it's Trump or Harris, and that there is an anti-fascist alternative on the ballot.

@benroyce @firebreathingduck @barney @GreenFire @fiberologist @WAHa_06x36 I don't think the idea that genocide is intolerable is "toxic."

@firebreathingduck @benroyce @barney @GreenFire @fiberologist @WAHa_06x36 The Democrats have triangulated me straight out of the Party.